Γῆς

Θυμίαμα πᾶν σπέρμα πλὴν κυάμων καὶ ἀρωμάτων

Γαῖα Θεά, μῆτερ μακάρων θνητῶν τ’ ἀνθρώπων, Gæ̂a Theá, mêter macárōn thnētôn t’ anthrṓpōn, πάντροφε, πανδώτειρα, τελεσφόρε, παντολέτειρα, pántrophe, pandṓteira, telesphóre, pantoléteira, αὐξιθαλές, φερέκαρπε, καλαῖς ὥρῃσι βρύουσα· auxithalés, pherécarpe, calæ̂s hṓrēisi brýousa; ἕδρανον ἀθανάτου κόσμου, πολυποίκιλε κούρη, hédranon athanátou cósmou, polypœ́cile coúrē, ἣ λοχίαις ὠδῖσι κύεις καρπὸν πολυειδῆ, hḕ lochíæs ōdîsi cýeis carpòn polyeidê, ἀιδίη, πολύσεπτε, βαθύστερν’, ὀλβιόμοιρε, aidíē, polýsepte, bathýstern’, olbiómœre, ἡδυπνόοις χαίρουσα χλόαις, πολυάνθεμε Δαῖμον, hēdypnóœs chǽrousa chlóæs, polyántheme Dæ̂mon, ὀμβροχαρές, περὶ τὴν κόσμος πολυδαίδαλος ἄστρων ombrocharés, perì tḕn cósmos polydǽdalos ástrōn εἱλεῖται φύσει ἀενάῳ καὶ ῥεύμασι δεινοῖς. heileîtæ phýsei aenáōi cæ̀ rheúmasi deinœ̂s. ἀλλά, μάκαιρα Θεά, καρποὺς αὔξοις πολυγηθεῖς allá, mácæra Theá, carpoùs aúxœs polygētheîs εὐμενὲς ἦτορ ἔχουσα, σὺν εὐόλβοισιν ἐν ὥραις. eumenès êtor échousa, sỳn euólbœsin en hṓræs.

To Gæa¹

The fumigation from every kind of seed, except beans and aromatics

O Goddess, Earth, of Gods and men the source,
endowed with fertile, all destroying force;
all-parent, bounding, whose prolific pow’rs,
produce a store of beauteous fruits and flow’rs,
all-various maid, th’ eternal world’s strong base
immortal, blessed, crown’d with ev’ry grace;
from whose wide womb, as from an endless root,
fruits, many-form’d, mature and grateful shoot.
Deep-bosom’d, blessed, pleas’d with grassy plains,
sweet to the smell, and with prolific rains.
All flow’ry dæmon, centre of the world,
around Thy orb, the beauteous stars are hurl’d
with rapid whirl, eternal and divine,
whose frames with matchless skill and wisdom shine.
Come, blessed Goddess, listen to my pray’r,
and make increase of fruits Thy constant care;
with fertile Seasons in Thy train, draw near,
and with propitious mind Thy suppliant hear.

Γῆς

To Gæa1

To Gæa¹