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This is Turandot's order:
Tonight no one shall sleep in Peking!
No one shall sleep!
Death is the penalty unless the name of the stranger is revealed before dawn.
Death is the penalty!
Tonight no one shall sleep in Peking!
No one shall sleep!
You too, Princess, in your cold chamber, watch the stars that tremble with love and hope.
But my secret lies within me.
No one shall know my name.
No, l will only say it on your lips when daylight shimmers.
And my kiss will break the silence that makes you mine.
No one will learn his name and we will have to die!
Depart, O night! Stars, fade!
At dawn, l shall win!
You who watch the stars, lower your eyes.
Did you hearthe order? On the streets of Peking, death knocks on every door,
And cries, ''His name, or your life!''
-What do you want from me? -No, tell us what you want!
Are you searching for love?
Well then, take these!
Look, they are beautiful through their bright veils!
-Graceful bodies! -lntoxicating with promises of many embraces!
What do you want? Riches? All these treasures are yours!
The darkness of night is broken by these glittering jewels!
Rubies that glow red! They are pieces of stars!
-Take them! They are yours! -No! No riches!
Do you want glory? We will help you go far away...
-...follow the stars to fabulous empires! -Flee! Go away and we will be saved!
Come, dawn! Dissolve this nightmare!
Stranger, you don't know what the cruel woman is capable of!
You don't know what horrible tortures have been invented in China!
lf you stay and don't reveal your name, we are lost!
lt will be horrible martyrdom! The sharp irons! The spiked wheels!
The hot bite of pincers! A slow death! Don't make us die!
Useless prayers! Useless threats!
Let the world collapse, l want Turandot!
You shall not have her! You shall die before we do, damn you!
You shall die before we do, you pitiless, cruel man!
-Speak! What is your name? -Here is his name!
-They know nothing! -They are the old man and the young girl...
-Let them go! -...with whom you were speaking last night!
Princess!
Divine Princess! The name of the stranger is closed within these silent mouths.
We have irons to pull apart those teeth and hooks to pull out his name.
You are pale, stranger.
Your own fear sees the light of the dawn break upon my face.
-Those two do not know me. -We shall see. Old man, speak!
l command him to speak! What is his name?
-l alone know his name! -Our lives are saved! The nightmare is over!
-You know nothing, slave! -l know his name.
lt is my supreme joy to keep it a secret. l alone shall know it!
Tie her up and torture her. She will speak or die!
You will pay for her tears! You will pay for her suffering!
-Hold him! -My lord, l will not speak!
-What is his name? -No!
Your servant asks for your forgiveness, but l cannot obey!
Let her go!
l will scream no more! They do not hurt me!
Torture me, but bind my mouth so he cannot hear me! Ah, l can bear no more!
-Speak! What is his name? -Let her go! Speak!
l would rather die!
What gives your heart such strength?
-Princess, it is Love! -Love?
My secret love is so great that these tortures are sweet to me...
Because l offer them as a gift to my lord.
By keeping silent, l give him to you, Princess, and l lose everything!
Even an impossible hope!
Bind me! Torture me!
Torture me and make me scream with pain as the supreme offering of love!
-Tear the secret out of her! -Call forth Pu-Tin-Pao!
-No, curse you! -The executioner!
-Torture her! Yes, the executioner! -Speak! Torture her!
l can bear no more! l don't trust myself! Let me pass!
-Speak! -Yes, Princess, hear me!
You who are girdled by ice... Vanquished by such a fire, you will love him!
Before dawn, l will close my tired eyes so that he may yet win!
Though l will never see him again!
Before dawn, l will close my tired eyes...
...never to see him again!
Speak! What is his name?
You are dead, my little Liù!
Liù, get up! lt is time to wake up!
lt is dawn, Liù. Open your eyes, my dove!
-Get up, old man! She is dead! -Ah, horrible crime! We shall all pay for this!
The offended spirit will be vindicated!
Unhappy ghost, do not harm us! Disdainful ghost, forgive us!
Liù, so good, so sweet!
Let us walk together like this one more time with your hand in mine.
l know well where you are going. And l shall follow you, and rest beside you...
...in the night that has no morning!
-For the first time l look upon death without sneering! -Something awakes in my heart and torments me!
Liù, so good, forgive us! Liù, so sweet, sleep!
Forget your agony, Liù, gracious spirit!
Princess of death, Princess ofice!
Come down to earth from your tragic heaven!
Lift your veil, cruel woman. Look upon the purest of blood shed for you!
How dare you, stranger! l am not a mortal!
l am the daughter of heaven, free and pure. You grasp my icy veil, but my sprit is up there!
Your spirit is up there, but your body is close to mine!
With burning hands l grasp the golden hem of your starry garment.
l will press my trembling lips upon yours.
-Get away from me! -Ah, to feel you alive!
-Do not violate me! -Your coldness is a lie!
-No one shall possess me! -You shall be mine!
The torment of my ancestor shall not be repeated!
-You shall be mine! -Do not touch me, stranger!
lt is a sacrilege!
-No, your kiss is heaven to me! -Get away!
What is left for me? l am lost!
My flower of the dawn! l breathe in your fragrance!
Your lily-white *** quiver on my chest.
l feel you swoon with sweetness all white in your silver garment!
-How did you win? -Are you crying?
lt is sunrise, and the setting ofTurandot!
lt is dawn, and love is born with the sun!
Let no one see me! My glory is over!
-No, it is just beginning! -l am shamed!
lt is a miracle.
Do not ask for a greater victory!
Leave, stranger, with your secret!
My secret? l no longer have one! You are mine, you who tremble at my touch!
You who grow pale at my kiss. You can destroy me if you wish.
My name and life are my gift to you! l am Calaf, son of Timur!
l know your name!
My glory is your embrace!
Listen! The trumpets are sounding!
My life is your kiss!
lt is the time of the trial!
-l do not fear it! -Calaf, come before the people with me!
You have won!
Ten thousand years to our Emperor!
Noble father, l know the stranger's name!
His name is ''Love''!
Love! Sun! Life! Eternity!
Light oft his world and of love!
We laugh and sing in our infinite happiness!
Glory to you!