Orphic Hymn to Aphrodite Guitar Chord Chart
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Intro: Dm G Am G
Dm G Am G
HEAV’NLY, illustrious, laughter-loving queen,
Dm G Am G
Sea-born, night-loving, of an awful mien;
Dm G
Crafty, from whom necessity first came,
Am G
Producing, nightly, all-connecting dame:
Dm G
Tis thine the world with harmony to join,
Am G
For all things spring from thee, O pow’r divine.
Dm G
The triple Fates are rul’d by thy decree,
Am G
And all productions yield alike to thee:
Dm G
Whate’er the heav’ns, encircling all contain,
Am G
Earth fruit-producing, and the stormy main,
Dm G
Thy sway confesses, and obeys thy nod,
Am G
Awful attendant of the brumal God:
Dm G
Goddess of marriage, charming to the sight,
Am G
Mother of Loves, whom banquetings delight;
Dm G
Source of persuasion, secret, fav’ring queen,
Am G
Illustrious born, apparent and unseen:
Dm G
Spousal, lupercal, and to men inclin’d,
Am G
Prolific, most-desir’d, life-giving, kind:
Dm G
Great sceptre-bearer of the Gods, ’tis thine,
Am G
Mortals in necessary bands to join;
D Am
And ev’ry tribe of savage monsters dire
F G
In magic chains to bind, thro’ mad desire.
D Am
Come, Cyprus-born, and to my pray’r incline,
F G
Whether exalted in the heav’ns you shine,
D Am
Or pleas’d in Syria’s temple to preside,
F G
Or o’er th’ Egyptian plains thy car to guide,
D Am
Fashion’d of gold; and near its sacred flood,
F G
Fertile and fam’d to fix thy blest abode;
D Am
Or if rejoicing in the azure shores,
F G
Near where the sea with foaming billows roars,
D Am
The circling choirs of mortals, thy delight,
F G
Or beauteous nymphs, with eyes cerulean bright,
D Am
Pleas’d by the dusty banks renown’d of old,
F G
To drive thy rapid, two-yok’d car of gold;
D Am
Or if in Cyprus with thy mother fair,
F G
Where married women praise thee ev’ry year,
D Am
And beautiful virgins in the chorus join,
F G
Adonis pure to sing and thee divine;
D Am
Come, all-attractive to my pray’r inclin’d,
F G D
For thee, I call, with holy, reverent mind.