Stasimon 4
[Choral 1]
On the one hand I hesitate to curb your gladness, but on the other I fear that you may be overwhelmed by too much joy.
[Choral]
O you who, after such a long time, saw fit to make your most happy journey and appear to me,
Electra
do not, now that you have seen me in all my misery—
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Orestes
What should I not do?—
Electra
—Do not rob me of the comfort of your face; do not force me to forego it!
Orestes
I would be angry, indeed, if I saw another attempt it.
Electra
You give your consent?
Orestes
Why would I not?
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Electra
My friends, I heard a voice that I could never have hoped to hear; nor could I have restrained my emotion in silence and without a cry, when I heard it.
ah, me! But now I have you. You have appeared with that dear face, which I could never, even in misery, forget.
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