Euripides, The Suppliant Maidens, E. P. Coleridge (Translator), 1132

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Children

Woe worth the hour! woe worth the day! Reft of my hapless sire, a wretched orphan shall I inherit a desolate house, torn from my father’s arms.

Chorus

Woe is thee! Where is now the toil I spent upon my sons? what thank have I for nightly watch? Where the mother’s nursing care? the sleepless vigils mine eyes have kept? the loving kiss upon my children’s brow?
1135

The Suppliant Maidens. Euripides. E. P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.

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Current edition Perseus

The Suppliants (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.)

Editions (1)

Ἱκέτιδες Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 1132 focus

Παῖδες

— ἄπαις, ἄπαις·

ἐγὼ δʼ ἔρημος ἀθλίου πατρὸς τάλας

ἔρημον οἶκον ὀρφανεύσομαι λαβών,

οὐ πατρὸς ἐν χερσὶ τοῦ τεκόντος.

Χορός

— ἰὼ ἰώ·
1135

ποῦ δὲ πόνος ἐμῶν τέκνων,

ποῦ λοχευμάτων χάρις;

τροφαί τε ματρὸς ἄυπνά τʼ ὀμμάτων τέλη,

καὶ φίλιαι προσβολαὶ προσώπων;

Translations (2)

The Supplicants (OCR draft) Experimental (The Supplicants. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1852; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 3, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1852. Harvard OCR compared with an independent BSB copy. Native Donner verse citations, Murray reference cards, explicitly located notes and page facsimiles. Unresolved OCR, verse divisions, unlocated notes and printed errata are documented in the source review.) — 1132 focus

Weh, wehe mir! Ich armer Knabe¹

Soll, beraubt des armen Vaters,

Hinfort verlassen wohnen im verwaisten Haus,

Nicht in dem Arm dessen, der mich zeugte.

Erster Halbchor.

Was vergilt der Mutter Müh'n,
1120

Was die ruhelosen Nächte,

Was meine Pflege, da der Schlaf mein Auge floh,

Da sich der Mund liebend verband dem Munde?

Euripides The Suppliant Maidens 1132

E. P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Children

Woe worth the hour! woe worth the day! Reft of my hapless sire, a wretched orphan shall I inherit a desolate house, torn from my father’s arms.

Chorus

Woe is thee! Where is now the toil I spent upon my sons? what thank have I for nightly watch? Where the mother’s nursing care? the sleepless vigils mine eyes have kept? the loving kiss upon my children’s brow?
1135

Current edition Perseus

Παῖδες

— ἄπαις, ἄπαις·

ἐγὼ δʼ ἔρημος ἀθλίου πατρὸς τάλας

ἔρημον οἶκον ὀρφανεύσομαι λαβών,

οὐ πατρὸς ἐν χερσὶ τοῦ τεκόντος.

Χορός

— ἰὼ ἰώ·
1135

ποῦ δὲ πόνος ἐμῶν τέκνων,

ποῦ λοχευμάτων χάρις;

τροφαί τε ματρὸς ἄυπνά τʼ ὀμμάτων τέλη,

καὶ φίλιαι προσβολαὶ προσώπων;

Weh, wehe mir! Ich armer Knabe¹

Soll, beraubt des armen Vaters,

Hinfort verlassen wohnen im verwaisten Haus,

Nicht in dem Arm dessen, der mich zeugte.

Erster Halbchor.

Was vergilt der Mutter Müh'n,
1120

Was die ruhelosen Nächte,

Was meine Pflege, da der Schlaf mein Auge floh,

Da sich der Mund liebend verband dem Munde?

Adrastos.

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Children Woe worth the hour! woe worth the day! Reft of my hapless sire, a wretched orphan shall I inherit a desolate house, torn from my father’s arms.

Chorus Woe is thee! Where is now the toil I spent upon my sons? what thank have I for nightly watch? Where the mother’s nursing care? the sleepless vigils mine eyes have kept? the loving kiss upon my children’s brow? 1135

Current edition Perseus

Παῖδες — ἄπαις, ἄπαις· ἐγὼ δʼ ἔρημος ἀθλίου πατρὸς τάλας ἔρημον οἶκον ὀρφανεύσομαι λαβών, οὐ πατρὸς ἐν χερσὶ τοῦ τεκόντος.

Χορός — ἰὼ ἰώ· 1135 ποῦ δὲ πόνος ἐμῶν τέκνων, ποῦ λοχευμάτων χάρις; τροφαί τε ματρὸς ἄυπνά τʼ ὀμμάτων τέλη, καὶ φίλιαι προσβολαὶ προσώπων;

Weh, wehe mir! Ich armer Knabe 1 Soll, beraubt des armen Vaters, Hinfort verlassen wohnen im verwaisten Haus, Nicht in dem Arm dessen, der mich zeugte.

Erster Halbchor. Was vergilt der Mutter Müh'n, 1120 Was die ruhelosen Nächte, Was meine Pflege, da der Schlaf mein Auge floh, Da sich der Mund liebend verband dem Munde?

Adrastos.

Stable identifiers

Children

Woe worth the hour! woe worth the day! Reft of my hapless sire, a wretched orphan shall I inherit a desolate house, torn from my father’s arms.

Chorus

Woe is thee! Where is now the toil I spent upon my sons? what thank have I for nightly watch? Where the mother’s nursing care? the sleepless vigils mine eyes have kept? the loving kiss upon my children’s brow?
1135

Παῖδες

— ἄπαις, ἄπαις·

ἐγὼ δʼ ἔρημος ἀθλίου πατρὸς τάλας

ἔρημον οἶκον ὀρφανεύσομαι λαβών,

οὐ πατρὸς ἐν χερσὶ τοῦ τεκόντος.

Χορός

— ἰὼ ἰώ·
1135

ποῦ δὲ πόνος ἐμῶν τέκνων,

ποῦ λοχευμάτων χάρις;

τροφαί τε ματρὸς ἄυπνά τʼ ὀμμάτων τέλη,

καὶ φίλιαι προσβολαὶ προσώπων;

Weh, wehe mir! Ich armer Knabe¹

Soll, beraubt des armen Vaters,

Hinfort verlassen wohnen im verwaisten Haus,

Nicht in dem Arm dessen, der mich zeugte.

Erster Halbchor.

Was vergilt der Mutter Müh'n,
1120

Was die ruhelosen Nächte,

Was meine Pflege, da der Schlaf mein Auge floh,

Da sich der Mund liebend verband dem Munde?