Electra
Clasp me to your breast, my dearest brother; for the curse of our mother's blood is separating us from our father's home.
Orestes
[1325]
Throw your arms in close embrace about me. Lament as if I were dead, over my grave.
Dioskouroi
Alas! You have said things terrible even for gods to hear. For in me and in the Olympians there is
[1330]
pity for much-suffering mortals.
Orestes
I shall no longer see you!
Electra
Nor will I draw near your sight!
Orestes
These are my last words to you.
Electra
Farewell, my city!
[1335]
And a long farewell to you, my fellow-countrywomen!
Orestes
Are you going already, most faithful one?
Electra
I am going, my tender eyes wet with tears.
Orestes
[1340]
Go, Pylades, and be happy; marry Electra.
Dioskouroi
Marriage will be for them to think of. But go towards Athens, seeking to escape these hounds of hell, for they are pursuing you fearfully,
[1345]
the dark-skinned ones, with snakes for hands, holding a reward of dreadful pains. But we two must go in haste over the Sicilian sea to rescue the seagoing ships. As we go through the plains of the air,
[1350]
we do not come to the aid of those who are polluted; but we save and release from severe hardships those who love piety and justice in their ways of life. And so, let no one wish to act unjustly,
[1355]
or set sail with perjurers; as a god, I give this address to mortals.The Dioskouroi vanish.
Chorus
Farewell! Any mortal who is able to fare well, and is not worn down by any misfortune, achieves happiness.