Puccini, Giactmo Madama Butterfly. Liteetto. English & Italian ...
Puccini, Giactmo Madama Butterfly. Liteetto. English & Italian ...
Puccini, Giactmo Madama Butterfly. Liteetto. English & Italian ...
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4O ACT TWO<br />
SlIAKl'LKSS<br />
I am grieved at such hopeless blindness.<br />
GORO<br />
(whispers to Yamadori an.1 Sharpless)<br />
Mr. Pinkerton's ship is already<br />
Signalled.<br />
YAMADORI<br />
(in despair)<br />
And when they meet again<br />
SHARPLESS<br />
(whispers to both)<br />
He does not want to see her. It is for that I came<br />
To try and prepare her.<br />
From him, which<br />
I have here a letter<br />
(seeing that <strong>Butterfly</strong> is approaching him with tea, he cuts short his sentence)<br />
BUTTERFLY<br />
(charmingly, offering Snarpless a cup of tea)<br />
Will your Honour allow me<br />
(opens her fan, and behind it points to the two others', laughing)<br />
What troublesome people !<br />
(offers tea to Yamadori, who refuses)<br />
YAMADORI<br />
(rises with aeigh and bows to <strong>Butterfly</strong> with hand on heart)<br />
Farewell, then. I go, my heart heavy with sorrow,<br />
But still I hope<br />
BUTTERFLY<br />
So be it.<br />
YAMADORI<br />
(is leaving, but returns to <strong>Butterfly</strong>!<br />
Ah, if you would but<br />
BUTTERFLY<br />
The pity is : I will not !<br />
(Yamadori, after bavin? bowed to Sharpless, goea off sighing, followed by bis servants. <strong>Butterfly</strong><br />
signs to Suzuki to remove the tea. Snf&t onev% then retires to the back of the<br />
room. Goro promptly follows Yamadori)