Armida & Amadis & Roland by Frank J. Morlock & Philippe Quinault

Author:Frank J. Morlock & Philippe Quinault
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: opera librettos, French drama, French opera, medieval romances in opera
ISBN: 9781434446732
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2013-04-08T00:00:00+00:00

ACT V

The stage represents the enchanted palace of Apollidon, where the arch of faithful lovers can be seen and the forbidden chamber whose door is locked.

URGANDA:

Apollidon, by a magic power,

Once erected this magnificent palace.

Console yourself in these charming regions.

There you ought to find the end of your torments.

AMADIS:

I cannot experience the charms

Of the most agreeable abode.

No, nothing is pleasing to eyes that love

Has condemned to eternal tears.

URGANDA:

Oriana is here: recall your hope.

AMADIS:

Oriana!

URGANDA:

You are going to see her.

AMADIS:

Through your cares I can see the beauty that I adore!

To see Oriana! Alas! It will be to annoy her again.

Ah! How my heart feels troubled;

I am trembling.

URGANDA:

Amadis can tremble!

AMADIS:

I am steadfast

Against a formidable enemy

Whose fury must be conquered.

But against the wrath

Of the beauty who knew how to please me,

Nothing is so weak as my heart.

URGANDA:

Pay no attention to a vain fear.

Rush to see Oriana hereabouts.

AMADIS:

I fear to deserve her hate.

She forbade me to appear in front of her eyes.

URGANDA:

That’s carrying constancy too far;

To obey without resistance

Such harsh rules,

And sometimes

Love is offended

By too much obedience.

(Urganda leaves and Oriana enters.)

ORIANA:

My eyes, my sorrowful eyes, close forever.

I am losing the one I love the best;

Light must be ravished from me.

Alas! How harsh to give up my life,

To make me feel the loss I am experiencing!

My eyes, my sorrowful eyes, close forever.

ORIANA AND AMADIS:

O Heaven! Can I believe it?

ORIANA:

Amadis, you live.

AMADIS:

You pity my misfortunes!

Your beautiful eyes have given tears for me!

ORIANA:

You are living!

AMADIS:

Can I still live in your memory?

AMADIS AND ORIANA:

O Heaven! Can I believe it?

ORIANA:

I see you love constantly

Despite your change.

In a new love

You can find more attractions.

But you will never find in it

A more faithful heart.

AMADIS:

Oriana, are you accusing me?

ORIANA:

Briolanie has charms too sweet.

I won’t prevent your love from following her.

AMADIS:

Ah! Don’t resume your fatal wrath

If you want me to live.

ORIANA:

You would have little difficulty in disabusing me.

Amadis, against you, a regret bothers me.

The scorn that love excites

Only asks to be appeased.

AMADIS:

Must your heart allow itself to be surprised

With a suspicion that costs us such a cruel torture?

ORIANA:

It’s the defect of a tender heart

To be easily alarmed.

AMADIS AND ORIANA:

My sorrow might have been mortal;

Alas! I was going to succumb to it.

Ah! Let’s beware falling back

Into such a cruel pain.

ORIANA:

All told you

That I love you.

My tears, my intense sorrow;

All told you

That I love you.

AMADIS:

I promise you

To never extinguish

Such a beautiful flame;

I promise you

An eternal love.

(Amadis and Oriana repeat these last two verses together.)

URGANDA:

(reentering) Finally, your hearts are rejoined.

AMADIS:

Through your lucky help our troubles are over.

URGANDA:

It’s easy to appease quarrels

With which faithful lovers

Are only too often troubled.

Love run off by rage

Doesn’t fail

To return stronger than before.

ORIANA:

I despair of a severe duty.

My father has made a choice that’s opposed to my wishes.

URGANDA:

I shall take care of obtaining the consent of your father.

AMADIS AND ORIANA:

What don’t we owe to your generous efforts!

URGANDA:

Such a perfect love deserves to be happy.

You must take away all anger.

Lovers hereabouts under this enchanted arch

Find the fair expression

Of their fidelity.

ORIANA:

The assurance that Amadis is giving me today

Suffices for me.

URGANDA:

Can one reassure love too much!

But Florestan is coming here to demonstrate his constancy.

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