Intro

O full-orb'd moon, did but thy rays

Their last upon mine anguish gaze!

Beside this desk, at dead of night,

Oft have I watched to hail thy light:

Then, pensive friend! o'er book and scroll,

With soothing power, thy radiance stole!

In thy dear light, ah, might I climb,

Freely, some mountain height sublime,

Round mountain caves with spirits ride,

In thy mild haze o'er meadows glide,

And, purged from knowledge-fumes, renew

My spirit, in thy healing dew!

Goethe: Faust I.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

By Beaumarchais?


N.21. Duettino No. 21. Duet

SUSANNA: SUSANNA:
[scrivendo] [writing]
"Sull'aria ... " "On the breeze ... "

LA CONTESSA: ROSINA:
"Che soave zeffiretto ... " "What a gentle zephyr ... "

SUSANNA: SUSANNA:
"Zeffiretto ... " "Zephyr ... "

LA CONTESSA: ROSINA:
"Questa sera spirer‡ ... " "Will whisper this evening ... "

SUSANNA: SUSANNA:
"Questa sera spirer‡ ... " "Will whisper this evening ... "

LA CONTESSA: ROSINA:
"Sotto i pini del boschetto." "Beneath the pines in the copse."

SUSANNA: SUSANNA:
"Sotto i pini ... " "Beneath the pines ..."?

LA CONTESSA: ROSINA:
"Sotto i pini del boschetto." "Beneath the pines in the copse."

SUSANNA: SUSANNA:
"Sotto i pini ... del boschetto ... " "Beneath the pines ... in the copse ... "

LA CONTESSA: ROSINA:
Ei gi‡ il resto capir‡. And he'll understand the rest.

SUSANNA: SUSANNA:
Certo, certo il capir‡. Oh, yes, certainly he'll understand it.


Translation by Hannah Kilpatrick (hannahelizabeth[a@t]start.com.au)
Published by G. Etranger at 9:45 PM

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