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ho am I? I am an improvement
:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,312
n the chorus of ancient theatre;am Public Opinion,
:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,630
symbolic personage,
nd what you might call a stickler.
:03:22,920 --> 00:03:26,754he ancient chorus took it upon itself
o explain to people
:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,515
hat they' already understood,
f they were intelligent.
:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,910
go one better;. I play a part myself
:03:34,640 --> 00:03:38,633
nd, as I take part in the action,
apportion
:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,312
raise or blame.
:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,878
woman should beware of me
f she intends to betray her husband,
:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,233
nd so should the husband
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ho wants to pull a stroke on his wife!.
:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,593
t's to the characters in the drama
hat Im speaking, rest assured!
:03:58,520 --> 00:04:03,913
ere comes our Eurydice;, Im off...
ut I'll be there all the time,
3
:04:04,320 --> 00:04:10,509
eady to appear from the wings
ike a "Deus ex machina".
:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,591
he woman with a dream in her heart
annot sleep;,
5
:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,510
very day she rises
ith the sun.
6
:04:53,920 --> 00:04:59,278
t morning, the flowers which line
he meadows are more beautiful.
:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,951
But for whom are these flowers?"
:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,471
ou ask! Do you?
9
:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,511or whom? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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on't say anything to my husband,
o my husband,
:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,229
ut they are for the handsome shepherdho lives just here,
:05:22,520 --> 00:05:27,150
ho lives just here,
ho lives just here,
3
:05:28,360 --> 00:05:34,515on't say anything to my husband,
on't say anything to my husband.
:05:45,120 --> 00:05:50,114
very day like this I bring
he lovely shepherd
5
:05:51,960 --> 00:05:57,114
eautiful cornflowers, which
tremblingly hang on his door,
6
:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,232
nd my poor heart throbs
:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,592
nd races.
:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,717
o for whom does it beat so fast?
9:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,432
o you ask? Do you?
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or whom? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,832
on't say anything to my husband,o my husband,
:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,308
ut they are for the handsome shepherd
ho lives just here,
3
:06:28,400 --> 00:06:33,520ho lives just here,
ho lives just here,
:06:34,760 --> 00:06:41,279
on't say anything to my husband,
on't say anything to my husband.
5
:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,314
e's out! When he comes back
ll make sure his house
6
:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,392
strewn with flowers.
:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,913
hat's this? Isn't that the lovely nymph
aquilla whom I adore?
:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,471
he's alone!
shall reveal my presence singing.
9
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a la la la la...
:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,755
ell! My husband!
Damnation! It's my wife! How silly!
:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,753
d better start shouting before
he does! Ah! Madame, you are caught!
:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,833
y whom pray? For what?
For what? rather for whom
3
:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,913
re those flowers, pray?
What flowers? Ah! for the sun,
:07:35,080 --> 00:07:39,073
or the wind; and for whom is this
assionate tune on your scratch box?
5
:07:39,280 --> 00:07:44,274
or the moon. -For the moon, fine,
we all love the moon! Well, do you know,
6:07:44,360 --> 00:07:49,229
hat I think, my dear? that if I've got
y shepherd, youve got your shepherdess.
:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,074
o, you can have your shepherdess
ut leave me my shepherd.
:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,153
ome! Madame, what you are saying
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in bad taste! -Why would that be?
9
:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,915
ecause... Really! Im going red!
Ha! Ha! Really! But if that colour
:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,470
oesn't suit you,
e'll find you another.
:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,472
urydice! -Ah, no!
mean, it's time to reveal, at last!
:08:11,040 --> 00:08:15,033
isten, Im going to tell
ou the truth, maestro Orpheus,
3
:08:15,120 --> 00:08:20,558
y pure, blushing husband!
isten, I detest you!
:08:21,520 --> 00:08:25,229
thought I was marrying an artist,
nd I've hitched myself
5:08:25,320 --> 00:08:29,313
o the most boring man in creation.
ou think, you're a poet
6
:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,915
ecause you invented the hexameter!
:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,753
hate hexameters,
hate dreams and classical hymns,
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:08:37,840 --> 00:08:42,994
nd above all, above all
hat execrable instrument there!
9:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,994
y violin! Don't put you finger
n that string, Madame!
:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,834
m bored with your violin! Go and play
o those third-rate shepherdesses
:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,992
ou like so much, and charm them! Go on!
:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,513
for me, Im the daughter of a nymph
nd a demi-god,
3
:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,913
must have freedom,
must have fantasy!
:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,993
must have... Today Im in loveith this shepherd, he loves me,
5
:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,152
othing will separate me from Aristaeus!
6
:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,392
h! So that's it!
:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,512
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es, dear!
:09:18,040 --> 00:09:23,160
your husband, you are deceiving me?
Yes, dear, yes, dear!
9
:09:24,360 --> 00:09:29,195
an artist, you scorn me?
Yes, dear, yes, dear!
:09:30,480 --> 00:09:35,235
a violinist, you don't like me?
No, dear, no, dear,
:09:35,320 --> 00:09:39,836
a violinist you seem dire to me;
an instrumentalist you're boring;
:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,799
nd your instrument, your instrument
find hugely displeasing.
3
:09:45,400 --> 00:09:50,918
h! for your insolence
shall have my revenge!
:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,592
nd how, and how,
5
:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,072
ow, pray?
6
:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,670am going, sweetheart,
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:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,835
o play you forthwith
:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,875
work of genius,
9
:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,152
y latest concerto!
:10:17,240 --> 00:10:21,756
ercy, mercy, I beg you!
No, no, it cannot wait,
:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,198
t is the pinnacle of my art,
t lasts an hour and a quarter!
:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,638
or heaven's sake, an hour and a quarter!
An hour and a quarter!
3
:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,275
t's the pinnacle of my art!
shan't listen. -Oh yes you will.
:10:34,360 --> 00:10:39,115shan't listen. -Oh yes you will!
o, no, no, no, no!
5
:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,188
ercy!
6
:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,388ercy!
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:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,990
h!
:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,318
t's deplorable, it's frightful,
t's adorable, it's delectable,
9
:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,712
t's so boring, it's so irritating...
it's ravishing, it's enthralling...
:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,792
h! ah! ah! ah!
:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,992
t's so boring, it's so irritating, ah!
:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,117
h! It's charming, it's ravishing!
3
:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,232
t's so boring, it's so irritating, ah!
:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,392
h! It's charming, it's ravishing!
5
:12:12,640 --> 00:12:18,397
h! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah!
ah! ravishing, ah! ah! ah!
6
:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,830
t's so boring, it's so irritating,
:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,435
oring!
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:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,832
ust listen to this motif,
9
:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,471o languorous and expressive!
0
:12:42,680 --> 00:12:45,672
nagnagnagnagnagna!
1
:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,517
t's so boring, it's so irritating!
2
:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,513
o, I just don't want to hear!
Ah! it's so sweet! Ah! so tender!
3
:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,592
o, it's horrible, it's terrible!
4
:13:06,760 --> 00:13:11,151
uel trmolo! -Ah!
resto, presto! -Ah!
5
:13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,114argo, largo! -Ah!
izzicato, pizzicato!
6
:13:15,200 --> 00:13:19,512
t's terrible, it's terrible,
Presto, presto! Amoroso! Agitato!
7:13:19,840 --> 00:13:25,756
h!
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8
:13:26,920 --> 00:13:30,390
a la la, la, la...
Oh, Lord! Ah, what torment!
9
:13:30,480 --> 00:13:36,828t's over, he's gone!
Venus, be good to me,
0
:13:37,160 --> 00:13:43,474
ave me from my husband!
..Ia la la, la, la.
1:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,752
h, what torment!
2
:13:51,400 --> 00:13:56,872
t's over, he's gone!
3
:13:57,800 --> 00:14:04,069
h, Lord! save me
4
:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,232
rom my husband,
5
:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,312ave me from my husband!
6
:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,517
h!
7
:14:33,400 --> 00:14:37,473
h, Venus, fair goddess, save me fromrpheus, and I'll make you a sacrifice
8
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:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,593
f ten lambs whiter than milk!
Oh! Jupiter, lord of the thunder,
9
:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,912
ree me from Eurydice, and I will singour praises on my four-stringed lyre.
0
:14:46,320 --> 00:14:50,871
adame, I can deceive myself no longer!
hen a woman has come to... this,
1
:14:52,280 --> 00:14:56,512t is perfectly useless to try and put
er back n the straight and narrow...
2
:14:57,080 --> 00:15:01,995
erfect! So let's separate!
Ah, Id gladly do that...
3
:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,071
h!
4
:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,432
ut my reputation...
5:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,031
need people's respect.
am an slave to Public Opinion:
6
:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,478
t's my weakness, allow me to keep it.
for your follower,
7
:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,599
ll blow him apart!
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With your bow?
8
:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,793
o, and Im not telling you how...
ust one thing: he shouldn't frolic
9
:15:24,880 --> 00:15:29,158
mong the corn, as he has been doing
ince he came from who knows
30
:15:29,240 --> 00:15:33,233
here to live in my district.
And who's is going to stop him? -Who!
31
:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,032
little surprise
32
:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,999
hat Ive sown for him
mong these golden ears
33
:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,032
ere!
34
:15:58,120 --> 00:16:02,318
eaning?Nothing! That's all!
35
:16:03,840 --> 00:16:07,833
ell, Im off to give my lessons
t the Orpheon...
36
:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,389arewell, my lovely,
little surprise
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37
:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,916
own for him, there.
ake care. Adieu!
38
:16:19,240 --> 00:16:24,075m afraid! What does he mean, this
urprise sown among the golden ears?
39
:16:29,160 --> 00:16:33,153
trap, perhaps! a man-trap!
e is that jealous!
0:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,153
nd Aristaeus, he always comes across
his corn field to meet me and frolic
1
:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,756
ith me. Let's go to meet him! The poor
hing will bring some harm upon himself!
2
:16:46,840 --> 00:16:47,640
uickly!
3
:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,108
uickly!
4
:18:18,760 --> 00:18:22,469
t's me, Aristaeus,
5
:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,912
n Arcadian shepherd,
6:18:27,680 --> 00:18:33,152
honey-maker,
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7
:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,672
razy about music,
8
:18:37,800 --> 00:18:43,989
ho knows how to be satisfiedith the innocent pleasures
9
:18:44,280 --> 00:18:49,400
hat the gods allow
50
:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,476
he country-dweller,
51
:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,837
o watch my swarm of bees
overing among the trellises
52
:19:12,120 --> 00:19:16,318
etween earth and sky
they collect the honey,
53
:19:16,840 --> 00:19:23,837
o watch dawn breaking
nd, each morning,
54:19:24,040 --> 00:19:28,238
o say to oneself: I hope,
can see it again tomorrow,
55
:19:28,320 --> 00:19:32,233
can see it again tomorrow:
56:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,518
hat's the joy, that's the joy
f a simple soul,
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57
:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,759
he true happiness, the true happiness
f a tender heart.
58:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,235
h!
59
:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,517
h! ah!
60
:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,950h!
61
:19:51,200 --> 00:19:55,159
h!
62
:19:55,680 --> 00:19:59,468
h! ah!
63
:20:00,000 --> 00:20:07,680
h!
64
:20:22,080 --> 00:20:26,676
o watch the little lambsamboling on the plain,
65
:20:26,840 --> 00:20:31,311
eaving bits of white wool
n all the bushes,
66
:20:31,600 --> 00:20:38,915o watch the shepherdess as she sleeps
hilst softly, softly,
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67
:20:39,160 --> 00:20:43,312
he shepherd she likes
omes up to surprise her,
68
:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,917he shepherd she likes
omes up to surprise her!
69
:20:48,400 --> 00:20:53,030
hat's the joy, that's the joy
f a simple soul,
0:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,233
he true happiness, the true happiness
f a tender heart.
1
:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,511
h!
2
:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,076
h!
3
:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,518
h!
4:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,518
h!
5
:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,069
h! ah!
6
:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,158h! ah! ah!
7
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:21:17,320 --> 00:21:23,190
h!
8
:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,949
here! That's what I say
o inspire confidence!
9
:21:50,240 --> 00:21:54,233
ut if you knew who I am
nd what infernal plans Im hatching!
0
:21:54,320 --> 00:21:58,313
f the idea Ive put in Orpheus's minducceeds, today we'll score a big hit!
1
:21:58,400 --> 00:22:02,154
h, there's that sweet Eurydice,
et's not seem to have come
2
:22:02,240 --> 00:22:06,313
hrough the cornfield.
can't see him. -Coo-ee!
3
:22:07,240 --> 00:22:11,916
h! There he is! Ive arrived in time!
ristaeus! My shepherd! Be careful!
4
:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,993
f what? -Of yourself! -Why?
Quiet! Speak more softly!
5
:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,073
ll right! Im going to...
Aristaeus! My shepherd! Don't move!
6
:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,153
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ut if I can't speak to you, nor even
et near you, then we won't be able
7
:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,233
o have a chat... I don't know...
et's talk body-language! -Aristaeus!
8
:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,757
n the name of our love, come no closer!
But what timidity! You usually play
9
:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,469
ard to get, but only within reason...Stop! If you take a step,
90
:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,752
ou are dead! My husband knows
verything. He has been spying on us,
91
:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,913
e has laid traps among these crops
hich have witnessed our love. -Bah!
92
:22:46,080 --> 00:22:50,312
t's true! -He's told her about it,
the idiot! Ill have to make good his
93
:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,678
lunder... Shall I tell you? -Tell me!
ell then! It's fiddlesticks,
94
:22:54,760 --> 00:22:59,072
tuff and nonsense. -Nonsense!
m telling you, he's furious...
95
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e has sworn to finish you... Ah!
But look how I laugh at his traps,
96
:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,756
ook... -Aristaeus! You are carried
away by your love and your courage!
97
:23:08,120 --> 00:23:12,398
ou are rushing to your death!
There's no danger, and in any case,
98
:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,631
hat wouldn't I do to be with you again?Well then,
99
:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,000
want to die with you!
Come on then!
0
:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,515
want to die with you!
Come on then!
1
:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,958
h! -Crack! There we are!
m caught! -And more than you think!
2
:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,232
od, what is this feeling?
3
:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,312
luto, become yourself again!
4:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,472
ne, two, tree!
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5
:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,910
nd now, let's put the elements
n a whirl!
6
:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,593es, yes! At home, that's how
e put the elements in a whirl.
7
:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,912
ighty gods! Am I going to die?
8
:24:02,480 --> 00:24:09,352ompletely!
asciate ogni speranza!
9
:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,150
ut it isn't hurting...
ll explain why...
0
:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,232
t's strange...
t's logical!
1
:24:24,920 --> 00:24:31,598
eath appears to me smiling,
2
:24:33,320 --> 00:24:39,919
oming to strike me while I'm near you.
3
:24:41,680 --> 00:24:48,916
t draws me, tempts me...
4:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,272
eath, I call to you,
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5
:24:53,440 --> 00:24:59,515
arry me off!
6
:25:00,600 --> 00:25:06,948
eath, I call to you,
7
:25:08,520 --> 00:25:17,599
arry me off!
8
:25:23,840 --> 00:25:31,110
eath, your rapture imbues me,
9
:25:32,120 --> 00:25:39,231
our chill does not harm me,
0
:25:40,840 --> 00:25:48,155
t seems as if Ill be born again,
1
:25:49,520 --> 00:25:59,839
es, born again instead of dying,
2
:26:00,720 --> 00:26:07,239
es, born again,
3:26:07,760 --> 00:26:22,835
orn again instead of dying!
4
:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,911
here! That's fine!
ne tear, and we're off!
5:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,915
ut first,
et's abuse our divine power
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6
:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,198
y throwing out at last challenge
o the husband! Here's a pen
7:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,072
nd writing materials!
8
:27:00,720 --> 00:27:06,158
m leaving your side
ecause I have died,
9:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,754
omma,
30
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ristaeus is Pluto
31
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nd to the devil I go!
32
:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,754
he rhyme isn't very riche...
ut wealth doesn't bring happiness.
33:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,312
nd now!... to the dark shores!
34
:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,834
ow then!
ut what the devil's going on up there?
35:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,073
leave my classes at three o'clock
nd I arrive home at dead of night!
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36
:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,596
haven't had dinner,
nd it's already supper-time!
37:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,753
o what's all this upset?
here must be an eclipse!
38
:28:09,520 --> 00:28:13,149
y Jupiter!
hat's the meaning of this?
39
:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,512
y wife's writing!
0
:28:19,520 --> 00:28:24,355
m leaving your side
ecause I have died,
1
:28:26,320 --> 00:28:31,314
omma, Aristaeus is Pluto
nd to the devil I go!
2
:28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,597
hat! That means she's dead!y god, that's not possible!
3
:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,833
ut what if she... is really dead!
he says so herself!
4
:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,988hank you!
5
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:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,913
hank you! Jupie!
omeone there! No, no-one!
6
:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,990
m free! Oh, happiness! Oh bliss!
7
:29:03,640 --> 00:29:08,475
et's go, let's go
nd tell my beloved nymph!
8
:29:10,160 --> 00:29:15,553
nathema, anathema,n him who without pity,
9
:29:15,760 --> 00:29:21,153
nathema, anathema,
heds not one tear for his other half.
50
:29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,312
trange cries! Strange cries!
51
:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,518
nathema, anathema,
n him who without pity...
52:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,474
hose voices again!
anathema, anathema,
53
:29:32,600 --> 00:29:38,072
heds not one tear for his other half...
Those voices again! -anathema,
54
:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,232
nathema.
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55
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n all sides at once!
hat an acoustical miracle!
56:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,832
hat an acoustical miracle!
57
:29:50,240 --> 00:29:55,792
nathema, anathema,
Anathema!
58:29:56,600 --> 00:30:02,152
nathema, anathema,
n him who without pity,
59
:30:02,320 --> 00:30:11,513
nathema, anathema,
heds not one tear for his other half,
60
:30:11,760 --> 00:30:17,312
nathema, anathema,
heds not one tear for his other half.
61
:30:18,400 --> 00:30:27,559
nathema, anathema!
62
:30:36,040 --> 00:30:40,158
eavens!
ublic Opinion is after me already!
63
:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,713
eavens!ublic Opinion is after him already!
64
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:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,993
eavens! Public Opinion
Heavens! Public Opinion
65
:30:49,520 --> 00:30:54,594
after me, after me already, already!
66
:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,391
ere is Public Opinion,
67
:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,837
roclaiming what she knows,
68
:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,516
or right off the beaten track she can
69
:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,911
ick up the trace of a serious crime,
0
:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,789
nd sys to the sacrilegious hand:
1
:31:13,080 --> 00:31:19,235
t was you who set the trap
mong the corn!
2
:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,513
top! Stop!
his can't be allowed,
3
:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,160
o, it can't be allowed to happen!
4
:31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,911
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top! Stop!
his can't be allowed,
5
:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,550
o, it can't be allowed to happen!
6
:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,470
nworthy spouse, my wrath
7
:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,752
ill pursue you in every possible way,
8:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,276
shall put you in penury,
9
:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,751
ake you lose your teaching
0
:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,390
nd, from dusk to dawn,
1
:31:58,680 --> 00:32:05,074
isturbing your nights, I shall cry:
2
:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,312top! Stop!
3
:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,234
his can't be allowed,
o, it can't be allowed to happen!
4
:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,312top! Stop!
5
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:32:15,600 --> 00:32:21,516
his can't be allowed,
o, it can't be allowed to happen!
6
:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,914
ome! It is useless to resist Opinion!
7
:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,310
way! It is useless to resist Opinion!
8
:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,915
ercy!
To extricate you from my severity
9
:32:40,000 --> 00:32:45,279
nd provide an example for posterity
here is only one way out for you!
90
:32:45,640 --> 00:32:50,395
hich is, pray?
Obviously, to chase after your wife!
91
:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,393
ut I don't love her!
So to everyone's eyes the example
92:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,756
ill seem that much more glorious!
93
:32:57,840 --> 00:33:04,518
ever was a fate... ah! ah! ah!
ore dire!
94:33:04,840 --> 00:33:10,949
hase, chase after your wife!
Chase, chase after your wife!
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95
:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,877
see I must give way
96
:33:19,080 --> 00:33:23,949o your implacable voice.
97
:33:24,400 --> 00:33:30,077
ome, come, come, come,
98
:33:30,600 --> 00:33:35,913
ome! It is honour which calls you,nd honour comes before love,
99
:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,310
efore love, before love, come!
0
:33:39,680 --> 00:33:44,708
shall be your constant companion
oth going and coming back!
1
:33:45,000 --> 00:33:50,279
ome! But this honour which calls me,
las! is playing me a dirty trick,
2:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,753
dirty trick.
amn the constant guide
3
:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,674
ho will follow me till I come back,
shall be your constant companion
4
:33:59,760 --> 00:34:04,231
ho will follow me till I come back!
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both going and coming back!
5
:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,918
et's be off, let's be off,
et's be off, let's be off...!
6
:34:09,160 --> 00:34:13,392
h! come!
7
:34:13,640 --> 00:34:18,634
ut this honour which calls me,
t is honour which calls you,
8
:34:18,720 --> 00:34:23,510
las! is playing me a dirty trick...
and honour comes before love...
9
:34:23,600 --> 00:34:30,199
dirty trick, honour is playing me...
before love, yes, honour comes...
0
:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,877
ut this honour which calls me...
it is honour which calls you...
1
:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,834ut this honour which calls me...
it is honour which calls you...
2
:34:38,920 --> 00:34:46,713
es, is playing me a dirty trick...
comes before, before love...
3:37:54,320 --> 00:37:59,440
et's sleep, sleep, let there
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4
:37:59,600 --> 00:38:04,958
ever be an end of it,
5
:38:10,680 --> 00:38:15,834
ince the only pleasure, after all,
6
:38:16,000 --> 00:38:21,472
n our Olympus is to sleep.
7
:38:26,520 --> 00:38:31,833
et's sleep, sleep, let there
8
:38:32,000 --> 00:38:36,596
ever be an end of it.
9
:39:23,880 --> 00:39:29,238
m Cupid, and my love
as been playing truant!
0
:39:29,640 --> 00:39:35,829
m coming home at daybreak
rom a little trip to Cythera!
1
:39:36,720 --> 00:39:42,078
rofound secrecyhrouds my return!
2
:39:42,520 --> 00:39:49,278
hey are all asleep!
et's go to sleep!
3
:39:50,280 --> 00:39:54,159et's go to sleep!
4
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et's go to sleep!
5
:39:59,160 --> 00:40:06,475
et's go, let's go to sleep!
6
:40:07,480 --> 00:40:22,236
h!...
7
:40:29,960 --> 00:40:35,398
m Venus, and my love
as been playing truant!
8
:40:35,720 --> 00:40:41,955
m coming home at daybreak
rom a little trip to Cythera!
9
:40:43,000 --> 00:40:48,518
rofound secrecy
hrouds my return!
30
:40:49,160 --> 00:40:56,475
hey are all asleep!
et's go to sleep!
31
:40:56,920 --> 00:41:01,232et's go to sleep!
32
:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,833
et's go to sleep!
33
:41:06,040 --> 00:41:14,232
et's go, let's go to sleep!
34
:41:15,320 --> 00:41:30,236
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h!...
35
:43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,232
y Saturn! What's that noise awakening
in the middle of the night?
36
:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,671
ho wakes us up in the middle of night?
37
:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,392
t's Diana, my beloved daughter,
38:44:11,400 --> 00:44:17,236
ounding us her alarm!
o! Wake up immediately!
39
:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,750
h!...
0
:44:26,080 --> 00:44:29,152
nd whatever else, no yawning!
1
:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,597
ith cries of joy and pleasure,
2:44:33,400 --> 00:44:38,793
hat's the way to greet the goddess:
lease follow the rule!
3
:44:39,120 --> 00:44:42,669
ail to Diana the huntress!
4:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,912
ail to Diana!
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5
:44:48,040 --> 00:44:52,636
ut why this air of sadness?
6
:44:53,800 --> 00:44:57,634
hy this air of sadness?
7
:44:58,640 --> 00:45:06,149
h! Nothing can equal my torment,
8
:45:09,200 --> 00:45:19,394
o, nothing can equal my torment,
9
:45:19,480 --> 00:45:24,679
h! my torment!
50
:45:25,480 --> 00:45:29,393
hen Diana goes down on to the plain,
arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,
51
:45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,229
t's look for Actaeon there,
arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,
52
:45:33,320 --> 00:45:37,108
t's near the clear fountain,arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,
53
:45:37,200 --> 00:45:41,751
hat Diana meets Actaeon,
arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,
54
:45:41,920 --> 00:45:44,912arrah, tantiwy, tarrah, tantiwy,
arrah, tantiwy,
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55
:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,992
hat Diana meets Actaeon!
56
:45:48,080 --> 00:45:52,358
hat Diana meets Actaeon!That Diana meets Actaeon!
57
:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,913
ow, this morning as I left the plain,
arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,
58
:46:02,000 --> 00:46:05,834went to look for Actaeon,
arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,
59
:46:05,920 --> 00:46:09,674
ut alas! near the fountain,
arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,
60
:46:09,760 --> 00:46:14,231
y Actaeon was nowhere to be seen,
arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,
61
:46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,392
arrah, tantiwy, tarrah, tantiwy,
arrah, tantiwy,
62
:46:17,520 --> 00:46:20,512
er Actaeon was nowhere to be seen!
63
:46:20,760 --> 00:46:28,678
y Actaeon was nowhere to be seen!
Her Actaeon was nowhere to be seen!
64
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h! Poor Actaeon! What has become
f him? Him, hidden under a shrub,
65
:46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,514
hile... Oh! I saw it quite clearly!
What has become of him? Ill tell you!
66
:46:45,600 --> 00:46:49,513
ou compromised yourself with that
oung man, so I got rid of him.
67
:46:49,600 --> 00:46:53,912
ut how? -I changed him into a stag!h? -A stag. And to save your
68
:46:54,000 --> 00:46:58,312
eputation, chaste Diana, I have spread
he rumour among the mortals,
69
:46:58,400 --> 00:47:02,678
hat it was you who wanted me to... put
ctaeon out of action; I said you found
0
:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,514
is curiosity indiscreet...
No way! -I said it for
1
:47:06,600 --> 00:47:11,071
he honour of mythology! My children,
he mortals have their eye on us!
2
:47:11,160 --> 00:47:15,153
et's keep up appearances, at least!
t's all about keeping up appearances!
3
:47:15,240 --> 00:47:18,994
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for that, you keep them up
ell enough! -Has he been on
4
:47:19,080 --> 00:47:23,073
ome new escapade?
But no, my dear... tittle-tattle...
5
:47:23,160 --> 00:47:27,153
t's the journalists... they put about
umours... -Rumours...
6
:47:27,240 --> 00:47:31,313
umours... I know there's something up.m sure there's a Gorgon
7
:47:31,400 --> 00:47:35,678
n the woodpile, I'm sure of it, go on!
ell me, Diana, if you know...
8
:47:35,760 --> 00:47:39,753
lease, a little decorum! No scenes in
ront of people! Leave me to look after
9
:47:39,840 --> 00:47:43,833
he internal affairs of Olympus. I get
omplaints from all quarters. Look!
0
:47:45,760 --> 00:47:48,911
oans, complaints,
1
:47:50,080 --> 00:47:53,072
ecriminations! Olympus
2:47:53,120 --> 00:47:57,591
on its way out, my children! You are
uining it with your feckless behaviour!
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3
:47:57,840 --> 00:48:02,231
hat a bully!
Cupid? Where is the little? -Here!
4:48:02,680 --> 00:48:06,992
h, you urchin, if you carry on as usual
ou'll make us angry. -What a bore!
5
:48:07,280 --> 00:48:13,230
nfuriating old Jupiter! Go on! If you
ave me wings it was so I could flutter.
6
:48:13,320 --> 00:48:17,518
f I gave you wings it was so you would
et a move on, and you're always late.
7
:48:17,600 --> 00:48:21,593
hat time did you come in?
o it again and Ill put you
8
:48:21,680 --> 00:48:26,071
n bread and water for a week.
ome! Everyone to his task,
9
:48:26,160 --> 00:48:30,153ntil it's time
o taste the nectar and ambrosia...
90
:48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,994
nd I want no-one absent from lunch...
ome on! Ive heard rumours,
91:48:34,080 --> 00:48:37,834
everal times now Ive noticed...
Mummy, do you think this can last?
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92
:48:37,920 --> 00:48:41,674
e's really getting us down!
Me most of all. This Olympus
93:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,514
epresses me! -What if we rebelled?
ve an idea. We'll refuse to...
94
:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,593
hat are you mumbling about over there
n the corner! Didn't you hear me, then?
95
:48:52,520 --> 00:48:56,308
Pon my thunder! It's hard to be a
eam leader. It's driving me off my head!
96
:48:56,400 --> 00:49:00,313
nd as if that wasn't enough...
also have to endure the jealousy
97
:49:00,400 --> 00:49:04,154
f my dear wife...
ere we go! Her again!
98
:49:04,320 --> 00:49:08,233lings like a leech! I was just telling
upid to settle down...
99
:49:08,320 --> 00:49:12,438
hereas she could do to get out of her
ut a bit... It's you! My sunshine!
0:49:12,560 --> 00:49:16,394
hat's to do? -What's to do is
that I can't go on living like this!
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1
:49:16,520 --> 00:49:20,513
nd that the existence you make me lead.
Let's see then, now what have I done?
2:49:20,600 --> 00:49:24,991
h! don't try to deceive me.
umours from earth reach me up here.
3
:49:25,080 --> 00:49:28,675
ot again...
Well, now! there is talk down there
4
:49:28,760 --> 00:49:32,514
n the disappearance of a mortal woman,
ho is as beautiful as a goddess
5
:49:32,600 --> 00:49:36,593
nd has been carried off by a god.
his woman is called Eurydice...
6
:49:36,960 --> 00:49:40,953
nd the god is called... you! -Me?
nd who else but you would have dared?
7
:49:41,040 --> 00:49:44,794ee, my love, see where your blind
assion leads you! I know about this
8
:49:44,880 --> 00:49:48,634
ust as you do! -That I believe.
have my suspicions about who it is,
9:49:48,720 --> 00:49:51,792
nd we shall soon know...
Fiddlesticks...
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0
:49:51,880 --> 00:49:55,634
ve sent Mercury to gather intelligence
nd if my suspicion are well-founded
1:49:55,720 --> 00:49:59,508
ou will shortly see that a god like me,
ho punishes the escapades of others,
2
:49:59,600 --> 00:50:03,593
ust be the most faithful and constant
usband... -I can't believe you
3
:50:03,680 --> 00:50:07,753
ny longer, you great hypocrite!
ou've betrayed me so many times!
4
:50:07,840 --> 00:50:11,833
ll right then! as you wish! What do you
ant me to say? Wait! I can hear
5
:50:12,000 --> 00:50:15,993
he chromium-plated wings of Mercury.
isten, and then pass judgment on me!
6
:50:22,000 --> 00:50:25,913ip-hop! Hip-hop! Make way for Mercury!
is feet don't touch the ground,
7
:50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,913
is carriage is a blue cloud,
nd he's unstoppable in flight...
8:50:30,000 --> 00:50:33,913
n his dictionary Bouillet
ives my numerous titles:
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9
:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,913
am the messenger
f the goddesses and gods;
0:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,913
m the one who works for their love
ffaires, active, agile, intelligent,
1
:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,913
y wand is my badge,
bright silver badge.
2
:50:46,000 --> 00:50:51,757
ip-hop! Hip-hop! Make way for Mercury!
is feet don't touch the ground,
3
:50:51,840 --> 00:50:57,676
is carriage is a blue cloud,
nd he's unstoppable in flight...
4
:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,514
am the god of eloquence,
arristers are my children,
5
:51:01,600 --> 00:51:05,309hey are an immense help to me
n stitching up the mortals.
6
:51:05,400 --> 00:51:09,154
the god of commerce
have to detest fraud and deceit,
7:51:09,240 --> 00:51:12,994
ut conversely Im inclined,
god of theft, to favour them,
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8
:51:13,080 --> 00:51:16,959
laying my hand quite deviously,
nd sometimes overreaching myself:
9:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,953
hen Apollo was Admetus' herdsman
pinched his oxen.
30
:51:21,040 --> 00:51:24,953
m the god of rogues,
nd the most roguish of the gods,
31
:51:25,040 --> 00:51:28,953
ve wings on my shoulders,
n my heels an in my hair.
32
:51:29,040 --> 00:51:32,919
upie, my master, puts me up
o all sort of tricks; he'll end up
33
:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,834
utting me into a barometer to tell him
hat the weather will be like.
34
:51:36,920 --> 00:51:39,912ip-hop! -Hip-hop!
ip-hop!
35
:51:40,000 --> 00:51:45,757
ip-hop! Hip-hop! Make way for Mercury!
is feet don't touch the ground,
36:51:45,840 --> 00:51:50,789
is carriage is a blue cloud,
nd he's unstoppable in flight....
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37
:51:50,880 --> 00:51:54,839
is carriage is a blue cloud,
nd he's unstoppable in flight,
38:51:54,920 --> 00:51:57,992
e's unstoppable in flight,
39
:51:58,080 --> 00:52:01,072
n flight!
0
:52:07,200 --> 00:52:11,193ail to the mighty master of the gods...
No titles! Give me a report on
1
:52:11,280 --> 00:52:15,273
our mission. -Lord, I've come
on the fast track from the Underworld!
2
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nd Pluto? Was he reigning there in all
is glory? -It wasn't Pluto who was
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eigning there! It was open merriment
hat reigned. They were having a lovely
4
:52:23,280 --> 00:52:27,034
ime down there! And I had a really
greeable little break! -And Pluto?
5
:52:27,120 --> 00:52:31,511
e has gone out! -All morning?or a fortnight! -He'd stayed out?
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eems so! -And you didn't see him?
es! He came back to the Underworld
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n hour ago. -Where had he come from?rom earth! -Alone?
8
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h, no! With a pretty young woman whom
e had just snatched from her husband!
9
:52:43,920 --> 00:52:48,357o you know her name? -Eurydice.
here! I didn't tell him to say that!
50
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hat's delightful! -Not for all of us!
That rascal Pluto! And is he coming?
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es, I told him you were waiting!
can hear the engine of his chariot.
52
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erfect! Ill give him the treatment
e deserves! Let me receive him!
53
:53:01,240 --> 00:53:04,994
ell me you're not fooling me, Ernest?
here's nothing else?
54
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ut no, my darling!At last, things are improving.
55
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m going to eat!
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eech! Go to see if they come!
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his little Eurydice, then,
she very pretty?
58
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y lord, here he is!
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y lord, here he is!
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ail to the mighty master
f heaven and earth!
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nough! Enough! I waive the platitudes!
Madame is well? -She's eating again!
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ow he looks at me!ould he perhaps have doubts?
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:54:07,760 --> 00:54:11,275
et's deflect his suspicions!
ll toady him.
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:54:15,320 --> 00:54:18,995ll pretend
o find his home attractive.
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happen to have here a good speech
read somewhere... Ah!
66
:54:31,000 --> 00:54:35,152ith what voluptuous pleasure I inhale
he beguiling emanations of this sweet,
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:54:35,240 --> 00:54:40,314
ife-giving atmosphere of Olympus!
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:54:46,400 --> 00:54:52,270appy the divinities
ho frolic endlessly
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eneath ever-blue skies!
0
:54:56,840 --> 00:55:01,834
hilst I am condemned to the dark
esspools of the infernal,
1
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f the infernal kingdom,
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ere the air is perfumed
y goddesses and nymphs,
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gentle scent of myrtle and verbena,
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f nectar and ambrosia!
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5
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ere is heard the whirring of doves,
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f doves, the songs of Apollo,
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nd Lesbos' lyre,
esbos' lyre.
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ere are Muses,ere Nymphs,
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he Graces, the Graces,
he Graces are not far off, no, no!
0
:55:58,120 --> 00:56:02,318
o, no! No, no!
he Graces are not far off!
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ou will see them dance,
amboling peacefully
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nder the soft light of night,
f night and day!
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ere is heard the whirring of doves,
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f doves, the songs of Apollo,
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:56:29,200 --> 00:56:32,909
nd Lesbos' lyre,
esbos' lyre.
6:56:33,600 --> 00:56:36,751
very perfume is released...
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he perfumes of night, and... day,
he perfumes of morning, and... evening,
8:56:40,840 --> 00:56:45,595
he perfumes of heaven, the perfumes of
he Graces, the perfumes of the Muses,
9
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nd the perfumes of the Nymphs.
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:56:52,520 --> 00:56:55,751
ave you quite finished
ith your perfumery?
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e's going to splash it all over me,
e's in a lather! -Well then?
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ne can never sing your happiness
ufficiently! -You pretend,
93
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ou do, to believe that happiness found in the realm of the Graces
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nd the Nymphs! That's not my opinion!
am not of a nymphatic nature!
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ut be that as it may! Lend me anttentive ear! King of the Underworld,
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t is I who have called you here!
ow, it seems that you are behaving
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:57:17,680 --> 00:57:21,673ike the ultimate rascal! -My Lord!
hat you're living like a pasha!
98
:57:21,760 --> 00:57:25,230
ut first of all, what's all that?
That's my lunch,
99
:57:25,320 --> 00:57:29,074
little something-just-in-case,
hat goes everywhere with me:
0
:57:29,160 --> 00:57:32,152
bottle of old Cyprus wine,
sausage...
1
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nd a flagon of fire-water
vite spirit"!
2
:57:40,440 --> 00:57:44,319
ine! A sausage...de Lyon!
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nd we up here are eternally condemned
o nectar and ambrosia!
4
:57:49,600 --> 00:57:53,593
nd is that your usual fare?Yes! Oh, I don't like bland things!
5
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must have spice!
Then you are the happiest of gods!
6
:57:58,240 --> 00:58:02,233e, my lord! Happy! -You! What have
you been doing for the last fortnight?
7
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live in the dark cesspool of the
nderworld. Unlike here, down there...
8
:58:06,320 --> 00:58:10,154
hat's your story! You've been living in
hut on the outskirts of Thebes. You've
9
:58:10,240 --> 00:58:13,994
bused your power by striking a wife
ead and snatching her from her husband.
0
:58:14,080 --> 00:58:17,311
e, my lord! Im extremely...
know everything! -It's not true!
1
:58:17,400 --> 00:58:21,154
hen I speak, you shut up! Im notccustomed to having discussions!
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efore me, all trembles...
hat's that?
3
:58:25,680 --> 00:58:29,673
t doesn't sound much like criesf obedience, or shouts of enthusiasm!
4
:58:34,120 --> 00:58:38,113
o arms, gods and demi-gods!
o arms, gods and demi-gods!
5
:58:38,440 --> 00:58:42,399e must bring down this tyranny.
his regime is boring!
6
:58:42,520 --> 00:58:45,512
o arms!
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:58:45,600 --> 00:58:48,592
o arms!
8
:58:48,840 --> 00:58:51,752
o arms!
9
:58:51,920 --> 00:58:55,595o arms! To arms!
his regime is boring!
0
:58:55,680 --> 00:58:59,673
rebellion, a rebellion,
ow strange!
1:58:59,760 --> 00:59:03,514
rebellion of the gods!
Pon my soul, just at the right time!
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:59:03,600 --> 00:59:07,593
lus de nectar! plus d'ambroisie!
No more nectar!
3:59:07,680 --> 00:59:11,514
hat liquor which makes one heart-sick!
Yes, heart-sick!
4
:59:11,680 --> 00:59:15,673
hat's enough sugar and ambrosia!
No more ambrosia!
5
:59:15,760 --> 00:59:19,753
hey are right!
his diet is insipid!
6
:59:19,920 --> 00:59:23,549
ell me about it, about it, comrades!
7
:59:23,960 --> 00:59:29,796
o arms! -To arms!
To arms!
8
:59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,913
o arms, gods and demi-gods!o arms, gods and demi-gods!
9
:59:34,000 --> 00:59:37,913
e must bring down this tyranny.
his regime is boring!
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:59:38,000 --> 00:59:42,312o arms! To arms! To arms!
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o more nectar or ambrosia!
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e must bring down this tyranny.
his regime is boring!
33
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o arms! To arms!
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:59:54,680 --> 01:00:00,550
o more nectar! No more nectar!
35
:00:01,240 --> 01:00:05,153
edition! You are refusing to obey!
Yes!
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:00:05,240 --> 01:00:09,233
ou are losing respect for Papa 'Piter!
o! You don't like living
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:00:09,320 --> 01:00:13,518
n nectar and ambrosia?
No! No! No more nectar!...
38
:00:13,600 --> 01:00:17,513e're pickled in it!
We've got barley-sugar in our veins!
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:00:17,600 --> 01:00:21,593
hey're right! -So it's a rebellion?
And you're not ashamed to take
0:00:21,680 --> 01:00:25,389
your leader a bandit like him?
A bandit!
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:00:25,480 --> 01:00:29,234
y lord! Im not a bandit!
Yes! a miserable fellow who abuses
2:00:29,320 --> 01:00:33,313
is position to take mortal woman from
heir husbands! -It isn't true!
3
:00:34,800 --> 01:00:38,475
ou want names? -Yes,
you've brought up names, so name names!
4
:00:38,600 --> 01:00:42,309
e will name names! He has just snatched
he young wife of the fiddler Orpheus,
5
:00:42,400 --> 01:00:46,154
he lovely Eurydice. -It isn't true!
So, is that all?
6
:00:46,240 --> 01:00:50,233
hat do you mean, is that all?
hat about morals? -Then we must take
7
:00:50,320 --> 01:00:54,313nto account your morals! You've done
lot more of it yourself, daddy...
8
:00:54,400 --> 01:00:58,791
here! What did I say? -Moi? Never...
good father, good husband...
9:00:58,880 --> 01:01:02,634
es! Let's talk about your domesticated
ualities! I don't want to sow
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:01:02,720 --> 01:01:06,508
eeds of discord. We're a family group,
nd top-ranking gods. So let's be frank!
51:01:06,600 --> 01:01:10,513
ou reproach me for what Ive done, and
hat if we brought up what you've done?
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:01:10,600 --> 01:01:14,479
ay no more! I know all about what's gone
n on your side! -And me!
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:01:14,600 --> 01:01:18,229
nd us as well! -We've made up a song
about it! -Id better be off!
54
:01:18,320 --> 01:01:22,074
ve a meeting with my astrologer...
Stay and listen! -Stay and listen!
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:01:22,160 --> 01:01:23,280
hat will be your punishment!
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:01:23,280 --> 01:01:26,272
hat will be your punishment!
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:01:27,320 --> 01:01:31,518
o seduce the proud Alcmene,
ou got yourself up as her spouse!
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:01:31,760 --> 01:01:36,880
know plenty of women on earthith him whom that wouldn't work!
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a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know about your tricks, Jupie!
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:01:41,320 --> 01:01:45,313
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:e know you, Jupie!
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:01:45,480 --> 01:01:49,519
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know about your tricks, Jupie!
62
:01:49,680 --> 01:01:53,673a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know you, Jupie!
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:01:54,480 --> 01:01:58,678
hat marital-disguise ploy
erved you well again
64
:01:59,000 --> 01:02:04,393
hen you snatched Europa
y putting on a bull's horns!
65
:02:04,520 --> 01:02:08,513
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know about your tricks, Jupie!
66
:02:08,760 --> 01:02:12,753
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know you, Jupie!
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:02:13,000 --> 01:02:16,993
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:e know about your tricks, Jupie!
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a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know you, Jupie!
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o your beloved Danaeou one day appeared as a shower,
0
:02:26,680 --> 01:02:32,391
ut made of golden rain: she enjoyed
he rain, and you worshipped her!
1
:02:32,480 --> 01:02:36,519a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know about your tricks, Jupie!
2
:02:36,680 --> 01:02:40,673
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know you, Jupie!
3
:02:41,080 --> 01:02:45,073
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know about your tricks, Jupie!
4
:02:45,240 --> 01:02:49,313
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know you, Jupie!
5
:02:50,400 --> 01:02:54,678
hat swan trapped by an eagle, which
eda saved by cradling it in her arms,
6
:02:54,920 --> 01:03:00,916
hat was you again, you old rogue!was that eagle, so don't deny it!
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a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know about your tricks, Jupie!
8
:03:05,160 --> 01:03:09,153
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:e know you, Jupie!
9
:03:09,560 --> 01:03:13,553
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know about your tricks, Jupie!
0
:03:13,720 --> 01:03:17,713a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know you, Jupie!
1
:03:18,680 --> 01:03:22,832
hat do these metamorphoses prove?
hat you thought you were so ugly
2
:03:23,240 --> 01:03:28,314
hat to get loved you didn't dare
how yourself as you were made!
3
:03:28,400 --> 01:03:32,518
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know about your tricks, Jupie!
4
:03:32,600 --> 01:03:36,593
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know you, Jupie!
5
:03:37,000 --> 01:03:40,993
a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:e know about your tricks, Jupie!
6
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a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:
e know you, Jupie!
7
:03:48,920 --> 01:03:53,675
m at the end of my tether!h, traitor!
8
:03:53,760 --> 01:03:57,150
h, fickle man! Don't come near me!
9
:03:57,800 --> 01:04:02,316
hate you!
90
:04:02,440 --> 01:04:05,432
want divorce! We're separating!
91
:04:05,600 --> 01:04:09,832
nervous breakdown! There was nothing
could do! -Take your wife, then!
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:04:09,920 --> 01:04:13,913
he swan, I swear that was
efore we were married!
93
:04:14,000 --> 01:04:17,834h! don't talk to me about swans!
But do take your wife!
94
:04:17,920 --> 01:04:21,754
his all gossip, pure gossip!
ve only ever loved you!
95:04:21,840 --> 01:04:25,753
ou are just a slanderer! Just a...
Don't go on! and please take your wife!
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:04:25,840 --> 01:04:29,674
he's embarrassing me! -Lord!
What! -There are two strangers,
97:04:29,760 --> 01:04:33,753
king for an audience! -Their names?
rpheus. -Orpheus! Him, here!
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:04:33,840 --> 01:04:37,594
ake your wife, then!
h, I don't have her!
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:04:37,680 --> 01:04:41,753
rpheus! Ill corner him again! -And a
woman who calls herself Public Opinion.
0
:04:41,840 --> 01:04:45,833
ublic Opinion! Oh, these mortals!
hildren, enough of our arguments!
1
:04:46,000 --> 01:04:49,993
on't see them! -See them!
m going to see them!
2
:04:50,080 --> 01:04:53,311h!
'm Jove and I must have justice!
3
:04:53,600 --> 01:04:57,593
h, ah! you tremble!
Me, my lord! Im not trembling!
4:04:57,680 --> 01:05:01,150
m strong, Ill brazen it out!
how them in!
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:05:01,240 --> 01:05:05,233
iving orders in my domain! Allow them
o enter the sanctum! We must get into
6:05:05,320 --> 01:05:09,518
ur appointed places. Public Opinion
present! We must behave well!
7
:05:09,800 --> 01:05:13,793
here is my throne? Where is my thunder?
want my Sunday thunder!
8
:05:14,480 --> 01:05:16,994
ome on!
9
:05:23,320 --> 01:05:27,677
enus, on my right!
iana, on my left!
0
:05:27,880 --> 01:05:31,919
nd me?
You! Get over there, in the dock!
1
:05:32,000 --> 01:05:36,915
nd me? -You! Where you like!You'll be a sight wherever you are.
2
:05:42,320 --> 01:05:45,471
erfect!
he group will be fine like that!
3
:05:45,720 --> 01:05:49,793llow them to enter the sanctum!
No! Show them in! -What a tease!
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4
:05:58,600 --> 01:06:02,388
e's coming! He's getting nearer!
5
:06:02,760 --> 01:06:06,514
here he is, yes, it's definitely him!
6
:06:07,000 --> 01:06:10,913
h, damnation! Im starting
7
:06:11,080 --> 01:06:14,516
o get really fed up with it here,
8
:06:15,040 --> 01:06:18,999
o get really fed up with it here!
He's coming! He's getting nearer!
9
:06:19,280 --> 01:06:23,193
nd I am quite overwhelmed
There he is, yes, it's definitely him!
0
:06:23,320 --> 01:06:27,199
his whole trip is beginning
They're going to take your part,
1
:06:27,400 --> 01:06:31,837o give me far too much trouble.
oh dear, most unfortunate husband!
2
:06:32,000 --> 01:06:35,993
ere he is! -We're waiting!
t's really him! -And watching!
3:06:36,160 --> 01:06:40,153
orward! Forward! Do as I say!
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4
:06:40,360 --> 01:06:44,353
e voil! -We're looking!
est bien lui! -We're watching!
5
:06:44,520 --> 01:06:48,513our vengeance is quite close, come on!
6
:06:48,600 --> 01:06:52,593
PUBLIC OPINION:... Do as I say,
eep going! Beware my vengeance!...
7
:06:52,680 --> 01:06:56,389es, ready to fall on you!...)
ORPHEUS: My vengeance is quite close!
8
:06:56,520 --> 01:07:00,513
es, it's a bore, yes, that damned old
an is starting to get on my nerves...)
9
:07:00,600 --> 01:07:04,309
CHOR./DIA./CUP./VEN.) : Yes, let's look,
nd also listen! For he's/l 'm going
30
:07:04,400 --> 01:07:07,597
o take your part,
ost unfortunate husband!
31
:07:12,320 --> 01:07:16,154
hat do you wish of me, puny mortal?
32
:07:21,800 --> 01:07:25,952
he solemn moment has arrived!
33
:07:26,880 --> 01:07:31,590
ou will, in a voice full of tenderness,
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:07:31,840 --> 01:07:37,119
mplore of great Jupiter
35
:07:37,280 --> 01:07:43,833he right to take back
rom the Underworld
36
:07:45,440 --> 01:07:51,151
our dear and tender wife!
37
:07:51,320 --> 01:07:54,915ust l?
Go on!
38
:08:03,320 --> 01:08:09,156
hey have stolen away my Eurydice...
39
:08:09,320 --> 01:08:14,030
aught can equal his torment!
0
:08:19,840 --> 01:08:25,631
aught can equal his sorrow!
1
:08:26,000 --> 01:08:32,235aught can equal his sorrow!
2
:08:34,320 --> 01:08:37,596
nd the wife-stealer is...?
s...?
3
:08:37,680 --> 01:08:42,515t's Pluto!
t's Pluto!
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4
:08:42,760 --> 01:08:47,515
t's Pluto!
5
:08:50,280 --> 01:08:54,068
t's Pluto! It's Pluto!
6
:08:57,800 --> 01:09:03,796
ustly punishing the crime
nd the injustice,
7
:09:04,200 --> 01:09:09,911
condemn Plutoo give him back Eurydice!
8
:09:10,320 --> 01:09:14,279
h heavens! He's given her back to me!
9
:09:14,840 --> 01:09:19,231
h heavens!
e's taking her away from me!
50
:09:19,400 --> 01:09:24,235
nd to see that my supreme will
observed,
51:09:24,320 --> 01:09:28,313
shall today,
luto, go to Hell myself!
52
:09:28,400 --> 01:09:31,392
o Hell! -To Hell!
o Hell! -To Hell!
53
:09:31,480 --> 01:09:35,598
o Hell!
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54
:09:35,760 --> 01:09:41,312
upie, take us with you, please!
55
:09:41,520 --> 01:09:46,514ake us with you...
upie! -Jupie! -Jupie!
56
:09:47,120 --> 01:09:50,112
upie, take us, take us with you!
57
:09:50,720 --> 01:09:56,238ome, I'll take the whole of Olympus!
58
:09:56,400 --> 01:10:01,758
ong live Jupie!
ong live Jupie!
59
:10:02,120 --> 01:10:05,510
ome on, all of you!
60
:10:05,760 --> 01:10:08,479
ome on, all of you!
61
:10:14,320 --> 01:10:22,238lory, glory to Jupiter,
62
:10:23,520 --> 01:10:32,553
lory to this sweet, clement god,
63
:10:33,240 --> 01:10:41,238
ho, leaving for thecintillating underworld,
64
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:10:42,400 --> 01:10:47,793
an't bear to go without us!
65
:10:48,000 --> 01:10:50,992
et's go, let's go, let's go!
66
:10:51,080 --> 01:10:55,232
a la la la la,
et's go, let's go, let's go!...
67
:10:55,320 --> 01:10:59,836
et's go, let's go, come on!
a la la la la, let's go, let's go...
68
:10:59,920 --> 01:11:03,515
a la la la la, let's go, come on,
et's go, come on! Ah!
69
:11:03,600 --> 01:11:09,152
o more nectar, no more blue sky!
h, we'll have a bit of a laugh,
0
:11:09,600 --> 01:11:15,675
arewell, contentment, farewell to love!
thanks, my god, thanks, my god!
1:11:16,760 --> 01:11:21,231
a la la la la,
et's go, let's go, let's go!...
2
:11:21,400 --> 01:11:25,916
et's go, let's go, come on!
a la la la la, let's go, let's go...
3
:11:26,000 --> 01:11:28,912
a la la la la...!
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4
:11:29,000 --> 01:11:34,518
ick up your a... your attributes,
et's go, don't hesi... don't hesitate!
5:11:34,760 --> 01:11:40,517
ick up your a... your attributes,
et's go, don't hesi... don't hesitate!
6
:11:40,680 --> 01:11:45,754
et's go, let's go, don't hesitate,
Thank you, thank you!
7
:11:46,720 --> 01:11:51,475
a la la la la,
et's go, let's go, let's go!...
8
:11:51,680 --> 01:11:54,877
es, let's go, let's go, let's go...
9
:11:55,040 --> 01:12:00,194
o more nectar, no more blue sky!
h, we'll have a bit of a laugh,
0
:12:00,280 --> 01:12:04,671
arewell, contentment, farewell to love!thanks, my god, thanks, my god!
1
:12:15,760 --> 01:12:19,753
a la la la la,
et's go, let's go, let's go!...
2
:12:19,840 --> 01:12:23,833et's go, let's go, come on!
a la la la la, let's go, let's go...
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3
:12:24,040 --> 01:12:27,112
a la la la la...!
4
:13:36,640 --> 01:13:39,473
till no-one!
5
:13:41,920 --> 01:13:44,912
o news!
6
:13:45,920 --> 01:13:50,948
h dear! It's intolerable!
m frightfully bored here!
7
:13:57,800 --> 01:14:03,318
h, what a sad fate
he divine Pluto has given me here!
8
:14:04,040 --> 01:14:07,032
o leave me abandoned and alone!
9
:14:07,240 --> 01:14:10,232
hat's the meaning of this neglect?
90
:14:10,360 --> 01:14:16,117
hen I came here with hime was awash with tenderness!
91
:14:16,320 --> 01:14:22,077
h, but if this goes on
92
:14:23,840 --> 01:14:26,832
shall be missing my husband,
93
:14:27,200 --> 01:14:30,192
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shall be missing my husband.
94
:14:30,520 --> 01:14:36,356
h why yes, ah why yes, ah,
95:14:37,400 --> 01:14:40,392
shall be missing my husband.
96
:14:40,600 --> 01:14:43,592
shall be missing my husband.
97
:14:43,800 --> 01:14:50,399h why yes, ah why yes!
98
:14:57,000 --> 01:15:00,310
he love of the gods,
he traitor said,
99
:15:00,400 --> 01:15:03,392
as indescribable pleasures!
0
:15:03,600 --> 01:15:06,910
m going to introduce you to them,
e said...
1:15:07,080 --> 01:15:10,072
ould it be the gods are unreliable?
2
:15:10,520 --> 01:15:13,751
o where is the unheard-of rapture
3
:15:14,040 --> 01:15:17,032was supposed to enjoy here?
4
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:15:17,120 --> 01:15:23,150
h, but if this goes on,
5
:15:24,000 --> 01:15:27,072
ll be missing my husband,
6
:15:27,600 --> 01:15:30,672
ll be missing my husband!
7
:15:30,920 --> 01:15:34,230
h, yes, ah yes, ah yes,
8:15:34,720 --> 01:15:37,917
h,
9
:15:38,320 --> 01:15:41,437
ll be missing my husband,
0
:15:41,840 --> 01:15:44,832
ll be missing my husband,
1
:15:45,280 --> 01:15:55,838
h, yes, ah yes, ah yes!
2
:16:14,320 --> 01:16:18,313wo whole days I've been alone,
ith no other distraction
3
:16:18,400 --> 01:16:22,393
han the company of a domestic
ho they've made into my gaoler!
4:16:23,000 --> 01:16:26,913
h, Pluto, be careful!
ou don't know what boredom can do
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5
:16:27,000 --> 01:16:30,231
o a woman as volatile as I am!
6
:16:30,400 --> 01:16:34,837o that's how he loves me!
really am going to miss my husband!
7
:16:34,920 --> 01:16:37,673
omeone...
8
:16:39,920 --> 01:16:42,912h, no, it's him again!
9
:16:43,400 --> 01:16:48,315
he really is pretty!
ery pretty! Ah, if only I dared!
0
:16:48,600 --> 01:16:52,912
ou again; what do you want with me?
Madame didn't ring? -Me? No.
1
:16:53,000 --> 01:16:56,675
ity! -Why?
ecause if Madame had rung,
2
:16:56,760 --> 01:17:00,514
hat would have been because she needed
omething. And as Madame didn't ring,
3
:17:00,600 --> 01:17:03,751
hat means Madame doesn't need anything.
Gnagnagnagna!
4
:17:03,840 --> 01:17:07,389
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he's rally pretty!
y God, she is pretty!
5
:17:08,120 --> 01:17:11,237
ill Madame be ringing soon?
6
:17:11,400 --> 01:17:15,154
ow do I know? Why?
Because if Madame rung,
7
:17:15,240 --> 01:17:18,312
d rush to... Ah!
8
:17:19,040 --> 01:17:23,033
m so unhappy, Madame!
What has that to do with me?
9
:17:24,280 --> 01:17:28,273
Madame shows an interest in me,
will tell her everything.
30
:17:28,360 --> 01:17:32,069
adame, I have a tender heart
nd weak head.
31
:17:32,160 --> 01:17:35,835he woman who loved me
ould be very happy!
32
:17:35,920 --> 01:17:39,390
e's mad!
e wants to tell me about his love-life!
33:17:39,480 --> 01:17:44,076
owever, I have one fault; I prefer
o tell you about it straight away
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34
:17:44,160 --> 01:17:50,235
o that you won't reproach me with it
ater, Madame: I sometimes drink,
35:17:50,720 --> 01:17:54,508
said, sometimes!
He's not mad, he's tiddly!
36
:17:54,680 --> 01:17:59,117
ow, Madame, you know me...
if you had made...
37
:17:59,200 --> 01:18:03,637
h, get off! this is frightful!
You repulses me after such an avowal?
38
:18:03,720 --> 01:18:07,713
it because Im only a domestic?
hat's great ladies for you,
39
:18:07,800 --> 01:18:12,237
ll the same! But I didn't die
o I could wear this livery,
0
:18:12,320 --> 01:18:17,997adame, not me! When I was on earth,
was the son of a prince of Boeotia!
1
:18:18,080 --> 01:18:21,390
ery well! There's still something
ather Boeotian about you!
2:18:26,840 --> 01:18:29,991
hen I was King of Boeotia,
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3
:18:30,080 --> 01:18:34,232
had subjects, soldiers...
4
:18:35,240 --> 01:18:38,471
ut one day, when I lost my life,
5
:18:38,640 --> 01:18:42,519
lost all these advantages, alas!
6
:18:43,720 --> 01:18:46,792
owever, I don't miss them at all;
7
:18:46,880 --> 01:18:50,589
hat I regret today
8
:18:51,840 --> 01:18:55,150
that I didn't choose you
9
:18:55,240 --> 01:18:59,279
o bestow all my love on!
50
:19:00,160 --> 01:19:03,516
hen I was King of Boeotia!
51:19:03,840 --> 01:19:13,078
hen I was King of Boeotia!
52
:19:15,200 --> 01:19:18,590
f I were King of Boeotia,
53
:19:18,680 --> 01:19:22,992ou would be Queen, I promise you.
54
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:19:23,720 --> 01:19:26,996
ow I can only in semblance
55
:19:27,080 --> 01:19:31,312
ffer you my royal power.
56
:19:32,080 --> 01:19:35,436
he most noble shade, my dear,
57
:19:35,600 --> 01:19:39,912
an only give what it has,
58:19:40,520 --> 01:19:43,830
o accept, I beg you,
59
:19:43,920 --> 01:19:48,596
n its present form,
60
:19:49,000 --> 01:19:52,231
he heart of a King of Boeotia,
61
:19:52,400 --> 01:20:01,911
he heart of a King of Boeotia.
62
:20:05,640 --> 01:20:09,633o away, I say, you smell of wine...
Oh, what funny idea!
63
:20:09,720 --> 01:20:13,713
hat's because I told you just now
hat I drink from time to time...
64:20:13,800 --> 01:20:17,554
ut you don't know what it is
hat fuddles me, it's water...
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65
:20:17,640 --> 01:20:21,633
ust pure water! -Water!
es, and not just any old water,
66:20:21,720 --> 01:20:26,271
ut the water of the River Lethe...
h yes, I drink in order to forget,
67
:20:26,600 --> 01:20:30,354
o forget the sorry state
nto which I have fallen!
68
:20:31,000 --> 01:20:33,753
hat a weird idea!
t's the idea of a free man,
69
:20:33,840 --> 01:20:38,311
he idea of a proud man,
ho remembers his past splendour...
0
:20:39,000 --> 01:20:43,391
rue enough, this habit sometimes
inders me in my work, for example, when
1
:20:43,520 --> 01:20:47,832y master gives me an order, I drink,
hrough pride, before obeying him.
2
:20:47,920 --> 01:20:52,516
o then I forget the order he gave me...
e gives me the order again,
3:20:52,600 --> 01:20:57,230
o I have another drink,
forget again,
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4
:20:57,400 --> 01:21:00,710
nd it goes on like that
or days on end...
5:21:00,840 --> 01:21:05,914
ind you, he doesn't care,
e thinks, I'm intelligent...
6
:21:07,520 --> 01:21:11,229
ut there's one thing
could never forget,
7
:21:11,320 --> 01:21:14,312
ven if I drank the whole of the Lethe,
8
:21:14,400 --> 01:21:17,392
nd that's the adorable woman.
9
:21:17,680 --> 01:21:24,233
h, my lord!
he radiant woman, oh la la la la!
0
:21:24,800 --> 01:21:28,793
f whom Ive been put in charge
or the last two days...
1
:21:28,880 --> 01:21:32,634
nsolence! -One thing I would like
to forget, on the other hand...
2
:21:32,720 --> 01:21:36,713
hat's my duties! -Ah!h, Madame!
3
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:21:39,320 --> 01:21:43,518
ut, my master! You must go back in!
don't want! -It's orders!
4
:21:43,600 --> 01:21:47,309
ou'll get me the sack!Listen, though,
5
:21:47,400 --> 01:21:51,598
ow long will this joke be going on?
'll tell you later! Come on!
6
:21:59,480 --> 01:22:03,712he's not there! He's had time to hide
er away! Phew! I can breath again...
7
:22:10,480 --> 01:22:14,473
ou've got funny ways of welcoming
eople to your house! -Who? Me?
8
:22:14,600 --> 01:22:18,513
es, you. To be polite, one let's
he other person go in first, and then
9
:22:18,600 --> 01:22:22,309
ollows him in. Where are we now?
We are in my little pad,
90
:22:22,400 --> 01:22:26,154
y buen retiro, if you like.
hen Im tired out by running
91
:22:26,240 --> 01:22:29,994
y infernal kingdom, this ishere I come for peace and solitude.
92
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et me pass, or Ill thunder! Ah!
2
:23:12,920 --> 01:23:15,912
earch, search, mighty god!
3:23:18,320 --> 01:23:21,915
othing!... Nothing!
4
:23:25,800 --> 01:23:28,792
othing at all! Ah!
5
:23:29,080 --> 01:23:32,914f... there... a lock!
he's in there! I'm sure of it!
6
:23:33,000 --> 01:23:36,675
Pon my immortality,
n some form or other,
7
:23:36,760 --> 01:23:40,594
must get in there!
ou're right, nothing!
8
:23:40,680 --> 01:23:44,673
o let's go back up to the gods
t the party Ive prepared; ah!
9
:23:46,520 --> 01:23:49,990
t's a lovely party!
Let's go. My compliments to you...
0
:23:50,080 --> 01:23:53,914
hat mortal was a fool to himself.One word and Ill lock you up...
1
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:23:54,320 --> 01:23:58,836
ve an idea! Let's leave my card...
nd in two seconds Ill be back.
2
:24:03,920 --> 01:24:07,913
ut Id have to change myself,his time Id have to be
3
:24:08,040 --> 01:24:11,032
he most elegant, the smallest,
4
:24:11,240 --> 01:24:15,791
he slightest thing. Oh, I don't know!Don't lose sight of him, he might
5
:24:15,880 --> 01:24:19,873
ome back... -But I'll find a way,
that's all I'm saying!
6
:24:20,360 --> 01:24:23,352
t your service, O mighty god.
7
:24:30,000 --> 01:24:33,834
shall be missing my husband...
8
:24:36,520 --> 01:24:40,069shall be missing my husband...
9
:24:48,080 --> 01:24:51,755
h ah ah! Daddy,
addy, you've really upset me!
0
:24:51,840 --> 01:24:55,515ell, if it isn't Cupid!
hat's he doing here, the little rascal?
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1
:24:55,600 --> 01:24:59,070
he little rascal is here to save you.
Save me? -Yes! You're looking
2
:24:59,160 --> 01:25:02,914or a woman and in order to find her,
ou don't think of me. Love...
3
:25:03,000 --> 01:25:07,516
hat! My little darling, you would do...
There!... Just now I was a rascal,
4:25:07,600 --> 01:25:11,388
ow I'm a little darling...
h, how ridiculous you are,
5
:25:11,480 --> 01:25:16,429
en and gods, when someone has something
ver you, for I've got you, daddikins...
6
:25:16,880 --> 01:25:19,917
es I know!
Well,
7
:25:20,680 --> 01:25:23,672
ou want her, your Eurydice?
8
:25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,070
es!
9
:25:26,240 --> 01:25:29,232
es, I want her!
30
:25:29,720 --> 01:25:35,078
eave it to me. Im going
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o metamorphose you straight away.
31
:25:35,520 --> 01:25:38,990
now what I mean?
Metamorphose me into what?
32
:25:39,080 --> 01:25:43,312
ou'll see. -I want to know in advance.
want it to be a surprise.
33
:25:43,400 --> 01:25:48,520
surprise! But the thing is... I need
o be something very pretty, you know?
34
:25:48,840 --> 01:25:54,198
ou will be very, very pretty...
et ready for the change, papa!
35
:25:54,920 --> 01:25:58,674
ttention! -What's
he going to change me into, the wretch!
36
:26:02,120 --> 01:26:05,396
o draw out of his lair
37
:26:05,600 --> 01:26:09,149mouse who is hiding his snout,
38
:26:09,400 --> 01:26:12,517
ot far from the little beast's nose
39
:26:12,760 --> 01:26:15,752
ne must drop some tasty morsel.
0
:26:15,920 --> 01:26:19,515
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know another method
1
:26:19,760 --> 01:26:22,752
ure to fetch from her hiding-place
2:26:22,920 --> 01:26:28,790
woman whom one
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