[Long instrumental opening] [Women’s choir, distant] Ai... ai... O... io... Ai... ai... [Medusa] Do not wake them. Grass grows in their mouths. Flowers between their hands. This one brought a spear. This one brought a sword. I remember their eyes. [Women’s choir] Ai... ai... Gorgo... Gorgo... O... io... O... io... [Long instrumental passage] [Medusa] The serpents wake. A step upon the rock. Silence. Another step. [Women’s choir, low] Ai... ai... Do not turn... Do not turn... [Instrumental passage] [Medusa] There, among the olives... Bronze catches the sun. So. They taught you not to look at me. [Women’s choir, rising] Gorgo... Gorgo... Ai... ai... ai... [Long instrumental passage] [Medusa] Stranger, in the shield you carry... I see my face. [Pause] How strange. I had forgotten it. [Women’s choir] Stone flowers... Stone flowers... Ai... ai... O... io... [Medusa, very softly] Do not wake them. [Long instrumental outro] [Women’s choir, fading] Ai... Ai... Gorgo...
