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La Boheme

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

La Bohème (Excerpt from Act 1)

CD 3, Tracks 5-6

5) Flute melody. (Rodolfo closes the door, sets his light on the table, and tries to write. But he tears up the paper and throws the pen down.)

*Rodolfo*
:14	Non sono in vena.	I'm not in the mood.
	(A timid knock at the door)
	Chi è la?	Who's there?
*Mimi*
:20	Scusi.	Excuse me.
*Rodolfo*
	Una donna!	A woman!
*Mimi*
:25	Di grazia, mi si è spento il lume.	I'm sorry...my light has gone out.
*Rodolfo*
		(Rodolfo opens the door.)
:30	Ecco.	Here.
*Mimi*
	(in the doorway, with a candlestick and a key)

	Vorrebbe...?	Would you...?
*Rodolfo*
:38	S'accomodi un momento.	Come in for a moment.
*Mimi*
	Non occorre.	There's no need.
*Rodolfo*
:42	La prego, entri.	Please...come in.

	(Mimi enters, has a fit of coughing.)
	Si sente male?	Are you ill?
*Mimi*
:48	No...nulla.	No...it's nothing.
*Rodolfo*
:52	Impallidisce!	You're pale.
*Mimi*
	È il respir...quelle scale...	I'm out of breath...the stairs...

	(She faints, and Rodolfo is just in time to support her and help her to a chair. The key and the candlestick fall from her hands.)

*Rodolfo*
1:11	Ed ora come faccio?	Now what will I do?

	(He gets dsome water and sprinkles her face.)

	Così. Che viso d'ammalata!	So. how ill she looks!

	(Mimi comes to)

	Si sente meglio?	Are you better now?
*Mimi*
1:34	Si.	Yes.
*Rodolfo*
	Qui c' è tanto freddo. Segga vicino al fuoco.	It is so cold here. Come and sit by the fire.

	(He helps her to a chair by the stove.)

	Aspetti...un po' di vino.	Wait...some wine.
*Mimi*
1:46	Grazie.	Thank you.
*Rodolfo*
	A lei.	Here.
*Mimi*
	Poco, poco.	Just a little.
*Rodolfo*
1:53	Cosi.	There.
*Mimi*
	Grazie.	Thank you.
*Rodolfo*
	(Che bella bambine!)	(What a lovely creature.)
*Mimi*
2:02	Ora permetta, Che accenda il lume, È tutto passato.	Now, please, relight my candle. I'm better now.
*Rodolfo*
2:09	Tanta fretta.	Such a hurry!
*Mimi*
2:12	Si.	Yes.

	(Rodolfo lights her candle for her.)

	Grazie. Buona sera.	Thank you. Good evening.

*Rodolfo*
	Buona serà.	Good evening.

	(Mimi goes out, then reappears at the door.)

*Mimi*
2:29	Oh! sventata, sventata, La shiave della stanza Dove I'ho lasciata?	Oh! foolish me!...Where have I left the key to my room?
*Rodolfo*
2:40	Non stia sull' uscia: Il lume vacilla al vento.	Don't stand in the door: The wind makes your light flicker.

	(Her candel goes out.)

*Mimi*
2:48	Oh Dio! Torni ad accenderlo.	Heavens! Will you relight it?

	(Rodolfo rushes to her with his light, but when he reaches the door, his candle goes out, too. The room is dark.)

*Rodolfo*
2:52	Oh Dio! Anche il mio s' è spento.	There...Now mine's out too.
*Mimi*
2:56	Ah! E la chiave ove sarà?	Ah! And where could my key be?
*Rodolfo*
	Buio pesto!	Pitch dark.
*Mimi*
3:01	Disgraziata!	Unlucky me!
*Rodolfo*
	Ove sarà?	Where can it be?
*Mimi*
3:05	Importuna è la vicina...	You've a bothersome neighbor...
*Rodolfo*
3:11	Ma le pare!	Not at all.
*Mimi*
3:14	Importuna è la vicina...	You've a bothersome neighbor...
*Rodolfo*
3:18	Cosa dice, ma le pare!	What do you mean? Not at all!
*Mimi*
3:23	Cerchi.	Search.
*Rodolfo*
	Cerco.	I'm searching.

	(They both grope on the floor for the key.)

*Mimi*
3:30	Ove sarà?	Where can it be?

*Rodolfo*	(finds the key, pockets it)
	Ah!	Ah!
*Mimi*
	L'ha trovata?	Did you find it?
*Rodolfo*
	No.	No.
*Mimi*
3:38	Mi parve...	I thought...
*Rodolfo*
	In verità!	Truthfully?
*Mimi*
3:47	Cerca?	Are you hunting?
*Rodolfo*
	Cerco.	I'm hunting for it.

	(Guided by her voice, Roldolfo pretends to search as he draws closer to her. Then his hand meets hers, and he holds it.)

*Mimi*
	Ah!	Ah!

	(They rise. Rodolfo continues to hold Mimi's hand.)

6) Rodolfo's aria

:05	Che gelida manima,	How cold your little hand is!
	Se la lasci riscaldar.	Let me warm it for you.
:14	Cercar che giova? Al buio non si trova. Ma per fortuna	What is the use of searching? We'll never find it in the dark.
	E una notte di luna, e qui la luna l'abbiamo vicina.	But luckily, there's a moon, and she's our neighbor here.
:54	Aspetti, signorina, Le diro con due parole chi son, Chi son, e che faccio, comme vivo,	Just wait, my dear young lady, and meanwhile I'll tell you in a word who and what I am.
1:22	Vuole?	Shall I?

	(Mimi is silent.)

	Chi son? Chi son? Son un poeta.	Who am I? I am a poet.
1:38	Che cosa faccio? Scrivo.	My business? Writing.
	E come vivo? Vivo.	How do I live? I live.
1:54	In poverta mia lieta scialo da gran signore rima ed inni d'amore.	In my happy poverty I squander like a prince my poems and songs of love.
	Per sogni e per chimere e per castelli in aria l'anima ho milionaria.	In hopes and dreams and castles in air, I am a millionaire in spirit.

Love Theme

2:30

Talor dal mio forziere, ruban turri i gioielli, due ladri: gli occhi belli.

My hoard of treasure, is stolen by two thieves: a pair of beautiful eyes.

2:53	Ventrar con voi pur ora, ed i miei sogni usati, ed i bei sogni miei, tosto si dileguar!	They came in now with you, and all my lovely dreams, my dreams of the past, were soon stolen away.
	Ma il furto non m'accora, poichè, poichè v'ha preso stanza, la speranza	But the theft doesn't upset me, since the empty place was filled with hope.
	Or che mi conoscete, parlate voi. Deh parlate.	Now that you know me, it is your turn to speak.
	Chi siete? Vi piaccia dir?	Who are you? Will you tell me?

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