Xerxes
Beat your breast too, and raise the Mysian wail. Chorus
[1055] Anguish, anguish! Xerxes
And tear, I beg of you, the white hair from your beard. Chorus
With clenched nails, with clenched nails, with loud wailing. Xerxes
And utter shrill cries. Chorus
This too I will do.
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