The Sonorous Island

ARIETTE.

I do not reply to epigrams,
I do not push back the barbs

Except by adoring their charms,
Except by setting them ablaze with my flames.
When their hatred fades, it is then that in their souls
Love for me ignites afterward:
And that is how one must take revenge on women
By adoring their charms,
By setting them ablaze with my flames.
Come reign forever,
Come reign in my Palace.

V I V A T C H E' AND P R E S T O.

Vivatché. { In my Palace.
Presto. { In his Palace.

QUARTET.

Celenie. { In your Palace!
Vivatché. { In my Palace.
Presto. { In the Palace.
Durbin. { In your Palace!

V I V A T C H E'.

Holla, Guards, lead them into my Palace.

(They exit led by the Guards, but by the same place; and this during the ritornello. They must pace their steps so that people are still seen fleeing at the end of the ritornello. Vivatché speaks softly to the Captain of his Guards.)