tiny lines ( green glades ) warm bodies
ADEIMANTOS: o dear Herakles, its very strange ( we are )
as all the dreams it seemed were hers, to keep
under the deepness of Kalupsos veil,
begin re-surfacing, warmth from below.
as of their own billow, yet familiar.
and once before, he sent me to fetch Pindar,
like busting-out some long-forgotten gramps,
another little ( fuck the end goal ) act,
becoming his own victory wreath in fact.
does somebody not at all fawn on Kalupso?
PINDAR: but if someone within
( they gave in )( gave up )( gave way )( surrendered )( yield )
( deals-out )( dispenses )( pays out )holds( hoards )( you hoard )
( to-by-for )( a dyad-glade )hidden( secret, clandestine )wealth
( riches, treasure ),
εἰ δέ τις ἔνδον νέμει πλοῦτον κρυφαῖον,
ADEIMANTOS: but only playing music with real men,
PINDAR: but( while )falling-upon( meeting )( attacking )( he )laughs
( delights )( you would laugh )( to-by-for )others,
(100) ἄλλοισι δ᾽ ἐμπίπτων γελᾷ,
ADEIMANTOS: as for the third time ( fuck the end goal ),
PINDAR: ( the )( she- )soul( life, spirit, self )( to-by-for )Hades,
( he )( will be accomplishing )achieving( its )end( of ends )
( of ones having reached their end )not
ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ τελέων οὐ
ADEIMANTOS: so sneaky with his line breaks to
PINDAR: show-forth( tell, declare )( make-known )( perceive, observe )
( expectations, beliefs, reputations, glories )( the soul,
life, spirit, self )( he )seeming( far away from )
( expectation, belief, reputation )glory without,
φράζεται δόξας ἄνευθεν.
ADEIMANTOS: thats him with most of the guts spilled out.
and if you try to put the guts back in,
a simpler shadow, but almost the opposite of him,
attempted facial reconstruction, or
the outer he-hand-in manually dis-
contains the inner whole?
PINDAR: but if anyone hoards hidden wealth( green glades )within,
while marking others( whats? )with laughter( derision? ),
they dont perceive( nor show )the soul, without
a reputation, achieves its end( un-seemingly )in Hades.
ADEIMANTOS: but hm, couldnt it also be,
PINDAR: the soul, without
an expectation, achieves its end( en-gloriously )by Hades,
ADEIMANTOS: but o, these leave me so many questions
exposed. holding this small yet manly creature
in my hands, he wont stay still, so actively alone
or agonizing, or does he host our secret club
for brunch? how would you translate him?
HERAKLES: and( indeed )once( o drinkin-drunk )he sent me( thither- )
hither to( will-to )( dyad- )lead-carry-fetch-
bring( the o dyad- )dog,
( they-were led-fetched-brought )
( they-will lead-fetch-bring ),
καί ποτέ μ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ἔπεμψε κύν᾽ ἄξοντ᾽:
ADEIMANTOS: o you, but were we really such
a Kerberos? ( get it ) ( a Care Bear - os? )
( the rest and recharge ) seeming long enough,
that sizzle building everywhere round here,
until ( we can almost feel ) another earth
( bust out across her cosmic dancing floor ),
( and we feel giddy ) with this possibility
which ( we are happy to hear ) many returns
( the valley trembles with the laughter of words ),
SAILORS: ( ragin )violently( drunk )at least,
σφόδρα γε.
ADEIMANTOS: for thats how we set out to find you, friend.
but look, he never would have sent me here
alone. he needed me to learn really
to share. so guided by ( your body heat )
and by her ( maybe a tad silly ) under-
over-statement ( our de-stabled song ),
didnt he leave us everything, not only
for my survival, but everything ( needed
for my revival ) ( and all our horses too ) ?
HERAKLES: for( he )didnt consider( ponder, purpose, plan,
suppose, observe )( there )( we )to be( are )yet( o fellows )( an )other
stronger( mightier )task( contest-struggle-ordeal )
( to-by-for )me, at least, ( than )this,
οὐ γὰρ ἔτ᾽ ἄλλον
φράζετο τοῦδέ γέ μοι κρατερώτερον εἶναι ἄεθλον:
ADEIMANTOS: to bring her back from famously unseen?
( but tiny lines draw big pictures ) indeed,
and ones ( so close to me ) draw extra gravity,
stirrup kuklonik storms, and red-rimmed-eyes,
and all that force ( requires such safety )
and sensitivity as ( extra-dyad-security ),
SOKRATES: of these( o dyad-god )
( she was binding )( bind, you )( god-needed-bound )
( she was in-need )( need, you )( the dyad-god )
( indeed )must( be ),
( of )the slight-few
( look, you! )( he )looks( at )( considers )( and beholds ),
τούτων δὴ τῶν ὀλίγων σκόπει
ADEIMANTOS: and so daimonic ( growing underground )
and utterly lazy, and lets this be our luxury,
the slighter-few, the better-tea, to taste.
( and then we feel ) safe, cozy, warm ( only
the presence ) of me and you and trusted words
enjoying ourselves ( and the artwork were in )
floating across her rosy surreality
would bloom into his dance of many forms,
SOKRATES: as( o )many( he )destructions
( ruins, pests, plagues, pandemics, deaths )
and( indeed )( as )( many )( he )greats( bigs, full-
growns, vasts, highs, wides and longs,
mighties and strongs )( impressives ),
ὡς πολλοὶ ὄλεθροι καὶ μεγάλοι.
ADEIMANTOS: ( but giggling uncontrolled )
and with ( the lightest touch ) from them ( his hims )
( but maybe when we play with him he gets
more firm? ) you stop it now, and what on earth
would somebody perform? ( ok lets act elegant )
and with ( the lightest touch ) from her, she moves
right through, across, against, yet soothes the waves,
our she-vessel bringing me, and horses, her,
( we becoming )-( steadily more beautiful )
until we give birth even to the presence
really ( of another warm body ) ?
HERAKLES: it( even )indeed( we )i( being )brought( raised
it )up( and back )( poured-forth )( traced-to )( restored )
and( indeed )( they led )( we )led( fetched-carried-
brought )( it )out( from )Hades,
τὸν μὲν ἐγὼν ἀνένεικα καὶ ἤγαγον ἐξ Ἀίδαο:
ADEIMANTOS: yet as ( the dream is real )-( we-being-we ),
the dreaming returns all to me once more.
( in wanting there is fear )-( we are aware ).
so may we hold our fear, even as we hold a child
beloved. even as what we ( could offer ) her
( and trying never to steal the thunder from
tomorrows storm ) would be gladly to deal-out-
inwardly and hold and hoard ( green glades )
( green glades ) ( green glades ) and also
such excellent odes from a somebody.
//
from hymn to Apollo
Pindar Isthmian 1
Republic VI
Odyssey XI.613-626