The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. The Ring of the Niblung, part 1

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Рихард Вагнер

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2018

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LOGE

I have met
Full many a marvel,
But one so wondrous
Have never known.
Achievement so matchless
Scarce can I credit.
Were this possible, truly
Thy might indeed were eternal.

ALBERICH

Dost thou believe
I lie, as would Loge?

LOGE

Till it is proved
I must suspect thy word.

ALBERICH

Puffed up with wisdom,
The fool will explode soon:
Of envy then die!
Decide to what I shall change;
In that form I shall stand.

LOGE

Nay, choose for thyself,
But strike me dumb with amaze.

ALBERICH [Puts the Tarnhelm on his head.

"Dragon dread,
Wreathe thou and wriggle!"

[He immediately disappears. An enormous serpent writhes on the floor in his place. It rears and threatens Wotan and Loge with its open jaws.

LOGE [Pretends to be terrified.

Ohé!

ALBERICH [Laughing.

Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!

LOGE

Ohé! Ohé!
Horrible dragon,
O swallow me not!
Spare the life of poor Loge!

WOTAN

Good, Alberich!
Well done, rascal!
How swiftly grew
The dwarf to the dragon immense!

[The dragon disappears and, in its stead, Alberich is again seen in his own shape.

ALBERICH

He he! Ye scoffers,
Are ye convinced?

"Ohé! Ohé!

Horrible dragon,

O swallow me not!

Spare the life of poor Loge!"

LOGE [In a trembling voice.

My trembling tells thee how truly.
A giant snake
Thou wert in a trice.
Having beheld,
I just credit the wonder.
Couldest thou turn
To something quite tiny
As well as bigger?
Methinks that way were best
For slyly slipping from foes;
That, though, I fear were too hard!

ALBERICH

For thee, yes;
Thou art so dull!
How small shall I be?

LOGE