ORPHEUS
Alas! What have I done?
Where has love's frenzy
driven me?
Beloved Eurydice!
Eurydice! My wife!
Ah! She lives no longer,
I call her in vain!
Woe is me!
I have lost her again, and for ever.
Cruel decree! Oh death!
Oh bitter reminder!
There is no help,
no counsel for me!
I see only ? ah, cruel sight! –
the mournful signs
of my terrible plight.
Be satisfied, malevolent fate!
I am in despair!

ORPHEUS(Aria)
What shall I do without Eurydice?
Where shall I go without my love?
Eurydice! Eurydice!
O heavens! Answer!
I am still true to you!
Eurydice! Eurydice!
Ah, there is no help,
no hope for me
either on earth nor in heaven!