THUS CHAOS LAYED OUT THE DISORDER OF THE GODS,
HE GAVE BOUNDARIES TO THE DISORDER, HE DIVIDED THE WORLD INTO SECTIONS,
HE REDUCED THE LAND IN THE BEGINNING, LEST ALL NOT BE WHOLLY EQUAL,
CHAOS COLLECTED THE LAND IN THE PLANET TOGETHER.
THEN CHAOS ORDERED THE SEAS TO COME FORTH AND SWELL UNDER RAPID WINDS.
AND TO ENVELOP AND ENCIRCLE THE CREATED EARTH;
CHAOS ADDED SPRINGS, GIANT LAKES AND PONDS TO THE EARTH,
SLOPING RIVERS BORDERED WITH SLOPING BANKS,
WHICH, SOME DISTANCED FROM THE SEA FEED THEMSELVES
OTHERS ARRIVE IN THE UNDERTAKEN SEA
AND THE SEAS, IN FRONT OF THE RIVERS, PULSE THE BEACHES
AND CHAOS ORDERED THE SEA TO EXTEND, THE VALLEYS TO FORM,
THE FORESTS TO GROW LEAVES, AND THE STONY MOUNTAINS TO RISE,
AND CHAOS CUT THE SKY IN TWO WITH HIS RIGHT HAND,
WITH HIS LEFT, HE MADE THE SUN,
AND SO THE CONCERNED GOD SEPARATED THE LAND INTO EVEN PARTS AS WELL,
AND JUST AS MANY REGIONS WERE PRESSED TO EARTH.
OF WHICH IS NOT HABITABLE, WHICH IS THE MIDDLE, BECAUSE OF HEAT;
TALL SNOW HIDES TWO; BETWEEN THE TWO IT ARRANGED THE SAME
AND IT MIXED THE FIRE WITH THE COLD.
THE AIR THREATENED THESE THINGS, MORE PRECIOUS BY PASSION,
THE WATER IS LIGHTER THAN THE EARTH,
CHAOS ORDERED THE FOG TO PAUSE THERE, THE CLOUDS TO PAUSE THERE
AND THE THUNDERS ABOUT TO DISTURB THE CIVILIZED MINDS TO PAUSE,
AND WINDS MAKING LIGHTNING WITH A FLASH TO PAUSE.
ALSO TO THESE THE BUILDER BANISHED THE WINDS;
NOW THE WORLD WAS FREE FROM THEM, AND EVERY WIND CHOSE HIS REGION,
LEST THEY DESTROY THE WORLD, SUCH IS THE QUARREL OF BROTHERS
EURUS [THE EAST], RETREATED TO THE DAWN AND THE ARAB REGION
WITH THE FIRST RAY OF MORNING AND SUN
AND THE NEXT KINGDOMS, OF WHICH THE SHORES WARM UP BY THE SUN,
WERE WEST WITH WESTERNLY ZEPHYROS; HORRIBLE BOREAS INVADES
THE NORTH; OPPOSITE LAND MOISTENS
BY AUSTER WITH CONSTANT CLOUDS AND RAIN.
ALSO ABOVE THIS HE ESTABLISHED A CLEAR SKY LACKING WEIGHT
AND NOT HAVING ANYTHING OF EARTHLY GROUND.
THUS CHAOS HAD BARELY SEPARATED EVERYTHING WITH FIXED BOUNDARIES,
WHEN STARS, OPPRESSED BY FOG FOR A LONG TIME,
BEGAN TO RADIATE IN THE SKY;
AND THE STARS ARE NOT IN ANY ORB WITH ITS OWN ANIMALS,
THE STARS, FORMS OF GODS, HAVE LONELY HIGH PLACES,
THE ABOUT TO BE HABITABLE WATERS WENT TO THE BRIGHT FISHES,
THE LAND SEIZED THE WILD BEASTS, THE AIR SEIZED THE AGILE BIRDS.
THE MOST SACRED ANIMAL, CAPABLE OF HIGH REASON
HAD STILL BEEN NEGLECTED BECAUSE ALSO THEY ARE ABLE TO RULE OVER THE OTHERS:
THE HUMAN IS BORN, OR THAT CRAFTSMAN OF ALL THINGS
MADE THEM WITH DIVINE SEED, THE RACE OF A BETTER WORLD,
OR EARTH WAS SEDUCED BY THE SEEDS OF THE SKY, A RELATIVE.
AND PROMETHEUS SHAPED MEN IN THE IMAGE OF THE GODS
MADE FROM EARTH MIXED WITH PURE RAIN WATER
AND WITH ALL THE ANIMALS LEANING FORWARD WATCHED THE EARTH,
HE GAVE A HIGH–UP FACE TO THE HUMANS AND ORDERED TO SEE THE SKY
AND ORDERED THE UPRIGHT ONES TO LIFT UP THE FACE:
THUS, ONLY THE HAVING BEEN CHANGED EARTH, WHICH ALSO WILD HAD BEEN WILD
WITHOUT IMAGINATION, COVERED THE UNKNOWN SHAPES OF MEN.
HE GAVE BOUNDARIES TO THE DISORDER, HE DIVIDED THE WORLD INTO SECTIONS,
HE REDUCED THE LAND IN THE BEGINNING, LEST ALL NOT BE WHOLLY EQUAL,
CHAOS COLLECTED THE LAND IN THE PLANET TOGETHER.
THEN CHAOS ORDERED THE SEAS TO COME FORTH AND SWELL UNDER RAPID WINDS.
AND TO ENVELOP AND ENCIRCLE THE CREATED EARTH;
CHAOS ADDED SPRINGS, GIANT LAKES AND PONDS TO THE EARTH,
SLOPING RIVERS BORDERED WITH SLOPING BANKS,
WHICH, SOME DISTANCED FROM THE SEA FEED THEMSELVES
OTHERS ARRIVE IN THE UNDERTAKEN SEA
AND THE SEAS, IN FRONT OF THE RIVERS, PULSE THE BEACHES
AND CHAOS ORDERED THE SEA TO EXTEND, THE VALLEYS TO FORM,
THE FORESTS TO GROW LEAVES, AND THE STONY MOUNTAINS TO RISE,
AND CHAOS CUT THE SKY IN TWO WITH HIS RIGHT HAND,
WITH HIS LEFT, HE MADE THE SUN,
AND SO THE CONCERNED GOD SEPARATED THE LAND INTO EVEN PARTS AS WELL,
AND JUST AS MANY REGIONS WERE PRESSED TO EARTH.
OF WHICH IS NOT HABITABLE, WHICH IS THE MIDDLE, BECAUSE OF HEAT;
TALL SNOW HIDES TWO; BETWEEN THE TWO IT ARRANGED THE SAME
AND IT MIXED THE FIRE WITH THE COLD.
THE AIR THREATENED THESE THINGS, MORE PRECIOUS BY PASSION,
THE WATER IS LIGHTER THAN THE EARTH,
CHAOS ORDERED THE FOG TO PAUSE THERE, THE CLOUDS TO PAUSE THERE
AND THE THUNDERS ABOUT TO DISTURB THE CIVILIZED MINDS TO PAUSE,
AND WINDS MAKING LIGHTNING WITH A FLASH TO PAUSE.
ALSO TO THESE THE BUILDER BANISHED THE WINDS;
NOW THE WORLD WAS FREE FROM THEM, AND EVERY WIND CHOSE HIS REGION,
LEST THEY DESTROY THE WORLD, SUCH IS THE QUARREL OF BROTHERS
EURUS [THE EAST], RETREATED TO THE DAWN AND THE ARAB REGION
WITH THE FIRST RAY OF MORNING AND SUN
AND THE NEXT KINGDOMS, OF WHICH THE SHORES WARM UP BY THE SUN,
WERE WEST WITH WESTERNLY ZEPHYROS; HORRIBLE BOREAS INVADES
THE NORTH; OPPOSITE LAND MOISTENS
BY AUSTER WITH CONSTANT CLOUDS AND RAIN.
ALSO ABOVE THIS HE ESTABLISHED A CLEAR SKY LACKING WEIGHT
AND NOT HAVING ANYTHING OF EARTHLY GROUND.
THUS CHAOS HAD BARELY SEPARATED EVERYTHING WITH FIXED BOUNDARIES,
WHEN STARS, OPPRESSED BY FOG FOR A LONG TIME,
BEGAN TO RADIATE IN THE SKY;
AND THE STARS ARE NOT IN ANY ORB WITH ITS OWN ANIMALS,
THE STARS, FORMS OF GODS, HAVE LONELY HIGH PLACES,
THE ABOUT TO BE HABITABLE WATERS WENT TO THE BRIGHT FISHES,
THE LAND SEIZED THE WILD BEASTS, THE AIR SEIZED THE AGILE BIRDS.
THE MOST SACRED ANIMAL, CAPABLE OF HIGH REASON
HAD STILL BEEN NEGLECTED BECAUSE ALSO THEY ARE ABLE TO RULE OVER THE OTHERS:
THE HUMAN IS BORN, OR THAT CRAFTSMAN OF ALL THINGS
MADE THEM WITH DIVINE SEED, THE RACE OF A BETTER WORLD,
OR EARTH WAS SEDUCED BY THE SEEDS OF THE SKY, A RELATIVE.
AND PROMETHEUS SHAPED MEN IN THE IMAGE OF THE GODS
MADE FROM EARTH MIXED WITH PURE RAIN WATER
AND WITH ALL THE ANIMALS LEANING FORWARD WATCHED THE EARTH,
HE GAVE A HIGH–UP FACE TO THE HUMANS AND ORDERED TO SEE THE SKY
AND ORDERED THE UPRIGHT ONES TO LIFT UP THE FACE:
THUS, ONLY THE HAVING BEEN CHANGED EARTH, WHICH ALSO WILD HAD BEEN WILD
WITHOUT IMAGINATION, COVERED THE UNKNOWN SHAPES OF MEN.