The Tales of Hoffmann Page #5

No more to sing

Alas

But how can I persuade her

This sacrifice to make

And now, my father

What did he say

I cannot tell you now

But later you shall know

On a new road must we go

My bride that is to be

If I'm to guide you

Forget you've heard a story

Of brilliant days to come

Of success and of glory

Then with all your heart

Trust in me

And if I do

Our love

more brightly yet appearing

Will bind me to your heart

Content and never fearing

Never fearing

Then come

I shall obey

Ah, can it ever be

That I shall fully know

All you've sacrificed for me

Your father

Will soon return

So I leave you for today

For today

Indeed, it's plain to see

My father's won him over

Ah, well

My tears are all in vain

For I have sworn

I'll never sing again

You'll never sing again

And have you thought it over

The sacrifice demanded

The youth that you will lose

Your beauty and your charms

And your art to refuse

All these gifts come from heaven

In trust for you to share

And should they be entombed

In the gloom of daily care

Or have you never heard

When you have dreamed of praise

Like all the forest leaves

That the wind is caressing

That soothing trembling roar

Of the crowd round you pressing

As they murmur your name

And hold you with their gaze

See there the burning joys

Before the feet of beauty

And these your youth in flower

Is ready to abjure

How commonplace the toys

They'd force you to endure

And children swarming round

To call you back to duty

Ah, what can be that voice

that so disturbs my heart

Are those the words of hell

Or does God take my part

No

No

No, it is false that delights

that excites me

Against ambitious pride

is my love armed to fight

For fame cannot rival

the calm that invites me

To the home of my heart's delight

What kind of love

From such a lover

For Hoffmann 's made you the victim

To excite his brutal desire

Only your beauty feeds his fire

And for him as all discover

The time soon will come

when his passion will expire

No, tempt me not again

A way, I say

You shall no more be heard

I have sworn I am his

I know for me he'll stay

I am not my own mistress

And cannot break my word

And just a while ago

By his heart I adore

His everlasting love

So tenderly he swore

Who can save my soul

from the fiend

From my own self

My mother

O dear Mother

I love him

I love him

Your mother

You dare invoke her soul

Your mother

Now remember well

That 'tis her voice

speaks through mine

Ungrateful

She would tell of the fame

of her name

That you'd gladly forego

So listen

Antonia mine

Heavens

Just listen

Antonia mine

So listen

O God

My mother

My mother

Child of mine

Hear me calling

So now rejoice

'Tis thy mother who's calling

Hear her voice

Child of mine

hear me calling

So now rejoice

'Tis thy mother who's calling

Let thy heart rejoice

'Tis my mother who's calling

Her spirit is calling

Hers, the voice in your ear

A wiser voice than any other

Bequeathing you a skill divine

Which all the world longs to hear

- Antonia mine

- So listen

Now listen

- Antonia mine

Now again life's returning

And again her cheeks aflame

With wild bravos are burning

- Antonia mine

- My mother, my mother

Sing with her though tears are falling

Her spirit is calling

is calling

- Sing together, now sing

- Antonia mine

- My mother

- Though your tears are falling

- My mother

- Sing with her though tears are falling

- Child of mine

- Yes, her spirit is calling

- Hear me calling

- So now rejoice

- So now rejoice

- 'Tis your mother who 's calling

Yes, I hear her voice

Oh, hear her voice

This is her voice

Yes, her spirit is calling

- Child of mine, hear me calling

- So now rejoice, this is her voice

- Ah, my mother

- This is my voice

- This is her voice, this is her voice

No, but stay

I am fainting

Grant a rest, I do pray

- No fast and faster

- All afire, all afire

- Still faster

- My frenzy I ne'er master

- But why this delay

'Tis your mother who 's calling

Her spirit is calling you to rejoice

So hear her voice

- My mother

- She 's calling

- I hear her voice

Yes, 'tis her spirit that does call

Yes, her spirit is calling

Her voice is calling

- Child of mine, hear me calling

- Yes, her spirit is calling

- 'Tis your mother who 's calling

- So now rejoice

'Tis my mother who's calling

Let thy heart rejoice

'Tis my mother

I hear her voice

I seize on this joy all-defying

Ever flaming

How it sears my eyes

Ever flaming

Ever flaming

How it sears

How it sears my eyes

How it sears my eyes

How it sears my eyes

How it sears my eyes

A moment more ere life be flying

- Faster, faster

- A moment more ere life be flying

- Faster, faster

And then my soul

shall mount the skies

My voice is calling

And then my soul shall

mount the skies

My soul shall mount the skies

Her spirit is calling

so now rejoice

A moment more ere life be flying

- Calling to you

- And then my soul shall mount the skies

My voice is calling

so now rejoice

And then my soul

shall mount the skies

I seize on this joy all-defying

Ever flaming

How it sears my eyes

A moment more ere life be flying

And then

And then my soul

And then my soul

Shall mount

The skies

Antonia

Pour out the wine

and drink and drink till morning

Pour out the wine

for drinking is divine

Pour out the wine

and drink and drink till morning

Pour out the wine

Pour out the wine

And drink

for drinking is divine

Divine

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