""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" "And the ceiling, and walls ..." "Go back and forth at will, so that you can enjoy from the same spot different views to the usual ones." "Where is the nuptial nest?" "Here, or there...depending..." "It has false ends, too!" "And the living room?" "There it is!" "In the open air?" "One side slides along..." "I understand!" "I understand!" "Another one..... glides along!" "And this ridiculous little place..." "Solid as a tower, from floor to ceiling." "is a concertina house." "This is the maid who was your bride's faithful servant before." "The cook" "The manservant." "They are embarrassed by the great honour." "Their names?" ""Miss Light Cloud."" ""Ray of rising sun."" ""The Aromatic One."" "2" " Sorride Vostro Onore" "Your Honour is smiling?" "Laughter is fruit and flower." "The wise Ocunama has 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."" "By her chattering she seems just like all woman the world over." "What are you looking at?" "To see if the bride's coming yet." "Is everything ready?" "Everything" "Priceless pearl of a marriage-broker!" "The Registrar, the relations," "Relatives." "your console ... will all come here." "You'll sign the documents here, and marriage is done." "Are there many relatives?" "The mother-in-law grandmother, uncle Bonzo ..." "(who won't honour us with his presence)," "And cousins, and cousins" "Let's say, with ancestors and contemporaries, about two dozen." "As for descendants..." "Your Grace" "Your Grace and the pretty Butterfly" "You priceless pearl of a marriage-broker!" "puff and stumble!" "puff and stumble!" "The Consul's coming up." "Those stones have reduced me to a jelly!" "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 nine hundred and ninety-nine years, with the right, each month, to cancel the agreement." "In this country." "houses and contracts are equally elastic." "And the clever man makes the most of it." "Certainly." "3-Dovunque al mondo" "Emperor Meiji prolongs USA Commercial Rights" "Everywhere in the world the roving Yankee takes his pleasure and his profit, indifferent to all risks." "He drops anchor at random..." "Milk punch or whisky?" "He drops anchor at random till a sudden squall wrecks" "the ship, hawsers rigging and all..." "He's not satisfied with life unless he makes his owne the flowers of every shore..." "It's an easy-going creed." "the love of every pretty girl." "...an easy-going creed that makes life delightful but it saddens my heart" "If beaten, he tries his luck again." "He follows his bent wherever he may be." "So I'm marrying in Japanese fashion for nine hundred ninety-nine years" "With the right to be freed every month!" "It's an easy-going creed." "Atto I-4-"America for ever!"" ""America for ever!"" ""America for ever!"" "And is the bride pretty?" "A garland of fresh flowers" "A star from the golden rays." "And for nothing:" "only a hundred yen." "If Your Grace wishes" "I have a good selection." "Go and fetch her, Goro." "What madness has got hold of you!" "Are you completely infatuated?" "I don't know!" "I don't know!" "It depends on the degree of infatuation!" "Love or passing fancy " "I couldn't say." "She's certainly bewitched me with her innocent arts." "Delicate and fragile as blown glass, in stature, in bearing she resembles some figure on a painted screen, but as, from her background of glossy lacquer, with a sudden movementshe 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" "The day before yesterday she came to visit the Consulate." "I didn't see her myself but I heard her speak." "The mystery of her voice touched me to the heart." "True love surely speaks like that." "It would be a great sin to strip off those delicate wings and perhaps plunge a trusting heart into despair." "My dear Consul, don't worry!" "It's usual" "It would be great pity ... at your age to take a pessimistic view." " There's no great harm donel" " That heavenly" " if I want those wings - meek, pretty, little voice" " to be spread in love's tender flight!" " 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" "Here they come!" "They've reached the top of the hill." "You can already hear the swarm of women rustling like leaves in the wind!" "Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!" "What an expanse of sky!" "What an expanse of sea!" "Just one more step now..." "How slow you are!" "Wait." "Here we are at the summit!" "Look, just look at all the flowers!" "Over land and sea there floats" "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," " 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." "Down." "7" " Gran ventura" "Good luck attend you." "Our respects." "The climb is rather difficult?" "To a court bride impatience is more trying." "Very rare compliment." "I know some even prettier ones." "Real gems!" "If you like, this very instant..." "Thanks no" "Miss Butterfly." "A pretty name, it suits you to perfection." "Do you come from Nagasaki?" "Yes sir." "From a family which at one time was quite well-to-do." "Isn't that so?" "It is!" "No one ever admits he was born in poverty." "There's not a beggar who, to hear him, doesn't" "come of high lineage." "All the same, I have known riches." "But storms uproot the sturdiest oaks... and we became geishas" "to support ourselves." "isn't it?" "It is!" "I don't hide it, neither do I feel hard done by." "[noticing that Sharpless smiles]" "Laugh?" "Why?" "It's the way of the world." "With those childlike ways, when she talks she sets my blood on fire." "And 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 of the games ... and wedding cake." "8" " L'imperial Commissario" "The Imperial Commissioner and the Official Registry, the bride's family." "Get on with it quickly." "What a farce, this parade" "of my new relations, taken out a loan, to mesata." "There it is!" "Certainly behind that sail" "Fan pavonazzo ..." "My mother-in-law lurks" "And that thing from overwork is the uncle drunken and crazy." "Here, it was chosen, it would have us with you soprappiil" "It would have us with you soprappiil" "Here, it was chosen," "It would have us with you soprappiil" " He'll divorce her." " I hope so." "Her looks have already faded." "For goodness sake keep quiet!" "Is there any wine here?" "Let's have a look." "I've just seen and some red!" "and some red!" "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 he has got no for an answer!" "In truth a re mi." "In truth divorzieré" "I hope so." "He'll divorce her" "For goodness sake, keep quiet!" "Sch!" "Sch!" "Sch!" "My lucky young friend!" " Yes, it is true, it is a flower, a flower!" " Her exotic fragrance ..." " on whom Fate has bestowed" " Uhas turned my head." " this newly opened flower!" "No lovelier girl have I ever seen girl I never saw this Butterfly" "and in my faith I caught." " And if you seem a scede ... and her trust seriously.." "Beware!" "She believes in them!" "Mother, come here." "Listen to me:" "attention, come now, one two three," "and everybody down." "9" " Vieni, amor mio!" "Come, my love!" "do you like our little house?" "Mr. B. F. Pinkerton," "excuse me..." "I would like." "a few woman's possessions.." "Where are they?" "They're here.." "you don't mind?" "Why ever should I, my pretty Butterfly?" "Handkerchiefs." "Pipe." "A sash" "A little clasp." "A mirror" "A fan" "What's that pot?" "A jar of rouge." "Oh dear!" "Don't you like it?" "A way with it!" "And that?" "My most sacred possession." "And mayn't one see it?" "There are too many people.." "Forgive me." "It's a present from the Mikado..to her father." "inviting him to" "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 and in secret, to the Mission." "With my new life" "I can adopt a new religion." "My uncle, the Bonze, doesn't know, neither do my people." "I follow my destiny ... and, filled with humility," "I bow to the God of Mr. Pinkerton." "It is my fate." "In the same church ... beside you on my knees," "I will pray to the same God." "and to please you I may perhaps be able" "I may perhaps be able to forget my own 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 by consent of her relations here witness to the contract." "The bridegroom." "Then the bride" "And everything is done." "Madam Butterfly!" "Madam B. F. Pinkerton." "My best wishes." "Many thanks." "Are you going, sir?" "I'll go along with you." "See you tomorrow." "A wonder" "May you have many descendants." "I'll try." "Have a care!" "And here we are in the family circle!" "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 ties." "O Kami!" "O Kami!" "Let's drink to the new ties." "We drink, we drink!" "O Kami!" "O Kami!" "Let's drink to the new ties." "13" " Cio-Cio-San!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "Abomination!" "Our uncle the Bonze!" "Confound the spoilsport!" "Who will rid us of such nuisances?" "Cio-Cio-San!" "Cio-Cio-San!" "What have you done at the Mission?" "Answer, Cho-Cho-San!" "What's that madman shouting about?" "Answer, what were you about?" "Answer, Cho-Cho-San!" "What, can your eyes be dry!" "So then, these are the fruits?" "She has renounced 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!" "What torments threaten your lost soul!" "Hey, that's enough, I say!" "Come, everybody!" "Let us go!" "You have renounced us and we renounce you!" "Get out of here at once." "I'll have no shindy in my house and none of this bonzing!" "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 Us" "Who's that muttering in there?" "It's Suzuki saying her evening prayers." "15" " Viene la sera..." "Night is falling." "And darkness and peace." "And you're here alone ..." "Alone and renegade!" "Renounced" "and happy!" "Come here and close up the house." "Yes, yes, we are all alone... and the world shut outside..." "And the furious monk." "Suzuki, my clothes." "Good night" "I long to take off this ceremonial sash," "With squirrel-like movements" " let the bride be dressed - she shakes the knots loose and undoes them!" " in pure white." " To think that this little toy" " Whispering to himself - is my wife!" "My wife!" "Whispering to himself" " he smiles and watches me." " But she displays such grace" "It makes me blush so!" " that I am consumed fever .." "of sudden desire!" "the angry voice is cursing me..." "Butterfly... renounced.." "renounced.." "and happy." "Dear child, with eyes full of witchery, now you are all mine." "You're all dressed in lily" "I love your dark tresses amid the white of your 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 folds 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 know the words that satisfy burning desire?" "She does" "Maybe she's unwilling to say them for fear of dying of it, for fear of having" "to die!" "Foolish fear - love does not kill," "but gives life" "And smiles for heavenly joys" "As it does now in your almond 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 little love, a child-like love," "the kind that suits me." "Love me" "Love me, please..." "We are a people used to small, modest, quiet things, to a tenderness gently caressing, spillway and even deep .." "as the sky, as I'onda sea" "It gives me kisses your hands care" "My Butterfly!" "How aptly you were named, fragile butterfly!" "They say that overseas if it should fall into the hands of man" "a butterfly is stuck" "through with a pin and fixed to a board!" "There's some truth in that;:" "and do you know why?" "So that it shouldn't fly away again." "I've caught you..." "Quivering, I press you to me." "You are mine!" "Yes, for the life" "Come come!" "Cast all sad fears out of your heart!" "The night is clear!" "Look: everything is asleep!" "Oh, lovely night!" " Come come!" "What a lot of 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!" "with the brilliance of an eye." "Via Fangoscia from your heart!" " How many eyes physis careful ..." " 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!" "Quivering, I press you to me.." "Ah!" "Vien!" "Ah!" "How many eyes physis careful" " How many 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!" "the sky is smiling!" " You are mine!" "Oh, come!" "ACT TWO" "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." "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 long will it be before we run out of money?" "This is all we have left." "This?" "Oh!" "We've been too extravagant!" "If he does not come back and soon, we shall be in a bad way." "But he will come back!" "He will come back?" "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, relations... and troubles outside," "and inside, jealously guarded, his bride" "... His bride his bride - 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!" "I felt 18" " Un bel di, vedremo..." "One fine, we'll see ... a wisp of smoke arising" "over the extreme verge of the sea's horizon, and afterwards the ship will appear." "Then the white ship enters the port ... will thunder a salute" "See?" "He's arrived!" "I shan't go down to meet him." "No," "I shall stand there on the brow of the hill and wait, and wait a long time, and I shan't find" "the long wait wearisome." "And from the midst of the city crowd" "A man, a little speck will make his way up 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" "Not answering, I'll remain hidden, partly to tease," "and a little '... and partly so as not to die" "at the first meeting" "And, a trifle worried, he'll call he'll call" ""My dear little wife, fragrance of verbena!" " "the names he used to call me when he came here." "And this will happen," "I promise you." "Keep your fears with unalterable faith" "I shall wait for him." "19" " C'è." "Entrate." "She's there." "Go in." "Excuse me." "Butterfly..." "Madam Pinkerton please." "My dear consul," "You remember me?" "Welcome to American home" "Thanks" "Your grandparents and are quite well?" "I sincerely 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." "Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton has written to me..." "Really!" "Is he quite 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 I'ha redone three times ... . but maybe that over there it doesn't nest so often." "r there it doesn't nest so often." "Who's that laughing?" "Oh, it's the marriage-broker." "A bad man" "I am enjoying..." "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, then." "No." "We were saying..." "Ah, si." "Goro, appena F.B. Pinkerton... .. Goro as soon as B. F. Pinkerton" "Was in the sea it was besieged with chatter and present ... with gossip and presents," "Now he's promising me riches from a silly idiot." "or that husband" "Or promises treasures for a fool" "The rich Yamadori" "She hasn't a penny." "Her relations have all renounced her." "There he is." "Look." "Yamadori... aren't you disillusioned" "with love's pains yet?" "Do you still intend to cut your veins 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, one and all, and divorce has set me free." "Most obliged." " But to you I would vow to be faithful." " I'm afraid I shan't succeed in delivering the message..." "City, served oro," "Omara ad a princely palace!" "My troth is plighted already." "She thinks she's married." "I don't think so " "I am." "I am." "But the law ..." "I do not know for the wife has made desertion equivalent to divorce." "The Japanese law... not that of my country now." "Which country?" "The United States" "Poor thing!" "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?" "Such utter blindness grieves me deeply." "Pinkerton's ship is already signalled." "When she sees him again..." "He doesn't wish to show himself." "I have come expressly to relieve her of any illusions on that score." "If your Grace will allow..." "What tiresome people!" "Goodbye" "I leave you with my heart full of grief, but still I hope" "Please yourself." "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 whole world." "Please begin." ""My dear friend, will you go and see that pretty flower of a 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 any more." ""Since that happy time three years have gone by... "" "He's counted them, too!" ""And perhaps Butterfly does not remember me any more."" "Not remember him?" "Suzuki, tell him." ""Does not remember me any more... "" "Patience!" ""If she still loves me," "if she expects me... "" "Oh, what sweet words!" "You blessed, blessed letter!" ""I beg you to be so good as, with tact, to prepare her gently..."" "He's coming." ""... for the blow."" "When?" "Quick!" "Quick!" "This is fine, I must say!" "I must break it to her without more ado." "That devil of a Pinkerton!" "24" " Ebbene," "Well, what would you do," "Madam Butterfly, if he were never to return?" "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." "Accept the proposal of the wealthy Yamadori." "You!" "you, sir, tell me this!" "You!" "Great God, what am I to do?" "Come here." "Suzuki, quickly, quickly," "His Grace is going." "will be" "Are you turning me out?" "Please, forget what I said." "I was brutal," "I don't deny it." "Oh, you hurt me so much, so much, so very much!" "so much, so much," "Nothing!" "Nothing!" "I thought I was going to die," "But soon it passes, as passag clouds on the sea" "Ah!" "He is forgotten me?" "25" " E questo?" "And this?" "And this?" "And this he may as well forget?" "It is his?" "Whoever saw a 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 that great country of his." "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 sea!" "Do you know what that gentleman had the heart to think?" "26" " Che tua madre dovrà" "That your mother would have to take you in her arms and in al weathers 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 gay and merry song will end in a sob!" "Oh no, no, never!" "Not that profession which leads to dishonour!" "Dead!" "Dead!" "To dance no more!" "I will cut my life short rather!" "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" "I shall be called" "I shall be called" "Joy, 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!" "No!" "Get out!" "You'll see, my little love, my sorrow and my comfort, ... My little love, ah, you'll see ... your avenger will take us far" ", far away-to his own country he'll take us far away." "The harbour gun!" "28" " Una nave da guerra" "A warship!" "White, white" "The American flag of the stars" "Now it's manoeuvring to drop anchor." "Steady my hand so that I can see the name... the name," "the name," "Here it is:" "Abraham Lincoln!" "All han lied!" "Everyone!" "Everyone!" "" "I alone knew..." "Only I who love him." "Do you see how foolish your doubts were?" "He's come!" "He's come!" "He's come!" "Just at the very moment- 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 rain down blooms on me." "I want to plunge my burning brow in its fragrant rain." "Madam, calm yourself" "Those tears ..." "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 the night is of stars. " "Go and pick the flowers!" "All of them?" "All the flowers!" "All the flowers!" "Peach blossom, violets, jasmine -... every bush, plant and tree that's in flower!" "The whole garden will be as desolate as winter." "I want all the perfume of spring in here." "The whole garden will be as desolate as winter." "Here you are, Madam." "Pick some more." "You used to come to this hedge so often to gaze in tears,far out over the empty expanse." "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." "Roses at the entrance to the threshold." "I want all the perfume of spring in here." "Let us sow April all about us." "sow April all about us." "I want all the perfume of spring in here." " Lilies?" "Violets?" " Scatter Around, all about us!" "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." "By the handful let's scatter violets and tuberoses," "blossoms of verbena, petals of every flower!" "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, I sleep on my heart 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 for her deep distress there is no consolation." "But it is necessary to provide for the child's future." " Oh, the bitter perfume" " That kind woman" " of these flowers" "who dares not 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" " But the coldness of death is in here." " 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!"" "and my words were prophetic then!" "Deaf to advice, deaf to all doubts, a victim of scorn," "obstinately waiting, she fortified her heart." "Yes, all in an instant" "I see how and realise I shall never" "find respite from this torture." "respite from this torture." "no!" "Go," "The sad truth she'll learn alone." "37" " Addio," "Farewell, flowery refuge of happiness and love..." "Her sweet face will haunt me ever, torturing me agonizingly." "But now that heart sincere maybe half suspects." "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 your desolation..." "I must fly!" "I'm beneath contempt!" " Untranslated subtitle - flowery refuge..." "I can't bear your desolation..." "I must fly!" "I'm beneath contempt!" " Untranslated subtitle " "Will you tell her that?" "I promise." "And you'll advise her to trust me?" "Yes." "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 at my house?" "Nobody speaks!" "Why are you crying?" "NO, do not tell me anything ... anything" "I might fall dead on the spot." "39" " Tu, Suzuki," "You, Suzuki, who are so good," "don't cry!" "You love me so much - yes or no - whisper..." "Is he alive?" "Yes." "But he won't come back any more." "They've told you?" "Serpent!" "Will you answer me?" "Never again." "But it arrived yesterday?" "Yes." "Oh, that woman makes me feel so afraid, so afraid!" "She is the innocent cause of all your misfortunes." "Forgive her." "Ah!" "she's his wife!" "Everything is finished for me!" "Everything is over!" "Oh!" "Be brave." "They want to take everything" "away from me!" "My son!" "Make the sacrifice for his sake." "Oh, unhappy mother!" "To be obliged to give up" "To be obliged to give up" "My son!" "Very well then!" "I must obey him in everything." "Can you ever forgive me, Butterfly?" "Under the great dome of heaven, there isn't a happier woman than you." "May you always be so..." "Don't upset yourself about me..." "Poor little thing!" "It's a terrible shame!" "And will she give up the child?" "I'll be able to give up the child to him, if he'll come and fetch him." "Return up the hill in half-an-hour's time." "40" " Come una mosca prigioniera" "Like the wings of a captive fly her little heart is beating!" "There's too much light outside, and too much spring." "Close the screens to." "Where's the baby?" "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 command you" "41- "Con onor muore" ""He dies with honour who cannot live with honour."" "Your?" "Your?" "Your?" "Little idol of my heart." "My Love, my love, flower of the lily and rose." "Never know that for you," "for your innocent eyes," "Butterfly is about to die... so that you may go away beyond the sea without being subject to remorse" "in later years for your mother's desertion." "Oh, you who have come down to me from high heaven," "look well well on 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"