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Χορός
ἦ που παλαιᾷ μὲν σύντροφος ἁμέρᾳ,
625λευκῷ δὲ γήρᾳ μάτηρ νιν ὅταν νοσοῦντα
φρενομόρως ἀκούσῃ,
αἴλινον αἴλινον
οὐδ᾽ οἰκτρᾶς γόον ὄρνιθος ἀηδοῦς
630ἥσει δύσμορος, ἀλλ᾽ ὀξυτόνους μὲν ᾠδὰς
θρηνήσει, χερόπλακτοι δ᾽
ἐν στέρνοισι πεσοῦνται
δοῦποι καὶ πολιᾶς ἄμυγμα χαίτας.
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