Crodlide      The sea of ​​blood is, to you,                                                                      (1)

favorable, oh daughter of Ercathy!

Coray             Because the souls of men must

reach their islands.-------------------------------------------------------------------------4

Thiss what Styx wants, beautiful goddess;                                                 (2)

men, following many reasons,

they die, but their destiny

those who do not die choose it.---------------------------------------------------------8

Therefore, it is divine and his lineage is divine,                                         (3)

although lacerated by the abomination.

They will all go to an island,

who is in sky, after they die.------------------------------------------------------------12

(Coray and Crodlide leave the scene and a rusccaud enters[1])

rusccaud         I have walked a lot but I still can't see                                                      (4)

the forest of souls; I must do it,

before my brother gets to sky,

because, in this way, he will never return from now on.---------------------------16

(Crodlide enters again dressed as a rusccaud)

Crodlide      Strong man, worried                                                                               (5)

I see you and that's truly not

convenient for a military man. Sincerely, tell me

what's happening calmly.---------------------------------------------------------------20

rusccaud         Young man, I came here because he died                                                 (6)

my brother Dercanarpilous,

fighting in Miusilze,

when an arrow hit him in the head.---------------------------------------------------24

I came here to pay                                                                                  (7)

to the gods, for his soul,

the price they ask,

because, if he goes to sky, I won't see him until I die.-----------------------------28

Crodlide      Lord, your brother recently                                                                      (8)

He died, his soul is still

in Coraya's boat, which did not leave.

You go to the banks of the Cténal[2].--------------------------------------------------32

rusccaud        ¡May the gods be favorable to you,                                                            (9)

oh, young man! I'll go there.

(The rusccaud leaves the scene)

Crodlide      The gods, truly, will accompany him,

Well that is the destiny of this man.---------------------------------------------------36

(Crodlide leaves the scene; the rusccaud enters and there is a boat)

rusccaud        So I came to the place where no man,                                                     (10)

without leaving the flesh, knows.

I know that the gods, the men

who fight and also those who die fighting,-------------------------------------------40

they love.                                                                                             (11)

But I know that, to those who follow

their guidelines,

They, however, love more.-------------------------------------------------------------44

I know their (guideline), that those who die                                             (12)

reach this river, it is not,

but those who, with certainty, would be paid

for his brother's life, with his own,-----------------------------------------------------48

because the bond between brothers, between what we have,                  (13)

the most divine thing they have given us,

is; I know they love them.

May this pity, more than, of, that the body be here,-------------------------------52

the impiety                                                                                           (14)

concern them, I hope.

There, on top of the boat, certainly,

I can see Dercanarpilous.---------------------------------------------------------------56

(The rusccaud gets into the boat; Dercanarpilous' ghost enters)

Dercanarp.     Brother, Dicarscaldar, beloved                                                                (15)

for my chest! To you, here,

Seeing you, my heart shakes a lot,

doubt and fear.-------------------------------------------------------------------------(60)

At the beginning death was given                                                            (16)

to every man, by the gods,

but seeing a dead brother

is a pain for all men.---------------------------------------------------------------------64

Therefore, if you suffered my death,                                                        (17)

now I suffer yours equally,

because mine caused you so much pain

that you didn't give me (time) to go to sky.------------------------------------------68

Dicarscaldar   Calm your chest, brother;                                                                      (18)

death has not come to me, but

the pain that your death caused me then

made me come to look for you.--------------------------------------------------------72

Dercanarp.     (Your) words are good, brother,                                                              (19)

but the goddess coming

I see. You must hide,

because you shouldn't see an immortal.----------------------------------------------76

(The rusccaud hides and Coray enters)

Coray              I don't see the light of my brother.                                                         (20)

The night is certainly beginning.

I will take my boat immediately

into the water, so I can start my journey.--------------------------------------------80

(Coray gets on the boat and ascends to sky)

Here next to me is the Belýgav.                                                              (21)

(she looks at Dercanarpilous) This is where you will go,

because, fighting in the place (of battle),

you have died, as the gods intended.-------------------------------------------------84

(Dicarscaldar comes out and stands between Coray and Dercanaspilous)

For what purpose is there a mortal in my boat?                                      (22)

You should not see an immortal.

Your ears, your eyes,

will cover so you don't see me.--------------------------------------------------------88

(Coray turns Dicarscaldar into a rabbit; the boat reaches the other end of the world and she leaves Dicarscaldar on land)

Dicarscaldar   Ruinous the fate of those who do not die                                                 (23)

chose me. I have reached the highest

to get my brother back and now

I am stripped of the brother and of the (body) of man.---------------------------92

How will I live? How will I work?                                                   (24)

I will no longer serve any god.

I will not debate with any man.

The life of a peep ends here.-----------------------------------------------------------96

(A rabbit enters)

rabbit         May the gods of sky, forever,                                                                 (25)

protect you, brother.

This land was ruled by my grandparents,

since the time when Stix breathed life into us.-------------------------------------100

What land do you come from? Of what lineage?                                      (26)

For what reason you come to this land?

Dicarscaldar   May those gods you mention

take into account your hospitality.---------------------------------------------------104

They called me Dicarscaldar. I come                                                       (27)

from the earth near the origin of the gods[3].

The family is of rusccauds.

I am also the son of Elgoece[4],-------------------------------------------------------108

who is son of Forhel,                                                                             (28)

but a goddess banished me,

well my brother died and,

looking for him before he reaches the island,--------------------------------------112

I saw her, being mortal,                                                                         (29)

and she then cursed me. That is my impious destiny.

On this earth, now,

I don't know where I'm going, really.-----------------------------------------------116

rabbit             Your words move me,                                                                            (30)

because your destiny hurts me. Accompany me,

well, to my house, as the gods

intended, and I will take you to (my) father.---------------------------------------120

(Dicarscaldar and the rabbit exit; they enter the rabbit's house and his father is there)

Beloved Father, who, with wisdom,                                                         (31)

lead all the rabbits,

I come to you, I, your older son,

because a stranger arrived.-----------------------------------------------------------124

They called him Dicarscaldar and, for us,                                                 (32)

to welcome him is a mandate.

rabbit king     Indeed, you acted with piety, son.

Now, return to the border.----------------------------------------------------------- 128

(The rabbit leaves the scene)

May the gods protect you,                                                                     (33)

young. Dicarscaldar is not

a rabbit name, but

made of man's words, which Gargmon,---------------------------------------------132

to the sons of Paldacar, in the origin,                                                      (34)

taught. But

We are not animals that men

usually dominate,-----------------------------------------------------------------------136

like dogs or cows,                                                                                 (35)

asll of them they, with (names) of men,

name. How is it like this?

Dicarscaldar   What you say is certainly the truth.--------------------------------------------------140

(This is) because I am not a rabbit, but a man.                                      (36)

I mean, I was, but I committed an impiety and

the goddess who navigates the skies at night

turned me into a rabbit.---------------------------------------------------------------144

rabbit king I understand (your) words, young man.                                                   (37)

Know that the goddess you mention shaped us,

then, from the wood of her boat,

so that Stix would infuse us with the life.-------------------------------------------148

For this, we serve her.                                                                           (38)

If you accompany me in my service,

she will heal you of your impieties.

Dicarscáldar   You calm me down a lot, old man. I will follow you.------------------------------152

(The rabbit king and Dicarscaldar leave the scene)

FIRST TWILIGHT

(The rabbit king and Dicarscaldar enter the forest)

rabbit king The night is coming upon us                                                                  (39)

and all the creatures of the night now

come out of their dream

to feed and also to hunt.--------------------------------------------------------------156

Quickly, the Athur's light leaves us;                                                         (40)

For this, I must summon the mothers,

so that the sons they are going to hand over,

bring.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------160

Dicarscaldar   Your words are good, old man.                                                               (41)

You bring puppies.

Are they the weakest? Or the strongest?

rabbit king Stix put us, then, in the world, to----------------------------------------------------164

be hunted by many animals. So,                                                             (42)

Coray asked Alery to give

mothers (the ability) to give birth in abundance,

like the stars in the sky.---------------------------------------------------------------168

For this reason we increase too much in number,                                   (43)

therefore, we certainly deliver our

sons to the goddess. And she protects us

and watches us from the highest (place).------------------------------------------172

(Another rabbit enters)

rabbit 2           Beloved old man, among the rabbits,                                                      (44)

Sir. I come now from the borders,

that delimit our territory,

to notify you that a fox----------------------------------------------------------------176

has crossed them and several of our                                                       (45)

warriors, truly, it has devoured.

rabbit king Look for all the mothers and young ones,

quickly, and enter ----------------------------------------------------------------------180

to the burrows and do not go out                                                           (46)

until the sentinels have seen the fox,

leaving the territory, the limits, again,

has truly crossed.-----------------------------------------------------------------------184

(Enter the fox)

fox              My eyes, from seeing so many rabbits                                                     (47)

gathered in one place,

indeed, he rejoices greatly.

Your meats are mine.------------------------------------------------------------------188

(The fox chases them; reaches rabbit 2 and kills him; the rabbit king and Dicarscaldar enter the burrow)

Dicarscaldar   Why do you chase                                                                                 (48)

those who serve the gods?

Such an abomination truly does not please

to those who decide the destiny.-----------------------------------------------------192

fox              By what authority do you speak, rabbit?                                                  (49)

Why do you talk about what you don't understand?

Those who do not die put us

in the world to hunt rabbits.----------------------------------------------------------196

We, all creatures of Urmal[5],                                                                   (50)

certainly, do not have the same task.

The gods did not assign us

the justice as a mandate.-------------------------------------------------------------200

(The fox, the rabbit king and Dicarscaldar leave the scene)

SECOND TWILIGHT

(The rabbit king and Dicarscaldar enter)

rabbit king  In the second twilight, to the land of men,                                               (51)

we will introduce ourselves, among their

crops, for, in place,

search for food--------------------------------------------------------------------------206

to deliver the fruits of Urmal to the goddess Coray.                                 (52)

Dicarscaldar   I understand your words,

old man, and (I know) a place where there is too much fruit.

Follow me, like this, on my way.-----------------------------------------------------210

(The rabbit king and Dicarscaldar leave the scene; They enter again with the rabbit 1 behind a fence)

rabbit             What crop is this, then, brother?                                                             (53)

Dicarscaldar   This field is from Umpare.

It belongs to King Thaneprapsous.

In the land from which I come, certainly, its---------------------------------------214

fame is that of, for three great cities,                                                      (54)

produce fruit.

Your eyes (see) it.

rabbit king Come in with me, young.--------------------------------------------------------------218

Let us seek the tribute, with which, your destiny                                    (55)

clean like this. (they cross the fence).

Dicarscaldar   With the food here,

your subordinates would feed—------------------------------------------------------222

until their lineages die.                                                                          (56)

rabbit king I understand what you're saying, young.

But those who decide when we will die

are the gods. Over there--------------------------------------------------------------226

look. There is a big radish that can                                                         (57)

be your tribute to the goddess.

Dicarscaldar   I can see it there, behind the fence.

(He goes to the radish) This son of the earth, of my life,------------------------230 is the price, if the goddess wishes it this way.                                        (58)

(A dog enters)

rabbit             Look, behind the fence.

A dog slowly peeks out over there.

Dicarscaldar   That's Ptipal, the king's dog.----------------------------------------------------------234

Hold what you have in your teeth.                                                          (59)

Run quickly to the other side of the fence.

May the fangs not

reach the neck.-------------------------------------------------------------------------238

(the rabbit king and Dicarscaldar cross the fence; Ptipal reaches and kills the rabbit 1)

Truly you are vile and impious,                                                               (60)

Ptipal. Well you kill those who, the gods,

certainly, serve

to protect men's possessions.--------------------------------------------------------240

Ptipal              What is vile and impious                                                                        (61)

are your words, rabbit,

because, who, then, to us, the dogs, to serve men,

assigned, was the gods.---------------------------------------------------------------244

The tasks of men,                                                                                 (62)

for the gods,

are more important than those of animals. Your

pain do not increase--------------------------------------------------------------------248

(Ptipal, the rabbit king and Dicarscaldar leave the scene)

THIRD TWILIGHT

(The rabbit king and Dicarscaldar enter)

Dicarscaldar   Wise old man, for service to the gods                                                      (63)

you are, from one of your sons,

stripped away. Does your chest

break? You feel pain? Does continuing----------------------------------------------252

with the service cause you difficulties?                                                    (64)

rabbit king The chest is wounded because of the son;

yet the gods, in truth, strong enough

did it, so as not to break.--------------------------------------------------------------256

The gods decide                                                                                   (65)

when we live and when we die,

young. Go against

their decisions only misfortunes------------------------------------------------------260

will cause us, in truth.                                                                           (66)

(Another rabbit enters)

rabbit 3          Father, I have prepared myself for the tribute

and I have come here. Do what you want.

rabbit king  My heart rejoices, son,----------------------------------------------------------------264

and it regrets the piety.                                                                         (67)

(He looks at Dicarscaldar) Here is the tribute that will cleanse your destiny

young.

My last son gives himself--------------------------------------------------------------268

to what the gods ordered us.                                                                 (68)

Bite his neck, until his voice

breaks and, in this way, his soul

escapes through the wound, leaving with the goddess.--------------------------272

Dicarscaldar   My heart cannot understand what you say.                                              (69)

May I, the last son,

do not take away from a pious old man,

in the night that follows---------------------------------------------------------------276

to the one in which he lost another.                                                        (70)

What the gods ordered us does not allow

harm pious ones. This is an abomination.

The pain of making an old man------------------------------------------------------280

lose sons, which received me, then,                                                        (71)

and, in the purification of my destiny

helped me, the forces,

until my time dies, then, will tear me away.----------------------------------------284

rabbit king That mandate you say, young,                                                               (72)

is what the gods certainly assigned to men

Well, although death,

every day,--------------------------------------------------------------------------------288

cover us mortals, the men                                                                      (73)

are sons of Stix and, because of this,

he protects them, from the beginning.

However, this design, to us rabbits,-------------------------------------------------292

does not protect, because, among animals                                               (74)

there is no compassion, nor the gods

feel compassion for animals.

We are in the world until the gods---------------------------------------------------296

decide that another mortal eats us,                                                         (75)

until he offer us as tribute to them.

Dicarscaldar   But I, good old man, am not a rabbit.

I am a man. Or I was. I lived my entire life----------------------------------------300

as a man. I fought                                                                                (76)

as a man. I also worked as a man.

I served the gods

as a man. And now,--------------------------------------------------------------------304

far from everything that came into my life,                                              (77)

being deprived of brother, father,

the chest will not resist

the pain of destroying the life and destiny-----------------------------------------308

treacherously to a pious old man, to whom, truly, the pains,                    (78)

the years and the hopes,

weigh him down.

I have failed,----------------------------------------------------------------------------312

as a man, gods and I will cleanse                                                           (79)

this fails as a rabbit. I was impious

as a man. But I will be, as a rabbit,

the truly most pious tribute,----------------------------------------------------------316

the one who punishes the impious.                                                         (80)

Life condemned and life atoned,

but, nevertheless, with the guilt of the impious,

not worth it.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------320 Death, than being on the last island of sky,                                              (81)

to me,

is more preferable. (He looks at the moon) Goddess

of the skin of light, daughter of the one who, justice among men,-------------324

take care, I beg you to accept                                                                (82)

this tribute, to this son of Stix,

who has failed you and,

now, as your son, he will serve you.------------------------------------------------328

(Dicarscaldar bites his neck hard, until he finally dies)

rabbit king May the silent goddesses                                                                       (83)

receive you in their arms,

so that the gods forgive you

and may you go to the island of the pious ones.----------------------------------332

(Coray enters and transforms into a rabbit)

Coray              May the gods protect you                                                                      (84)

and give you peace,

wise old man, I've come

for the tribute you give me,----------------------------------------------------------336

truly, all the twilights.                                                                           (85).

rabbit king My good and powerful lady,

to the tribute given to you, a cruel

destiny follows. His name-------------------------------------------------------------340

is Dicarscaldar, he is a pious man,                                                          (86)

who, having then been deprived of his brother,

having betrayed the gods, as an animal,

was exiled. And, to, from his stain,--------------------------------------------------344

pardon himself, he gave up the body.                                                      (87)

Coray           What the gods assigned him,

he truly fulfilled it as a man,

which is, by the way, dying with honor.--------------------------------------------348

However, his soul is not that of a man,                                                    (88)

so, even to the islands of the sky,

I can't take it. But, likewise, an impiety

would be that a god did not reward honor.----------------------------------------352

I'll take his rabbit meat,                                                                         (89)

(which is) what my boat was made of,

and I will join it to this, next to the keel,

so that every night the image,------------------------------------------------------------------------------------356

of him, indeed, above all creatures,                                                         (90)

rises; and, furthermore, so that all men

and the rabbits

always know his fame.-----------------------------------------------------------------360

[1] rýsκayζ, front-rank soldier wielding the rusca, semi-long battle sword.

[2] River that fell from the sea of ​​sky and ascended to it. The boats of Coray, the moon, and Athur, the sun, went up through it, and in this they took the souls of the dead to their homes on the islands, which were in that.

[3] Miusilze is near Balthyre, a city that was located in the pelvis of the goddess Parabe (the Earth), who was the mother of the gods..

[4] Mythological king of Miusilze.

[5] God of the earth and nature.