Those in Charge

Theognis 1081-1084 (tr. Dorothea Wender): The city's pregnant, Kurnos, and I fear She'll bear a violent leader of civil war; The people still have sense, but those in charge Are turning, stumbling into evil ways. Κύρνε, κύει πόλις ἥδε, δέδοικα δὲ μὴ τέκηι ἄνδρα ὑβριστήν, χαλεπῆς ἡγεμόνα στάσιος· ἀστοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἔθ' οἵδε σαόφρονες, ἡγεμόνες δέ τετράφαται πολλὴν εἰς κακότητα πεσεῖν.