| OEDIPUS: | Once we have the palace built |
| Once we have the river tamed | |
| Once we liquidate our problems – | |
| Quell the gossip of the city – | |
| Then we start to live our lives. |
| JOCASTA: | But when we have the palace built |
| When we’ve solved the other things | |
| Then will our lives be almost done. |