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Topic: Opera and Liberty

SCENE VI.— - Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven’ s Opera Fidelio. German Text, with an English Translation [1805]

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Beethoven’ s Opera Fidelio. German Text, with an English Translation (Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1864).

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SCENE VI.—

EnterLeonora,in violent agitation, from the side opposite to that on which Pizarro and Rocco have gone off, having overheard the intention of Pizarro.

Recitativ.

Leo.

  • Abscheulicher! wo eilst du hin?
  • Was hast du vor im wilden Grimme?
  • Des Mitleids Ruf, der Menschheit Stimme,
  • Rührt nicht mehr deinem Tigersinn.
  • Doch, toben auch, wie Meereswogen,
  • Dir in der Seele Zorn und Wuth,
  • So leuchtet mir ein Farbebogen,
  • Der hell auf dunkeln Wolken ruht.
  • Der blickt so still, so freidlich nieder,
  • Der spiegelt alte Zeiten wieder,—
  • Und neu besänftigt wallt mein Blut.

Recitative.

  • To what new and dreadful crime
  • Will thy vengeance now induce thee?
  • Oh, monster! can no touch of pity
  • From thy brutal heart be look’d for?
  • But vain shall be your machinations:
  • A sweet presentiment of that assures me.
  • For his infamies, the Almighty
  • A fitting reward will mete him.
  • Ah! I feel within me new hopes arise;
  • An inward sense of coming happiness
  • Sustains and cheers my heart.
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KOMM HOFFNUNG, LASS DEN LETZTEN STERN—OH HOPE, SWEET SOLACE. Leonora.

Leo.

  • Ich folg’ dem innern Triebe,
  • Ich wanke nicht;
  • Mich stärkt die Pflicht
  • Der treuen Gattinn Liebe.
  • [Geht ab gegen den Garten.

Leo.

  • Love will thither guide me.
  • By love and hope supported:
  • No more with fear I tremble.
  • Oh thou, whom alone I love,
  • Soon will thy true wife thy cruel torments end.
  • [Exit towards the garden.