VIII.xvi-xviii. towering ( paws - shared air - on this road - connect us ) in my lap
xvi. paws ( shared air ) ( lap )
ADEIMANTOS: we dont want to be around anymore
MEDEIS: so( she )spoke, ( to-by-for )( hes spoking ),
( o angering )( death, she )angering-
in-heart( doom )( giving-way, was )going
( go, you )( shining, running, flying )away,
apart-from( aloof )( without )gods( goddesses )( seeings )
( o heart-beholding )( they were gazing-at )
( in-heart-beholding )( we were gazing-at )
( the beholding-heart )( to-by-for him-spoking ),
ὣς εἰποῦσ᾽ ἀπὸ νόσφι θεῶν κίε χωομένη κῆρ.
ADEIMANTOS: its too much, cant see or hear at all
( keep those paws tight on me ) scratches myself
( and the tenderness ) my forte
aint loud
SOKRATES: ( with )truth( unconcealing )going-before
( leading-the-way, guiding, conducting, commanding,
ruling, believing, holding )( o dyad-god )( it was binding )
( bind, you )( the god )( it was in-need )( need, you )
( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be )
( the guiding-unconcealing-truth ),
ἡγουμένης δὴ ἀληθείας
ADEIMANTOS: ( dont let go ) tells myself
( of shared air ) listening even
in emptiness
not other-blame
whatever
nevermind
me you cant see
( moons you all )
SOKRATES: we( o song-poems )wouldnt ever( even drunk )suppose
( we )say( affirm, that )( a )chorus( dance )of evils
( illness-shame )follows( and accompanies )
( you have been following )( follow, you! )
her( unconcealing )self,
οὐκ ἄν ποτε οἶμαι φαμὲν αὐτῇ χορὸν κακῶν ἀκολουθῆσαι.
ADEIMANTOS: ( dont you dare ) gives up on me
( your head on my lap ) needs a break
( flying to me ) speaks me directly
MEDEIS: at once( thereupon )ox-eyed lady-mistress Hera
was( present )upon( approached, drew near, came-to,
overtook, came-after, remained-over-and-above )
( she was in )love( desire )( she was pouring-
forth, vomiting )( praying-to),
αὐτίκ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ἠρᾶτο βοῶπις πότνια Ἥρη,
ADEIMANTOS: o . . .
nevertheless ( we might float away )
if we dont anchor you with something ( heavy )
to keep you here ( as you drift off to sleep )
( it better be tall, boy . . . )
//
xvii. on this road ( lap ) ( towering )
ADEIMANTOS: this-me not here
SAILORS: for, how?
πῶς γάρ;
ADEIMANTOS: ( just a little stumble ) reassures what
( my hand gently in your hair )
( . . . )
HERAKLES: nevertheless( we were having, they )were having-
and-holding boundless( immense-infinite )woe( misery-
pain );
αὐτὰρ ὀιζὺν
εἶχον ἀπειρεσίην:
ADEIMANTOS: ( not a complete fall ) maybe
tripped over the leash tied ( on your neck )
some pinkness rising ( on your cheek )
he beauty-calls me towering
drill baby drill
SOKRATES: but still( a )healthy( sound )( ethos ),
ἀλλ᾽ ὑγιές
ADEIMANTOS: and indeed ( not a reason to stop )
you trust ( we smile but you dont see )
drillings invisible
SOKRATES: and( indeed, a )just( justice )ethos( accustomed-
dwelling, disposition, character, growth-habit ),
τε καὶ δίκαιον ἦθος,
ADEIMANTOS: if hurt its ( just a tiny bump )
( but the tenderness ) the backwards-talk
between myself and me
SOKRATES: following( pursuing )which indeed( turns
into )sophrosune( sound-mindedness,
moderation, self-rule ),
ᾧ καὶ σωφροσύνην ἕπεσθαι,
ADEIMANTOS: ( on the road were on )
( you cant help but feel ) taller
and conquered repeatedly
HERAKLES: for( very-dyad-secret-much )we had been overpowered
( tamed, broken-in, made-subject-to, conquered, as-dead )
( and built )( to-by-for a )meaner( lowlier- worse )( daylight- )man,
μάλα γὰρ πολὺ χείρονι φωτὶ
δεδμήμην,
ADEIMANTOS: ( the road well stay on ) you cant help
but feel your ( knees buckling )
back-bending
SAILORS: straightly,
ὀρθῶς,
SOKRATES: ( this time well stay ) together,
even through the ( falling ),
SAILORS: (he)was saying,
ἔφη.
SOKRATES: towering ( on this road ) together,
all the way through the ( falling )
down
down
down
//
xviii. connect us ( towering )
ADEIMANTOS: monster
MEDEIS: but( o down-turned-dyad )( to-by-for )down-turned-
hand( o glove ), ( she )drove( struck! )( dyad-down-
turned )earth, and(indeed)was speaking(spoke)
( the )story( muthos )word;
χειρὶ καταπρηνεῖ δ᾽ ἔλασε χθόνα καὶ φάτο μῦθον:
ADEIMANTOS: and ( connecting the dots )
to keep myself together ( in spirals tumbling )
( dots bearing witness ),
SOKRATES: and( indeed )( o dyad-god )( it was binding )
( bind, you )( bound-god )( it was in-need )( need, you )
( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be ),
the other chorus( dance )( of the )nature( growth-origin
of )the wisdom-lover( chorus-dance )( other ),
καὶ δὴ τὸν ἄλλον τῆς φιλοσόφου φύσεως χορὸν
ADEIMANTOS: ( the dots connect us ) well
figuratively
( then a giggle escaping ) because
its me,
( tumbling )
SOKRATES: ( are we-being in )some need( was it binding-to )( does it bind )
( are you bound )( bind, you )( was it needing-of )
( does it need )( are you in-need )( need, you )( to-by-for god ),
( to go )backwards( again )from( the )beginning( origin-principle-rule ),
( o )bindings( compelling-constraining-forcing )( us )
to draw-( she-dyad-manliness )-up ( up up up ) —
( in order, post, station, form, array, as for battle,
lay-down a rule, ordain, prescribe,
assess, impose )( the bindings )?
τί δεῖ πάλιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἀναγκάζοντα τάττειν;
ADEIMANTOS: remembering ( barely )
to show ourselves ( in more . . ) . harmony
which could have a ( positive influence ) like
( remember those tumblers in the middle
of his shield? ) any little trr
SOKRATES: for( you )have remembered somehow
that( she-dyad-manliness )came-in-agreement-together
( we were belonging )( they were belonging )
belonging( to-by-for )these
she-dyad-manliness( en-courage-dyad ),
μέμνησαι γάρ που ὅτι συνέβη προσῆκον τούτοις ἀνδρεία,
ADEIMANTOS: to do it in . . ( . .. ways ) . . . ( not tiny )
( to the hard of hearing, Flannery sharply scratched,
you shout, and for the almost blind, you draw
large and startling figures ) we-being
a realist of ( our ) distances,
SOKRATES: ( she-dyad )magnificence,
μεγαλοπρέπεια,
ADEIMANTOS: with hands softer ( than. . . …. . ) . . the springs
( not even e. e. cummings hands )
( but hulking ) and smashing and bashing — himself
wanting ( needing-binding ) to show ( to feel )
the way she feels,
SOKRATES: ( she )learning-well,
εὐμάθεια,
ADEIMANTOS: even until he forgets himself
( everything that goes down rises upside-down )
( Rabelais ) ( Baudelaire ) . . . ( Tartuffe ) ( Alceste )
( tous les philosophes grotesques ) and hes
all for the sake of . . . ( … .. .one )
( towering )
purpose
. . .
. .
.
//
from hymn to Apollo
Republic VI
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