Virtual Animal Genitals

-il donc là-bas is? (Carmen)

"Que se passe-t-il donc là-bas?" scene from Bizet's Carmen .

Zuniga:	Zuniga:
What does it down there?	What on Earth Is Going On Over There?
Sopranos:	Sopranos:
Help! Help! Do not you hear?	Help! Help! Do you hear?
Altos: Altos	:
Help! Help! gentlemen soldiers!	Help! Help! Master soldiers!
Sopranos:	Sopranos:
It Carmencita!	It's Carmencita!
Altos: Altos	:
No, no, not her!	No, no, it's not her!
Sopranos:	Sopranos:
is she!	It's her!
Altos: Altos	:
Not at all!	Not at all!
Sopranos:	Sopranos:
If, yes, she! She struck the first blows!	She did it, it's her! She Blows Struck The First!
Sopranos, Altos:	Sopranos, Altos (variously, to Zuniga):
Do not listen! Sir, listen to us! Do not listen to	them! Sir, listen to us!
Altos: Altos	:
Manuelita said and repeated aloud,	Manuelita Said, and in a loud voice prepend,
buy it without a donkey because he liked.	That She Would Without fail buy a donkey That She liked.
Sopranos:	Sopranos:
Then Carmencita, mocking as usual, Carmencita	Then, mocking In Her usual way, said
'An ass, why? A broom will suffice you. "	said: 'Why get a donkey? A broom Will Be Enough For You. "
Altos: Altos	:
Manuelita replied and said to his comrade and retorted	Manuelita Said To Her companion:
'To a certain ride, my ass you will!	'For a certain procession, my donkey Will Be Useful To You!
Sopranos:	Sopranos:
'And that day you can rightly be proud of:	' And you That Day Can Play The Proud woman with good right:
Two lackeys follow behind, t'émouchant with a vengeance. "	Two Will Follow lackey behind, brushing off The Flies You With All Their Might." [*]
Sopranos, Altos:	Sopranos, Altos:
Thereupon, both were taken to the hair!	At That Point, Both Of Them grabbed Each Other's hair!
Zuniga:	Zuniga:
To hell with all this chatter!	To the devil With all this chat!
Take José, two men with you and see in there that causes this noise.	Jose, take two men with You and See What There Is Causing inside this uproar.
Sopranos:	Sopranos:
It Carmencita!	It's Carmencita!
Altos: Altos	:
No, no, not her!	No, no, it's not her!
Sopranos:	Sopranos:
If, yes, she!	She did it, she did it, it's her!
Altos: Altos	:
Not at all!	Not at all!
Sopranos:	Sopranos:
She struck the first blows!	She Blows Struck The First!
Zuniga:	Zuniga:
Hola! Keep me all these women!	Guards! All These Women Get away from me here!
Sopranos, Altos:	Sopranos, Altos (variously, to Zuniga):
Sir! Sir! Do not listen!	Sir! Sir! Do not listen to them!
Sir, listen to us!	Sir, listen to us!
- It's Carmencita who struck the first blows!	- It 's Carmencita Who Struck The First blows!
- It's Manuelita who struck the first blows!	- It 's Manuelita Who Struck The First blows!
- La Carmencita! - Manuelita!	- Carmencita! - Manuelita!
- La Carmencita! - Manuelita!	-- Carmencita! -- Manuelita!
-- Si! -- Non! -- Si! -- Non!	-- Yes! -- No! -- Yes! -- No!
-- Elle a porté les premiers coups!	-- She struck the first blows!
-- C'est la Carmencita! -- C'est la Manuelita!	-- It's Carmencita! -- It's Manuelita!
-- Carmencita! -- Manuelita!	-- Carmencita! -- Manuelita!

* I read once that this refers to a punishment in which the offender was publicly paraded through town on a donkey with two officials beating her.

EDITED to make a minor correction, 10/4/10.


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