Πανός

Πᾶνα καλῶ κρατερόν, νόμιον, κόσμοιο τὸ σύμπαν, Pâna calô craterón, nómion, cósmœo tò sýmpan, οὐρανὸν ἠδὲ θάλασσαν ἰδὲ χθόνα παμβασίλειαν ouranòn ēdè thálassan idè chthóna pambasíleian καὶ πῦρ ἀθάνατον· τάδε γὰρ μέλε’ ἐστὶ τὰ Πανός, cæ̀ pŷr athánaton; táde gàr méle’ estì tà Panós, ἐλθέ, μάκαρ, σκιρτητά, περίδρομε, σύνθρονος Ὥραις, elthé, mácar, scirtētá, perídrome, sýnthronos Hṓræs, αἰγομελές, βακχευτά, φιλένθεος, ἀντροδίαιτε, ægomelés, baccheutá, philéntheos, antrodíæte, ἁρμονίην κόσμοιο κρέκων φιλοπαίγμονι μολπῇ, harmoníēn cósmœo crécōn philopǽgmoni molpêi, φαντασιῶν ἐπαρωγέ, φόβων ἔκπαγλε βροτείων, phantasiôn eparōgé, phóbōn écpagle broteíōn, αἰγονόμοις χαίρων ἀνὰ πίδακας ἠδέ τε βούταις, ægonómœs chǽrōn anà pídacas ēdé te boútæs, εὔσκοπε, θηρητήρ, Ἠχοῦς φίλε, σύγχορε νυμφῶν, eúscope, thērētḗr, Ēchoûs phíle, sýgchore nymphôn, παντοφυές, γενέτορ πάντων, πολυώνυμε Δαῖμον, pantophyés, genétor pántōn, polyṓnyme Dæ̂mon, κοσμοκράτωρ, αὐξητά, φαεσφόρε, κάρπιμε Παιάν, cosmocrátōr, auxētá, phaesphóre, cárpime Pæán, ἀντροχαρές, βαρύμηνις, ἀληθὴς Ζεὺς ὁ κεράστης. antrocharés, barýmēnis, alēthḕs Zeùs ho cerástēs. Σοὶ γὰρ ἀπειρέσιον γαίης πέδον ἐστήρικται, Sœ̀ gàr apeirésion gǽēs pédon estḗrictæ, εἴκει δ’ ἀκαμάτου πόντου τὸ βαθύρροον ὕδωρ eícei d’ acamátou póntou tò bathýrrhoon hýdōr Ὠκεανός τε πέριξ ἐν ὕδασι γαῖαν ἑλίσσων, Ōceanós te périx en hýdasi gæ̂an helíssōn, ἠέριόν τε μέρισμα τροφῆς, ζωοῖσιν ἔναυσμα, ēérión te mérisma trophês, zōœ̂sin énausma, καὶ κορυφῆς ἐφύπερθεν ἐλαφροτάτου πυρὸς ὄμμα. cæ̀ coryphês ephýperthen elaphrotátou pyròs ómma. βαίνει γὰρ τάδε ῥεῖα πολύκριτα σῇσιν ἐφετμαῖς· bǽnei gàr táde rheîa polýcrita sêisin ephetmæ̂s; ἀλλάσσεις δὲ φύσεις πάντων ταῖς σῇσι προνοίαις allásseis dè phýseis pántōn tæ̂s sêisi pronœ́æs βόσκων ἀνθρώπων γενεὴν κατ’ ἀπείρονα κόσμον. bóscōn anthrṓpōn geneḕn cat’ apeírona cósmon. ἀλλά, μάκαρ, βακχευτά, φιλένθεε, βαῖν’ ἐπὶ λοιβαῖς allá, mácar, baccheutá, philénthee, bæ̂n’ epì lœbæ̂s εὐιέροις, ἀγαθὴν δ’ ὄπασον βιότοιο τελευτὴν euiérœs, agathḕn d’ ópason biótœo teleutḕn Πανικὸν ἐκπέμπων οἶστρον ἐπὶ τέρματα γαίης. Panicòn ecpémpōn œ̂stron epì térmata gǽēs.

To Pan¹

I call strong Pan, the substance of the whole,
ætherial, marine, earthly, general soul,
immortal fire; for all the world is Thine,
and all are parts of Thee, O pow’r divine.
Come, blessed Pan, whom rural haunts delight,
come, leaping, agile, wand’ring, starry light;
the Hours and Seasons, wait Thy high command,
and round Thy throne in graceful order stand.
Goat-footed, horned, Bacchanalian Pan,
fanatic pow’r, from whom the world began,
whose various parts by Thee inspir’d, combine
in endless dance and melody divine.
In Thee a refuge from our fears we find,
those fears peculiar to the human kind.
Thee shepherds, streams of water, goats rejoice,
Thou lov’st the chase, and Echo’s secret voice²:
the sportive nymphs³, Thy ev’ry step attend,
and all Thy works fulfill their destin’d end.
O all-producing pow’r, much-fam’d, divine,
the world’s great ruler, rich increase is Thine.
All-fertile Pæan, heav’nly splendor pure,
in fruits rejoicing, and in caves obscure.⁴
True serpent-horned Jove⁵, whose dreadful rage
when rous’d, ’tis hard for mortals to assuage.
By Thee the earth wide-bosom’d deep and long,
stands on a basis permanent and strong.
Th’ unwearied waters of the rolling sea,
profoundly spreading, yield to Thy decree.
Old Ocean too reveres Thy high command,
whose liquid arms begirt the solid land.
The spacious air, whose nutrimental fire,
and vivid blasts, the heat of life inspire
the lighter frame of fire, whose sparkling eye
shines on the summit of the azure sky,
submit alike to Thee, whole general sway
all parts of matter, various form’d obey.
All nature’s change thro’ Thy protecting care,
and all mankind Thy lib’ral bounties share:
for these where’er dispers’d thro’ boundless space,
still find Thy providence support their race.
Come, Bacchanalian, blessed power draw near,
fanatic Pan, Thy humble suppliant hear,
propitious to these holy rites attend,
and grant my life may meet a prosp’rous end;
drive Panic fury too, wherever found,
from human kind, to earth’s remotest bound.