Page 153 - El paraiso perdido

PARADISE LOST
So said. he. o er his sceplre howmg. rose
I rom the right hand ol'Glory where he salí:
And ilie ihird sacred morn hegan to shine.
Dawning ihrough Heaven. Forth rnshed wiih whirlwing I ucia la tercera santa aurora
sound
The chariot of Paternal Deity. 750
Flashing thick llames, whccl within wheel indrawn.
Itsell' instinct with spirit. hut convoyed
By four chcruhic Shapes. Four laces each
liad wondrous: as with stars. their bodies all
And wings were set with eyes; with eyes the wheels
OI' herví, and carccring tires between:
Over their heads a crystal firmament.
Whereon a sapphire throne. inlaid with puré
Amber and colours of the showery arch.
He. in celestial panoply all armed 760
Of radiant Urim. work divinely wrought.
Ascended: at his right hand Victory
Sat eagle-winged: beside him hung his bow
And quiver with three-bolted thunder stored:
And from about him fierce effusion rolled
Ofsmoke and bickering fíame and sparkles dire.
Attended with ten thousand thousand Saints
He onward carne; far ofT his comming shone;
And twenty thousand (I their number heard)
Chariots of God. half on each hand. were seen. 770
He on the wings of Cherub rodé sublime
On the crystallinc sky. in sapphire throned.
Illustrious far and wide. but by his own
First seen. them unexpected joy surprised
When the great ensign of Messiah blazed
Aloft. by Angels borne, his sign in Heaven;
Under whose conduct Michael soon reduced
His army. circumfused on either wing
Under their Head embodied all in one.
Before him Power Divine his way prepared; 780
At his command the uprooted hills retired
Each to his place: they heard his voice. and went
Obsequious; Heaven his wonted face renewed.
And with fresh ílowerets hill and valley smiled.
This saw his hapless focs. but stood obdured.
LIBRO VI
Sobre el cetro se inclina \ se levanta
De la diestra de Dios donde se hallaba
Iluminando el Cielo. Va en turbión
La carroza del Dios Paternidad
Fulgurando, con ruedas en sus ruedas
Movida por su espíritu, escollada
Por cuatro querubines. Cuatro rostros
Tenia cada uno y todo el cuerpo
Y las alas, con ojos, y las ruedas
De berilio, con fuegos que giraban.
IJn piso de cristal sobre sus frentes
Y un trono de zafiros puesto encima
De ambar y colores de arco iris.
En celeste panoplia bien armado
Como radiante Urim. obra divina.
El subió; a su diestra la Victoria
Alada; junto a si cuelga su arco
Y aljaba con tres truenos o disparos.
Rodaba alrededor de El. difundido.
Humo y fuego incisivo con centellas.
Servido por diez mil miles de santos
Se acercó: desde lejos brilla el brillo
Y veinte mil (tal numero escuché)
Carrozas: la mitad a cada lado.
Se sube sobre el ala de querubes
Al cristal y a su Trono de zafiros
Se le ve en todas panes mas los suyos
Al instante. El deleite les sorprende
Cuando ondea la ensena del Mesías
En alto, su bandera celestial.
A tal Jefe Miguel pronto conduce
Su armada que se extiende a los dos lados
Como cuerpo que se une a su cabeza.
El divino poder iba delante
Y a su voz retirábanse los montes
Al sitio que tenían pues le escuchan
Y obedecen. Su faz retoma el Cielo:
Florecillas sonríen por doquier.
Lo vieron los contrarios, mas se obcecan