SCENE VIII.

FANCHETTE alone.

RECITATIVE.

While he is occupied,
Let us see if Colin is anywhere about.
What will he have done?
Should I hope
To see him arrive soon.
I hear a noise!
Without a doubt, it is he himself,
Is it Colin?
O extreme pleasure!
Colin, Colin...
I hear nothing more,
It is not him:
No, I call him in vain,
How long it is for my tenderness
To see you, dear Colin;
Come, come to your mistress
To announce her destiny.
May a sweet hope bring you,
May it reassure my heart,
And may it make happiness
Follow my pain. End.

If love brings us together,
If it protects our ardor,
If we live together,
How happy we shall be!
Our hearts chained
According to their desires,
Will see themselves crowned
by the hand of pleasures.