"How the stars and the sea are smiling at this dark hour!" "O moon, how your radiance merges with the waves!" "It is like the loving embrace of two virginal hearts!" "But what do the stars and sea bring to the mind of the wretched orphan?" "That dark, cruel night when the good old woman, dying, cried out:" ""May heaven watch over you"" "O proud abode, home of a still prouder race I have not forgotten my humble roof for you!" "Only in your stony splendour does love smile on me" "Dawn breaks in the sky, but my lover's song is not yet heard" "Each day he wipes the tears from my eyes as dawn dries the dew on the flowers" "Like the sky swept of stars, like the meadow bereft of flowers is a heart without love" "Heaven!" "His voice!" "It is he!" "He is coming!" "Oh joy!" "Without a heart to love you, not riches, power or honours can satisfy your longing" "He is coming!" "Love blazes up in my bosom and my heart bursts its bonds!" "Beloved!" "Why so late in coming?" "Forgive me, dear" "My long delay will serve to bring you greatness" " l am afraid" " Why?" "I know your secret" "You are preparing a grave for me, the scaffold for yourself!" "What do you mean?" "I love Andrea as a father, you know that; but I am afraid" "At dead of night have I not often seen you moving furtively and restlessly in the shadows?" " Who?" " You, Andrea, Lorenzino, and others" "Hush!" "The wind could carry your words to the tyrants!" "Walls speak, an informer lurks at every step" " You are trembling!" " Dispel these gloomy phantoms!" "You call them phantoms?" "Come and look at the azure shimmering sea" "There Genoa towers above the foaming ocean bed" "There your enemies rule;" "vainly you hope to conquer them" "Shelter your thoughts in the harbour of love" "Angel who from heaven came winging down to earth and shines like a beacon on our mortal course do not seek to fathom the dark mysteries of hate" "Shelter your thoughts in the harbour of love" "What is it?" "Do you see that man?" "Every day he appears, like a shadow" "Perhaps I have a rival?" "A messenger from the Doge is asking for you" " Let him approach - l want to see who it is" "Stay" "The Doge, returning from hunting in Savona, asks if he may visit you" "He is welcome" "The Doge here?" " He comes to seek my hand" " For whom?" "For his favourite" "Hurry and find Andrea." "Go, prepare for our marriage" "Lead me to the altar" "Yes, let the joy of marriage be set against unkind fate and with you I will defy the whole world" "The force of love is stronger than destiny" "We shall always be together, lovers beyond death" "He comes at the right moment!" "You here so early?" " To tell you..." " That you love Amelia" "You who watch over her with a father's care will you consent to our marriage?" "A deep mystery hangs over the girl" "What is it?" "If I tell you, perhaps you will no longer love her" "My love does not fear shadowy mysteries!" "I am listening" "Your Amelia is of humble birth" "The daughter of the Grimaldi family?" "No, the Grimaldis' daughter died in a convent in Pisa" "An orphan found in the cloister the day that Amelia died inherited her cell" "But how did she also take the name of Grimaldi?" "The new Doge hankered after the riches of the exiles" "The false Amelia could save them from his rapacious hands I love this orphan!" "You are worthy of her" "Then can she be mine?" " On earth and in heaven!" " You give me life!" "Come to me, I give you my blessing in the peace of this hour" "Holy echo of ancient times your words cast a pure spell" "Live in happiness, and faithfully love your angel, your country, your God!" "My faithful heart will hold sacred the memory of this hour" "The Doge is coming" "Let us go." "He must not see you" "Ah!" "Let the day of vengeance dawn soon!" " Paolo" " My lord" "Events are pressing." "We must leave here" "When?" "On the stroke of the hour" "Oh, how beautiful!" "is the Doge addressing Amelia Grimaldi?" "That is what I am called" "Desire for their country does not haunt her exiled compatriots?" "Indeed, but... I understand" "The Grimaldi disdain to bow to me" "This is how the Doge answers such pride" "What do I see?" "Their pardon?" "This gift of clemency is due to you" "Tell me, why do you hide such beauty in this seclusion?" "Do you never pine for the glittering attractions of the world?" "Your blushes answer me" "You are wrong, I am happy" "At your age, love..." "Ah, you have read my heart!" "I love a pure soul who ardently returns my love" "But a miscreant who desires me hankers after the Grimaldis' wealth" "Paolo!" "You have named the villain!" "And since you show such concern for my future I shall tell you the secret which cloaks me" "I am not a Grimaldi!" "Good heavens!" "Who are you?" "The lowly roof of a poor woman sheltered me as an orphan where Pisa rises near the sea ln Pisa, you?" "The good woman, heavy with years, was my only support" "I tempted heaven's wrath and she was taken from me" "With a trembling hand she gave me a painted miniature" "She said it was the likeness of the mother I had never known" "She kissed me and blessed me, raised her eyes to heaven in prayer" "To all my cries to her echo alone gave answer" "Merciful heaven, if the hope which now smiles upon my soul be a dream, let me die if that delusion should vanish!" "How dark a future loomed up before me in my grief!" "How unhappy a future loomed up before me in my grief!" "Tell me, did no one see you there?" "A seaman used to visit us" "Was Giovanna the name of the woman fate snatched from you?" "Yes" "Was the portrait like this?" "They are the same!" " Maria!" " My name!" " You are my daughter - l?" " Embrace me, my daughter" " Father!" " Daughter, my heart calls to you!" " Clasp me to your heart!" "Daughter, my heart calls to you" "Clasp to your heart Maria, who loves you" "Daughter!" "At that name I tremble as if heaven had opened to me" "You reveal to me a world of unspeakable joy" "Your loving father will create a paradise for you" "The lustre of my crown will be your glory" "Father, you shall see your watchful daughter always near you ln the hour of melancholy I shall wipe away your tears" "We shall taste undiscovered joys known only to heaven I will be the dove of peace of your royal palace" "We shall taste undiscovered joys known only to heaven" " O daughter!" " Father!" "Daughter!" "What was her answer?" "Give up all hope" "My lord, I cannot!" "It is my will" "Your will!" "Have you forgotten that you owe your throne to me?" " What did he say?" " He will not let me have her" " What do you intend to do?" " Abduct her" " How?" " On the shore she will be unattended" "Carry her to my ship;" "take her to the house of Lorenzin" " lf he objects?" " Say that I know about his plotting" "And he will lend me his aid" "You will be well rewarded" "She shall be taken" "Gentlemen, the King of Tartary sends you pledges of peace and rich gifts and announces that the Black Sea is open to our Ligurian ships" " Do you accept them?" " Yes" "But now I ask of you another more generous vote" "Speak" "The voice that thundered a prophecy of glory, then of death on Rienzi now thunders on Genoa" "Here is a message from Francesco Petrarch" "He pleads for peace with Venice" "Let the singer of the blonde Avignonese look after his rhymes!" "War on Venice!" "And with this hideous cry between two Italian shores Cain raises his blood-stained club!" "Adria and Liguria have a common homeland" "Our homeland is Genoa" "What is that uproar?" "Whence come those cries?" "From the Fieschi square" "A rebellion!" "See, a crowd fleeing!" "Listen I cannot catch the words" "Death!" " ls it he?" " Who?" "Look" "Heavens!" "Gabriele Adorno pursued by a mob" "A Guelph is fighting beside him" "Summon a herald" "Paolo, flee, or you will be caught" "Maritime Consuls, guard the doors!" "Anyone who flees is a traitor" " Death to the patricians!" " To arms!" " Long live the people!" " Hurrah!" "What?" "You too?" "You challenge me, here?" "Death to the Doge!" "Death to the Doge?" "Very well!" "You, herald, open the palace doors and tell the crowd, noble and plebeian alike that I do not fear them, that I have heard their threats and that I await them" "Sheathe your swords" "To arms!" "Plunder!" "Burn down the houses!" "Down with them!" "To the pillory!" "The herald's trumpet sounds" "He is speaking" "Everyhing is quiet" "Hurrah!" "Long live the Doge!" "Here comes the mob!" "Vengeance!" "Vengeance!" "Let us spill the blood of the arrogant murderer!" "is this then the voice of the people?" "From afar the thunder of the tempest" "From nearby the cries of women and children" "Adorno, why the sword?" "I have killed Lorenzino" "Assassin!" " He had abducted Amelia Grimaldi" " Liar!" "Before he died, the villain said that a man of power had urged him to the crime" "You are discovered!" "And his name?" "Be easy!" "The criminal died before revealing it" "What do you mean?" "By heaven!" " You are a man of power!" " How dare you!" " Shameless abductor of young girls!" " Disarm him!" "Vile upstart pirate, die!" "Stab me!" "Amelia!" "Amelia!" "O my lord, spare Adorno!" "Let no one harm him" "My pride falls from me and at the sound of her distress my whole soul speaks of love" "Amelia, tell how you were abducted and how you were able to escape" "At the sweet hour which invites ecstasy I was walking alone by the seashore" "Three ruffians seized me" "A ship carried me off" "My stifled cries were of no avail I fainted" "When I opened my eyes again I found myself with Lorenzo in his room" "I saw myself that villain's prisoner!" "I well knew the baseness of his spirit I said: "The Doge shall know of your plot..." ""...if you do not release me this instant"" "Shaken by fear, he unlocked the doors" "My desperate threat had saved me" "The scoundrel well deserved death" "There is one still more guilty" "There is one still more guilty here who goes unpunished" "Who is he?" "He can hear me, I can see his ashen lips" "Who is he?" "Who is he?" " A patrician" " A plebeian" " Put up your swords!" " What dreadful cries!" " Put down your axes!" " For pity's sake!" "Fratricides!" "Plebeians!" "Patricians!" "People with a fierce history!" "Inheritors only of the hatred of the Spinola and Doria families" "While the broad kingdom of the seas invites you to glory here brother turns against brother and you tear at each other's heart" "I weep for you, for the peaceful sun on your hillsides where the olive branches bloom in vain" "I weep for the deceptive gaiety of your flowers" "And I cry: peace!" "And I cry:" "love!" "His heartfelt words have the power to calm our anger" "Peace!" "Amelia is safe, and she loves me!" "Heaven be thanked!" "Peace!" "I beg you to restrain your terrible wrath!" "Heaven be thanked!" "Peace!" "Let a feeling of love for your country inspire you" "O my country!" "To what shame my hopes have led me!" "This proud city lies in the hands of a pirate!" "And I cry: peace!" "And I cry:" "love!" "My faithful heart knows no other desire" "His heartfelt words have the power to calm our anger like the breath of a soft wind which stills the troubled sea" "Here is my sword" "For tonight you will be a prisoner, until the whole plot is unmasked" "No, keep your proud sword." "I ask only for your word" "So be it!" "Paolo!" "My lord!" "In you is vested the people's strict law" "I need your aid" "Within these walls there is a villain who hears me and grows pale" "My hand is already reaching for his head" "I know his name" "He will be afraid" "You, in the sight of heaven and in my sight, are witness" "On the wicked scoundrel shall fall the thunder of my words:" "May he be accursed!" "Repeat that oath" "May he be accursed!" "O horror!" "May he be accursed!" " Did you see the two of them?" " Yes" "Bring them at once from their cell by the secret passage which this key will unlock" "I understand" "I have cursed myself!" "That curse still pursues me" "The air still trembles with it!" "Despised, rejected by the Senate and by Genoa here I string my last arrow before fleeing" "Here I weigh your fate, Doge, in this last fearful moment" "You who spurn me but to whom you owe your throne I here abandon you to your destiny in this fateful hour" "Here I prepare for you a slow, hideous agony" "There I arm an assassin" "Let death take its choice between the poison and the dagger" "Where have I been led as a prisoner?" "To the Doge's quarters, and Paolo speaks to you" "Your looks are grim l know the hatred you hide within you" "Listen to me" "What do you want?" "You have prepared a body of Guelphs for rebellion?" "Yes" "But your daring may be in vain!" "This Doge, whom we both hate, is preparing for a new slaughter" " You are setting a snare for me" " A snare?" "Has the tyrant not already demanded Fiesco's head?" "I will show you the way to victory" "On what terms?" "Kill him while he is asleep" "You dare suggest a crime to Fiesco?" "You refuse?" "Yes" "Then back to your cell" "You heard?" "A cowardly plan!" "Then you never loved Amelia?" " What are you saying?" " She is here" "Amelia here?" "She is intended for the old man's infamous pleasures insidious demon, silence!" "What are you doing?" "Every exit from here is closed to you" "Dare to strike the blow, or you shall be buried within these walls" "O hell!" "Amelia here!" "The old man loves her!" "And I cannot vent the fury which inflames me!" "You killed my father" "Now you steal my treasure" "Tremble, miscreant!" "One crime was already too much" "Now you have called upon your head a double vengeance" "I feel a fire of jealousy blaze up in my breast" "All my blood could not quench the flames" "Had he a thousand lives which my fury could extinguish with a single blow I still would not be satisfied" "What am I saying?" "Alas!" "This is madness!" "I am weeping!" "O God, have mercy on me in my torture!" "Merciful heaven, restore her to my heart as pure as the angel who guards her honour" "But if a shameful cloud sullies her innocence and robs her of her virtue may I never see her again" "You here?" " Amelia!" " Who let you in?" "And how did you come here?" " l..." " Faithless one!" " How cruel!" " That savage tyrant..." " Respect him" " He loves you" "With a pure love" " And you?" " l love him too I hear you and do not kill you?" "Unhappy one!" "Believe me, I am innocent" "Explain yourself" "Let me keep my secret a little longer" "Speak, restore to your beloved faith in your innocence of heart" "Your silence is a shroud which you cast over me" "Give me life or a coffin I disdain your pity" "Banish doubt from your soul" "Your image is held as sacred in my heart as God is in church" "No, the sky of love contains no stormy clouds" "The Doge is coming." "You have no escape" " Hide!" " No" " The scaffold awaits you - l do not fear it lf pity for me does not move you I will die with you" "Pity for you?" "Fate has willed it." "He shall die" "He is coming!" "Hide!" " He shall die" " Pity for me" "My daughter!" "So careworn, father?" "You are mistaken" " But you have been crying - l?" "The reason for your tears is known to me" "You have already told me" "You are in love" "Well then, if the one to whom you have given your heart is worthy..." "O father, he is the bravest and noblest of Genoese" " His name?" " Adorno" " My enemy!" " Father!" "You see his name written here?" "He is conspiring with the Guelphs" "Heaven!" "Forgive him!" " l cannot" " Forgive him!" "I shall die with him" "You love him so much?" "I love him with a burning, boundless love" "Either lead me to the altar with him or let the executioner's axe fall on us both" "O cruel destiny!" "O my vanished hopes!" "I find my daughter again, and a foe steals her from me" "Listen: if he will repent..." "He will" "Then perhaps pardon..." "Dearest father!" "Now leave me I must wait here till morning" "Let me stay at your side" "No, leave me" "Father!" "It is my wish" "Dear God!" "How can I save him?" "Doge!" "Shall the traitors once more put your clemency to the test?" "Yet punishment could be a sign of fear" "My throat is burning" "Even water from the spring is bitter to the lips of one who wears a crown" "O sorrow!" "My mind is heavy" "My limbs are fatigued" "Alas, sleep overcomes me" "Oh Amelia..." "Oh Amelia, you love an enemy" "He is asleep!" "What holds me back?" "is it reverence or fear?" "My will is faltering!" "You are asleep, old man, my father's murderer my rival!" "Son of Adorno, your father's shade cries to you for vengeance" "Madman!" "Would you strike a defenceless old man?" "Your defence rekindles my fury I swear that his love is holy and does not oppose our hopes" "What do you mean?" "Put away your dagger!" "Come, let him hear you" " Kneel at his feet?" " Come!" "Here is my breast." "Strike, traitor!" "The blood of Adorno cries for blood ls that so?" " Who opened these doors for you?" " Not I" "No one shall know that secret" "You will reveal it under torture" " l do not fear death or your torture" " Have mercy!" "Ah, you have indeed avenged that father who once fell at my hand" "You have robbed me of a heavenly treasure, my daughter" "You are her father!" "You!" "Her father!" "Forgive me, Amelia" "Fierce and jealous was my love" "Doge, let the veil be torn aside" "I am an assassin" "Let me die" "I do not dare to raise my eyes to you" "Should I spare him?" "Mother, from heaven protect your daughter" "Should I spare him and extend my hand to my enemy?" "Mother, with me recommend pity to my father's heart" "Yes, let peace shine on this city, let ancient hatred be appeased" "His crime was caused only by too much love" "Let me die" "I do not dare to raise my eyes to you" "Let my tomb be the altar of Italian brotherhood" "To arms, men of Liguria!" "Sacred duty calls you" "What are those shouts?" " Your enemies - l know" " The lightning of wrath has flared" " War!" "Annihilation!" "The crowd is gathering" "Go and join your comrades I fight against you?" "Never again" "Then take a message of peace to them" "And may tomorrow's sun not rise to illuminate fraternal bloodshed I will return to fight with you if your clemency does not disarm them" "She will be your reward" "O unexpected joy!" " To arms!" " Father!" "Long live the Doge!" "Victory!" "Victory!" "You are free: here is your sword" " And the Guelphs?" " Defeated" "O bitter freedom!" "What?" "Paolo?" " Where are they taking you?" " To death on the scaffold" "My demon drove me to take up arms with the rebels, and I was captured" "Now Simon has condemned me" "But I had already condemned Boccanegra to death" "What do you mean?" "A poison (l fear nothing more) is eating away his life" "You monster!" "Perhaps he is already preceding me to the grave!" "From your throne in heaven protect them, o Lord" "Ah!" "Horror!" "Do you hear the wedding hymn that pursues me?" "In that chapel Gabriele Adorno is being married to the girl I carried off" "Amelia?" "You were her abductor?" "Monster!" "Kill me" "Do not hope for that" "You are promised the headsman's axe" "Horror!" "I am horrified!" "No, Simon, this was not the vengeance I sought" "Your life deserved a different end" "Here he is, the Doge" "At last the hour has come for us to meet face to face!" "Citizens!" "By order of the Doge extinguish the torches" "Let no shouts of triumph offend the valiant dead" "My head is burning" "I feel a dreadful fire creeping through my veins" "Ah, let me breathe the sweet air of the open sky!" "What relief!" "The sea breeze!" "The sea!" "The sea!" "Seeing it again brings back to me memories of triumphs and of glorious deeds!" "The sea!" "The sea!" "Why did I not find a grave in its bosom?" " lt would have been better for you!" " Who dares to intrude?" "One who does not fear you" "Guards?" "You call them in vain, your hired assassins are not here" "You may kill me, but first hear me" "What would you?" "By the gleam of the festive torches you will see strange, fatal portents" "The hand of God has written your sentence on these walls" "The brilliance of your star is eclipsed" "Your purple is already falling into tatters" "You, the conqueror, shall die amid the ghosts of those to whom your headsman denied burial" "Whose voice is that?" "You have heard it before" "Can it be?" "Have the dead risen from their tombs?" "Do you not recognise me?" "Fiesco!" "Simon, the dead greet you!" "Merciful heaven!" "My heart's desire at last is fulfilled!" "Like a phantom Fiesco appears before you to avenge an ancient wrong" "Fiesco shall be a herald of peace" "An angel will seal our friendship" "Once you offered me your forgiveness if I gave up to you the orphan girl whom I mourned as lost for ever" "As Amelia Grimaldi she was returned to me and she bears the name of her dead mother" "Heavens!" "Why does the truth light upon me so late?" "You weep!" "Why do you turn your face away from me?" "You weep!" "I weep because through you the voice of heaven speaks to me" "I feel a terrible rebuke even in your pity" "Let me clasp you to my breast, o father of Maria" "Your pardon will be balm to my soul" "Alas!" "Death hangs over you" "A traitor has given you poison I feel that everyhing speaks to me of eternity" "Cruel fate!" " She is coming" " Maria" "Hush" "Do not tell her" " Let me give her my last blessing" " Cruel fate!" "Whom do I see!" " Come" " Fiesco!" "You here!" "You witness a marvel ln Fiesco you see the father of Maria, whom you never knew, who gave you life" "He?" "Can this be true?" "Maria!" "Oh joy!" "Then the bitter hatreds are ended!" "Everyhing ends, my daughter" "Maria, have courage" "Prepare yourself for a grievous blow" "What are these words?" "I am afraid!" "My last hour has struck!" "What do you mean?" "But the Almighty allows me, Maria, to die in your arms" "Can this be possible?" "Almighty God, in Thy mercy bless them from heaven" "For their sake change the thorns of my martyrdom to flowers" "No, you will not die: my love will conquer the chill of death" "O father, a dreadful fury tears at my breast" "Heaven will answer my sorrow with pity" "How swiftly the hour of happy love has passed!" "Almighty God, in Thy mercy bless them from heaven" "All happiness on earth is a deluding spell" "The human heart is a fount of never-ending woe" "Draw near, my daughter, I am dying" "Hold me to your heart as I die!" "You will not die!" "Senators, grant my last wish" "Let the Doge's crown encircle the brow of Gabriele Adorno" "You, Fiesco carry out my purpose" "Maria!" "Father!" "People of Genoa!" "Now salute Gabriele Adorno as your Doge" "No, Boccanegra!" "He is dead" "Pray for the peace of his soul!" "Grant him peace!" "What did you say?" "Elect as Doge the usurer Lorenzino?" "Suggest someone else more worthy than he!" "That brave man who chased the African pirates from our seas and restored to the Ligurian flag its proud ancient glory" "I follow you" "And my reward?" "Riches, power, honour" "For such a price I will sell the people's favour" "Detested patricians I, a despised plebeian wish to rise to the heights where dwells your pride" "I embrace you!" "Why have you summoned me from Savona?" "Do you wish to be elected the new Doge at dawn?" "I?" "No" "Does the Doge's crown not tempt you?" "Are you joking?" "And Maria?" "O innocent victim of my fatal love!" "What news have you of her?" "Have you spoken to her?" "In that palace she languishes as a prisoner" "Maria!" "Who could deny her to the Doge?" "Poor girl!" "Do you agree?" "Paolo... I have arranged everyhing I ask only to share in your dangers and your power" "So be it ln life and death?" "So be it!" "Someone is coming." "Conceal yourself." "For the time being, keep this secret" "At dawn will you all be here?" "All of us" "Not one for the patricians?" "Not one" " We will give our vote to Lorenzino" " He sold himself to the Fieschi" "Then who should be elected?" "A man of valour, a man of the people" "Well said" " ls he among us?" " Yes" "Then who?" "Let us hear his name!" "Simon Boccanegra" "Simon?" "The corsair?" "Yes, the corsair to the throne of office" " ls he here?" " He's coming" "And the Fieschi?" "They will say nothing" "You see that gloomy building?" "It is the wicked abode of the Fieschi" "An unhappy beauty lies imprisoned there" "Her laments are the only human sounds that are heard to echo in that vast mysterious tomb" "Three moons have passed since her sweet face brightened the balcony of that lonely room" "Every pitying passer-by vainly seeks to see the lovely prisoner, the unfortunate Maria" "Those doors open only to the proud patrician who deliberately wraps himself in mystery lt's true" "But at dead of night through the deserted halls I have seen a strange flame wandering like a soul in torment lt's like a cave of ghosts!" "How horrible!" "Look!" "The ghostly light appears" "Oh heaven!" "Go back home" "Drive away the demons with the sign of the Cross" "Drive away the demons with the sign of the Cross" " Until daybreak" " Here" "Simon" "With one accord, Simon!" "A last farewell to you, proud palace cold sepulchre of my angel!" "I was not able to protect you!" "Vile seducer, accursed man!" "Thou, Virgin, didst suffer her crown of virginity to be stolen from her?" "Ah!" "What am I saying?" "I am raving!" "Ah, forgive me!" "The tormented spirit of a heartbroken father has been subjected to the anguish of shame and grief" " She is dead!" " Miserere!" "Merciful heaven has given her a martyr's crown" "O Maria, restored to the radiance of the angels, pray for me" " For her the heavens open!" " Miserere!" "O Maria, restored to the radiance of the angels, pray for me" " Never more shall we see her!" " Miserere!" "My name is on every tongue" "O Maria, soon perhaps you will be able to call me your husband!" "I see someone!" "Who is it?" "Simon?" "You!" "What blind fate led you here to affront me?" "I was calling down on your head the avenging wrath of heaven" "My lord, suppliant at your feet I beg for mercy" "Grant me forgiveness" " lt is too late" " Do not be cruel" "I hoped to raise myself to her level on the wings of glory I have snatched the wreath of victory for the altar of love!" "I applaud your valour but cannot pardon your misdeeds" " lf l should see you on the throne..." " No more" "The target for my hate and for the curse of God..." " ...shall be he who outraged Fiesco" " Peace" "No, there can be no peace until one of us dies" "Would you be appeased with my blood?" "Strike here!" "Murder you?" "Yes, kill me, and at least let your wrath be buried with me" "Listen" "If you will give up to me that luckless innocent born of your forbidden love I, who have not yet seen her, swear to make her happy" "And you will then have my pardon" " l cannot!" " Why?" "Cruel fate stole her away" "Explain yourself" "The child grew up in concealment on the shore of a hostile land" "She grew up far from my sight, watched over by an aged woman" "Sailing nearby one night, I disembarked alone from my ship I hurried to the house." "The door was locked and all was silent!" "The woman?" "Dead!" "And your daughter?" "Wretched, alone, for three days she wept, three days she wandered" "Then she disappeared and was seen no more" "Since then I have sought her in vain" "If you cannot grant my wish there can be no peace between us!" "Farewell, Simon I can appease you with my love" " Hear me, ah, hear me!" " No" "Hear me!" "Farewell" "Oh, stony-hearted, implacable race of the Fieschi!" "From such reptiles was that pure beauty born?" "I must see her." "Courage!" "The house of the Fieschi silent?" "The doors are open!" "This is very strange" "Let me enter" "Go in and embrace a cold corpse" "No one!" "Everyhing here is silent and dark!" "Maria!" "Maria!" "The hour of retribution has struck" "I am dreaming!" "Yes, this is a hideous, terrible dream!" "Boccanegra!" " What are those voices?" " Boccanegra!" "This is an echo from Hell!" "The people acclaim you as Doge!" "Away, you phantoms!" "What are you saying?" "Paolo!" "A tomb..." "A throne!" "Simon the Doge?" "Hell burns in my breast!" "Long live Simon!" "Long live Simon, the people's choice!"