Edita Gruberová (born December 23, 1946), is a Slovak soprano who is one of the most acclaimed coloraturas of recent decades. She is noted for her great tonal clarity, agility, dramatic interpretation, and ability to sing high notes with great power, which made her an ideal Queen of the Night in her early years. In recent years, she has enjoyed some success with a number of the most important bel canto roles...
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Lyrics & English Translation
Most gracious Princess,
who does not know
that for such an illustrious
and noble personage as
yourself grief must have a
different measure than for
common mortals. - Yet,
Are we not all women underneath,
and does there not beat
in every breast an unfathomable,
unfathomable heart?
To speak of our weakness,
to confess it too ourselves,
is it not bitter-sweet? And does
not our heart thrill at it?
You do not wish to listen
to me beautiful and proud
and still, like' a statue on your
own tomb. You want no other
confidante, then, than these
rocks and waves'?
Princess, hear me out - not you
alone, but all - oh, all of us -
that which numbs your heart,
where is the woman who has
not suffered it? Forsaken! In
despair!' Marooned!
Oh, such desert islands
are numberless, even in the
midst of men, I, I myself,
I have inhabited such more
than once, and have never
learnt to curse men.
They are faithless!
Monstrous, knowing no bounds!
A brief night,
a hasty day,
a puff of air,
a fleeting second
transforms their heart!
But then, are we proof
against the cruel, delicious,
the inexplicable transformations?
Often when I believe I belong to
one man alone, when I feel
completely sure of myself,
there steals into my sweetly
deluded heart an
as-yet-untasted freedom,
a new and stealthy love,
roving, shameless emotions.
I am still true, and yet I am false,
I think myself good, and am
already bad, everything is
measured with false weights
and half self-knowing and
half in frenzy, I deceive him in
the end and yet love him truly!
Just when I feel completely sure
of myself, there steals into my
sweetly deluded heart
a new and stealthy love.
Yes, half self-knowing and half in frenzy,
I deceive him in
the end and yet love him truly!
So it was with Pagliaccio
and Mezzetino!
Then it was Cavicchio,
then Burattino,
then Pasquariello!
Oh, and sometimes,
it seems to me,
there were two!
But never caprice,
always a compulsion,
always a new
tremulous wonder:
oh, that one's heart should
have so little understanding of
itself.
Ah!
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