| Lyrics: | (from Puccini's "La Boheme")
[Mimi and Rodolfo are getting acquainted fast. Outside,
Rodolfo's friends call him to join them. He would rather stay with Mimi, but she shyly suggests they
all go out together. "Tell me you love me," he pleads. She hold back, at first, but as this duet
ends, they sing together for the first time and their first word is "Love."]
Rodolfo:
O
soave fanciulla, o dolce viso
di mite circonfuso alba lunar,
in te ravviso il
sogno
ch'io vorrei sempre sognar!
Mimi:
(Ah, tu sol comandi,
amor!)
Roldolfo:
Fremon nell'anima
dolcezze esteme, (ecc)
Nel baccio freme
amor!
Mimi:
(Oh come dolci scendono
le sue lusinghe al cor...
Tu sol comandi,
amor!)
M: No per pieta!
R: Sei mia!
M: V'asepttan gli
amici...
R: Gia mi mandi via?
M: Vorrei dir... ma non osso.
M: Se venissi
con voi?
R: Che? Mimi!
Sarebbe cosi dolce restar qui.
C'e freddo fuori.
M:
Vi staro vicina!
R: E al ritorno?
M: Curioso!
R: Dammi il braccio, o mia
piccina...
M: Obbedisco, signor!
R: Che m'ami...di...
M: lo
t'amo.
Rodolfo E Mimi:
Amor! Amor! Amor!
[Translation:]
Oh Sweet
Little Lady
Rodolfo:
Oh! sweet little lady! Oh sweetest vision,
with moonlight
bathing your pretty face!
The dream that I see in you
is the dream I'll always
dream!
Mimi:
(Oh, you rule alone, Love!)
Rodolfo:
Deep in my soul
trembles
the deepest of passions, etc.
Our kisses shudder with love!
Mimi:
(How
gently now his words of praise
make their way into |
