Persians
Aeschylus
Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.
- I am stripped of my escort.
- By the disasters of your comrades upon the sea.
- Weep, weep over our calamity, and depart to your homes.
- Alas, alas, woe, woe!
- Cry aloud now in response to me.
- A wretched offering from the wretched to the wretched.
- Cry out, tuning your strain to mine.
- Oh, oh! That which has happened is grievous indeed.
- Alas, for I too share in your sorrow.
- Strike, strike, and groan for my sake.
- I weep in lamentation!
- Now cry aloud in response to me.
- This care, my lord, is mine.
- Lift up your voice now in lamentation.
- Oh, oh! And with our wailing, alas, will be mingled bruising blows and shrieks of pain.
- Beat your breast too, and raise the Mysian wail.
- Anguish, anguish!
- And tear, I beg of you, the white hair from your beard.
- With clenched nails, with clenched nails, with loud wailing.