Indeed, a mother is no more for you!

Farewell, O children, long enjoy the light!"

"Ah me, the melancholy word I hear,

Oppressive beyond every kind of death!

No, by the Deities, take heart nor dare

To give me up—no, by our children too

Made orphans of! But rise, be resolute,

Since, thou departed, I no more remain!

For in thee are we bound up, to exist

Or cease to be—so we adore thy love!"