Conquering hero, bastard son of gods Furtive behind your mirror Stalking dread cthonic visions But you dare not meet their gaze Trust not the mirror but the mask An aspect ne'er beheld Beheaded all the same In shadows Medusa, O gorgon, O sun In poison flown from her opened gorge A scarlet plane of immanence One thousand flowers bloom Did you wonder not what torrent forced its deluge here? By what brutal rite the sea defilеd? To what end, this venom blessеd These tresses serpentine? By what violence forged These locks that curl and writhe? By what wry hex this sisterhood aligned? Let us labrys-crack the brow of Zeus once more See what bright horrors issue forth O monster, Medusa, O gorgon, O sun