"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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