Le Poème de Parménide
I
The steeds that bear me carried
me as far as ever my heart
Desired, since they brought me
and set me on the renowned
Way of the goddess, who with
her own hands conducts the man
who knows through all things.
On what way was I borne
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Le Poème de Parménide
I
The steeds that bear me carried
me as far as ever my heart
Desired, since they brought me
and set me on the renowned
Way of the goddess, who with
her own hands conducts the man
who knows through all things.
On what way was I borne
5 along; for on it did the wise
steeds carry me, drawing my car,
and maidens showed the way.
And the axle, glowing in the
socket - for it was urged round
by the whirling wheels at each
end - gave forth a sound as of a
pipe, when the daughters of the
Sun, hasting to convey me into
the light, threw back their veils
10 from off their faces and left
the abode of Night.
There are the gates of the ways
of Night and Day, fitted
above with a lintel and below
with a threshold of stone. They
themselves, high in the air, are
closed by mighty doors, and
Avenging Justice keeps the keys
that open them. Her did
15 the maidens entreat with gentle
words and skilfully persuade
to unfasten without demur the
bolted bars from the gates.
Then, when the door
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