The Sonorous Island

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SCENE III.

MELOPHANIE holding the two Arias.
PIANO.

Unfortunate Melophanie,

The Sultan throws the handkerchief

My rival is going to sit
On the throne of harmony.
Unfortunate Melophanie,

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SCENE IV.

V I V A T C H E', M E L O P H A N I E.

V I V A T C H E', aside.

I hear her groaning: let us strike the final blows.
Let us lock within my breast the love I have for her;
Let us confirm her jealous suspicions,
By playing the unfaithful lover:
Let us resurrect a heart that seemed dead to us.

DIALOGUED DUET.

It is finished then, fickle lover,
You are abandoning me forever.

I understand nothing of this language:
Where do these vain speeches tend?

You must understand this language,
These are not vain speeches: