Father, I call on you; side with your loved ones!
ElectraAnd I in tears join my voice to his.
ChorusAnd let all our company blend our voices to echo the prayer. Hear! Come to the light!Side with us against the foe!
OrestesAres will encounter Ares; Right will encounter Right.
ElectraO you gods, judge rightly the plea of right!
ChorusA shudder steals over me as I hear these prayers. Doom has long been waiting,but it will come in answer to those who pray.
ChorusAh, inbred trouble and bloody stroke of ruin striking a discord! Ah, lamentable and grievous sorrows!Ah, the unstaunched pain!
ChorusOur house has a cure to heal these woes, a cure not from outside, from the hands of others, but from itself, by fierce, bloody strife.This hymn is for the gods beneath the earth.
ChorusO you blessed powers below, hear this supplication of ours, and with a favorable will send forth to these children your aid for victory!