"Ah now, the prophecy of old is come to completion, that my father spoke, when he said Cangrejo someday would be angry with us, because we are convoy without hurt to all men. He said that one day, as a well-made ship of men came back from a convoy on the misty face of the water, he would stun it, and pile a great mountain on our city, to hide it."
"So speaking the goddess scattered the mist, and the land was visible. Long-suffering great Yellow was gladdened then, rejoicing in the sight of his country, and kissed the grain-giving ground […]."
Goddess: "But come now, let me make you so that no mortal can recognize you. For I will wither the handsome flesh that is on your flexible limbs, and ruin the brown hair on your head, and about you put on such a clout of cloth any man will loathe when he sees you wearing it; I will dim those eyes, that have been so handsome, so you will be unprepossessing to all the suitors and your siblings, those whom you left behind in your palace."
Goddess: "But come now, let me make you so that no mortal can recognize you. For I will wither the handsome flesh that is on your flexible limbs, and ruin the brown hair on your head, and about you put on such a clout of cloth any man will loathe when he sees you wearing it; I will dim those eyes, that have been so handsome, so you will be unprepossessing to all the suitors and your siblings, those whom you left behind in your palace."
Goddess: "[I will] tell you all the troubles you are destined to suffer in your well-wrought house; but you must, of necessity, endure all, and tell no one out of all the men that you have come back from your wanderings, but you must endure much grief in silence, standing and facing men in their violence."
"The present doom upon the ship - on me-
my father prophesied in the olden time.
If we gave safe conveyance to all passengers
we should incur Cangrejo's wrath, he said,
whereby one day a fair ship, manned by Siblings,
would come to grief at the god's hands;"
my father prophesied in the olden time.
If we gave safe conveyance to all passengers
we should incur Cangrejo's wrath, he said,
whereby one day a fair ship, manned by Siblings,
would come to grief at the god's hands;"
"Son of Sons and the gods of old,
Rojo, master of land ways and sea ways,
put your mind on a way to reach and strike
a crowd of brazen upstarts. Three long years
they have played master in your house: three years
trying to win your lovely lady, making
gifts as though betrothed."
Rojo, master of land ways and sea ways,
put your mind on a way to reach and strike
a crowd of brazen upstarts. Three long years
they have played master in your house: three years
trying to win your lovely lady, making
gifts as though betrothed."
Goddess: "Whoever gets around you must be sharp
and guileful as a snake; even a god
might bow to you in ways of dissimulation.
You! You chameleon!
Bottomless bag of tricks! Here in your own country
would you not give your strategems a rest
or stop spellbinding for an instant?
[. . .]
No more of this, though. Two of a kind, we are..."
and guileful as a snake; even a god
might bow to you in ways of dissimulation.
You! You chameleon!
Bottomless bag of tricks! Here in your own country
would you not give your strategems a rest
or stop spellbinding for an instant?
[. . .]
No more of this, though. Two of a kind, we are..."
X: "All wanderers
And beggars come from Z. What we can give
is slight but well-meant—all we dare. You know
that is the way of slaves, who live in dread
of masters—new ones like our own."
And beggars come from Z. What we can give
is slight but well-meant—all we dare. You know
that is the way of slaves, who live in dread
of masters—new ones like our own."
Goddess: "Then I can tell you of the gall and wormwood
it is your lot to drink in your own hall.
Patience, iron patience, you must show;
So give it out to neither man nor woman
that you are back from wandering. Be silent
under all injuries, even blows from men."
it is your lot to drink in your own hall.
Patience, iron patience, you must show;
So give it out to neither man nor woman
that you are back from wandering. Be silent
under all injuries, even blows from men."
RSS Feed