Tosca
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Listen: the hour is approaching.
I have collected some money and jewels;
a carriage awaits.
But first- smile, my love -
first you must be shot!
A sham; a firing squad with blank bullets;
a pretend execution.
You must fall when they fire.
We will be safe!
Once in Civitavecchia, a boat;
we sail away!
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| Cavaradossi
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Free!
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| Tosca
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What pain can earth offer us now?
Smell the fragrant roses.
Doesn't it seem that the world
is waiting for the dawn?
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| Cavaradossi
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My death was bitter to me,
only for your sake.
All life's splendor comes from you.
All my joy and desire springs from you,
as heat from a flame.
I see in your eyes the sky glow and grow pale...
all Nature's beauty will find expression
and color through you!
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| Tosca
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Love, which has saved your life
will be our guide on land,
our navigator on the sea
and will make the world beautiful to the eye
until we fade away
into the celestial spheres together
alike clouds at sunset.
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