Lucia di Lammermoor Act II, Scene I
“Il pallor funesto, orrendo…”
(Lucia + Enrico Duet)
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Lucia Ashton - Sophia Longo
Enrico Ashton - Benson Graham
Collaborative Piano - Arno Jones
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TRANSLATION (by Nico Castel) -
ENRICO
Come closer, Lucia.
I had hoped you’d be happier on this day I see you, on this day which the torches of marriage are lit for you. You are looking at me and you keep silent?
LUCIA
The horrendous and dire pallor that cover my face, Will reproach you silently for my pain and... my sorrow. May God forgive your severe inhumanity and my grief.
ENRICO
That ignoble passion of yours is a good reason to render me pitiless...
But let us be silent about the past: I am still your brother. Spent is the anger in my chest Stifle your insane love for a noble husband.
LUCIA
Stop... Oh stop! I pledged my faith to another.
ENRICO
You couldn’t have...
LUCIA
Enrico!
ENRICO
Enough!
This letter fully shows you what a cruel man you loved. Read it!
LUCIA
My heart has burst!
ENRICO
You seem unsteady!...
LUCIA
I am so upset!... The thunderbolt has struck.
I suffered in weeping... I languished in pain...
My hope... my life I let rest in one man’s heart...
The moment of death has come for me.
That heart unfaithful to another woman has been given.
ENRICO
A mad, perfidious love has set you afire:
You’ve betrayed your blood for a vile seducer,
but heaven still holds you worthy of mercy!
That heart unfaithful to another woman has been given!
LUCIA
What is that?
ENRICO
The sounds of rejoicing! Do you hear it from the river?
LUCIA
Why?
ENRICA
Your bridegroom is arriving. Your wedding bed is being prepared.
LUCIA
The grave for me is being prepared!
I have a veil over my eyes!
ENRICO
Listen to me! Perished is William, and we will see Mary ascend the throne... The party I had followed lies prostrate in the dust.
LUCIA
Oh, I am trembling!...
ENRICO
From the abyss Arturo can save me, Only him...
LUCIA
What about me?
ENRICO
Save me! You must!
LUCIA
But!...
ENRICO
You must!
LUCIA
Oh heaven!...
ENRICO
If you can betray me, my fate is already sealed... You rob me of honor and life: You ready the axe for me... You’ll see me in your dreams An irate and threatening ghost! That executioner’s axe will always be before you!
LUCIA
You see my tears... You read what is in my heart, If my heaven, like earth, does not reject my grief. You take from me, eternal God, my life of despair... I am so unfortunate that death is a blessing for me!