ALCESTIS
Admetus
But I am lost, dear, if you leave me.
Alcestis
There is no use
in talking to me any more. I am not there.
Admetus
No,, lift your head up, do not leave yuur cniiaren rnus.
Alcestis
I do not want to, but it is goodbye, children.
Admetus
Look at them, oh look at them.
Alcestis
-Nor There is nothing more. 390
Admetus
Are you really leaving us?
Alcestis
Goodbye.
Admetus
Oh, I am lost.
Chorus
It is over now. Admetus' wife is gone from us.
Boy
0 wicked fortune. Mother has gone down there,
father, she is not here with us
in the sunshine any more. 395
She was cruel and went away
and left me to live all alone.
Look at her eyes, look at her hands, so still.
Hear me, mother, listen to me, oh please, 400
listen, it is I, mother,
1 your little one lean and kiss
your lips, and cry out to you.
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