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Flower Duet
LAKME
Come, Mallika, the vines in bloom
Already cast their shadow
On the sacred stream flowing, calm and dark,
Awakened by the song of the boisterous birds!
MALLIKA
Oh! mistress,
It's time I see you smile,
The blessed hour where I can read
in the still closed heart of Lakmé!
BOTH
Under the thick dome, where the jasmine white
At the rose assembles,
On the bank in blooming laughing in the morning,
Come, let's go down together.
Gently gliding
From its charming flow
Let's follow the current running away:
In the quivering one,
With a nonchalant hand,
Come, win the edge,
Where the source is sleeping
And the bird, the bird sings.
Under a dome,
Under the jasmine white,
Ah! let's go down together!
LAKME
But, I do not know what sudden fear,
Take hold of me,
When my father goes alone to their cursed city;
I tremble, I tremble with terror!
MALLIKA
Why the God Ganeça protects him,
Up to the pond where frolic
Swans with snow wings,
Let's go pick the blue lotus.
LAKME
Yes, near the swans to the eves of meige,
Let's go pick the blue lotus.
BOTH
Under the thick dome, where the jasmine white
At the rose assembles,
On the bank in blooming laughing in the morning,
Come, let's go down together.
Gently gliding
From its charming flow
Let's follow the current running away:
In the quivering one,
With a nonchalant hand,
Come, win the edge,
Where the source is sleeping
And the bird, the bird sings.
Under a dome,
Under the jasmine white,
Ah! let's go down together!
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Dein ist mein ganzes Herz!
You are my heart's delight,
And where you are, I long to be
You make my darkness bright, When like a star you shine on me
Shine, then, my whole life through Your life divine bids me hope anew
That dreams of mine may at last come true And I shall hear you whisper,
"I love you."
In dreams when night is falling I seem to hear you calling
For you have cast a net around me And 'neath a magic spell hath bound me
Yours, yours alone How wondrous fair is your beautiful hair
Bright as a summer sky is the night in your eyes
Soft as a sparkling star is the warmth of my love.
You are my heart's delight,
And where you are, I long to be
You make my darkness bright, When like a star you shine on me
Shine, then, my whole life through Your life divine bids me hope anew
That dreams of mine may at last come true And I shall hear you whisper,
"I love you."
-
Una voce poco fa
A voice has just
echoed here into my heart
my heart is already wounded
and it was Lindoro who shot.
Yes, Lindoro will be mine
I've swore it, I'll win.
The tutor will refuse,
I'll sharpen my mind
finally he'll accept,
and happy I'll rest.
Yes, Lindoro will be mine
I've swore it, I'll win.
I let be ruled, I let be guided
I'm obedient, sweet, loving
I let be ruled, I let be guided
But if they touch where my weak spot is
I'll be a viper and a hundred traps
before giving up I'll make them fall
-
Doll Song
The birds in the bower
And in the skies the day star
Everything speaks to the young lady
Everything speaks of love to the young lady
Ah! Everything speaks of love
Ah! This is the comely song
The song of Olympia, of Olympia!
Ah!
All that sings and resounds
And sighs in turn
Moves her heart that tingles
Moves her heart that tingles with love
A!! ah! tingles with love!
This is the comely song
The song of Olympia, of Olympia!
Ah!
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La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
The flower you had thrown at me
In my prison I had stayed,
Withered and dry, this flower
Always kept its sweet smell;
And for hours,
On my eyes closing my eyelids
From this smell I would get drunk
And in the night I saw you.
I began to curse you
To hate you, to tell me:
Why must destiny
Put it there on my way?
Then I blamed myself for blasphemy
And I did not feel in myself
Only one desire, one hope,
To see you again, O Carmen, yes, see you again! ...
Because you had only to appear,
What to take a look at me
To take hold of all my being,
O my Carmen.
And I was a thing of you.
Carmen, I love you!
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Caro nome
Gualtier Maldè… name of the man I love,
be thou engraved upon my lovesick heart!
Beloved name, the first to move
the pulse of love within my heart,
thou shalt remind me ever
of the delights of love!
In my thoughts, my desire
will ever fly to thee,
and my last breath of life
shall be, beloved name, of thee.