Sound vs. Sense

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Sound vs. Sense
TRACK 58
NEMORINO: Adina, credimi, te ne scongiuro.
Non puoi sposarlo, te ne assicuro.
Aspetta ancora…un giorno appena…
Un breve giorno... io so perchè.
Domani, o cara, ne avresti pena;
te ne dorresti al par di me.
TRACK 59
BELCORE: Il ciel ringrazia, o babbuino,
che matto, o preso tu sei dal vino!
Ti avrei strozzato, ridotto in brani
se in questo istante tu fossi in te.
Infin ch’io tengo a fren le mani,
va via, buffone, ti ascondi a me.
TRACK 60
(all singing at once)
NEMORINO: Ah, dottore!
ADINA: Lo compatite. Egli è un ragazzo,
un malaccorto, un mezzo pazzo.
BELCORE: Va via, buffone! Va via, babbuino!
TRACK 61
ADINA: Si è fitto in capo ch’io debba amarlo,
perch’ei delira d’amor per me.
(Vo’ vendicarmi…
BELCORE: Infin ch’io tengo a fren le mani,
va via, buffone, ti ascondi a me.
TRACK 62
ADINA: …vo’ tormentarlo. Vo’ vendicarmi,
vo’ che pentito mi cada al piè.)
BELCORE: Il ciel ringrazia, babbuino,
che preso forse tu sei dal vino,
va via, buffone, t’ascondi a me.
NEMORINO: Ah, Adina! Ah, dottore! Me infelice!
Domani forse, domani te ne dorresti al par di me.
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Adina, believe me, I implore you.
You can’t marry him. I’m telling you.
Wait a bit… at least a day…
one short day… I know why.
Tomorrow, dear, you’ll feel sorrow.
I think that you will suffer.
Thank heaven, you baboon,
that you’re mad or drunk with wine.
I would have strangled you, chopped you to pieces,
if you were in control of yourself right now.
While I’m keeping my hands still,
get out of here, buffoon—stay away from me.
Ah, doctor!
Have pity on him. He’s a boy,
immature, half-crazy.
Be off with you, buffoon! Be off with you, baboon!
He has gotten it into his head that I have to love him
because he’s deliriously in love with me.
(I want to avenge myself…
While I still hold my hand in check,
be off with you, buffoon, keep out of my way.
…I want to torment him.
I want him to fall at my feet and beg for mercy.)
Thank your lucky stars, baboon,
that you're either mad or drunk.
Be off with you, buffoon, keep out of my way.
Oh Adina! Oh doctor! Unhappy me!
Tomorrow, perhaps tomorrow you will regret it as much as I.

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TRACK 63
TOWNSPEOPLE: Ha pur la strana presunzione;
Ei pensa farla ad un sergente,
a un uom di mondo, cui par non è.
Oh! sì, per Bacco, è veramente
la bella Adina boccon per te!
TRACK 64
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TRACK 65
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He strangely assumes that
he can do that to a sergeant,
a man of the world, which he does not seem to be.
Oh yes, by golly, the beautiful
Adina truly is a tasty treat for you!
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