"No doubt of it!" "Seven miles the storm has driven us off from safe haven." "So near our goal after this long voyage this trick was saved up for me!" "Ho!" "Captain!" "How goes it with you on board!" "Ali's well, captain!" "We have firm moorings." "This is Sandwike, I know the bay well." "Damnation!" "I saw my house on the shore and thought to embrace Senta, my child!" "Then came this blast from the depths of hell." "To rely on the wind is to rely on Satan's mercy!" "Ah well!" "Patience, the storm abates." "So fierce a storm could not last." "Hey. my lads!" "You've kept watch a long time." "Get some rest!" "There's no more to fear!" "Now, helmsman, will you take the watch for me?" "There's no danger, but it'd be better if you kept watch." "Think no more of it!" "Sleep sound, captain!" "Through thunder and storm, from distant seas" "I draw near, my lass!" "Through towering waves, from the south lam here, my lass!" "My girl, were there no south wind" "I could never come to you." "Ah, dear south wind, blow once more!" "My lass longs for me." "On southern shores, in distant lands" "I have thought of you." "Through storm and sea, from Moorish strands a gift I have brought for you." "My girl, praise the fair south wind, for I bring you a golden ring." "Ah, dear south wind, then blow!" "My lass would fain have her gift." "My girl, were there no south wind..." "The time is up." "And once again seven years have elapsed." "The sea, sated, casts me up on land." "Ha!" "Haughty ocean!" "Shortly you must bear me again!" "Your stubbornness can be changed but my doom is eternal!" "The redemption I seek on land, never shall I find it!" "To you, surging ocean, I remain true until your last wave breaks" "and your last waters run dry!" "How often into ocean's deepest maw I have plunged longingly." "But alas!" "I have not found death!" "There on the reefs, fearful graveyard of ships, I have driven my ship." "But ah!" "the grave would not take me!" "Mocking, I challenged the pirate and hoped for death in fierce affray:" ""Here", I cried, "prove your deeds!"" ""My ship is filled with treasure."" "But ah!" "the sea's barbarous son crossed himself in fear, and fled." "How often into ocean's deepest maw I have plunged longingly." "There on the reefs, fearful graveyard of ships, I have driven my ship." "Nowhere a grave!" "Death never comes!" "This is the dread sentence of damnation." "I ask thee, blessed angel from heaven" "who won for me the terms for my absolution:" "Was I the unhappy butt of thy mockery" "when thou didst show me the way of release?" "Vain hope!" "Dread, empty delusion!" "Constant faith on earth is a thing of the past!" "One single hope shall remain with me, it alone shall stand unshaken:" "Long though the earth may put out new shoots, it yet must perish." "Day of Judgement!" "Day of doom!" "When will you dawn and end my night?" "When will the blow of annihilation resound, which shall crack the world asunder?" "When all the dead rise again, then shall I pass into the void." "You stars above, cease your course!" "Eternal extinction fall on me!" "Eternal extinction fall on us!" "Hey!" "Holla!" "Helmsman!" "It's nothing!" "It's nothing!" "Ah, dear south wind, blow once more," " my lass..." " You see nothing?" "You keep fine watch, my lad!" "There lies a ship." "How long have you been asleep?" "The devil take it!" "Forgive me, captain!" "Ahoy there!" "Ahoy there!" "It seems they're just as idle as we are." "Give answer!" "What ship, and what flag?" "Let be!" "I think I see the captain." "Hey!" "Holla!" "Seaman!" "What is your name?" "What is your country?" "Far have I come." "In storm and tempest would you deny me anchorage?" "God forbid!" "Sailors know the need for hospitality." "Who are you?" "A Dutchman." "God give you greeting!" "So the storm drove you too on to this barren rocky shore?" "I fared no better: my home is but a few miles from here." "Nearly there, I had to turn away again." "Tell me, where do you come from?" "Have you suffered damage?" "My ship is safe." "It took no damage." "Driven on by storms and violent winds" "I have wandered over the oceans." "For how long I can scarcely say," "I no longer count the years." "It's impossible, I think, to name all the countries where I've been." "The only one for which I yearn" "I never find, my homeland!" "Grant me the shelter of your house a while and you will not regret your friendship." "With treasures from every region and zone my ship is richly laden." "If you will bargain, you will certainly be the gainer." "How amazing!" "Can I believe your words?" "An unlucky star, it seems, has dogged you till now." "I offer whatever I can do to be of service." "But may I ask what your ship contains?" "You shall see the rarest of treasures, precious pearls, costly gems." "Look here, and convince yourself of the value of what I offer you for your friendly roof." "What?" "ls it possible?" "This treasure?" "Who is rich enough to offer a price for it?" "The price?" "I have just named it:" "this for lodging for a single night!" "Yet what you see is but a fraction of what is stored in my ship's hold." "What good is wealth to me?" "I have neither wife nor child." "And I can never find my native land!" "All my riches I offer you if you give me a home with you and yours." "What do I hear!" "Have you a daughter?" "Indeed, a loving child." "Let her be my wife!" "What?" "Do I hear aright?" "My daughter his wife?" "He seems to mean what he says." "I'm half afraid, if I remain wavering, he will change his mind." " Ah, I have no wife or child," " Am I awake or dreaming?" " Nothing to bind me to this earth!" " Could a son-in-law be more welcome?" " Fate pursues me relentlessly," " I'd be a fool to let this fortune slip!" " With torment as my only companion." " With delight I agree." "Never shall I reach my home." "What avails the wealth I've won?" "If you will consent to this tie, then take my treasure for your own!" "Indeed, stranger, I have a fair daughter, devoted to me in true filial love." "She is my pride, my most precious possession, my comfort in sorrow, my joy in happiness." "May she always keep her love for her father." "If true to him, she will be true to her husband, too." "You give jewels, priceless pearls, yet the greatest of treasures, a faithful wife..." "You give to me?" "I give you my word." "Your lot moves me." "Your liberality indicates a generous and noble heart to me." "I've wanted such a son-in-law." "Even were your wealth not so great," "I would choose no other." "My thanks!" "Shall I see your daughter today?" "The next favourable wind will bring us home." "You shall see her, and if she pleases you..." "She shall be mine." "Will she be my angel?" "If, in the fearful violence of my torment, longing urges me towards redemption," "am I allowed to cling to the one hope remaining to me?" "I thank the force of the storm for driving me on to this strand!" "In truth, I have but to grasp what fortune has itself offered me." "You winds who brought him to these shores." "blessings upon you!" "Am I allowed to cling to the one hope remaining to me?" " Dare I cherish the illusion" " In truth, I have but to grasp" " that an angel will be moved to pity me?" " what fortune has itself offered me." " From the torments which shroud my head," " Yes, a rich son-in-law is mine," " have I reached my longed-for goal?" " which all fathers seek for." "Ah, bereft of hope as I am, in this hope I still indulge!" " Yes, to one so wealthy and open-hearted" " Ah, bereft of hope as I am," " I gladly give my house and daughter!" " in this hope I still indulge!" "South wind!" "South wind!" "Ah, dear south wind, blow once more!" "You see, fortune favors you." "The wind is fair, the sea calm." "Let us weigh anchor forthwith and gladly sail for home." "May I ask you to sail on ahead?" "The wind is fresh but my crew are weary." "I'll let them rest awhile, then follow on." " Yes, but the wind?" " It's set to blow from the south!" "My ship is swift and will overtake you." "You think so?" "Well, so be it!" "Farewell!" "You may yet see my daughter today!" "For sure!" "Hey!" "How the sails fill out already!" "Quick, lads, cast off!" "Through thunder and storm, from distant seas" "I draw near, my lass!" "Hurrah!" "Through towering waves, from the south lam here, my lass!" "Hurrah!" "My girl, were there no south wind" "I could never come to you." "Ah, dear south wind, blow once more!" "My lass longs for me." "Whirr and whirl, good wheel," "Qflily. gaily turn!" "Spin, spin a thousand threads, good wheel, whirr and whirl!" "My love is out there on the seas, thinking of his dear at home." "Good wheel, roll and roar!" "Ah, if you could raise a wind, he'd soon be here." "Spin. girls!" "Spin busily!" "Whirr and whirl!" "Good wheel!" "Ah, busily, how busily they spin!" "Every girl wants to gain a lover." "Dame Mary, hush!" "For well you know our song is not yet done." "Sing then!" "Let your wheels not rest." "But Senta, why are you silent?" "Whirr and whirl, good wheel," "Qflily. gaily turn!" "Spin, spin a thousand threads, good wheel, whirr and whirl!" "My love out on the seas will earn much gold in southern lands." "Good wheel, roar more!" "He'll give it to his dear if she spins busily." "Spin. girls!" "Spin busily!" "Whirr and whirl, good wheel!" "You idle girl!" "If you don't spin you'll get no present from your lad." "She has no need to hurry:" "her lover does not sail the sea." "He brings not gold but game - we know a hunter's worth!" "You see her!" "Always before that picture!" "Will you dream away your whole youth in front of that likeness?" "Why did you tell me, why did you relate to me, who he was!" "Poor man!" "God help you!" "What do we hear?" "She's sighing for that pallid man!" "She's losing her head over him!" "You see what a picture can do!" "In vain do I chide her every day." "Come, Senta!" "Turn round this way!" "She doesn't hear you." "She's in love!" "If only it doesn't lead to trouble, for Erik is hot-blooded;" "let him do no damage!" "Say nothing!" "Or else in a rage he'll shoot his rival off the wall." "Stop your foolish laughter!" "Would you make me really angry?" "Whirr and whirl, good wheel," "Qflily. gaily turn!" "Spin, spin a thousand threads, good wheel, whirr and whirl!" "I have done with your stupid song, your whirring and whirling wearies my ears!" "If you want me to turn towards you, search out something better!" "Believe me, she is as true as she is fair!" "This maiden's image speaks to me" "as from the distance of time long past." "As I had dreamed of it through eternities of dread," "now I see it before my eyes." "From the depths of darkness I lifted up my eyes," "full of longing for a wife." "Satan's malice left me a heart to beat," "that I should remain mindful of my torment." "Can I, accursed as I am, call love" "the dull glow that I feel burning here?" "Ah, no!" "My longing is for release:" "oh, that it might come about through an angel like this!" "Am I now deep in some wondrous dream?" "Is what I see a vision?" "Have I been till now in realms of delusion?" "Has the day of awakening just dawned?" "He stands before me, his features lined with sorrow, his unspoken grief speaks to me." "Can the voice of deep sympathy mislead me?" "He is here as I have often seen him." "Ah, what can I call this longing, these sorrows which burn in my bosom?" "The release for which you yearn, poor man, oh, that it might come about through me!" "Are you not against your father's choice?" "What he promised - could it hold good?" "Could you be mine for ever and give your hand to me, a foreigner?" "After a life of torment shall I find in your true love my long-sought rest?" "Whoever you may be and whatever the doom" "that cruel fate may decree for you, whatever the lot that I bring upon myself," "I will always be obedient to my father." "What, so unquestioningly?" "Could you be filled with such deep compassion for my sorrows?" "Oh, what sorrows!" "Could I bring you comfort!" "How sweet a sound in my night of tumult!" "You are an angel!" "An angel's love can comfort even lost souls." "If I may still hope for redemption," "O Eternal One, let it be through her!" "Ah, if he may still hope for redemption," "O Eternal One, let it be through me!" "Oh, could you know the fate that awaits you with me," "the sacrifice you bring me when you swear to be true would daunt you." "Your youth would flee, shuddering, from the lot you would bring upon yourself, if you did not keep your vow of woman's highest virtue, true constancy!" "Well I know woman's sacred duties." "Therefore take comfort, hapless man!" "Let fate condemn one who can defy its decree!" "In the purity of my heart" "I know the high demands of fidelity." "To him to whom I vow it I pledge it wholly, fidelity till death!" " This vow, this solemn promise," " Some mighty magic fires me" " pours a holy balsam on my wounds." " and sends me forth to save him." " Hear, ye powers!" "I found my salvation," " Here may he find a home," " which you withheld from me!" " here may his ship rest in safe haven!" "Hear, ye powers!" "I have found my salvation!" "What is this power I feel within me?" "Star of misfortune, you shall wane." "What enchantment is locked in my bosom?" "Light of hope, shine anew!" " Almighty God, let this which elevates me" " Ye angels, who once forsook me," " be the strength of fidelity." " strengthen her heart and keep her true!" "Forgive me!" "My people will stay outside no longer." "Each time we return home, you know, there is a feast." "I would enhance it, therefore I come to ask if it can be combined with a betrothal?" "I think you've wooed her to your heart's content?" "Senta, my child, do you too consent?" " Here is my hand!" "And without regret" " She gives her hand!" "I plight my troth till death!" "Powers of hell, through her troth I defy you!" "Helmsman, leave your watch!" "Helmsman, join us here!" "Ho!" "Hey!" "Hoist sail!" "Drop anchor!" "Helmsman, come here!" "Fearing neither wind nor rocky shore, today we'll be right merry!" "Each one has a sweetheart ashore, capital tobacco and good brandy wine." "For crag and storm out there, we don't care a rap!" "Furl sail!" "Anchor fast!" "At crag and storm we laugh!" "Helmsman, leave your watch!" "Helmsman, join us here!" "Ho!" "Hey!" "Helmsman, here, drink with us!" "Oh, do look!" "They're dancing, indeed!" "It's clear they don't need any girls." "Hey, girls, stop!" "Where are you going?" "Do you fancy some refreshing wine?" "Your neighbour there should have some too!" "Is food and drink only for you?" "You're right!" "Take some to the poor lads!" "They seem to be faint with thirst!" "There's no sound from them." "And just look!" "No lights!" "Not a trace of the crew!" "Ho, sailors!" "Hey!" "Do you want some light?" "Where are you then?" "We can't see you!" "Don't wake them!" "They're still asleep." "Hey, sailors!" "Hey!" "Answer us!" "They're dead, for sure." "They don't need food and drink!" "Hey, sailors!" "Are you already snugly tucked up in bed?" "Isn't today a feast for you too?" "They stay lying where they are, like dragons guarding their gold." "Hey, sailors!" "Don't you want some refreshing wine?" "You must surely be thirsty!" "They don't drink, they don't sing." "There's no light aboard their ship." "Say, haven't you any sweethearts on land?" "Won't you join the dancing on this friendly shore?" "They're old and grey, not ruddy!" "And their sweethearts are all dead!" "Hey, sailors!" "Wake up, there!" "We bring you lots of food and drink!" "Hey, sailors!" "Wake up, there!" "Hey, sailors!" "Wake up, there!" "Indeed, they do seem dead." "They don't need food and drink." "You've heard of the Flying Dutchman!" "That's the very image of his ship you see!" "Then don't waken the crew." "They're all ghosts, we're certain of it!" "How many centuries have you been at sea?" "Tempests and rocks don't harm you!" "They don't drink, they don't sing!" "There's no light aboard their ship." "Have you no letters, no messages for land?" "We'll hand them to our great-grandfathers!" "They're old and grey, not ruddy!" "And their sweethearts are all dead!" "Hey, sailors!" "Spread your sails and show us how the Dutchman can fly!" "They don't hear!" "And we're afraid!" "They want nothing - so why do we shout?" "You girls, leave the dead in peace!" "Let us, the living, enjoy ourselves!" "Then take it!" "Your neighbours reject it." "What?" "Aren't you yourselves coming aboard?" "What?" "Aren't you yourselves coming aboard?" "No, not just yet!" "It isn't late!" "We'll come soon!" "Now drink away and if you like, dance, too." "But don't grudge your neighbours rest." "Hurrah!" "There's plenty here!" "Thank you, dear neighbours!" "Everyone fill his glass to the brim!" "Our dear neighbours have supplied us with drink." "Dear neighbours, if you have tongues at all, wake up and join us!" "Helmsman, leave your watch!" "Helmsman, join us here!" "Ha!" "Hey!" "Hoist sail!" "Drop anchor!" "Helmsman, come here!" "Many a night we've watched in howling storms, often drunk the sea's briny waters." "Today, making merry, we watch our girls give us a better drink from the barrel." "For crag and storm out there we don't care a rap!" "Furl sail!" "Anchor fast!" "At crag and storm we laugh!" "Helmsman, leave your watch!" "Helmsman, join us here!" "Ho!" "Hey!" "Helmsman, here, drink with us!" "Onto shore drives the storm." "Furl sail!" "Down with the anchor!" "Hurry in to the bay!" "Gloomy captain, go ashore, seven years are up!" "Seek a blond maiden's hand!" "Blond maiden, be true to him!" "Be joyful today, whee!" "Bridegroom!" "Whee!" "The storm wind howls bridal music and the ocean dances to it!" "Whee!" "Hark, it whistles-." "Captain, are you back again?" "" "Whee!" "Set sail!" "" "Your bride, oh, where is she?" "" "Whee!" "Off to sea!" "Captain!" "You're not lucky in love!" "Storm wind, blow and howl, you can't perturb our sails!" "Satan has given them his blessing, in all eternity they'll not burst." "What a song!" "Are they ghosts?" "I'm filled with fear!" "Sing our song!" "Sing loudly!" "Helmsman, leave your watch!" "Helmsman, join us here!" "Sing loudly!" "Helmsman, leave your watch..." "Storm wind, blow and howl, you can't perturb our sails!" "Satan has given them his blessing, in all eternity they'll not burst." "Must I hear this?" "God, must I see this?" "Is this delusion or the truth?" "Can it be?" "Oh, do not ask!" " I dare not answer you." " Righteous Heaven!" "Beyond doubt, it is true!" "What unholy power led you astray?" "What power so quickly induced you cruelly to break my faithful heart?" "Your father, ha!" "he brought the bridegroom with him." "I know him well and suspected what would happen!" "But you - is it possible!" " you gave your hand to a man who has barely crossed your threshold!" "No more!" "Hush!" "I must!" "Oh, this obedience!" "Blind as what you have done!" "You welcomed your father's suggestion." "With a single blow you break my heart!" "No more!" "I must not see you again nor think of you:" "sacred duty commands it." "What sacred duty?" "Is it not more sacred to keep what you once pledged to me, eternal faith?" "What?" "I pledged eternal faith to you?" "Santa, 0 Santa'.!" "Can you deny it?" "Do you no longer remember that day when you called me to you in the valley?" "When, to cull mountain flowers for you," "I fearlessly took countless pains?" "Do you recall how on the steep rocky ridge we watched your father depart from the shore?" "He sailed away on his white-winged ship and entrusted you to my care." "When you put your arm around my neck did you not confess your love anew?" "What thrilled me in the clasp of our hand, was that not the affirmation of your troth?" "Lost!" "Ah, lost!" " Salvation is lost for ever!" " What do I see?" "Heavens!" " Senta, farewell!" " Stop, unhappy man!" " What are you going to do?" " To sea!" "To sea!" "To sea for all eternity!" "There's an end to your vow, to your vow - and my salvation!" "Farewell!" "You shall not perish with me!" "Oh, horror!" "That look!" "Stop!" "You shall never flee from here!" "Set sail!" "Up anchor!" "Bid farewell to the land for ever!" "I am driven forth to sea once more!" "You doubt my faith?" "Unhappy man, what has misled you?" " I cannot depend on you, I cannot depend on God!" " Oh, stay!" " All trust is lost!" " Do not repent our bond!" " What you pledged was but in jest!" " I will hold to what I promised!" "Senta!" "Are you bent on destruction?" "Come to me!" "You are in Satan's clutches!" "Learn the fate from which I save you!" "I am doomed to the most hideous of lots." "Rather would I welcome death ten times over!" "From the curse a woman alone can free me, a woman who would be true to me till death." "You plighted your troth to me, but not before Almighty God:" "this saves you!" "For know, unhappy maid, what is the fate awaiting those who break their vow to me:" "eternal damnation is their lot!" "Countless victims have suffered this sentence through me." "But you shall escape." "Farewell!" "All hope be lost for ever!" "Help!" "Save her, save her!" "Well I know you!" "Well I know your fate!" "I knew you when first I saw you!" "The end of your torment is at hand!" "I am she through whose constancy you shall find salvation!" "Help her!" " She is lost!" " What do I see?" "O God!" "You know me not, nor suspect who I am!" "But ask the seas throughout the world, ask the sailor who has crossed the ocean, he knows this ship, the dread of the godly:" "lam called the Flying Dutchman." "Senta!" "What would you do?" "Praise your angel and his words!" "Here I am, true to you till death!"