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前回に引き続き、英語歌唱版オペラ『エヴゲーニー・オネーギン』の歌詞打ち出してきます。
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それでは早速ですが宜しくお願いします。
No. 11 Chorus of Girls
Girls
Dear companions, come this way,
join us in the games we play.
Choose a happy melody
suited to our revelry.
Sing our facourite roundelay/carol
for the harvest holiday.
If a handsome lad comes near,
let us try to lure him here.
When he's seen us from afar
he'll discover where we are.
If he follows in pursuit,
pelt him gaily with your fruit;
all the berries you can find,
summer fruit of every kind.
As the lad is chased away
see that he is teased, and say,
"Never come again to spy
on the girlish games we play!"
No. 12 Scene and Aria
Tatiana
Onegin! Here! To see me!
Oh, heavens, what must he think of me?
What will his answer be?
Why did I write and yield to love so easily?
What foolishness took hold of me
and made me send him such a letter?
It's certain now! My heart foretelles me;
the fatal tempter I adore
will now despise me evermore!
O God above, I'm so unhappy,
I'm so forlorn!
He's here, I know it!
Yes, it is he! It is he!
Onegin
You wrote a letter -
do not deny it!
Whatr I read displayed your innocence and feeling,
the waalth of love your heart's concealing,
and I was touched by what you said.
It stirred within me once again
an old and sensitice emotion.
Yet I must ask you to reflect;
surely it can't be thought correct
to write so frankly to a stranger.
So hear what I now have to say,
then you can judge me as you may.
Tatiana
Oh, heavens! How distressing and how painful!
Onegin
Were I the sort who had intended
to lead a calm domestic life;
if lasting happiness depended
on seeking out a perfect wife,
then doubtless i'd agree
that only you could share my life with me.
But I'm not made for warm affection,
and as for wedlock, even less;
and though I value your perfaction
I fear I'd cause you much distress.
In fact, and dhis i've now dicided,
to marry you would be misguided.
At first my love would be untold,
but time would make it soon grow cold.
Imagine, then, the thorny roses
Hymen might scatter in our way,
who knows, perhaps for many a day!
My soul was destined to discover
it sought no other;
that Fate decrees for good or ill.
I'll always love you as a brother,
yes, as a brother,
or yet, who knows, more dearly still.
I promise you, maybe more dearly wtill.
I beg you not to feel rejected;
your confidence will be respected.
Believe me, all I say is true.
But try practise self-control;
for some men, unlike me,
abush such youthful innocence as yours.
Girls
Dear companions, come this way,
join us in the games we play.
Choose a happy melody
suited to our revelry.
If a handsome lad comes near,
let us try to lure him here.
If he follows in pursuit,
pelt him gaily with your fruit.
See that he is again to say,
"Never vome again to spy
on the girlish games we play!"
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