"Dunsany, Lord - Plays of Gods and Men" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dunsany Lord)

I have heard Gog-Owza playing, and I shall die.

King Karnos:
Hark. Why, I hear it too. That is not Gog-Owza, it is
only a man with a lute; I hear it too.

Queen:
O the King hears it too. The King will die. The great
King will die. My child will be desolate for the King
will die. Mourn, people of the jungle. Mourn,
citizens of Thek. And thou, O Barbul-el-Sharnak, O
metropolitan city, mourn thou in the midst of the
nations, for the great King will die.

King Karnos:
No. No. No. {To the oldest present.} Listen you.
Do you not hear it?

Yes, your Majesty.

King Karnos:
You see it is a real lute. That is no spirit playing.

Queen:
O but he is old; in a few days he will die; it is
Gog-Owza, and the King will die.

King Karnos:
No, no, it is only a man. Look out of the window
there. {To any Young Man.}

It is dark, your Majesty, and I cannot see.

Queen:
It is the spirit Gog-Owza.

I can hear the music clearly.

King Karnos:
He is young.

Queen:
The young are always in danger; they go about among
swords. He will die too and the great King and I. In
a few days we will be buried.

King Karnos:
Let us all listen; we cannot all die in a few days'
time.