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No. 4: RECIT. & DUET (Ruth & Frederic)
"Oh, false one, you have deceived me...
You told me you were fair as gold"
RECITATIVE.
Frederic. Oh, false one, you have deceived me!
Ruth. I have deceived you?
Frederic. Yes, deceived me! (Denouncing her.) |
DUET.
Frederic. You told me you were fair as gold!
Ruth. (wildly) And, master, am I not so?
Frederic. And now I see you’re plain and old.
Ruth. I’m sure I’m not a jot so.
Frederic. Upon my innocence you play.
Ruth. I’m not the one to plot so.
Frederic. Your face is lined, your hair is grey.
Ruth. It’s gradually got so.
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Frederic. |
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Faithless woman, to deceive me,
I who trusted so! |
Master, master, do not leave me!
Hear me, ere you go! |
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Faithless woman! |
| Master, master, |
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Faithless woman! |
| Master, master, |
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| Do not leave me, do not leave me, |
Faithless woman to deceive me, |
| Hear me, ere you go! |
I who trusted so! |
| Master, master, do not leave me, |
Faithless woman to deceive me, |
| Hear me, ere you go! |
I who trusted so! |
| Ruth. |
My love without reflecting,
Oh, do not be rejecting!
Take a maiden tender – her affection raw and green,
At very highest rating,
Has been accumulating
Summers seventeen – summers seventeen. |
| Ruth. |
Frederic. |
Don’t, beloved master,
Crush me with disaster.
What is such a dower to the dower
I have here? |
Yes, your former master
Saves you from disaster.
Your love would be uncomfortably fervid,
it is clear |
| My love unabating |
If, as you are stating |
| Has been accumulating |
It’s been accumulating |
| Forty-seven year – |
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Forty-seven year – |
| forty-seven year! |
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forty-seven year! |
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Faithless woman, to deceive me,
I who trusted so! |
Master, master, do not leave me!
Hear me, ere you go! |
Faithless woman, to deceive me,
I who trusted so! |
At the end he renounces her, and she goes off in despair.
| Frederic. |
What shall I do? Before these gentle maidens
I dare not show in this alarming costume!
No, no, I must remain in close concealment
Until I can appear in decent clothing! |
Hides in cave as they enter climbing over the rocks.
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