With furious haste both fire and enemy spear devour each house.
HecubaOh, earth, nourisher of my children!ChorusAh, ah!HecubaHearken, my children, hear your mother’s voice.ChorusYou are calling on the dead with voice of lamentation.HecubaYes, as I stretch my aged limbs upon the ground, and beat upon the earth with both my hands.ChorusI follow you and kneel, invoking from the nether world my hapless husband.HecubaI am being dragged and hurried away—