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ooklet472.qxd 18/02/2005 14.35 Pagina 55<br />

Volta implacata<br />

Si frange il grido<br />

Del mesto cor...<br />

Ah! La mia povera<br />

Tomba ignorata<br />

Non avrà lacrime,<br />

Non avrà fior!<br />

(Prorompe in lacrime)<br />

Suora Ines e il Duca d’Arcos.<br />

Ines introduce il Duca, gli addita Isabella, indi si<br />

allontana.<br />

16 Isabella - (volgendosi e vedendo il Duca)<br />

Cielo! Mio padre!...<br />

Duca - (con severità) A te sgomento<br />

E’ la presenza mia!... Colpevol dunque<br />

Ti grida il core...<br />

Isabella - Se in me colpa fosse,<br />

A’ tuoi piedi cadrei... venia implorando...<br />

Duca - Ed io le braccia ti aprirei, beato<br />

Di perdonarti - Oh! Vieni...<br />

Vieni all’amplesso di colui che in terra<br />

Felice è sol... quando tu sei felice...<br />

Isabella - (esitando) E’ dunque ver?... Placato<br />

Lo sdegno tuo saria?!...<br />

Duca - Sì... tutto ho perdonato...<br />

Il mio rigor tu obblia...<br />

Isabella - (come sopra) E tu ancor m’ami... o padre!<br />

Duca - (abbracciandola)<br />

Ingrata!... E il chiedi a me?...<br />

17 (commosso) Sola il mio bianco crine<br />

D’un fior gentil tu adorni...<br />

De’ miei cadenti giorni<br />

L’ultimo raggio è in te.<br />

Isabella - Come è soave il piangere<br />

Sovra il paterno seno!...<br />

55<br />

echoes against<br />

the dismal,<br />

merciless vault...<br />

Ah! My poor,<br />

neglected grave,<br />

will have no tears,<br />

will have no flowers!<br />

(She bursts into tears)<br />

Sister Ines and the Duke of Arcos.<br />

Ines ushers the Duke, shows him Isabella, then moves<br />

away.<br />

16 Isabella - (turning and perceiving the Duke)<br />

Heaven! My father!...<br />

Duke - (sternly) My presence causes you<br />

distress!... Your heart then<br />

finds me guilty...<br />

Isabella - If there were any fault in me<br />

I would fall at your feet... pleading for your mercy...<br />

Duke - And I would open my arms to you, delighted<br />

to forgive you - Oh! Come...<br />

come into the arms of a man who, on this earth,<br />

is happy only... when you are happy...<br />

Isabella - (hesitant) Is it true?...<br />

Are you no longer angry?...<br />

Duke - Yes... I forgive you everything...<br />

Forget my harshness...<br />

Isabella - (as above) And you still love me... oh father!<br />

Duke - (embracing her)<br />

Ungrateful woman!... And you ask me?...<br />

17 (moved) You are the only flower<br />

of my old age...<br />

the last ray of sunshine<br />

in my declining days.<br />

Isabella - How comforting it is<br />

to weep over a father’s breast!...

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