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Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view
Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State, Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall off [ 30 ]
From thir Creator, and transgress his Will
For one restraint, Lords of the World besides?
Who first seduc'd them to that foul revolt? Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd [ 35 ]
The Mother of Mankind, what time his Pride
Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host
Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring
To set himself in Glory above his Peers,
He trusted to have equal'd the most High, [ 40 ]
If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aim
Against the Throne and Monarchy of God Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud
With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie [ 45 ]
With hideous ruine and combustion down
To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire,
Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms. Nine times the Space that measures Day and Night [ 50 ]
To mortal men, he with his horrid crew
Lay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulfe
Confounded though immortal: But his doom Reserv'd him to more wrath; for now the thought
Both of lost happiness and lasting pain [ 55 ]
Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes
That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:
At once as far as Angels kenn he views
The dismal Situation waste and wilde, [ 60 ]
A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round
As one great Furnace flam'd, yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible
Serv'd onely to discover sights of woe,
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace [ 65 ]
And rest can never dwell, hope never comes
That comes to all; but torture without end
Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed
With ever-burning Sulphur unconsum'd:
Such place Eternal Justice had prepar'd [ 70 ]
For those rebellious, here thir Prison ordain'd
In utter darkness, and thir portion set
As far remov'd from God and light of Heav'n
As from the Center thrice to th' utmost Pole.
O how unlike the place from whence they fell! [ 75 ]
There the companions of his fall, o'rewhelm'd
With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire,
He soon discerns, and weltring by his side
One next himself in power, and next in crime,
Long after known in Palestine, and nam'd [ 80 ]
Beelzebub. To whom th' Arch-Enemy,
And thence in Heav'n call'd Satan, with bold words
Breaking the horrid silence thus began.
My Plain English Translation:
The muse speaks, for neither heaven, nor the secluded space of hell hides anything from her view. First comprehend what action moved mankind's grandparents from happy innocence. The first couple was favored by Adonai and the heavenly beings. How did they fracture His desire for one domain, to remain lords of the world? Who first seduced them to such treasonous insurrection?
Cunningly, the Deceiver, whose lust for retribution and wrong done to him as he perceived, conjured in the form of a slithering beast, corrupted the wife of Adam. It was that Evil One, whose double dealing deceitfulness disguised his malice with seductive songs, phantasms and dreams, charming the ear of Eve. Into her heart he wove his sorcery, weakening her resolve and bending her to his will.
The Adversary, by such devices of vanity, won to his pride, one third the multitude of heavenly beings—the enamored angels, by whose aid aspiring he stood in opposition to Adonai. This Dragon means to set himself in glory above his peers and hopes to equal the most High, outranking all if he overthrows Adonai. To such a lofty goal against the throne and monarchy of the Highest, the Ancient Serpent raised tumult in heaven and battled recklessly with arrogance all who opposed him.
For his warring efforts, The Prince of the Power of the Air along with his legions, was hurled headlong from his insubstantial scorching skies, bleeding ruination and burning down in searing flame to bottomless destruction. For nine days and nights they fell, and nine more lay vanquisht upon the insubstantial deep, yet remain immortal. This hell they found is wreathed in a fire which gives no light—Leviathan’s fate for challenging Adonai to arms. They live enchained, each to every infernal guest a host and to each a slave.
The Conquered Star with his slithering crew crashed into suffocating gulfs of a limitless abyss. Like a tempest they are tossed and confounded. Now, this drowning downfall stored in them more hatred. The Liar’s lost pleasure and its memory of paradise torment him. O, what light left him and to his eye was equally gone! And everyone equal in that situation!
Upon that horrible dungeon each fissure swallows their acrimonious gaze with bottomless fire. Winnowing staggering suffering, and dismayed by inflexible pride and steadfast malevolence his legions wallow.
At once as far as angels see, the Man of Sin perceives his dismal station, a wasted and ruinous plot. That native scene serves only to discover oceans of devastation, a region of suffering and repulsive shadows, where peace and restfulness shall never dwell. Hopes that always come, never comes to them at all. But rather agony without end still urges more agony onward forever.
This flaming inferno fed with sulfur ever-burning inconsumable and rotten smoke: such circumstances they had decreed themselves, rebellious. Around their sepulcher ordained with black lightlessness: a separation leveled and as far removed from Adonai and the beings of heaven as from Saturn three times to the edge of the universe. Oh how utterly unlike the place from where they fell!
The companions of Abaddon, overwhelmed with hurricanes and tornadoes of tempestuous fire, the Devil is discerning. Weltering by his side is one next to himself in power, and only less in crime from serving another; long after known in Palestine and worshiped in the Promised Land as Beelzebub. To whom the God of this Age, and thereafter in heaven called Satan, with strong venom breaking the vacuous echo he thus spoke:
phantasm: illusions and false figures and ideas
vanity: the image the self, also emptiness
tumult: extreme noise, disturbance or other disorder
insubstantial: lacking any supporting feature
vacuum: area devoid of matter, also a degree of exhaustion in such a space
angel's kenned: to see or perceive an idea, to recognize
sepulcher: grave
weltering: tossed and heaved as in waves
Beelzebub: second greatest Devil, in demonology, one of the seven Princes of Hell
Satan: Lord of the Demons, who's name means adversary in Hebrew
vacuous echo: time and sound so quiet it is deafening
Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view
Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State, Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall off [ 30 ]
From thir Creator, and transgress his Will
For one restraint, Lords of the World besides?
Who first seduc'd them to that foul revolt? Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd [ 35 ]
The Mother of Mankind, what time his Pride
Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host
Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring
To set himself in Glory above his Peers,
He trusted to have equal'd the most High, [ 40 ]
If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aim
Against the Throne and Monarchy of God Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud
With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie [ 45 ]
With hideous ruine and combustion down
To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire,
Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms. Nine times the Space that measures Day and Night [ 50 ]
To mortal men, he with his horrid crew
Lay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulfe
Confounded though immortal: But his doom Reserv'd him to more wrath; for now the thought
Both of lost happiness and lasting pain [ 55 ]
Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes
That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:
At once as far as Angels kenn he views
The dismal Situation waste and wilde, [ 60 ]
A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round
As one great Furnace flam'd, yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible
Serv'd onely to discover sights of woe,
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace [ 65 ]
And rest can never dwell, hope never comes
That comes to all; but torture without end
Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed
With ever-burning Sulphur unconsum'd:
Such place Eternal Justice had prepar'd [ 70 ]
For those rebellious, here thir Prison ordain'd
In utter darkness, and thir portion set
As far remov'd from God and light of Heav'n
As from the Center thrice to th' utmost Pole.
O how unlike the place from whence they fell! [ 75 ]
There the companions of his fall, o'rewhelm'd
With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire,
He soon discerns, and weltring by his side
One next himself in power, and next in crime,
Long after known in Palestine, and nam'd [ 80 ]
Beelzebub. To whom th' Arch-Enemy,
And thence in Heav'n call'd Satan, with bold words
Breaking the horrid silence thus began.
My Plain English Translation:
The muse speaks, for neither heaven, nor the secluded space of hell hides anything from her view. First comprehend what action moved mankind's grandparents from happy innocence. The first couple was favored by Adonai and the heavenly beings. How did they fracture His desire for one domain, to remain lords of the world? Who first seduced them to such treasonous insurrection?
Cunningly, the Deceiver, whose lust for retribution and wrong done to him as he perceived, conjured in the form of a slithering beast, corrupted the wife of Adam. It was that Evil One, whose double dealing deceitfulness disguised his malice with seductive songs, phantasms and dreams, charming the ear of Eve. Into her heart he wove his sorcery, weakening her resolve and bending her to his will.
The Adversary, by such devices of vanity, won to his pride, one third the multitude of heavenly beings—the enamored angels, by whose aid aspiring he stood in opposition to Adonai. This Dragon means to set himself in glory above his peers and hopes to equal the most High, outranking all if he overthrows Adonai. To such a lofty goal against the throne and monarchy of the Highest, the Ancient Serpent raised tumult in heaven and battled recklessly with arrogance all who opposed him.
For his warring efforts, The Prince of the Power of the Air along with his legions, was hurled headlong from his insubstantial scorching skies, bleeding ruination and burning down in searing flame to bottomless destruction. For nine days and nights they fell, and nine more lay vanquisht upon the insubstantial deep, yet remain immortal. This hell they found is wreathed in a fire which gives no light—Leviathan’s fate for challenging Adonai to arms. They live enchained, each to every infernal guest a host and to each a slave.
The Conquered Star with his slithering crew crashed into suffocating gulfs of a limitless abyss. Like a tempest they are tossed and confounded. Now, this drowning downfall stored in them more hatred. The Liar’s lost pleasure and its memory of paradise torment him. O, what light left him and to his eye was equally gone! And everyone equal in that situation!
Upon that horrible dungeon each fissure swallows their acrimonious gaze with bottomless fire. Winnowing staggering suffering, and dismayed by inflexible pride and steadfast malevolence his legions wallow.
At once as far as angels see, the Man of Sin perceives his dismal station, a wasted and ruinous plot. That native scene serves only to discover oceans of devastation, a region of suffering and repulsive shadows, where peace and restfulness shall never dwell. Hopes that always come, never comes to them at all. But rather agony without end still urges more agony onward forever.
This flaming inferno fed with sulfur ever-burning inconsumable and rotten smoke: such circumstances they had decreed themselves, rebellious. Around their sepulcher ordained with black lightlessness: a separation leveled and as far removed from Adonai and the beings of heaven as from Saturn three times to the edge of the universe. Oh how utterly unlike the place from where they fell!
The companions of Abaddon, overwhelmed with hurricanes and tornadoes of tempestuous fire, the Devil is discerning. Weltering by his side is one next to himself in power, and only less in crime from serving another; long after known in Palestine and worshiped in the Promised Land as Beelzebub. To whom the God of this Age, and thereafter in heaven called Satan, with strong venom breaking the vacuous echo he thus spoke:
phantasm: illusions and false figures and ideas
vanity: the image the self, also emptiness
tumult: extreme noise, disturbance or other disorder
insubstantial: lacking any supporting feature
vacuum: area devoid of matter, also a degree of exhaustion in such a space
angel's kenned: to see or perceive an idea, to recognize
sepulcher: grave
weltering: tossed and heaved as in waves
Beelzebub: second greatest Devil, in demonology, one of the seven Princes of Hell
Satan: Lord of the Demons, who's name means adversary in Hebrew
vacuous echo: time and sound so quiet it is deafening
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