Title Polyhymnia , Flame of Wisdom
2nd. Hymn to Goddess Polyhymnia
In English
O revered Muse Polyhymnia
come here, bearing the flame of wisdom.
You adorn nature with harmony
and raise a light for every path.
Sing, revered Muse Polyhymnia
awaken harmony in the cosmos.
Along many paths, in every age
sing wisdom’s light for us.
Different paths call to mortals
and time flows on forever.
May truth make us whole
may wisdom’s light lead us along the way.
Sacred Tetractys, guide us;
teach us measure, order, and harmony.
Following in the footsteps of the Pythagoreans
we seek the truth in number and form.
Sing, revered Muse Polyhymnia
awaken harmony in the cosmos.
Along many paths, in every age
sing wisdom’s light for us.
O Muse, one of the nine
receive this song, this hymn.
To you we give thanks, Polyhymnia
for undying wisdom that endures forever.
In Ancient-Greek
Ὦ Πολύμνια, σεμνὴ Μοῦσα
δεῦρ᾽ ἴθι, φλόγα φέρουσα σοφίας·
φύσιν ἁρμονίᾳ κοσμεῖς
πᾶσι δ᾽ ὁδοῖς φάος ἐγείρεις.
Ὕμνει, Πολύμνια, σεμνὴ Μοῦσα
ἁρμονίαν ἐν κόσμῳ ἔγειρε·
πολλαῖς ὁδοῖς, ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ
σοφίας φάος ἡμῖν ᾆδε.
Ἄλλαι μὲν ὁδοὶ βροτοὺς καλοῦσι
χρόνος δ᾽ ἀέναος ῥέει·
ἀλήθεια δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἀρτίους ποιοίη
σοφίας φῶς ἐν ὁδῷ ἄγοι.
Τετρακτὺς ἱερά, ἡμῶν ἡγεμόνευε
μέτρον, τάξιν, ἁρμονίαν δίδασκε·
Πυθαγορείων ἴχνια βαίνοντες
ἀριθμῷ τε καὶ εἴδει τἀληθὲς ζητοῦμεν.
Ὕμνει, Πολύμνια, σεμνὴ Μοῦσα
ἁρμονίαν ἐν κόσμῳ ἔγειρε·
πολλαῖς ὁδοῖς, ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ
σοφίας φάος ἡμῖν ᾆδε.
Ὦ Μοῦσα, μία τῶν ἐννέα
δέξαι τόδ᾽ ᾆσμα, τόνδ᾽ ὕμνον·
σοὶ χάριν ἀποδίδομεν, Πολύμνια
σοφίας ἀφθίτου, ἀεί τε μενούσης