"Awake!" "We must wait on the Count's return." "He often spends the whole night beneath the balcony of the one he loves." "The fierce serpents of jealousy gnaw at his heart!" "And in the troubadour, who sings at night in the garden, he rightly fears a rival." "While we wait, keep sleep from our weary eyes by telling the true story of García, our Count's brother." "I shall." "Come, gather round." "Tell us too." "The good Count di Luna lived happily, the father of two sons." "At night their faithful nurse slept by the younger's cradle." "One morning as dawn was breaking she opened her eyes." "And who did she see at the cradle side?" "Who?" "Tell us." "Who?" "Who could it be?" "An evil hoyden, a gypsy hag wearing her witch's charms!" "From her surly face a grim and bloody eye was fixed on the child!" "The nurse was struck with horror." "She screamed for help." "In less time than it takes to tell, the servants came running." "With shouts and threats and blows the evil hag was driven off." "Righteous anger moved their hearts, so provoked were they by the old woman." "She claimed she was merely trying to cast the baby's horoscope." "She lied!" "For soon a slow fever fed upon the poor child." "Pale, languid, his spirit broken, the child lay trembling at night, pitifully weeping through the day." "He was bewitched!" "They tracked down the sorceress, seized her, and burned her at the stake." "She left behind a cursed daughter, instrument of her foul revenge." "She committed a loathsome crime!" "The child disappeared." "A smouldering fire they found, on the very spot where the old witch had burned!" "And in it a child's bones, half-burned, still smouldering!" "Oh, wicked, infamous hag!" "We are aflame with anger and horror!" "And the father?" "He lived but a few sad days." "But some mysterious presentiment told him his son was not yet dead." "And as he lay dying he begged our Count to swear he would keep on with the search." "But it was in vain!" "And was nothing ever known of the witch's daughter?" "Nothing." "Ah, if only I might find her some day!" "Would you know her?" "Taking into account all the years gone by, yes, I would." "She could be dispatched to join her mother in hell." "In hell?" "Some people say the mother's evil soul still lives here on earth." "And at night it shows itself in various forms." "It's true!" "Some have seen her on the roofs roosting as a hoopoe or an owl!" "Sometimes as a raven, more often as an owlet flying away like an arrow at dawn." "One of the Count's servants struck the gypsy on the forehead!" "He died of fright!" "She came as an owl in the silence of an empty hall." "With blazing eye she stared at him, cursing the air with her ghostly cry." "It was exactly midnight." "Ah, cursed be the hellish witch!" "What holds you back?" "It is late." "Come." "The royal lady has asked for you." "You heard her, did you not?" "Yet another night without seeing him!" "You feed a dangerous flame!" "How and when did the first spark take fire in you?" "At the tournaments." "He came to the lists in black armour and helmet." "He bore a shield without a crest." "He was an unknown knight." "Yet victory in the jousts was his." "I placed the wreath of victory on his brow." "Since then civil strife has flared." "I never saw him again." "The stuff of an airy dream!" "A long time went by." "But then..." "What happened?" "Hear me." "The peaceful night lay silent, and lovely in the quiet sky the silver moon shone with joyous face." "suddenly the silence of the night was broken" "by the sweet and mournful sound of a lute." "And the voice of a troubadour sang out in mournful song." "A humble voice in the solemn prayer of a man who speaks to God." "Then he spoke a name... my name!" "I ran to the balcony..." "It was he!" "Then there came a thrill of joy such as only the angels feel!" "To my heart, to my enraptured eyes, earth seemed a heaven." "All that you tell me disturbs my heart." "I fear..." " In vain!" " A sad foreboding is awakened in me by this mysterious man!" " Try to forget him." " What are you saying?" "enough!" "Heed the counsel of a friend." "Yield." "forget him!" "Ah, you have spoken a word that my soul does not understand." "A love that words can scarcely describe, a love I alone understand has enraptured my heart!" "My destiny cannot unfold unless I am with him." "either I shall live for him, or for him I shall die!" "A woman who loved so much need never repent!" "All is silent!" "surely the royal lady is sleeping now." "But her lady is wakeful still." "O Leonora, you are awake." "I know it by the flickering of your lamp as it shines down from your balcony." "Ah, love's fire burns in every vein!" "I must see you, you must hear me." "I come to you now." "This is our loveliest moment." "The troubadour!" "I tremble with rage!" "Alone upon this earth, unlucky in war nothing but a heart is the hope of the troubadour" "Oh, those words!" "I tremble!" "But if he possesses that heart, beautiful in its pure faith..." "Those words!" "The jealousy I feel!" "...then he is greater than any king, the troubadour" "I am not mistaken!" "She is coming!" "My soul!" " What shall I do?" " You are late tonight." "The beating of my heart marked the passing moments!" "Then at last gracious love always brings you to my arms." "faithless!" "That voice!" "Ah, in the darkness I have made a terrible blunder!" "I thought it was you I spoke to, not him, you, who alone my soul entreats and desires." "I love you, I swear it, with a great and everlasting love!" " You dare?" " I can desire no more!" " I burn with rage!" " I love you!" " I can desire no more!" "Say who you are!" " Alas!" " Your name!" "Ah, for pity's sake!" "Know then that I am Manrico." "You!" "What?" "madman, rash fool!" "A follower of Urgel, condemned to death, you dare to come to these royal gates?" "What are you waiting for?" "Come, call the guards." "Throw your rival upon their murderous swords!" "Your last moment is much nearer, madman." "Come!" " Count!" " You must die at my hands, victim of my fury." " Oh, heaven, cease!" "What shall I do?" " follow me!" " Let's go!" "One cry of mine can lose him!" "listen to me!" "No!" "The fire of jealousy and unrequited love burns in me!" "Your blood, O wretch, is scarcely enough to quench it!" "You dared to tell him, "I love you!"" "He shall live no more." "The word you spoke condemned him to his death!" "For one moment at last let wrath give way to reason." "His boastful wrath is empty, he shall fall, pierced by my blade!" "through your love I am invincible!" "I alone am the source of so great a flame." " May your wrath strike the sinner" " Your fate is now decided." " who so wronged you." " Your fatal hour has struck." "strike your blade into this heart that can never love you." "Her heart and your life are gifts fate has saved for me." "See!" "The endless sky casts off its sombre nightly garb, like a widow who lays aside the sad black veils of mourning." "To work!" "To work!" "strike, my hammer!" "Who brightens the life of the gypsy?" "Who brightens the life of the gypsy?" "The gypsy maiden!" "Pour me a drink." "Body and soul take strength and courage from wine." "Look there!" "A ray of sun flashes brighter in my glass." "To work!" "To work!" "Who brightens the life of the gypsy?" "The gypsy maiden!" "The flames are roaring!" "The crowd run towards the fire, glee on their faces." "shouts of joy sound round about as the murderers lead a woman in!" "Over their horrid faces the flames play with a sinister glare." "The flames are roaring!" "dressed in black, barefoot, dishevelled, the victim comes." "A fierce death-cry breaks forth, echoing over the cliffs!" "Over their horrid faces the flames play with a sinister glare." "Your song is sad!" "No sadder than the mournful story that it tells." ""avenge me!"" ""avenge me!"" "always that mysterious phrase!" "comrades, the day is getting on." "We need bread." "Come!" "Let's go to the town nearby." "Let's go." "Who brightens the life of the gypsy?" "Who brightens the life of the gypsy?" "The gypsy maiden!" "Now we are alone." "Tell me your mournful story." "Even you do not know it!" "But, my boy, the spur of ambition has carried your steps far away." "The story is a bitter tale of how your grandmother died." "She was accused by a haughty, evil count of bewitching his baby son." "They burned her on the spot where that fire now glows!" "Ah, poor woman!" "They dragged her in bonds to her terrible fate." "carrying my child," "I followed her in tears." "I tried to force my way through, but to no avail." "In vain the poor woman tried to stop and bless me!" "shouting filthy oaths, they stabbed her with their daggers as they drove her to the flames, the murderers!" "Then, with broken voice, she cried: "avenge me!"" "Her words awakened an eternal echo in my heart." " Have you avenged her?" " I managed to steal the count's son." "I brought him here." "The flames were ready." "The flames?" "Oh, heaven!" "And then...?" "His sobs were eating his life away." "My heart was torn with pity!" "suddenly my sickened spirit as in a dream" "saw a vision of frightful ghosts!" "The murderers and the stake..." "My mother, ashen-faced... barefoot, dressed in rags..." "I heard that unforgettable cry:" ""avenge me!"" "I reached out my hand:" "convulsed, I seized my victim." "I threw him into the flames!" "Then the delirium ceased, the horrid vision faded." "Only the flames remained, consuming their prey!" "When I turned and looked," "I saw before me the evil count's son." " Ah!" "What do you mean?" " My son!" "My son I had cast into the flames!" "What horror!" "My hair still stands on end when I remember!" "Am I not your son?" "Then who am I?" "You are my son!" "Yet you said..." "Ah, perhaps... that's how it is." "When I remember how it was, my darkened soul puts stupid words into my mouth." "haven't I always been a loving mother?" "How could I deny it?" "Don't you owe your life to me?" "didn't I come to bury you at Pelilla when they told me you had died in battle?" "didn't I find the feeble breath of life and nurse it back with a mother's love?" "Such care I spent upon you, to heal all your wounds!" "The wounds I bore that day, all of them, here in my breast!" "I alone, out of a thousand men, still fought when all had fled!" "The evil Count di Luna fell upon me with his band." "I fell, but I fell as a brave man!" "And see the thanks the scoundrel gave you when you spared him the day you fought." "What strange pity blinded you then?" "Oh, mother!" "I cannot explain, even to myself!" "How strange, this pity!" "He was helpless under my savage attack and had fallen to the ground." "The blow that was meant to kill flashed above his head, when my arm, as it slashed down, was mysteriously held back!" "suddenly I felt a chill run sharply through my body." "And I heard a voice from heaven cry out:" ""Do not strike!"" "The voice of heaven did not speak to the ungrateful wretch's heart!" "Oh, if ever again fate brings you to face the villain in combat obey my command, my son, as if it were the word of God." "thrust your blade in to the hilt and pierce the scoundrel's heart!" "Yes, I swear it, my blade shall pierce the scoundrel's heart!" "The courier has come from Ruiz." "Perhaps..." ""avenge me!"" "Come, tell me, has the battle started?" "This message will tell you." ""We have taken Castellor."" ""The Prince commands that you defend it."" ""When you receive this, come at once."" ""This evening Leonora, betrayed into thinking you dead,"" ""will take the veil in the cloister nearby."" " Oh, merciful heaven!" " What is it?" "Hurry down the slope and ready a horse for me!" " Right away." " Manrico!" " Time is short." " Wait at the foot of the hill!" " What do you hope for?" "Lose her?" "Oh, heartbreak!" "Lose this angel?" " He is mad!" " goodbye." " No, wait, listen to me." " Let me go!" " Stop." "I must talk to you!" "You must not risk your life while still so weak!" "You are mad." "Do you want to open the wounds in your weakened body?" "No, I shall not let you, for your blood is my blood!" "Every drop you lose is like blood from my own heart!" "A single moment can mean losing my love, my only hope!" "No, heaven and earth have not the power to hold me back!" "madman!" "Ah, mother, let me go!" "Fear for yourself if I were to stay!" "For then you would see at your feet your son, killed by grief!" "No, I cannot stand it." "Fear for yourself if I were to stay!" "No, I cannot stand it." "Your blood is my blood!" "Then you would see at your feet your son, killed by grief!" "Every drop you lose is like blood from my own heart!" " Stop!" "Oh, stop!" " Let me go!" " Stop, listen to me!" " To lose this angel!" " I must talk to you!" " Let me go. goodbye!" "All is deserted." "The usual chant is not yet heard." "I have come in time!" "It is a daring task, my lord, that you are undertaking." "A task that mad love and injured pride have set for me." "When my rival died every obstacle to my desire seemed gone." "Now a new barrier, a stronger one, is raised: the altar!" "Ah, no!" "Leonora shall never belong to another!" "Leonora is mine!" "The light of her smile makes the light of the stars seem pale." "The beauty of her face inspires new courage within me." "Ah, may the love that burns in me speak to her for me!" "May the light of her gaze drive off the tempest raging in my heart." "That sound!" "Oh, heaven!" " The chime announces the rite." " We shall carry her off from the altar." " Take care!" " Be silent!" "Go now." "Hide in the shadow of those trees." "Ah, soon she will be mine." "Fire consumes me!" "Be brave!" "Let's go and hide in the shadows!" "Be brave!" "Let's go!" "silence!" "Let us do his bidding!" "Fatal hour of my life, may your moments pass with speed." "The joy that shall be mine is greater than any mortal joy!" "In vain a rival god would oppose my love." "Not even a god, my lady, can take you from me now!" "He can't take you from me!" "Let's go and hide in the shadows." "Ah, if error has burdened you, O daughter of Eve, before you die you will see:" "all earthly hopes are but a shadow, a dream indeed, but the shadow of a dream." "No, not even a god can take you from me now!" "Be brave!" "Let's go!" "Let us do his bidding!" "Come, the veil will hide you from all men's eyes." "No earthly breath or thought defiles this cloister." "Turn to heaven," "and heaven will open to you." "No, not even a god can take you from me now!" "courage!" "Be brave!" "Let us do his bidding!" "Why are you weeping?" "Ah!" "Then, you are leaving us for ever!" "Sweet friends!" "A smile, a hope, a flower on earth - these can never again be mine." "I must turn to him who is the sole comfort of the sorrowful." "Then one day, purified by penance," "I may join my love among the blessed!" "Do not weep, but lead me to the altar." " No, never!" " The Count!" " Merciful heaven!" "For you there can be only the marriage altar." " Such boldness!" " madman!" "And you come here...?" "To make you mine!" "Must I, can I believe it?" "I see you at my side!" "This is a dream, some unworldly enchanted ecstasy!" "My heart cannot endure such great and sudden joy!" "Have you come to me from heaven, or am I in heaven with you?" "The dead, then, can leave the eternal realm of the dead!" "neither heaven nor the horrid mouth of hell have swallowed me." "To harm me, hell itself lets loose its prey!" "murderers, it is true, can strike mighty mortal blows!" "But if the strands of your life were never truly sundered..." "The waves of the river have irresistible force." "Or am I in heaven with you?" " If you wish to go on living," " But God confounds the sinful." " then flee from her and from me!" " God has come to my rescue." "You are fighting fate itself, which is this man's defender." "ls this a dream, an ecstasy?" "If you wish to go on living, then flee from her and from me!" "Have you come to me from heaven, or am I in heaven with you?" "But God confounds the sinful." "God has come to my rescue." " Long live Urgel!" " My brave warriors!" " Come!" " My lady, follow me!" " How dare you?" " Leave her!" " Take her from me?" "No!" " You are raving!" " What are you doing?" " I have lost my mind!" " Yield!" " Come!" " Rage is seething in my breast!" " Your life will be a torment!" "Ah!" "I am terrified!" "Have you come to me from heaven, or am I in heaven with you?" " Have I come to you from heaven," " Have you come to me from heaven, or am I in heaven with you?" "Now we play at dice, but soon we'll play quite another game." "This blade, now cleaned of blood, will soon be bloodied again!" "The help we asked for!" "They look like mighty fighters!" "Now the assault on Castellor will be delayed no longer." "Yes, my brave comrades." "Our leader has decided to attack the fortress at dawn." "To take abundant booty there is not just a hope, it's certain." "We'll conquer." "It will be ours." "An invitation to the dance!" "Let the warlike trumpet sound the call to battle, the call to arms." "tomorrow may our banner be firmly planted on those towers." "No, never has victory smiled so favourably upon us!" "There we shall find glory and booty, there both our prey and our honour!" "In the arms of my rival!" "The thought follows me wherever I go, like a demon in pursuit!" "In my rival's arms!" "But I shall hasten at dawn to break you asunder." "Oh, Leonora!" " What has happened?" " We found a gypsy woman lurking nearby." "Our scouts surprised her." "She fled." "suspecting she was a spy, they followed her." " Have they caught up with her?" " Yes." " Have you seen her?" "No." "The leader of our scouts told me the story." " Here she is now." " Get along, witch!" "Help!" "Let me go, cruel men!" "What harm have I done?" "Bring her here." "Now answer me!" "If you lie, you'll pay for it!" " Ask." " Where are you going?" " I don't know." " What?" "A gypsy's way is to wander aimlessly without a plan." "The sky is her roof, her country the world." "Where have you come from?" "Biscay." "I lived there among the mountain crags." " Biscay!" " What?" "Oh, can it be?" "I lived there, a poor gypsy, but happy with my lot." "My only hope was a son." "He left me, forgot me, the ungrateful lad!" "Alone, I wander now, looking for my son, this son who has caused such sorrow in my heart!" "The love that I feel for him" "no mother has ever felt before!" "Her face!" "Tell me, have you lived long in these mountains?" "A long time, yes." "Do you remember a child, the son of a count, who was stolen from his castle some fifteen years ago and brought here?" "And you, who are you?" "The brother of that kidnapped child." "Yes!" "Have you ever heard of him?" " I?" "No." "Now let me go to find my son." " Stay, evil woman!" " Alas!" " You see before you the woman who committed the horrid crime." " continue!" " It is she." " Be still!" "She is the one who burned the child!" " Ah, wretch!" " It is she!" " He lies!" " Now you shall not escape your fate." " Alas!" " tighten her bonds!" " Oh, God!" "Shout if you wish!" "And are you not coming, Manrico, my son?" " Won't you save your poor mother?" " Manrico's mother?" " tremble!" "tremble!" " Oh, destiny!" "And in my power!" "Ah!" "Cruel men, loosen now these bitter bonds!" "This cruel torture is drawn-out death." "wicked man, even more wicked than your father, tremble, for the wretched have a god, a god who will punish you!" "O ragged gypsy, that traitor is your son?" "I shall use your agony to pierce his heart!" "At last joy beyond words fills my heart!" "through me, my brother's ashes will be avenged at last!" "Ah!" "Cruel men, loosen now these bitter bonds!" "This cruel torture is drawn-out death." "wicked man, even more wicked than your father, tremble, for the wretched have a god!" " tremble, for that god will punish you!" " Your soul will burn in hell." "What was that sound of arms I heard?" "The danger is great!" "To pretend otherwise would be futile." "At dawn we shall be attacked!" "Ah, what are you saying?" "But we shall defeat our enemies." "Our strength and courage are equal to their daring!" "Go." "I must be away for a short while." "I entrust everything to you." "Leave nothing undone!" "How sad the light that shines on our wedding!" "Do not believe in these sad signs, my love!" "How can I help it?" "nothing but love, sublime love, at such a moment must speak to your heart." "Ah, yes, my love, in being yours, in knowing that you are mine my soul will now be braver, my arm stronger." "But if on my page of fate it be written that I must die on the enemy's sword..." "With my last breath my thoughts will be of you." "For me, death will only mean that I await you in heaven." "The pure wave of holy sound goes straight to the heart!" "Come, for the church will give us the joys of pure love!" " Manrico!" " What?" " The gypsy, come, see her in bonds!" " Oh, God!" " The rogues have already lit the pyre." "Oh, heaven!" "My body trembles!" "My eyes are blinded!" " You are shuddering!" " perforce!" "You must know:" " I am..." " Who?" " Her son!" " Ah!" "Ah, cowards!" "This evil sight steals my life's breath from me." "Call our men, quick, Ruiz!" "Go, run, fly!" "The horrid flames of that pyre consume my whole being!" "sinners, put out the fire, or I shall quench it with your blood!" "I was her son before I was your lover." "Your suffering cannot hold me back." "wretched mother, I come to save you or at least to die with you!" " To arms, to arms!" " wretched mother!" "I come to save you or at least to die with you!" "We are ready to fight for you, to die for you." "We have arrived." "Here is the tower where the state prisoners are held." "Ah, the poor man was brought here!" "Go now, leave me." "Have no fear for me." "perhaps I can save him." "Fear for me?" "My defence is quick and sure." "In this dark night, hidden from all," "I am near you though you do not know." "Soft breeze sobbing around me," "ah, be kind... and bear my sighs to him." "On the rosy wings of love, fly, my anguished sigh, and comfort the weary mind of the unhappy prisoner." "Like a breath of hope, fly to his cell." "awaken him to the memories, to the dreams of love!" "But, ah, do not tell him what sorrows are in my heart!" "Lord, Thy mercy on this soul about to go on the journey of no return." "Thy mercy, O Lord, so that this soul may not become the prey of hell." "This hymn, these solemn, mournful prayers, oppress the air with terror!" "The grief that overcomes me covets my breath, the beating of my heart!" "Ah, how slow is death in coming for one who wants to die." " farewell, Leonora!" " Oh, heaven!" "I am dying!" "Lord, Thy mercy on this soul about to go on the journey of no return." "Thy mercy, O Lord, so that this soul may not become the prey of hell." "Above the horrid tower, ah, it is as if death hovered on sable wings!" "Ah, perhaps these gates will be opened only when he is cold and dead!" "Now I pay in blood for the love I gave you!" "Never forget me!" "Leonora, farewell!" " forget you, ever forget you?" " Thy mercy, Lord!" "Ever forget you?" "I am dying!" "forget you..." "Ever forget you?" "You shall see that on earth there is no love greater than mine." "It vanquished fate in a bitter battle, it will conquer death as well." "With the price of my life I shall save yours, or joined with you for ever I shall sink into my grave." "You heard me?" "At dawn, the axe for the son, and the mother to the stake!" "I abuse perhaps the power entrusted to me by the Prince." "To what ends you draw me, baleful woman!" "Where can she be?" "After Castellor was retaken, I heard nothing of her." "And all my efforts to find her have been in vain!" "Oh, where are you, cruel woman?" "before you." " That voice!" "ls it you, woman?" " You see it is." " Why have you come?" "He is about to die, and you ask me why I have come?" "How dare you!" "Ah, yes, for him I ask your mercy." " What?" "You are mad!" " Mercy!" "I should take pity on my rival?" "Let merciful God inspire it in you." "My only god is vengeance." " Mercy!" "I ask your mercy!" " Go!" "Go!" "See the bitter tears I shed, prostrate before you." "Tears are not enough?" "Then kill me, drink my blood." "Abuse my dead body, but save the troubadour!" "Ah, if only I might find some crueller death for the rogue!" "In a thousand fearful agonies, make hundredfold his death." " Kill me!" " The more you love him, the more my fury blazes!" "Abuse my dead body, but save the troubadour!" " Count!" " enough!" " Mercy!" "There is no price that can buy it." "Out of my way!" "There is a price, only one, and I offer it to you." "Speak, what is the price?" " myself!" " Heaven!" "You mean...?" "And I shall keep my promise." "ls this a dream?" "Open the way for me beyond these walls." "Let me speak to him, let the victim escape, then I am yours." "Swear it!" "I swear to God, who sees my whole soul!" "Ho, there!" "You shall have me, but cold in death." "The man shall live." "He shall live!" "Joy silences my tongue, O Lord." "But the beating of my heart speaks my thanks to Thee!" "fearless now and joyful, I await my death." "I can tell him as I die:" "You have been saved through me!" "What are you muttering?" "Tell me, repeat your promise or what I heard from you before will seem but a madman's ravings." "You are mine!" "You are mine!" "repeat it!" "Quiet my doubting heart." "Ah, I can scarcely believe it, even hearing it from you!" " Let us go." " You have sworn... remember!" "My word is sacred!" "mother?" "you're not asleep?" "I have called sleep to me, but sleep will not come to my eyes." "I am praying." "perhaps the cold air is bad for you?" "No." "I only wish I could flee this living tomb for here I suffocate!" "To flee!" "Do not worry about me." "The monsters cannot harm me." "And why not?" "Don't you see?" "The finger of death has already put its dark sign upon my brow!" "They will find a corpse cold in death, a skeleton!" "No more!" "Can you not hear?" "people are coming!" "They are butchers!" "They will drag me to the stake!" "defend your mother!" "there's no one, take heart." "The stake!" "nobody is coming here." "The stake!" "The stake!" "monstrous word!" "Oh, mother!" "One day, the fierce mob carried your grandmother to the stake." "See the terrifying flames!" "They are already touching her." "Her burning hair sends out sparks!" "Her eyeballs start from their sockets!" "Ah, who can save me from so atrocious a sight?" "If you still love me, if a son's voice still has sway in a mother's heart, seek oblivion in sleep, seek peace and quiet in sleep." "Yes, weariness weighs upon me, O my son." "Now I shall go to sleep." "But if you see the horrid flames rise up, then awaken me." "Rest now, mother." "May God grant less sad visions to your slumber." "Again to our mountains we shall return." "There we shall know the old peace." "You will sing with your lute." "I shall rest in tranquil sleep." "Rest, O mother, while I lie here in silent prayer to God." "Heaven!" "Can it be?" "In this pale light..." " It is I, Manrico!" " Oh, my Leonora!" "My Manrico!" "Ah, dost Thou grant me, merciful God, so great a joy before I die?" "You shall not die." "I came to save you." " What?" "Save me?" "If only it could be!" " farewell." " You must not delay. hasten, go!" " aren't you coming?" " I must stay!" " Stay!" " Go quickly!" " No!" " Woe if you wait!" " No!" " Your life..." " I care nothing for it." " Leave now!" " No!" " It's your life..." " I care nothing for my life!" "Now..." "Woman, look into my eyes!" "How have you done this?" "At what price?" "You won't speak?" "monstrous thought!" "My rival!" "I understand!" "This wretch has sold her love!" "Ah, how unjust!" "She sold the heart she swore was mine!" "Oh, how wrath has blinded you!" " Ah, how unjust, how cruel you are!" " wretch!" "Go now, flee, or you are lost!" "Not even heaven could save you then!" "This wretch has sold her love!" "Oh, how wrath has blinded you!" "She sold the heart she swore was mine!" " Oh, how wrath has blinded you!" " wretch!" "Ah, how unjust, how cruel you are!" "Go now, flee, or you are lost!" "Not even heaven could save you then!" " Again to our mountains we shall return." " Go now, flee, or you are lost!" " No!" "Not even heaven could save you then!" " Oh, wretch!" " There we shall know the old peace." "You will sing with your lute." "I shall rest in tranquil sleep." " Get away!" " Do not repulse me!" "Don't you see?" "I am weak, oppressed, I am dying." "Go, I despise you!" "I curse you!" "Ah, no more!" "This is not the moment to revile me but rather to pray to God for me!" "A chill runs through my heart!" "Manrico!" "Woman, what is it, tell me!" " Death lurks within my breast!" " Death!" "The poison has taken effect more quickly than I thought!" "Oh, rage!" "Feel, my hand is ice." "But here, a horrid fire is burning." "What have you done?" "Oh, heaven!" "Rather than live as another's," " I chose to die as your love!" " I am mad!" "To think I dared to curse this angel!" " I can stand it no longer." " Alas!" "This is the moment." "I am dying." " Manrico!" " Heavens!" "O Father in heaven," "I implore Thy mercy!" "Ah, she betrayed me, she is dying for him!" "Rather than live as another's," "I chose to die as your love!" "She betrayed me, she is dying for him!" "I am mad!" "To think I dared to curse this angel!" "Manrico!" "Leonora!" "farewell." " I am dying." " wretched woman!" "He shall die!" "O mother, farewell!" "Manrico!" "Where is my son?" " Ah, die!" " Wait!" "listen to me!" " Do you see?" " Oh, heaven!" "He is dead!" "He was your brother!" "He!" "What horror!" "You are avenged, O mother!" "Yet I must live!"