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Power to those�察�to whom again
Justice turns with hand and aid��
Grievous was the prayer one made
Grievous let the answer fall��
Where the mighty doom is set��
Justice claims aloud her debt。
Who in blood hath dipped the steel��
Deep in blood her meed shall feel
List an immemorial word´
Whosoe'er shall take the sword
Shall perish by the sword。
ORESTES
Father�察�unblest in death�察�O father mine��
What breath of word or deed
Can I waft on thee from this far confine
Unto thy lowly bed�察�
Waft upon thee�察�in midst of darkness lying��
Hope's counter´gleam of fire��
Yet the loud dirge of praise brings grace undying
Unto each parted sire。
CHORUS
O child�察�the spirit of the dead��
Altho' upon his flesh have fed
The grim teeth of the flame��
Is quelled not�察�after many days
The sting of wrath his soul shall raise��
A vengeance to reclaim��
To the dead rings loud our cry´
Plain the living's treachery´
Swelling�察�shrilling�察�urged on high��
The vengeful dirge�察�for parents slain��
Shall strive and shall attain。
ELECTRA
Hear me too�察�even me�察�O father�察�hear��
Not by one child alone these groans�察�these tears are shed
Upon thy sepulchre。
Each�察�each�察�where thou art lowly laid��
Stands�察�a suppliant�察�homeless made��
Ah�察�and all is full of ill��
Comfort is there none to say��
Strive and wrestle as we may��
Still stands doom invincible。
CHORUS
Nay�察�if so he will�察�the god
Still our tears to joy can turn。
He can bid a triumph´ode
Drown the dirge beside this urn��
He to kingly halls can greet
The child restored�察�the homeward´guided feet。
ORESTES
Ah my father� �hadst thou lain
Under Ilion's wall��
By some Lycian spearman slain��
Thou hadst left in this thine hall
Honour�察�thou hadst wrought for us
Fame and life most glorious。
Over´seas if thou hadst died��
Heavily had stood thy tomb��
Heaped on high�察�but�察�quenched in pride��
Grief were light unto thy home。
CHORUS
Loved and honoured hadst thou lain
By the dead that nobly fell��
In the under´world again��
Where are throned the kings of hell��
Full of sway�察�adorable
Thou hadst stood at their right hand´
Thou that wert�察�in mortal land��
By Fate's ordinance and law��
King of kings who bear the crown
And the staff�察�to which in awe
Mortal men bow down。
ELECTRA
Nay�察�O father�察�I were fain
Other fate had fallen on thee。
Ill it were if thou hadst lain
One among the common slain��
Fallen by Scamander's side´
Those who slew thee there should be��
Then�察�untouched by slavery��
We had heard as from afar
Deaths of those who should have died
'Mid the chance of war。
CHORUS
O child�察�forbear� �things all too high thou sayest。
Easy�察�but vain�察�thy cry��
A boon above all gold is that thou prayest��
An unreached destiny��
As of the blessed land that far aloof
Beyond the north wind lies��
Yet doth your double prayer ring loud reproof��
A double scourge of sighs
Awakes the dead�察�th' avengers rise�察�though late��
Blood stains the guilty pride
Of the accursed who rule on earth�察�and Fate
Stands on the children's side。
ELECTRA
That hath sped thro' mine ear�察�like a shaft from a bow��
Zeus�察�Zeus� �it is thou who dost send from below
A doom on the desperate ere long
On a mother a father shall visit his wrong。
CHORUS
Be it mine to upraise thro' the reek of the pyre
The chant of delight�察�while the funeral fire
Devoureth the corpse of a man that is slain
And a woman laid low��
For who bids me conceal it� �out´rending control��
Blows ever the stern blast of hate thro' my soul��
And before me a vision of wrath and of bane
Flits and waves to and fro。
ORESTES
Zeus�察�thou alone to us art parent now。
Smite with a rending blow
Upon their heads�察�and bid the land be well��
Set right where wrong hath stood�察�and thou give ear��
O Earth�察�unto my prayer´
Yea�察�hear O mother Earth�察�and monarchy of hell
CHORUS
Nay�察�the law is sternly set´
Blood´drops shed upon the ground
Plead for other bloodshed yet��
Loud the call of death doth sound��
Calling guilt of olden time��
A Fury�察�crowning crime with crime。
ELECTRA
Where�察�where are ye�察�avenging powers��
Puissant Furies of the slain��
Behold the relics of the race
Of Atreus�察�thrust from pride of place��
O Zeus�察�what borne henceforth is ours��
What refuge to attain��
CHORUS
Lo�察�at your wail my heart throbs�察�wildly stirred��
Now am I lorn with sadness��
Darkened in all my soul�察�to hear your sorrow's word
Anon to hope�察�the seat of strength�察�I rise�察�
She�察�thrusting grief away�察�lifts up mine eyes
To the new dawn of gladness。
ORESTES
Skills it to tell of aught save wrong on wrong��
Wrought by our mother's deed��
Though now she fawn for pardon�察�sternly strong
Standeth our wrath�察�and will nor hear nor heed。
Her children's soul is wolfish�察�born from hers��
And softens not by prayers。
CHORUS
I dealt upon my breast the blow
That Asian mourning women know��
Wails from´my breast the fun'ral cry��
The Cissian weeping melody��
Stretched rendingly forth�察�to tatter and tear��
My clenched hands wander�察�here and there��
From head to breast�察�distraught with blows
Throb dizzily my brows。
ELECTRA
Aweless in hate�察�O mother�察�sternly brave��
As in a foeman's grave
Thou laid'st in earth a king�察�but to the bier
No citizen drew nears´
Thy husband�察�thine�察�yet for his obsequies��
Thou bad'st no wail arise��
ORESTES
Alas�察�the shameful burial thou dost speak��
Yet I the vengeance of his shame will wreak´
That do the gods command��
That shall achieve mine hand��
Grant me to thrust her life away�察�and
Will dare to die��
CHORUS
List thou the deed� �Hewn down and foully torn��
He to the tomb was borne��
Yea�察�by her hand�察�the deed who wrought��
With like dishonour to the grave was brought��
And by her hand she strove�察�with strong desire��
Thy life to crush�察�O child�察�by murder of thy sire��
Bethink thee�察�hearing�察�of the shame�察�the pain
Wherewith that sire was slain��
ELECTRA
Yea�察�such was the doom of my sire�察�well´a´day��
I was thrust from his side�察�
As a dog from the chamber they thrust me away��
And in place of my laughter rose sobbing and tears��
As in darkness I lay。
O father�察�if this word can pass to thine ears��
To thy soul let it reach and abide��
CHORUS
Let it pass�察�let it pierce�察�through the sense of thine ear��
To thy soul�察�where in silence it waiteth the hour��
The past is accomplished�察�but rouse thee to hear
What the future prepareth�察�awake and appear��
Our champion�察�in wrath and in power��
ORESTES
O father�察�to thy loved ones come in aid。
ELECTRA
With tears I call on thee。
CHORUS
Listen and rise to light��
Be thou with us�察�be thou against the foe��
Swiftly this cry arises´even so
Pray we�察�the loyal band�察�as we have prayed��
ORESTES
Let their might meet with mine�察�and their right with my right。
ELECTRA
O ye Gods�察�it is yours to decree。
CHORUS
Ye call unto the dead�察�I quake to hear。
Fate is ordained of old�察�and shall fulfil your prayer。
ELECTRA
Alas�察�the inborn curse that haunts our home��
Of Ate's bloodstained scourge the tuneless sound��
Alas�察�the deep insufferable doom��
The stanchless wound��
ORESTES
It shall be stanched�察�the task is ours�察�
Not by a stranger's�察�but by kindred hand��
Shall be chased forth the blood´fiend of our land。
Be this our spoken spell�察�to call Earth's nether powers��
CHORUS
Lords of a dark eternity��
To you has come the children's cry��
Send up from hell�察�fulfil your aid
To them who prayed。
��The chant is concluded。��
ORESTES
O father�察�murdered in unkingly wise��
Fulfil my prayer�察�grant me thine halls to sway。
ELECTRA
To me�察�too�察�grant this boon´dark death to deal
Unto Aegisthus�察�and to 'scape my doom。
ORESTES
So shall the rightful feasts that mortals pay
Be set for thee�察�else�察�not for thee shall rise
The scented reek of altars fed with flesh��
But thou shalt lie dishonoured�此�hear thou me��
ELECTRA
I too�察�from my full heritage restored��
Will pour the lustral streams�察�what time I pass
Forth as a bride from these paternal halls��
And honour first�察�beyond all graves�察�thy tomb。
ORESTES
Earth�察�send my sire to fend me in the fight��
ELECTRA
Give fair´faced fortune�察�O Persephone��
ORESTES
Bethink thee�察�father�察�in the laver slain´
ELECT
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