Ancient fresco of SeleneΟἱ Διαδικτυακοὶ Ὀρφικοὶ Ὕμνοι The Orphic Hymns OnlineModern painting of Selene

Σελήνης

Θυμίαμα ἀρώματα

Κλῦθι, Θεὰ βασίλεια, φαεσφόρε, δῖα Σελήνη, Clŷthi, Theà basíleia, phaesphóre, dîa Selḗnē, ταυρόκερως Μήνη, νυκτιδρόμε, ἠεροφοῖτι, taurócerōs Mḗnē, nyctidróme, ēerophœ̂ti, ἐννυχίη, δαιδοῦχε, κόρη, εὐάστερε, Μήνη, ennychíē, dædoûche, córē, euástere, Mḗnē, αὐξομένη καὶ λειπομένη, θῆλύς τε καὶ ἄρσην, auxoménē cæ̀ leipoménē, thêlýs te cæ̀ ársēn, αὐγήτειρα, φίλιππε, χρόνου μῆτερ, φερέκαρπε, augḗteira, phílippe, chrónou mêter, pherécarpe, ἠλεκτρίς, βαρύθυμε, καταυγάστειρα, λοχείη, ēlectrís, barýthyme, cataugásteira, locheíē, πανδερκής, φιλάγρυπνε, καλοῖς ἄστροισι βρύουσα, pandercḗs, philágrypne, calœ̂s ástrœsi brýousa, ἡσυχίῃ χαίρουσα καὶ εὐφρόνῃ ὀλβιομοίρῳ, hēsychíēi chǽrousa cæ̀ euphrónēi olbiomœ́rōi, λαμπετίη, χαριδῶτι, τελεσφόρε, νυκτὸς ἄγαλμα, lampetíē, charidôti, telesphóre, nyctòs ágalma, ἀστράρχη, τανύπεπλ’, ἑλικοδρόμε, πάνσοφε κούρη, astrárchē, tanýpepl’, helicodróme, pánsophe coúrē, ἐλθέ, μάκαιρ’, εὔφρων, εὐάστερε, φέγγεϊ τῷ Σῷ elthé, mácær’, eúphrōn, euástere, phéngei tôi Sôi λαμπομένη, σῴζουσα νέους ἱκέτας Σέο, κούρη. lampoménē, sṓizousa néous hicétas Séo, coúrē.

To Selene1

The fumigation from aromatics

Hear, Goddess queen, diffusing silver light,
bull-horn’d2 and wand’ring thro’ the gloom of Night.
With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide
Night’s torch extending, thro’ the heav’ns You ride:
Female and Male3 with borrow’d rays You shine,
and now full-orb’d, now tending to decline.
Mother of ages, fruit-producing Moon,
whose amber orb makes Night’s reflected noon:
lover of horses, splendid, queen of night,
all-seeing pow’r bedeck’d with starry light.
Lover of vigilance, the foe of strife,
in peace rejoicing, and a prudent life:
fair lamp of Night, its ornament and friend,
who giv’st to Nature’s works their destin’d end.4
Queen of the stars, all-wife Diana hail!
Deck’d with a graceful robe and shining veil;
come, blessed Goddess, prudent, starry, bright,
come moony-lamp with chaste and splendid light,
shine on these sacred rites with prosp’rous rays,
and pleas’d accept Thy suppliant’s mystic praise.