The Sonorous Island (1771) - Page 12

DURBIN.

Wait, an idea occurs to me; one must use cunning. Here is his declaration ariette short air, sealed with his seal; give me the harmonious and bloody response that you have made to him: I want to have both passed, by my squire, into the hands of the favorite Sultana.

CELENIE.

And you believe that her jealousy?...

DURBIN.

Yes, yes.

SCENE VII.

CELENIE, DURBIN, ZERBIN, HENRIETTE.

ZERBIN.

To the tune: Ah, that the forest of Cythera.

My Lord, let us prepare

to sing.

Take your keys well,

Tontaine nonsense refrain syllable.

With his barbaric music
The Sultan comes toward us.

Let us sing.

HENRIETTE AND ZERBIN.

Tontaine, tontaine, tontaine.

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