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

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Рихард Вагнер

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Зарубежная классика

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2018

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Be thou my love!
Adorable child!

[He tries to embrace her.

WOGLINDE [Escaping from him.

Here thou must woo,
If woo me thou wilt!

[She swims up to another rock.

ALBERICH [Scratching his head.

Alas! not yet caught?
Come but closer!
Hard I found
What so lightly thou didst.

WOGLINDE [Swims to a third rock lower down.

Deeper descend:
Thou'lt certainly seize me!

ALBERICH [Clambers down quickly.

Down there it is better!

WOGLINDE [Darts upwards to a higher rock at the side.

But better still higher!

WELLGUNDE AND FLOSSHILDE [Laughing

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

ALBERICH

How capture this coy,
Elusive fish?
Wait for me, false one!

[He tries to climb after her in haste.

WELLGUNDE

[Has sunk down to a lower rock on the other side.

Heia! my friend there!
Dost thou not hear?

ALBERICH [Turning round.

What? Didst thou call?

WELLGUNDE

Be counselled by me:
Forsake Woglinde,
Climb up to me now!

ALBERICH

[Climbs hastily over the river-bottom towards Wellgunde.

Thou art more comely
Far than that coy one;
Her sheen is duller,
Her skin too smooth.
But thou must deeper
Dive to delight me!

WELLGUNDE

[Sinking down till she is a little nearer him.

Well, now am I near?

ALBERICH

Not near enough.
Thine arms around me
Tenderly throw,
That I may fondle
Thy neck with my fingers,
And closely may cling
To thy bosom with love and with longing.

WELLGUNDE

Art thou in love?
For love art thou pining?
Approach and show me
Thy face and thy form.
Fie! thou horrible
Hunchback, for shame!
Swarthy, horny-skinned
Rogue of a dwarf!
Find thou a sweetheart