Departure of Prometheus [Prasad Nirosha Bandara ]

Departure of Prometheus

Adamantine chains

shivering with cold chilly winds

As they miss you Prometheus

Why only the chains

feel this dreadful pain

Where are the mermaids

Cried at the foot of rocks

Jupiter plays
with arrows of thunders and light
Hermes the cohort with
The Power and the Terror
spreads all over
“The Fire” you stolen,
the precious treasure
for the sake of mankind
from above, the heaven

Eagles!!! Here, they come!

gobble the livers and hearts

Under the mounted sun

In the trembling dark nights

Alone at the end of the world

Down here at the foot of the rocks

Only the gloomy darkness

Wrapped with frightening fear

The heart aches and throbs

As it misses you Prometheus

Why only the chains

feel this dreadful pain

Where are the mermaids

Cried at your mournful gain

The entire body of society

It’s spirit and essence are sucked

Tasted by the gadflies

With such a greedy rush

Who will utter the good and bad?

Of the vicious forecast you told

To Io the beautiful

maiden from far-away Argos

Who captured by the greedy eyes

of His highness in the mountains

and made the Queen Hera

fumed with envy and spite

Oh! The great poet Aeschylus

Today, if he’s here

He will write this grand play again

Sure will forget the Prometheus bond

And it’ll be on something else

The concept of highest and great god

Why only the chains

feel this great difference

Where are the mermaids

Cried at your mournful gain

Did you see a hazard free tomorrow?

Before the dawn you departed

A dark skinned child coming

A prince with a bow

To put down the voracious eagles

To unchain the ties

To liberate the world

After thirteen generations

Did you see?

Prometheus you, the forethought?

Why only the chains

feel this great difference

Where are the mermaids

Cried at your mournful gain?

Prasad Nirosha Bandara -ප්‍රොමිතියස්ගේ නික්මයාම

[Translated By: Malathie Kalpana Ambrose]