""Madam Butterfly"" "Japanese Tragedy By:" "Giuseppe Giacosa Luigi Illica" "Music by:" "Giacomo Puccini" "Cio-Cio-San Mirella Freni" "B. F. Pinkerton Placido Domingo" "Suzuki Christa Ludwig" "Sharpless Robert Kerns" "Goro Michel Senechal" "Prince Yamadori Giorgio Stendoro" "The Bonze Marus Rintzler" "Conducted by:" "Herbert Von Karajan" "Directed Jean-Pierre Ponnelle" "Translated by:" "Etcohod" "Act I Overtue" "Atto I-1" " E soffitto, e pareti" "The ceiling and walls... come and go just as you wish" "Giving a different look to the same place different views to the usual ones." "Where's the wedding nest?" "Here, or there...depending..." "It has false ends, too!" "And the living room?" "Here" "Outside?" "One side glides..." "I understand!" "I understand!" "Another one..... slips along" "It's a house of cards" "Solid as a tower, from floor to ceiling." "It would fold in the breeze." "This is the maid who has already lovingly served your bride" "The cook" "The manservant." "They are embarrassed by the great honour." "Their names?" ""Miss delicate Cloud."" ""Ray of rising sun."" ""Breath of scent."" "2" " Sorride Vostro Onore" "Is your honor smiling?" "a smile loosens the knot of worries" "Wise Ocunama said:" ""A smile breaks through a web of trouble." "It opens the shell for the pearl, to man it opens the gates of Paradise." "Perfume of the gods... fountain of life... "" "The wise Ocunama has said:" ""A smile breaks through a web of troubles."" "Her chatter sounds like all women all over the world" "What are you looking for?" "To see if the bride's coming yet." "Is everything ready?" "Everything" "You're a gem of a marriage broker" "The Registrar, the relations," "Relatives." "your console ... the bride" "You'll sign the documents here, and marriage is done." "Are there many relatives?" "The bride's mother and grandmother, her uncle the Bonze" "who won't honour us with his presence," "And cousins, old folks," "Let's say, with their families and contemporaries, about two dozen." "As for descendants... that depends on your honor... and the pretty Butterfly" "Jewel of a marriage broker puff and stumble!" "puff and stumble!" "The Consul's coming up." "Those stones have worn me out" "Welcome!" "Welcome!" "Uff!" "Quick, Goro, some refreshment" "It's high up, here!" "But, it's beautiful!" "Nagasaki the sea," "the port ..." "And a little house that works by magic." "Is it yours?" "I've bought it for 999 years, with the right, each month, to cancel the agreement." "In this country." "houses and contracts are flexible." "the clever man makes the most of it." "Certainly." "3-Dovunque al mondo" "Emperor Meiji prolongs USA Commercial Rights" "All over the world, the traveling American does business..." "He laughs at risks" "He drops anchor where he chooses" "Milk punch or whisky?" "He drops anchor where he chooses until a squall upsets" "his ship, its moorings and rigging" "Life only satisfies him Life is not worth living... if he dos'nt gets the best out of everywhere he goes" "It's an easy gospel the love of every pretty girl." "It's an easy gospel" "It makes life pleasant, but it leaves the heart cold." "Unruffled by defeat, he grabs fortune by the neck" "His talent works everywhere" "So I'm having a Japanese-style marriage, for 999 years" "Free to break the contract every month" "It's an easy gospel" "Atto I-4-"America for ever!"" ""America for ever!"" ""America for ever!"" "Is your bride very pretty?" "A garland of fresh flowers" "A star with rays of gold" "And cheap:" "only 100 yen" "If your honor asks," "I have a good selection." "Go and fetch her, Goro." "What's got into you?" "Are you really infatuated?" "I don't know!" "I don't know!" "It depends on the degree of cooking!" "I couldn't say if it's love or just a whim" "She's certainly enticed me with her simplicity" "She's as a fragile as blown glass" "So tiny and dainty like a figure on a painted screen." "But suddenly she leaves her varnished perch with a sudden movement she frees herself;" "like a butterfly she flutters and settles with such quiet grace that a madness seizes me to pursue her, even though" "I might damage her wings." "5- ler I'altro, il Consolato" "Two days ago she came to the consulate she came as a visiter !" "I didn't see her myself but I heard her speak." "The mystery of her voice touched me to the heart." "It was the voice of someone in love" "It would be a great sin to strip off those delicate wings" "Or crush that trusting heart" "My dear Consul, don't worry!" "It's usual" "It would be great pity ... at your age to take a pessimistic view." " There's nothing wrongl" " That heavenly" " if I want to teach those wings - meek, pretty, little voice" " the sweet flight of love!" " shouldn't utter a note of sadness!" "Whisky?" "Another little glassful." "Here's to your family at home." "And to the day when I shall get married with real wedding ... to a real" "American bride." "6" " Ecco!" "Son giunte al sommo del pendio" "They've got to the top of the hill" "You can hear their buzzing like the wind through the leaves" "Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!" "What an expanse of sky!" "What an expanse of sea!" "Just a few more step now..." "You are so slow!" "Wait." "There we've reached the place!" "look, Look at all the flowers!" "A spring breeze.." "floats the earth" "What an expanse of sky!" "What an expanse of sea!" " a joyous breath of spring.l" " Oh, the gay chatter of youth!" "I am the happiest girl in Japan, or rather,in the whole world." "Friends, I have come" "What an expanse of sky!" "What an expanse of sea!" " at the call of love..." " Joy to you," " I have come to the portals of love..." " Joy to you, sweet friend," "Joy to you, sweet friend," " where is gathered the happiness.." " but before crossing the threshold" " of all who live and die." " which draws you,turn and look at the things which you hold dear, look at all that sky, of all who" "live and die." "of all who live and die." "Friends," "I have come at the call of" "love..." "We have arrived." "B. F. Pinkerton." "Down." "Down." "7" " Gran ventura great fortune" "Our respects." "Was the climb a bit difficult?" "for a well-brought bride.." "not as hard as the hours of waiting" "What a nice compliment" "I know better ones" "A jewelry!" "if you'd like to hear some now" "Thanks no" "Miss Butterfly." "A pretty name, it suits you to perfection." "Do you come from Nagasaki?" "Yes sir." "From a family was wealthy once." "Isn't that so?" "That's so" "No one admits he was born in poverty." "There's not a beggar who, to hear him," "doesn't come of great lineage" "I have known riches." "But storms uproot the strongest oak" "And we worked as geishas" "to support ourselves." "Didn't we?" "We did" "I don't hide it, or feel ashamed [noticing that Sharpless smiles] you laugh?" "Why?" "life is like that." "That childlike manner of hers sets my heart on fire" "Have you any sisters?" "No sir" "I have my mother." "A noble lady" "But without wronging her, very poor, too." "And your father?" "Dead." "How old are you?" "Guess" "Ten" "Make it more." "Twenty" "Make it less." "Just exactly fifteen;" "I am old already." "Fifteen years!" "Fifteen years!" "The age for toys" "And candies" "8" " L'imperial Commissario" "The high Commissioner and the Official Registry, relatives" "Get on with it quickly." "What a joke this parade" "of my new relatives" "My temporary family." "There he is!" "Certainly behind that sail" "Fan pavonazzo ..." "My mother-in-law lurks" "And that thing from overwork is the mad, drunken uncle" "Here, she was chosen, she acts like she's better than you" "Because she was chosen she acts like she's better than you" " He'll divorce her." " I hope so." "She's losing her looks" "For goodness' sake, keep quiet!" "Is there any wine here?" "Let's have a look." "I just saw some, some is crimson." "some the color of tea" "He's so handsome one just couldn't imagine anything better!" "Of course, you would!" "He's not handsome, truly." "Goro offered him to me too,." "But I turned him down" "To me he looks like a king" "In truth he divorced." "I hope so." "He'll divorce her" "For goodness sake, keep quiet!" "Sch!" "Sch!" "Sch!" "My lucky young friend!" "Yes, it is true, she's a flower in bloom" " Her exotic fragrance ..." " on whom Fate has bestowed" " makes my head spin - this newly opened flower!" "I've never seen such a lovely girl" "No lovelier girl have I ever seen than this Butterfly." "and, upon my honour, I've plucked her!" "." " And if you don't take this contract and her trust seriously..." "Beware!" "She believes All this!" "Mother, come here." "Do as I say:" "attention,everybody, one two three," "everyone bow" "9" " Vieni, amor mio!" "Come, my love!" "do you like our little house?" "Mr. B. F. Pinkerton," "excuse me..." "I've brought, a few woman's things" "Where are they?" "They're here.." "you don't mind?" "Why should I, my pretty Butterfly?" "Handkerchiefs." "Pipe." "A sash" "A little clasp." "A mirror" "A fan" "What's that pot?" "A jar of rouge." "for shame!" "Don't you like it?" "A way with it!" "And that?" "Something sacred to me" "Can I see it?" "we're being watched.." "Forgive me." "It's a present from the Mikado..to her father." "who suggested..." "And her father?" "Obeyed" "My Ottoke." "These puppets?" "You said?" "They are the spirits of my ancestors." "Ah ... my respect." "10- leri son salita" "Yesterday I went all alone in secret, to the Mission." "With my new life" "I can adopt a new religion." "My uncle, Bonze, doesn't know, nor do my relatives" "I follow my destiny ..." "Full of humility" "I bow to the God of Mr. Pinkerton." "It is my destiny" "In the same church ... kneeling beside you" "I'll pray to the same God." "and to make you happy..." "I will try to forget my people" "My dearest love!" "11" " Tutti zitti!" "Quiet, everybody!" "It is permitted to the herein named" "Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton..." "Lieutenant in the warship Lincoln," "United States Navy," "North America," "and to Miss Butterfly of the Omara district of Nagasaki, to be united in matrimony, the first by right of his own wish" "and she with consent of her relations who witness to the contract." "The bridegroom." "Then the bride" "And everything is done." "Madam Butterfly!" "Madam B. F. Pinkerton." "My best wishes." "Many thanks." "Is the consul going down?" "I'll go along with you." "see you tomorrow?" "fine" "May you have many children" "I'll try." "remember !" "And here we are family" "Let's get rid of all these people as soon as we decently can." "Hip. hip!" "12" " O Kami!" "O Kami!" "O Kami!" "O Kami!" "Let's drink to the new bonds." "O Kami!" "O Kami!" "Let's drink to the new bonds." "We drink, we drink!" "O Kami!" "O Kami!" "Let's drink to the new bonds." "13" " Cio-Cio-San!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "It's an Abomination!" "Her uncle the Bonze!" "Damn the trouble maker!" "How do we get rid of such nuisances?" "Cio-Cio-San!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "What were you up to at the mission?" "Answer, Cho-Cho-San!" "What's that madman shouting about?" "Answer, what did you do?" "Answer, Cho-Cho-San!" "What, Have you no tears?" "So then, these are the fruits?" "She has betrayed us all" "Hou!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "I tell you she has renounced the ancient cult of the ancestors." "Hou!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "Kami sarundasico!" "Hou!" "CioCioSan!" "your soul will be tortured awaits your soul" "Hey, that's enough, I say!" "Come, everybody!" "Let us go!" "She has disowned us and we ... disown you" "Get out of here at once." "I'll have no shindy in my house and none of this hocus-pocus!" "Hou!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "Kami sarundasico!" "We renounce you!" "We renounce you!" "Hou!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "Hou!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "14" " Bimba, bimba," "Dear child, do not Cry over that croaking of frogs." "They're still howling!" "The whole tribe of them and all the bonzes in Japan aren't worth a tear from your sweet pretty eyes!" "Really?" "Then I won't cry any more." "And I scarcely mind their repudiation because of your words" "which echo so sweetly in my heart." "What are you doing?" "My hand?" "I've been told that over there among well-bred people it's a sign of greater respect" "And Izaghi and Izanami" "Sarundasico, e Kami" "Who's that muttering in there?" "It's Suzuki saying her evening prayers." "15" " Viene la sera..." "Night is falling." "bringing darkness and peace." "And you're here alone ..." "Alone and renegade!" "Renounced" "but happy!" "Come here and close up the house." "Yes, yes, we are all alone... and the world is shut outside..." "And the furious monk." "Suzuki, my clothes." "Good night" "How I've longed to take off this sash," "With motions squirrel!" " let the bride be dressed" " The knots are coming undone!" " in pure white." " To think that this little toy" " Whispering to himself - is my wife!" "My wife!" " If I could only hide!" " she is so graceful.." "It makes me blush so!" "I am consumed with fever .." "And still of sudden desire!" "I still hear that curse" "Butterfly... renounced.." "renounced.." "but happy." "Dear child, with eyes full of witchery, now you are all mine." "You're as pure as a lily" "I love your dark tresses amid the white veils." "I am like the moon-goddess," "The little goddess of the moon the goddess of the moon that descends who comes down at night from the bridge of heaven" "And captivates hearts" "It takes them, and wraps them in a white cloak." "And carries them away to the higher regions." "But meanwhile, you haven't told me yet, you haven't told me you love me." "Does that goddess tell you the words that satisfy burning desire?" "She does" "Maybe she's unwilling for fear of having for fear of having" "a death!" "Foolish fear love does not kill," "but gives life" "And smiles for heavenly joys" "I see it now in your long oval eyes" "For me you are now the eye of heaven." "And I liked you from the first moment" "I set eyes on you." "You are tall, strong" "You laugh out so heartily." "And you say things" "I've never heard in my life before." "I'm happy now," "I'm happy now," "16" " Vogliatemi bene..." "Love me" "with a tender love, like you would to a baby." "the kind that suits me." "Love me" "We are people accustomed to gentle things humble and quiet ... and tenderness spillway and even deep .." "as the sky, as deep sea" "let me kiss your sweet hands" "My Butterfly!" "How well named you are fragile butterfly!" "They say that overseas if a man catches" "any butterfly" "he pierces it fixed to a board!" "There's some truth in that;:" "and do you know why?" "So that it can't fly away again." "I've caught you... and I 'll hold you" "You are mine!" "Yes, for life" "Come come!" "Cast away all sad fears out of your heart!" "The night is so calm!" "Look: everything is asleep!" "Oh, lovely night!" "Come come!" "so many beautiful stars!" " Never have I seen you beautiful!" " And clear night!" "Ah!" "Come come!" "And clear night!" "Look: everything is asleep!" "lovely night!" "What a lot of stars!" "Come come!" "Never have I seen them so beautiful!" "Come come!" "Every spark twinkles and shines" "Come, you are mine!" "like the sparkle of an eye." "kick the fear from your heart!" " Ah!" "The sky is full of dancing eyes" " You serro throbbing." "You are mine!" " On all sides to look upon!" " Ah!" "Come, you are mine!" " In the sky,..." " Ah!" "Come along See," " along the shore, out to sea - sleeps everything!" "I tremble when I hold you .. Ah!" "Vien!" "Ah!" "The sky is full of dancing eyes" " dancing eyes!" " Look, everything is asleep!" " Ah!" "Come." "Ah!" "Come come!" " Ride the sky!" "Ah!" "Oh, lovely night!" " In a ecstasy of love" " Come!" "Ah!" "Come!" " heaven smiles!" " You are mine!" "Oh, come!" "ACT TWO" ""Three years pass by." "despite his long absence..." "Butterfly still awaits Pimkerton's return"" "Atto II- 17" " E Izaghi ed Izanami," "Izaghi, Izanami, sarundasico Kami" "Oh!" "My head!" "And thou, Ten-Sjoo-daj, don't let Butterfly cry any more," "any more." "any more." "Fat and lazy are the gods of Japan." "The American God," "I'm sure, is much quicker in answering those who pray to him." "But I'm afraid he may not know we have our home here." "Suzuki, how much money is left?" "This is all we have left." "This?" "Oh!" "Too many expenses!" "If he does not come back and soon, we shall be in a trouble." "he will be back!" "Are you sure?" "Why does he arrange for the Consul to look after the rent?" "Tell me, quick!" "Why did he take such care to have the house fitted with locks... if he didn't mean to come back again?" "I don't know." "You do not know?" "I'll tell you then:" "in order to keep mosquitos, relatives... and troubles outside," "and inside, jealously guarded, his wife" "his wife his wife - me" "Butterfly" "No one has ever heard of a foreign husband returning to his home." "Be quiet, or I'll kill you!" "On that last morning," ""Are you coming back, sir?"" "I asked him." "with a heavy heart ... trying to hide his unhappiness from me," "smiling he replied:" "O Butterfly... my dear sweet little wife," "I'll return with the roses in that happy season" "when the robin builds his nest."" "He'll come back." "Let us hope so." "Say it with me:" "He'll come back." "He'll come back." "You're crying?" "Whatever for?" "Oh, you are lacking in faith!" "listen:" "18" " Un bel di, vedremo..." "One fine day, we'll see ... a trail of smoke arising" "from the edge of the sea's horizon, and then the ship will appear." "a white ship enters the port ... it's guns thundering a slute" "See?" "He's come!" "I won't go down to meet him." "No," "I'll stand there on the brow of the hill and wait, and wait a long time, and I don't mind" "the long wait." "Emerging from the city crowds ..." "A man, a little speck" "Climbing the hill;" "Who will be?" "who will be?" "And when he arrives," "What will she say?" "what will he say?" "He will call "Butterfly"" "from the distance" "I, without answering," "I'll stay hidden, partly to tease," "and a little '... not to die" "at the first meeting" "And he rather worried he'll call he'll call" ""My dear little wife, fragrance of verbena!" " "the names he gave me when he came here." "this will happen," "I promise you." "Keep your fears with unalterable faith" "I shall wait ." ""meanwhile, unexpectable vistors came calling on Butterfly."" "19" " C'è." "Entrate." "She's there." "Go in." "Excuse me." "madame Butterfly..." "Madame Pinkerton please." "My dear consul," "You remember me?" "Welcome to American home" "Thanks" "your honorable ancestors are quite well?" "I hope so." "Will you smoke?" "Thanks" "I have here..." "Sir, I see the skies are blue." "Thanks" "I Have ..." "Perhaps you'd like" "American cigarettes?" "Thanks" "I have to show you ..." "Here you are." "B. F. Pinkerton has written to me..." "Really!" "Is he well?" "Perfectly." "I am the happiest woman in Japan" "May I ask you a question?" "Certainly." "When they make their nest in America robins?" "What did you say?" "Yes.." "before or after they do here?" "But...why?" "My husband promised me to return in that happy season when the robin builds his nest again." "Here he's redone three times ... maybe there it happens it doesn't nest so often." "Who's that laughing?" "Oh, it's the marriage-broker." "A bad man at your service....." "Be quiet." "He dared... ..." "No,..first answer my question." "I'm sorry, but I don't know." "I haven't studied ornithology." "Orni... thology." "20" " Non lo sapete insomma." "So you don't know in fact." "No." "We were saying..." "Ah, si." "Goro as soon as B. F. Pinkerton" "Was at sea" "I was he came annoying me with gossip and presents, offering me first this one, then that one in second marriage." "Now he's promising me riches from a silly idiot." "The rich Yamadori" "She hasn't a penny." "Her relations have all renounced her." "There he is." "Look." "Yamadori... aren't you tired" "of pining for love?" "will you still slash your wrist if I refuse you a kiss?" "One of the most annoying things is hopeless sighing." "You've had so many wives by now you must be used to it." "I married them all ... and divorce has set me free." "I am flattered" " But with you it would be forever." " I'm afraid I shan't succeed in delivering the message... villas, servants, oro, to Omara a princely palace!" "I,m already committed." "She thinks she's married." "I don't think so " "I am." "I am." "But the law ..." "I know nothing for the wife has made desertion equivalent to divorce." "Japanese law ... not in my country." "Which country?" "The United States" "The poor woman!" "21" " Si sa che aprir la porta" "We're quite aware that to open the door and chase out the wife with no further ado is called divorce here." "But in America you can't do that." "Can you?" "Real" "But ..." "There, a good judge, grave and upright, says to the husband:" ""You want to go away?" "Let us hear why?"" ""I'm bored with married life!"" "And the magistrate:" ""You rascal, into prison with you, quick!"" "Suzuki, tea." "22" " Udiste?" "You heard?" "her blindness depresses me" "Pinkerton's ship is already signalled." "When she sees him again..." "He doesn't wish to show himself." "I have come expressly to take her out of deception." "If your Grace will allow me?" "What tiresome people!" "Goodbye" "I leave you with my heart full of grief, but still I hope sorry for that." "Ah!" "If you would like ..." "The trouble is," "I don't want to." "23" " Ora a noi." "Now to us." "Sit down here." "Will you read this letter with me?" "Give it to me." "To my lips, on my heart..." "You're the kindest man in the world." "Please begin." ""My dear friend, will you go and see that pretty girl... "" "Does he really say that?" "Yes, he does, but if every moment..." "I'll keep quiet," "I'll keep quiet." "I won't interrupt ." ""Since that happy days three years have gone by... "" "He's counted them, too!" ""And perhaps Butterfly does not remember me any more."" "Not remember him?" "Suzuki, you tell him." ""may not remember me any more... "" "Patience!" ""If she still loves me," "and still waiting.. "" "Oh, what sweet words!" "bless this letter!" ""I beg you to be so good as, with tact, to prepare her gently..."" "He's coming." ""... for the shock."" "When?" "Quick!" "Quick!" "this is unbearable!" "I must break it to her without more ado." "damn Pinkerton!" "24" " Ebbene," "Well, what would you do," "Madam Butterfly, if he were never came back?" "Two things" "I could do:" "go back go back to entertaining people with my songs;" "Or else, better," "die" "It grieves me deeply to rob you of your illusions." "but Accept the proposal of the wealthy Yamadori." "You!" "you, sir, say this to me!" "You!" "Great God, what can I do?" "Come here." "Suzuki, quickly, quickly," "His Grace is leaving." "he goes" "Are you throwing me out?" "I beseech you, already not worth the stress." "I was brutal," "I don't deny it." "Oh, you hurt me so much, so much, so much, so much," "it's Nothing!" "it's Nothing!" "I thought I would die.." "But it's already passed, as passag clouds on the sea" "Ah!" "He is forgotten me?" "25" " E questo?" "And this?" "And this?" "And this can her forget this too?" "It is his?" "Who ever saw a Japanese child with blue eyes?" "And his mouth?" "And his curls of pure gold?" "It's obvious." "And does Pinkerton know?" "No" "No" "The child was born after he'd gone back to his great country ." "But you will write him that a son is waiting for him here!" "And then you'll see if he doesn't come hurrying over the land and across sea!" "Do you know the heart of this gentelman thinks of?" "26" " Che tua madre dovrà" "That your mother would have to take you in her arms in the rain and the wind walk the city streets to earn you food and clothing, and to the pitying crowd" "stretch out a trembling hand, crying," ""Listen, listen to my sad tale." "Charity for an unhappy mother!" "move to pity. "" "And Butterfly oh, horrible fate will dance for you!" "And as she used to do, the geisha will sing!" "And the geisha will sing a merry song will end in a sob!" "Oh no, no, never!" "Not that profession which leads to dishonour!" "Dead!" "Dead!" "To dance no more!" "Rather my life to be ended!" "Ah!" "Dead!" "How pitiful!" "I must go back now." "Will you forgive me?" "You.." "give him your hand." "What pretty fair curls!" "What is your name, darling?" "Reply:" "Today my name is" "Pain" "But when you write- to Daddy tell him that the day he comes back" "my name will be:" "my name will be:" "Joy," "Your father shall know it" "I promise you." "27" " Vespa!" "Rospo maledetto!" "Serpent!" "Accursed toad!" "What's happened?" "He buzzes round us,-the vampire!" "And every day... to the four winds he spreads abroad- that nobody knows who the baby's father is!" "I only said that over there in America when a child is born so unfortunate he will always be an outcast among people!" "Ah!" "You lie!" "You lie!" "You lie!" "Ah!" "You lie!" "Ah!" "You lie!" "" "Say it again and I will kill you!" "" "No!" "Get out!" "You'll see, my little love, my sorrow and my comfort," "My little love, ah, you'll see ... your father will take us far away-to his own country far away." "The harbour gun!" "28" " Una nave da guerra" "A warship!" "White, white" "The American flag of the stars" "Now it's to drop anchor." "Steady my hand so that I can see the name... the name," "the name," "Here it is:" "Abraham Lincoln!" "All they did lied!" "Everyone!" "" "I alone knew..." "Only I who love him." "see how foolish your doubts were?" "He's come!" "He's come!" "He's come!" "Just when every body when everybody said:" "weep and despair!" "My love triumphs, yes, triumphs!" "My faith is completely vindicated!" "He has come back and he" "loves me!" "29" " Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio" "Shake that branch of the cherry tree and inundates me of fine" "Let that fragrant rain cool my fever" "Madam, calm yourself" "Don't cry ..." "No, no, I'm laughing!" "How long shall we have to wait for him?" "What do you think?" "An hour?" "More" "Two hours maybe" "Everywhere must be full of flowers, as many stars in the sky" "pick more." "All of them?" "All the flowers!" "All the flowers!" "yes, Peach blossom, violets, jasmine -... every bush, plant or grass, or tree flowers!" "A Desolate winter" "It will be all over the garden." "Throughout the spring" "I want scents here" "Throughout the spring" "It will be all over the garden." "Here you are, Madam." "Pick some more." "You used to come to this hedge so often to gaze in tears, in the deserted immensity." "The long-awaited one has come," "I ask nothing more of the sea," "I gave tears to the soil, it gives its flowers to me!" "The garden's bare." "Is it?" "Then come and help me." "put Roses at the entrance" "Throughout the spring" "I want scents here" "Sow fair April sow april" "All spring beauty" "I want scents here" " Lilies?" "Violets?" "Scatter Around, around" "Sow fair April" "Sow fair April" "His chair let us twine..." " lilies, roses spandi" " with flower garlands!" " I want all the perfume of spring" " Lilies, violets around spandi" " Pour lilies, violets" "Let us sow April all about us." "We throw in hands full ... violets and tuberoses," "blossoms of verbena, petals of every kind!" "blossoms of verbena," "Petals of each flower!" "30" " Or vienmi ad adornar" "Now, come and dress me" "But no!" "First bring me the baby." "I'm no longer what I was." "These lips have breathed too many sighs... and these eyes have gazed" "too hard into the distance." "Give my face a touch of rouge... and you too, little one, so that the long wait won't leave your cheeks pale and hollow." "Keep still," "I have to do your hair." "What will they say now?" "And Uncle Bonze?" "All of them so glad at my sad plight!" "And Yamadori, with his languishing!" "Ridiculed, disgraced," "Ridiculed, disgraced, the unkind creatures!" "I've finished." "The sash I wore as a bride." "Bring it here for me to put on." "I want him to see me dressed as I was that first day." "And a red poppy in my hair.." ". like that." "Now we'll make three little holes in the paper screen to look through, and we'll stay quiet as mice, waiting." "Atto III 31" " Intermezzo" "32" " Coro A Bocca chiusa" "33" " Già il sole!" "The sun's up already!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "He'll come he'll come, you'll see." "Go and rest, you're tired out..." "When he arrives" "I'll call you." "Sleep, my love, sleep on my heart." "You are with God, and I'm with my sorrow." "On you shine the rays of the golden stars..." "Sleep, my child." "Poor Butterfly!" "Sleep, my love, sleep on my heart." "You are with god, and I'm with my sorrow." "Poor Butterfly!" "34" " Chi sia?" "Who can that be?" "Hush!" "Hush!" "Don't wake her." "She was quite worn out!" "She has been standing waiting for you all night long with the baby." "How did she know?" "For three years now no ship has put into the harbour without Butterfly scrutinising its colour and flag from afar." "I told you, didn't I?" "I'll call her..." "No, not yet." "You see, last night, the room flowers all over" "I told you, didn't I?" "This is dreadful!" "Who's out there in the garden?" "A woman!" "Shut up!" "Who is it?" "Who is it?" "Best tell her everything." "Who is it?" "Who is it?" "She has come with me." "Who is it?" "Who is it?" "His wife." "Holy spirits of my ancestors!" "For the little one the sun has gone out!" "the sun has gone out!" "We chose this early hour in order to find you alone," "Suzuki... and in this hour of trial to seek some means of consolation and support with you." "What good is it?" "What good is it?" "35" " Io so che alle sue pene" "I know that her penis there is no consolation." "But the child should secure his future." " Oh, the bitter perfume - the pitiful of these flowers that does not dare to enter ..." " is poison to the heart!" " will care like a mother for the child." "Oh, I'm so miserable!" "The room where we loved is unchanged..." " And you want me to ask a mother..." " Come, speak to that kind lady - has the chill of death" " and bring her in here." " Oh, I'm so miserable!" "Even if Butterfly should see her," "On the contrary,better if she should realize the truth through seeing her." "Three years have passed, and she has counted the days and the hours!" "Come, Suzuki, come..." "I can't stay here..." "Oh, I'm so miserable!" "Sharpless, I'll wait for you on the way back... 36" " Non ve I'avevo detto?" "Didn't I tell you so?" "You give her some help..." "I am completely crushed by remorse." "I am completely crushed by remorse." "I told you!" "Do you remember?" "When she gave you her hand," ""Beware!" I said, "she believes in all this!"" "I was prophet allor she wasDeaf to advice," "deaf to all doubts, a victim of scorn," "obstinately waiting, she fortified her heart." "Yes, it's all my fault" "I see now and realise I shall never" "find respite from this torture." "respite from this torture." "no!" "Go," "The sad truth she must hear the truth alone." "37" " Addio," "Farewell, flowery refuge of happiness and love..." "Her sweet face will haunt me ever, torturing me agonizingly." "Her trusting heart already senses the truth" "Farewell, flowery refuge..." " I told you" " Do you remember?" "and my words were prophetic then!" " I can't bear your desolation..." "I can't bear the sorrow..." "I flee." "I flee." "ah." "I am vile!" "I can't bear the sorrow" "I flee." "I flee." "ah." "I am vile!" "Will you tell her that?" "I promise." "And you'll advise her to trust me?" "I promise." "I'll care for him like my own son." "I believe you" "But it must be quite alone with her... in this hour of crisis!" "quite alone" "She'll cry so bitterly!" "She'll cry so bitterly!" "38" " Suzuki..." "Suzuki..." "Suzuki..." "Where are you?" "Here I am..." "I was praying tidying up..." "Don't come in... no... no..." "NO, no, no" "He's here, he's here... where's he hidden?" "He's here," "He's here," "There's the Consul... and where?" ". where?" "He isn't here!" "That woman?" "What does she want?" "Nobody speaks!" "Why are you crying?" "NO, do not tell me anything ... anything" "or I might die right here" "39" " Tu, Suzuki," "You, Suzuki, who's always so kind" "don't cry!" "if you realy love me.." "just whisper yes or no" "Is he alive?" "Yes." "But he won't come back any more." "They've told you?" "viper!" "Will you answer me?" "he'll never come back." "Buthe arrived yesterday?" "Yes." "Oh, that woman makes me feel so afraid, so afraid!" "She is the unwitting cause of your misfortunes." "Forgive her." "Ah!" "she's his wife!" "Everything is finished for me!" "Everything is over!" "Oh!" "Be strong." "They want to take everything" "away from me!" "My son!" "it will be better for him" "Oh, unhappy mother!" "unhappy mother!" "To give up" "My son!" "Very well then!" "I must obey him" "Can you ever forgive me, Butterfly?" "Under the great dome of heaven, there isn't a happier woman than you." "Be so always, do not be sad for me" "Poor little thing!" "it's devastating will you give us the child?" "I will give his son.." "if he comes to get him" "come back in half an hour" "40" " Come una mosca prigioniera" "Like a fly captive her little heart is beating!" "There's too much light , too much spring." "Close the screens !" "Where's my child?" "He's playing.." "Shall I call him?" "Let him play..." "Let him play..." "Go and keep him company." "I'll stay with you." "'Go, go'." "I order you" "41- "Con onor muore" ""who dies with honour who cannot live with honour."" "Your?" "Your?" "Your?" "my little angle" "My Love, my love, flower of the lily and rose." "Never know:" "for you, for your innocent eyes," "Butterfly is about to die... so that you may go away beyond the sea never regretting" "when you get old that your mother was deserted" "Oh, you who have come down to me from high heaven," "take a good long look.." "long look.." "to your mother's face, that you may keep a faint memory of it," "Look well!" "Little love, farewell!" "Farewell, my little love!" "Go and play." "and play." "Butterfly!" "Butterfly!" "Butterfly!" "Translated by:" "Etcohod"