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Ahora, en verdad, yo mismo me dejo llevar fuera de lo debido, y no puedo contener las lágrimas de mis ojos al ver que Antígona camina hacia el lecho que a todo el mundo adormece.

ANTIGONA

Antigone. Sófocles. Madrid. 1921.

Current edition Experimental

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) (Spanish) (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)

Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾽γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽

οὐκ ἔτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,
800

τὸν ὁ παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον ¹

τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.

Ἀντιγόνη

b

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾽γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν
770

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽

οὐκ ἔτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.

8. ΕΠΕΙΣΟΔΙΟΝ ΤΈΤΑΡΤΟΝ.

Ἀντιγόνη

1

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾿γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν
790

ἔξω φέρομαι, τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν

δ᾽ οὐκ ἔτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.

Ἀντιγόνη

2

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ἐγὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ' ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ'

οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ' Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

Ἀντιγόνη
α

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾿γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽

οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

Ἀντιγόνη
1

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ’ ἤδη ’γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ’ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ’

οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίτην ὅθ’ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ’ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

Ἀντιγόνη
1

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾿γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν

δ᾽ οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίτην ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

2

Ἀντιγόνη

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾿γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν
795

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽

οὐκ ἔτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.

Ἀντιγόνη

1

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾿γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽

οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίτην ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

Ἀντιγόνη

1

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾽γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽

οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

Ἀντιγόνη

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 801 focus

Χορός

νῦν δʼ ἤδη ʼγὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδʼ ὁρῶν ἴσχειν δʼ

οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίτην ὅθʼ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδʼ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 801 focus

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾽γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽

οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίτην ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

Ἀντιγόνη

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 801 focus

Schon werd' auch ich weit über das Recht
770

dies schauend geführt, und nicht halt' ich

mir der Thränen Ergufs noch länger zurück,

da ins Grabbrautbett, das alles verschlingt,

ich seh' Antigone'n wandeln.

IX. VIERTES EPEISODION.

ANTIGONE von den Knechten begleitet; später KREON.

ANTIGONE.
Str. 1.

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 801 focus

Quin et iam ipse ultra licitum feror, haec cernens, neque amplius lacrimarum fontes cohibere valeo, quum Antigonam hanc video ad thalamum omnibus communem perduci.

Antigone

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 801 focus

Who may avoid thee? None!

Mortal, Immortal,

All are o’erthrown by thee, all feel thy frenzy.

Lightly thou draw’st awry Righteous minds into wrong to their ruin

Thou this unkindly quarrel hast inflamed

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 801 focus

Nun führt auch mich, was ich anseh'n muß,¹

Schon über die Bahn des Gesezes hinaus;

Nicht länger bezwing' ich der Thränen Erguß,
795

Da in Hades' Gemach, das Alle verschlingt,

Ich hinabgeh'n sehe die Jungfrau.

Antigone. Der Chor. Zweite Strophe.

Antigone.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 806 focus

Chords.

Antigone

Farewell, my friends, my countrymen, farewell !

Here on her last sad journey you behold

The poor Antigone ; for never more

Shall I return, or view the light of day :

The hand of death conducts me to the shore
810

Of dreary Acheron ; no nuptial song

Reserved for me — the wretched bride alone

Of Pluto now, and wedded to the tomb.

Chorus

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 801 focus

Yo mismo en este instante, rebelde á los mandatos de Creonte, no puedo contener el raudal de mis lágrimas, viendo á Antigona caminar hácia la mansión en que se duerme el eterno sueño.

ANTÍGONA Y EL CORO

Estrofa 1.a

ANTÍGONA

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 801 focus

Jezt aber komm’ ich, eben, selber, aus
830

Dem Geseze. Denn anschn muß ich diess, und halten kann ich

Nicht mehr die Qttelle der Thränen,

Da in das alles schwaigende Bett’

Ich seh’ Antigonä wandeln.

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 801 focus

But now I also am carried beyond the bounds of loyalty, and can no more keep back the streaming tears, when I see Antigone thus passing to the bridal chamber where all are laid to rest. 1

Antigone

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 801 focus

Feel madness rankling in their hearts.

By thee the virtuous mind beguil'd

Antigone
GOLD

English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 806-880 focus

Antigone

Citizens of my fatherland, see me setting out on my last journey, looking at my last sunlight,

and never again. No, Hades who lays all to rest leads me living to Acheron ’s shore, though I have not had my due portion of the chant that brings the bride, nor has any hymn been mine
810

for the crowning of marriage. Instead the lord of Acheron will be my groom.
815

817

Chorus

Then in glory and with praise you depart to that deep place of the dead, neither struck by wasting sickness,

nor having won the wages of the sword. No, guided by your own laws and still alive, unlike any mortal before, you will descend to Hades.
820

823

Antigone

I have heard with my own ears how our Phrygian guest, the daughter of Tantalus, perished

in so much suffering on steep Sipylus—how, like clinging ivy, the sprouting stone subdued her. And the rains, as men tell, do not leave her melting form, nor does the snow,
825

but beneath her weeping lids she dampens her collar. Most like hers is the god-sent fate that leads me to my rest.
830

834

Chorus

Yet she was a goddess, as you know, and the offspring of gods,

while we are mortals and mortal-born. Still it is a great thing for a woman who has died to have it said of her that she shared the lot of the godlike in her life, and afterwards, in death.
835

839

Antigone

Ah, you mock me! In the name of our fathers’ gods,

why do you not wait to abuse me until after I have gone, and not to my face, O my city, and you, her wealthy citizens? Ah, spring of Dirce, and you holy ground of Thebes whose chariots are many,
840

you, at least, will bear me witness how unwept by loved ones, and by what laws I go to the rock-closed prison of my unheard-of tomb! Ah, misery!
845

I have no home among men or with the shades, no home with the living or with the dead.
850

853

Chorus

You have rushed headlong to the far limits of daring, and against the high throne of Justice

you have fallen, my daughter, fallen heavily. But in this ordeal you are paying for some paternal crime.
855

858

Antigone

You have touched on my most bitter thought

and moved my ever-renewed pity for my father and for the entire doom ordained for us, the famed house of Labdacus. Oh, the horrors of our mother’s bed! Oh, the slumbers of the wretched mother at the side
860

of her own son, my own father! What manner of parents gave me my miserable being! It is to them that I go like this, accursed and unwed, to share their home.
865

Ah, my brother, the marriage you made was doomed, and by dying you killed me still alive!
870

872

Chorus

Your pious action shows a certain reverence, but an offence against power can no way be tolerated by him who has power in his keeping.

Your self-willed disposition is what has destroyed you.
875

876

Antigone

Unwept, unfriended, without marriage-song, I am led in misery on this journey that cannot be put off. No longer is it permitted me, unhappy girl,

to look up at this sacred eye of the burning sun. But for my fate no tear is shed, no friend moans in sorrow.
880

Commentary

Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus

178-183. mvp-comment-111-1 The sentiment of these lines is closely parallel to Plat. Legg. 9. 856 B, ὃς ἂν ἄγων εἰς ἀρχὴν ἄνθρωπον δουλῶται μὲν τοὺς νόμους, ἑταιρείας δὲ τὴν πόλιν ὑπήκοον ποιῇ, καὶ βιαίως δὲ πᾶν τοῦτο πράττων καὶ στάσιν ἐγείρων παρανομῇ· τοῦτον δὴ διανοεῖσθαι δεῖ πάντων πολεμιώτατον ὅλῃ τῇ πόλει, τὸν δὲ κοινωνοῦντα μὲν τῶν τοιούτων μηδενί, τῶν μεγίστων δὲ μετέχοντα ἀρχῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει, λεληθότα τε ταῦτα αὐτὸν ἢ μὴ λεληθότα, δειλίᾳ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ πατρίδος αὑτοῦ μὴ τιμωρούμενον, δεῖ δεύτερον ἡγεῖσθαι τὸν τοιοῦτον πολίτην κακῇ.

Sófocles Antigone 801

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ANTIGONA

Current edition Experimental

Ἀντιγόνη

b

8. ΕΠΕΙΣΟΔΙΟΝ ΤΈΤΑΡΤΟΝ.

Ἀντιγόνη

1

Ἀντιγόνη

2

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ἐγὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ' ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ'

οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ' Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

Ἀντιγόνη
α

Ἀντιγόνη
1

Ἀντιγόνη
1

Ἀντιγόνη

Ἀντιγόνη

1

Ἀντιγόνη

1

Ἀντιγόνη

Ἀντιγόνη

Schon werd' auch ich weit über das Recht
770

dies schauend geführt, und nicht halt' ich

mir der Thränen Ergufs noch länger zurück,

da ins Grabbrautbett, das alles verschlingt,

ich seh' Antigone'n wandeln.

IX. VIERTES EPEISODION.

ANTIGONE.
Str. 1.

Antigone

Who may avoid thee? None!

Mortal, Immortal,

All are o’erthrown by thee, all feel thy frenzy.

Lightly thou draw’st awry Righteous minds into wrong to their ruin

Thou this unkindly quarrel hast inflamed

Nun führt auch mich, was ich anseh'n muß,¹

Schon über die Bahn des Gesezes hinaus;

Nicht länger bezwing' ich der Thränen Erguß,
795

Da in Hades' Gemach, das Alle verschlingt,

Ich hinabgeh'n sehe die Jungfrau.

Antigone. Der Chor. Zweite Strophe.

Antigone.

Chords.

Chorus

ANTÍGONA Y EL CORO

Estrofa 1.a

ANTÍGONA

Jezt aber komm’ ich, eben, selber, aus
830

Dem Geseze. Denn anschn muß ich diess, und halten kann ich

Nicht mehr die Qttelle der Thränen,

Da in das alles schwaigende Bett’

Ich seh’ Antigonä wandeln.

Antigone

Feel madness rankling in their hearts.

By thee the virtuous mind beguil'd

Antigone
GOLD

Chorus

Then in glory and with praise you depart to that deep place of the dead, neither struck by wasting sickness,

nor having won the wages of the sword. No, guided by your own laws and still alive, unlike any mortal before, you will descend to Hades.
820

Chorus

Yet she was a goddess, as you know, and the offspring of gods,

while we are mortals and mortal-born. Still it is a great thing for a woman who has died to have it said of her that she shared the lot of the godlike in her life, and afterwards, in death.
835

Chorus

You have rushed headlong to the far limits of daring, and against the high throne of Justice

you have fallen, my daughter, fallen heavily. But in this ordeal you are paying for some paternal crime.
855

Chorus

Your pious action shows a certain reverence, but an offence against power can no way be tolerated by him who has power in his keeping.

Your self-willed disposition is what has destroyed you.
875

Antigone

Unwept, unfriended, without marriage-song, I am led in misery on this journey that cannot be put off. No longer is it permitted me, unhappy girl,

to look up at this sacred eye of the burning sun. But for my fate no tear is shed, no friend moans in sorrow.
880

Commentary

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ANTIGONA

Current edition Experimental

Ἀντιγόνη b

8. ΕΠΕΙΣΟΔΙΟΝ ΤΈΤΑΡΤΟΝ.

Ἀντιγόνη 1

Ἀντιγόνη 2

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ἐγὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ' ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ' οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων, τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον τήνδ' Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν. 805

Ἀντιγόνη α

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾿γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽ οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων, τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν. 805

Ἀντιγόνη 1

νῦν δ’ ἤδη ’γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ’ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ’ οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων, τὸν παγκοίτην ὅθ’ ὁρῶ θάλαμον τήνδ’ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν. 805

Ἀντιγόνη 1

Ἀντιγόνη

Ἀντιγόνη 1

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾿γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽ οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων, τὸν παγκοίτην ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν. 805

Ἀντιγόνη 1

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾽γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽ οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων, τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν. 805

Ἀντιγόνη

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ᾽γὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ᾽ ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ᾽ οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων, τὸν παγκοίτην ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον τήνδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν. 805

Ἀντιγόνη

Schon werd' auch ich weit über das Recht 770 dies schauend geführt, und nicht halt' ich mir der Thränen Ergufs noch länger zurück, da ins Grabbrautbett, das alles verschlingt, ich seh' Antigone'n wandeln.

IX. VIERTES EPEISODION.

ANTIGONE. Str. 1.

Antigone

Who may avoid thee? None! Mortal, Immortal, All are o’erthrown by thee, all feel thy frenzy. Lightly thou draw’st awry Righteous minds into wrong to their ruin Thou this unkindly quarrel hast inflamed

Nun führt auch mich, was ich anseh'n muß, 1 Schon über die Bahn des Gesezes hinaus; Nicht länger bezwing' ich der Thränen Erguß, 795 Da in Hades' Gemach, das Alle verschlingt, Ich hinabgeh'n sehe die Jungfrau. Antigone. Der Chor. Zweite Strophe.

Antigone.

Chords.

Chorus

ANTÍGONA Y EL CORO

Estrofa 1.a

ANTÍGONA

Jezt aber komm’ ich, eben, selber, aus 830 Dem Geseze. Denn anschn muß ich diess, und halten kann ich Nicht mehr die Qttelle der Thränen, Da in das alles schwaigende Bett’ Ich seh’ Antigonä wandeln.

Antigone

Feel madness rankling in their hearts. By thee the virtuous mind beguil'd

Antigone GOLD

Chorus Then in glory and with praise you depart to that deep place of the dead, neither struck by wasting sickness, nor having won the wages of the sword. No, guided by your own laws and still alive, unlike any mortal before, you will descend to Hades. 820

Chorus Yet she was a goddess, as you know, and the offspring of gods, while we are mortals and mortal-born. Still it is a great thing for a woman who has died to have it said of her that she shared the lot of the godlike in her life, and afterwards, in death. 835

Chorus You have rushed headlong to the far limits of daring, and against the high throne of Justice you have fallen, my daughter, fallen heavily. But in this ordeal you are paying for some paternal crime. 855

Chorus Your pious action shows a certain reverence, but an offence against power can no way be tolerated by him who has power in his keeping. Your self-willed disposition is what has destroyed you. 875

Antigone Unwept, unfriended, without marriage-song, I am led in misery on this journey that cannot be put off. No longer is it permitted me, unhappy girl, to look up at this sacred eye of the burning sun. But for my fate no tear is shed, no friend moans in sorrow. 880

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Ἀντιγόνη

b

Ἀντιγόνη

1

Ἀντιγόνη

2

νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη ἐγὼ καὐτὸς θεσμῶν

ἔξω φέρομαι τάδ' ὁρῶν, ἴσχειν δ'

οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων,

τὸν παγκοίταν ὅθ᾽ ὁρῶ θάλαμον

τήνδ' Ἀντιγόνην ἀνύτουσαν.
805

Ἀντιγόνη
α

Ἀντιγόνη
1

Ἀντιγόνη
1

Ἀντιγόνη

1

Ἀντιγόνη

1

Schon werd' auch ich weit über das Recht
770

dies schauend geführt, und nicht halt' ich

mir der Thränen Ergufs noch länger zurück,

da ins Grabbrautbett, das alles verschlingt,

ich seh' Antigone'n wandeln.

ANTIGONE.
Str. 1.

Who may avoid thee? None!

Mortal, Immortal,

All are o’erthrown by thee, all feel thy frenzy.

Lightly thou draw’st awry Righteous minds into wrong to their ruin

Thou this unkindly quarrel hast inflamed

Nun führt auch mich, was ich anseh'n muß,¹

Schon über die Bahn des Gesezes hinaus;

Nicht länger bezwing' ich der Thränen Erguß,
795

Da in Hades' Gemach, das Alle verschlingt,

Ich hinabgeh'n sehe die Jungfrau.

Antigone. Der Chor. Zweite Strophe.

Jezt aber komm’ ich, eben, selber, aus
830

Dem Geseze. Denn anschn muß ich diess, und halten kann ich

Nicht mehr die Qttelle der Thränen,

Da in das alles schwaigende Bett’

Ich seh’ Antigonä wandeln.

Feel madness rankling in their hearts.

By thee the virtuous mind beguil'd

Antigone
GOLD

Chorus

Then in glory and with praise you depart to that deep place of the dead, neither struck by wasting sickness,

nor having won the wages of the sword. No, guided by your own laws and still alive, unlike any mortal before, you will descend to Hades.
820

Chorus

Yet she was a goddess, as you know, and the offspring of gods,

while we are mortals and mortal-born. Still it is a great thing for a woman who has died to have it said of her that she shared the lot of the godlike in her life, and afterwards, in death.
835

Chorus

You have rushed headlong to the far limits of daring, and against the high throne of Justice

you have fallen, my daughter, fallen heavily. But in this ordeal you are paying for some paternal crime.
855

Chorus

Your pious action shows a certain reverence, but an offence against power can no way be tolerated by him who has power in his keeping.

Your self-willed disposition is what has destroyed you.
875

Antigone

Unwept, unfriended, without marriage-song, I am led in misery on this journey that cannot be put off. No longer is it permitted me, unhappy girl,

to look up at this sacred eye of the burning sun. But for my fate no tear is shed, no friend moans in sorrow.
880