(Pagliacci)(On with the show)

Recitar!...mentre preso dal delirio
non so piu quel che dico e quel che faccio!
Eppur...e d uopo...sforzati! Bahsei tu forse un uom?
Tu se Pagliaccio! Vesti la giubba e la faccia infarina.
La gente paga e rider vuole qua.
E se Arlecchin t invola ColombinaridiPagliaccio...
e ognum applaudira! Tramuta in lazzi lo spasmo ed il pianto;
In una smorfia il singhiozzo e l dolor...
Ridi Pagliacciosul tuo amore infranto!
Ridi del duol che t avvelena il cor!
SYNOPSES
Caniohis wife Neddaand their troupe perform adulterous
comedies in their traveling shows. This timethoughlife imitates art. Canio
has just been warned that Nedda is in the arms of another man. When Canio
arrivesthe man is gone. Tell me his name! he threatens. Just at
that momentthey announce It s show time!
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Go on stagewhile I m nearly delirious?
I don t know what I m saying or what I m doing!
And yetchin up! I ll try harder. Bahyou think you re a man?
You re just a clown! On with the showman
and put on your white-face.
The people pay you and you must make them laugh.
And if Harlequin should steal your Columbinelaugh
you re Pagliaccioand the world will clap for you!
Turn into banter all your pain and sorrow
and with your clowns face hide grief and distress...
Laugh loudPagliaccioforget all of your troubles
Laugh off the pain that so empoisons your heart.

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