Because when he sings "Nessun Dorma", I must -- and I mean MUST -- stop whatever it is I'm doing. I mean that literally... I am physically unable to do anything other than listen. I close my eyes, hands over my heart... and the tears just flow.
Like they're doing now while I watch this YouTube clip. I had to stop typing after the word "watch" because I couldn't breathe... I find myself breathing in rhythm with his singing as he builds to the crescendo, every time.
- Il principe ignoto
- Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, o Principessa,
- nella tua fredda stanza
- guardi le stelle
- che tremano d'amore e di speranza...
- Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
- il nome mio nessun saprà!
- No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò,
- quando la luce splenderà!
- Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
- che ti fa mia.
- Voci di donne
- Il nome suo nessun saprà...
- E noi dovrem, ahimè, morir, morir!
- Il principe ignoto
- Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle!
- Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò!
- Vincerò! Vincerò!
Translated from the score, Puccini's "Turandot":
The Prince Nobody shall sleep!... Nobody shall sleep! Even
you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with
love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me, my name no one shall know... No!...No!... On your mouth I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!...
The Chorus of women No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.
The Prince Vanish, o night! Set, stars! Set, stars! At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!
