15. The Second Parode, Part 1
The Salaminians, in Chorus 1 and Chorus 2.
Opera in English, in two acts. Based on the original tragedy by Sophocles, and following the structural scenic form of the ancient Greek Drama.
Story behind the song
The Salaminians have divided into two search parties, and meet at a predetermined spot on the shore, unsuccessful in their efforts to find Ajax.
Lyrics
15. The Second Parode A
(First Half-Chorus enters, then Second Half-Chorus from a different area)
Coryphaeus, (chorus Leader).
To work a013 to multiply work by work. Where have I not been, where
have I not searched? a013 and I could not discover anything anywhere.
First Half-Chorus
But hark! I again hear a noise...
Second Half-Chorus
Your shipmates.
First Half-Chorus
Well?
Second Half-Chorus
We proceeded Westward to search the whole coast.
First Half-Chorus
And have found?
Second Half-Chorus
Nothing but torment.
Tenor First Half-Chorus
And we from the east have searched the bay a013 and there Ajax has not been seen anywhere.
Chorus
STANZA
Tenor
O, who, who a013 the mariner, the hardworking fisherman, the sleepless
hunter, -- O, who from goddesses, whose house on Olympus, who from nymphs of flowing rivers to Bosporus, -- who will tell, where he with hardena019d spirit wanders?
Soprano, Alto
We have searched the bay from the East, and there Ajax has not been found anywhere.
Soprano
Ah, did I not go, did I not wander,
Bass
Did I not search, Did I not suffer?-
Tenor
But not arrived with the passing wind to refuge the unhappy sufferer --
Tenor, Soprano
-- has not been found.
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