ADEIMANTOS: ( o self ) ( are we-he tame? )

( having patched-up yesterdays verses . . . )

( or are we thoroughly depraved? ) ( he grins )

( at our lavender looking-glass ) ( heart-breaker )

we break apart ( to tell himself ) ( out loud )

( that being-we ) we want to hear all of them,

SOKRATES: ( those him-things )which you —

( o dyad-Zeus )( it was binding )( bind, you )

( Zeus-needed-bound )( it was in-need )( need, you )

( the dyad-Zeus)( indeed )must — say,

to gather( recount, pick up, choose, speak, tell, reckon )

( the )accusations( against )philosophy( wisdom-love ),

that thoroughly-depraved( are the ones )

most( of )going-and-coming to her,

οὓς δὴ σὺ φῂς

τὸν ἐγκαλοῦντα τῇ φιλοσοφίᾳ λέγειν

ὡς παμπόνηροι οἱ πλεῖστοι τῶν ἰόντων ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν,

ADEIMANTOS: ( but whatever your words

for me ) your ideas ( and twists and turns )

( amaze me ) ( and transpose me ) every night

( its always better with you here ) ( really ),

SOKRATES: but the( ones )most fitting( meet-suitable )

( are )useless( unprofitable-unserviceable ),

οἱ δὲ ἐπιεικέστατοι ἄχρηστοι,

ADEIMANTOS: ( we offer ourself a raspberry-pink rose )

( we hope such as nobody had noticed

our makeover ) ( and indeed ) we say and mean it

( when we ) gather myself ( to say ),

SOKRATES: and( indeed )( we )i( being )agree

( yield-to )with( the )true( -she-unconcealed- )you( to )speak,

καὶ ἐγὼ συνεχώρησα ἀληθῆ σε λέγειν.

ADEIMANTOS: ( wipes tear )

and every morning ( we bask

in ) the good ( and brave ) ( and indigo-violet ) ( sunlight ),

SOKRATES: for( hey! )( he says )( as )( in truth )( we are ),

ἦ γάρ;

ADEIMANTOS: ( and ) indeed ( he says

the goddess brings the shade ) ( and )

the crazy ( man from two-thousand four-hundred-some-odd years ago )

( brings out ) the crazy ( love ),

HERA: and( indeed )now howsoever( we )i( being )would make

by art-skill-craft-cunning-device,

καὶ νῦν μέντοι ἐγὼ τεχνήσομαι,

ADEIMANTOS: ( as they sneak another banana peel

under my feet ) ( and yet ) ( from these

slipped lines we make ) tight knots

( to be seaworthy ) even the silly ones,

SAILOR: ( by the )ship( yes ),

ναί.

ADEIMANTOS: because youll never know

( how the final beastie boy ) ( with his beastie bow )

( or our little tramp ) ( will take shape ) over parts,

HERA: as my( o whole )child would( o )( to-by-for )( she-original )

( come-to-be )be born,

ὥς κε γένηται

παῖς ἐμός,

ADEIMANTOS: what will stick ( together )

( what falls apart ) ( or in the wake )

( what changes him around again )

unravelling ( our riiiptide ) ( as we go ),

SOKRATES: therefore havent( we )gone-through( completed )

( shot-through )( recounted )( reached )( arrived at )the cause

even( indeed )of( the )uselessness( unprofitable-unserviceableness )

of the fitting( meet-suitable )ones?

οὐκοῦν τῆς μὲν τῶν ἐπιεικῶν ἀχρηστίας τὴν αἰτίαν διεληλύθαμεν;

ADEIMANTOS: and that ( while

remaining ) out of sight

( of mortal men ),

HERA: he would self-distinguish among immortal gods,

ὅς κε θεοῖσι μεταπρέποι ἀθανάτοισιν,

ADEIMANTOS: ( o goddess, thank you for

your spoken confidence ) ( you fill us with pride )

( and indeed that ) isnt even why

( we keep on sailing ) in secret,

( or at least dont advertise ),

SAILORS: and( indeed )very( dyad-teen spirit ),

καὶ μάλα.

ADEIMANTOS: but hearing them ( the little mens )

( and spinning hymns ) ( under her protections )

from everyone ( whos blind to the invisible ),

( as he roams across the surface of her soul )

( digging up her soil and stirring up her storms ),

HERA: by shaming( disfiguring )( dishonoring )( defiling )

neither your sacred( shrine )bed,

nor mine of her( own )self,

οὔτε σὸν αἰσχύνασ᾽ ἱερὸν λέχος οὔτ᾽ ἐμὸν αὐτῆς.

ADEIMANTOS: ( with the high-stepping of his sweet summer child ),

( we keep her safe and luxuriantly savage )

( a fool ) ( yet somehow true ) ( a singing-through )

but you ( saw and knew her ) in the first place.

//

from hymn to Apollo

Republic VI

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