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I will not be well
bred,
Obedient and well behaved,
I will not be steady,
And ready to be enslaved,
I don't want to be your property,
Cuz I belong to me,
When I walk the tightrope,
Don't stop me, Just let me try,
I want to take chances,
Find out what it takes to fly,
I don't care at all if you agree,
I belong to me,
If you try to range me on your own
array,
You force me to leave you alone,
If you try to change me,
I'll just break away,
To be what I am on my own,
I'm freezing, I'm burning,
You can't put me on the shelf,
I'm growing, I'm learning,
To be even more myself,
I know it's not easy to be free,
But I belong to me,
I hate to be burdened,
With duties and ancient lies,
Can't stand to be touched,
By the looks of a thousand eyes,
I flee from the crowd in agony,
I just belong to me,
If you want to find me don't hold me so
tight,
Don't break me and don't take me on,
If you try to hold me,
I'm ready to fight,
I'll shake off my chains and be gone!
I'm here when you need me,
I live and I die with you,
I'll share all your troubles,
I'll laugh and I'll cry with you,
You can blame me and bless me,
But you cannot possess me,
Cuz I belong to me,
To me!
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Prolog
Voice of Judge:
But why Lucheni? Why did you kill the
Empress Elisabeth?
Lucheni:
Alla malora!
Voice of Judge:
Answer, Luigi Lucheni!
Lucheni:
Why, why? Every night the same question
– for a hundred years! Why all this
questioning? Merda! I'm dead!
Voice of Judge:
The terrible assassination of the
Empress of Austria!
Lucheni:
Va a farti fottere!
Voice of Judge:
Explain at last what was the motive!
Lucheni:
The motive? I killed her because...she
wanted it!
Voice of Judge:
Don't talk such nonsense.
Lucheni:
She really did! There are honorable
witnesses to testify for it!
Voice of Judge:
What witnesses would that be?
Lucheni:
Her contemporaries, my dear sir! They
can't find peace and still talk
about....Elisabeth!
Chorus:
The old world has Gone down and dust
goes to dust,
but we still dance the dance of
death
lust, grief (or suffering) duty,
which suffocates us
Dream, h..... ? That's all that's
left.
Sisi's Parents:
We meant well with Sisi
The child was so sensitive
She did expect too much from life
Our little daughter
Her Husband (Franz Joseph):
Her life was difficult
we were too much alike
she felt misunderstood.
Voice:
For the last time Lucheni! Who was
pulling the strings behind you?
Lucheni:
Voice:
Lucheni:
Love. UNA GRANDE AMOREEE!!!
Chorus and Lucheni:
Wie Du (Like You)
Young Elisabeth: (Sisi)
Mother is expecting guests tonight,
I hate it so much
All the uncles and aunts will come
And I sure wish I could escape all
the gossip and the affectations,
but the governess won't have it.
Father, why can't I go with you?
Her father:
Because it's not possible.
Sisi:
But everything you like, I like even
more
Father:
Nevertheless, it's not possible
Sisi:
Dreaming and writing poems or ride
with the wind.
I would love to be like you.
Father:
Life is too short to get bored, even
for an hour,
and family gatherings, I hate as
much as the plague.
Sisi:
Me too!
Why can't I climb the cherry tree
today?
Father:
Just be happy that you're not in
your poor sister's shoes...
Sisi:
Or try to balance on a rope!
Father:
They're training her to be a
princess!
Sisi:
Or play with my brothers on the
meadows behind the house.
Father:
Sisi:
But the Governess won't allow it.
Father:
Sisi:
Father, but why can't I go with
you....
Father:
Maybe I'll be back by tomorrow
afternoon!
Sisi:
As far as Egypt, Spain, or Kathmandu
Father:
Sisi:
I would like to be free as a gypsy,
just travel with a zither, do what I
like.
Father:
Sisi:
And always want (to do?) what I am
doing.
Father:
Sisi:
I would love to be like you.
Jedem Gibt er das
Seine (He gives to everyone what he
deserves)
Narrator:
It is the year 1853.
In Vienna rules the young emperor
Franz Josef,
his power is secured by a standing
army of soldiers,
a sitting army of administrators
and a kneeling army of priests
and a crawling army of informers---
And he relies heavily on the advice
of his mother
People say she is the only man at
Court.
Sophie (His mother):
Be severe, be strong, be cold, be
hard
Court people:
He gives everybody what he deserves
He does everything for the greater
good
God Save and Protect our young
emperor.
Guard:
Archbishop:
Majesty, the Holy Church encounters
resistance.
Sophie:
Archbishop:
Majesty, the church wishes to
have the supervision of schools in
the country.
Emperor:
Court:
He gives everybody what he
deserves....
Guard:
Woman:
Majesty, my son loves freedom
and now he is in jail.
Sophie:
Woman:
Mercy, Mercy, whatever he has done
he does not deserve to die.
Sophie:
Franz Josef:
If I could do what I would like
to...
Sophie:
Franz Josef:
If I would not have to rule the way
an emperor should
Sophie:
Franz Josef:
Sophie:
What other business do we have?
Count Gruenne:
Assessment of the current political
situation:
Majesty the war at Crimea
threatens to spread over to other
countries.
It is unavoidable that we becomes
Russia's ally this time.
We have to thank Russia for saving
us from the revolution (?)
and besides we get a piece of Turkey
for our services.
Franz Josef:
What do you think of the political
development, Count Gruenne?
Count:
If we defend Russia, England will be
against us
but if we become England's ally, the
Russians will be upset,
in any case an alliance would be
fatal.
Franz Josef:
Sophie:
The emperor of Austria does not have
to do anything!
Repeat choruses:
He gives everybody what he
deserves...
Sophie:
So Wie Man Denkt, so
Kommt es nie (Things never happen the
way you plan them)
Narrator:
A summer in Bad Ischel is always
worth a visit
and the heart so hopeful,
Sophie has explained to her sister
the whole arrangement in detail,
but it does not work the way she
planned it!
Sophie:
So why did you arrive so late?
Her sister (Sisi's mother):
The weather on our journey was
really bad,
we have to rest now for a while.
Sophie:
No way! The emperor is expecting you
at 4 p.m.!
Sister:
What, that early? How does Helen
look?
Sisi's father:
Max could not come, but I brought
Sisi instead.
Sophie: (To Sisi)
That dress is completely
inappropriate
and your hair looks awful.
Sisi:
Sophie:
You won't make the emperor wait for
you!
Narrator:
What use is a plan, even if it is a
very smart one?
It's in the end just theory
only one thing is certain for sure
The way you plan and think is never
the way it will be in the end
The mothers have a lot to talk
about,
the emperor is silent.
The marriage candidate feels
uncomfortable.
The whole thing gets out of hand
because the emperor demonstrates
that he has his own opinion about
his marriage!
Sophie:
Well Franz, speak Freely. How do you
like her?
Franz Josef:
Sophie:
Why, your charming cousin, of
course.
Franz Josef:
She looks like a fresh almond...
Sophie:
Franz Josef:
A fresh almond about to burst.
Sophie:
Franz Josef:
Her eyes so lovely and warm
and her lips are as red as
strawberries
Sophie:
And her manners are good too.
Franz Josef:
At the Ball tonight I will only
dance with her! (indicating Sisi)
Mothers:
He likes..her???! Her!!!??
Well then, let's invite her.
Get up, go get her!!!
Narrator:
What use is a plan, even a smart
one...
Sophie:
3 years of training, experience,
education and careful planning, all
for nothing!!
Chorus:
Alle Fragen sind
gestellt (All questions are asked)
Narrator:
6:30pm in the Vienna Augustine's
Church,
Strange time for a wedding ceremony
but appropriate on this 24th of
April 1854,
very appropriate.
Chorus:
All questions are asked, all phrases
learned
We are the last of a world with no
hope left
because all Sins are ( either asked,
or lasted or past)
all virtues are memorized and all
curses are said
and all blessings are voiced
ugliness can't shock us,
the good deed no longer an example
the evil deed leaves us indifferent
because all miracles are done
and all borders destroyed
we have seen every image and
all questions are asked and all
chances are gone
we are the last of a world, which
always thinks
about suicide and everything,
everything that happens helps us
kill time
We finally see the stars' descent
ELISABETH.....
Priest:
Is that your wish, then answer with
"Yes"
Elisabeth:
Bells.
Sie passt nicht (She
does not fit in)
Voice:
Love makes one stupid
Sisi gives up for him everything
that makes life exciting!
Love will kill her!
She should escape while she still
has a taste (German Expression)
before she gets used to it to not
having the taste (for life?)
Sophie:
Love makes one blind
Franz does not know what he's doing.
He does not listen to me.
Max:
Why did it have to be him!?
Sophie:
When I look at that child, I just
get furious.
She has destroyed all of my plans.
Both:
I see her/him and think he/she isn't
the one!
An old aristocrat:
"What a beautiful wedding".
A young aristocrat:
The priest (incense giver) has
spoken too long.
His wife:
Wedding Guests (1st Group
simultaneously)
Really sweet! Touchingly naïve!
And soft as wax! Didn’t speak much.
A Countess:
How do you like the new empress?
Two Aristocrats:
Three Aristocrats:
Wedding Guests (1st Group
simultaneously)
New to the court, simple to lead.
We’ll have an easy game with her!
An old man:
Her family tree has two blemishes.
A young Prince:
Male Aristocrats:
Female Aristocrats:
Countesses (simultaneously)
Aristocrats:
In the Treasury (Jewelry Room) ...
More Aristocrats:
Aristocrats:
... the crown fell on the floor.
Sophie:
Female Aristocrats:
... and at her alighting from the
coach
Male Aristocrats:
Female Aristocrats:
... the young empress almost lost...
Aristocrats:
Female Aristocrats:
Male Aristocrats:
Wedding Guests (1st Group)
It is almost like a fairy tale. A
child becomes Empress.
Wedding Guests (2nd Group)
Red-rimmed eyes! Awkward and honest.
So charmingly helpless like a sheep.
She carries no weight here ... she
is a small light.
Chorus:
She fits/does not fit in here.
Der Letzte Tanz (The
last dance)
Death:
It's an old story but new for me
two guys who love the same girl -
you.
You've already chosen. I am the
loser.
I'm only a guest at your wedding.
You turned away from me, but you
only pretend.
You would be loyal to him but you
have been wanting me.
He holds you in his arms, but you
smile at me.
And where that will lead to, you
know as well as I do.
The Last dance belongs only to me
The last dance, I dance only with
you.
Time becomes old and tiresome
The wine becomes stale
The air is sultry and stifling
In the Hall of Mirrors.
Invisible eyes looks at us
while everybody waits for the
rendezvous.
The last dance, the last dance
belongs to me.
The last dance I only dance with
you.
And I am waiting in the dark, and
always look at you
and seem to be the big loser,
but I know that I will win.
The last dance...
Eine Kaiserin muss
Glanzen (An Empress has to shine)
Sophie:
Servant:
Still sleeping, Your Highness.
Sisi:
Sophie:
My dear child, you can't sleep in
that long.
Sisi:
Sophie:
I won't have any laziness from you
Sisi:
Sophie:
The day starts punctually at 5 a.m.
in the morning
with the stroke of the bell!
Sisi:
I want to go horseback riding today.
Sophie
No. that's too vulgar and risky.
You can't behave that way as an
Empress.
That's disgusting.
Sisi:
Sophie:
You can't do what is not permitted
by protocol.
An empress has to shine
and only see to her duty
which is to keep the dynasty alive
and she has to sacrifice everything.
Now show me your teeth.
Sisi:
Sophie:
Well, is it so hard to do this? Open
your mouth!
They are too yellow, we'll have to
do something about them.
Sisi:
Sophie:
Of course not..only a pony.
Sisi:
Everybody tries to train all the
time...
Everything I want is forbidden to me
Sophie:
I want you to be an Empress.
You're too wild and not raised
properly.
Sisi:
I think you're just jealous of me!
Sophie:
Jealous of you...that's ridiculous
Sisi:
Sophie:
You'll learn first to be modest.
Sisi:
I would like to....-----(NO!!!!)
Help me Franz Josef- look here your
mother is torturing me!
Sophie:
I'll teach you manners! Leave her to
me my son.
Sisi:
Franz Jozef, don't leave me alone!
Franz Josef:
I would like to be on your side
But it would be better for both of
us
if you would take the advice of my
mother.
Sophie:
Be dominant, be strong...
Sisi:
Ich Gehor nur mir (I
belong to me)
(These is an amalgamation of
all my favourite translations
:-)
Elisabeth:
I will not give up my own self
Just to be with you
I will not be glad just to do
What I'm told to do
I'm not meant to be your
property
No, I belong I me
If I want to reach for the
stars
You can't hold me back
I want to take chances
Far off from the beaten track
Don't force me to be what I
can't be
I belong to me
If you try to tame me
I will not obey
I'd rather leave you alone
If you try to change me
I must break away
To be what I am on my own
I'm freezing, I'm burning
I live without compromise
I'm growing, I'm learning
I'm ready to pay the price
I know it's not easy to be free
But I belong to me
I hate to be burdened
With duties that I despise
You know I can't stand
To be watched by a thousand eyes
I flee from the crowd in agony
I just belong to me
If you want to keep me
Don't hold me so tight
I can't give my life for your
love
If you want to break me
I'll not even fight
I'll just fly away like a dove
I'm here when you need me
I live and I die with you
I'll share all your troubles
I'll laugh and I'll cry with you
You can blame me and bless me
But you cannot possess me
'Cause I belong to me
To me! |
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(Literal translation)
I don't want to become
obedient,
tamed and well mannered
I don't want to be modest,
popular and deceived
I am not your possession
I want to look down from a rope
(?)
at the world
I want to go on the ice and see
for myself
how long it will hold me
What is it to you what I risk?
I only belong to me!
If you want to lecture me
then you will force me
to escape the tiresome duty
If you want to convert me
I will break free and fly.
Like a bird into the light.
And if I want the stars,
then I will find myself a way to
them
I will grow and learn
and will still be the person I
am.
I want it all before I am lost.
Because I only belong to me.
I don't want to be pressured
with questions and wishes and
From head to feet be looked at
by curious eyes
I get defensive
when I feel strange eyes on me
because
I only belong to me
And if you want to be with me,
then don't tie me down
I won't give up my freedom
and if you want to tie me down
I will leave your nest and
dive like a bird into the ocean.
I am waiting for my friends and
look for comfort.
I share the joy and I share the
sadness
But don't demand my life that I
can't give to you
because I only belong to me! |
Die Frohliche
Apokalypse (The cheerful apocalypse)
The world will end-- everyone knows
that in the Cafe of Vienna
What's the latest news in the
journals? How is the soup
Who wants to play skat with me!?
Dear God everything is so boring!!!
Our young Empress cries all day
long.
She does not eat anymore since she's
lost her child...
Would you like another mélange
She's probably pregnant again, she
doesn't show herself anymore
we have waited too long already for
an heir to the throne
She was visiting circus Rene the
other day
The mother of the emperor was not
too pleased
We sit around in the cafe and
wait for the apocalypse
Chatterers (German) who don't know
anything,
they just sit there and kill time
Again a year is gone-- LIKE I should
care!!!
Who would like to play skat with
me?
Our young Emperor does not seem to
be very clever
or at least not in political
affairs-- another drink?
The last war in Crimea put us in a
neutral position
And now Austria is politically
completely isolated
France, England and Russia stay on
one line what is worse
we have a war with Pieramont (?)
So what if we sit in the cafe and
kill time
and wait cheerfully for the
apocalypse,
this time she's got a son,
we didn't believe it anymore
and him they took away from her.
I found out she likes the Hungarians
Is she a liberal or is she radical?
She is a strange woman
Whatever, we cheerfully wait for the
apocalypse.
When young Rudolf was born, his
mother had a terrible vision
She saw red flags, and crowds of
people at the Batthaus place
Threatening her with their fists.
She saw barricades and her own son
as the leader of the revolution
wonderful eccentric and decadent
Austria now needs a parliament
(repeated a few times)
Whatever, we sit in the cafe and
kill time and
cheerfully wait for the apocalypse.
Milch (Milk)
When do we finally get milk?
Why don't you open the store?
There is no milk today
Again waiting for nothing-the
pitcher is empty
like so often, we were freezing and
hoping
half the night for nothing.
Someone lies to us
Someone now deceives us
Someone's making a fool of us.
We have to starve while others live
in the palace
-ENOUGH!!!-
Would you like to know who is taking
the milk from you?
-WE WOULD!!!
All the milk goes only to her!
-TO WHOM?
Your Empress...she needs for HER
BATH!
-HER BATH!?
YEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!
For what? What a scandal
We would have never thought that of
her
(Yes you would have never thought
that of her)
Kids keep dying because there's no
milk for them
no milk for the kids
Our Empress stole from us
What use are our laments we have to
endure
the ones who bring misfortunes upon
us
We can't spare them (repeated twice)
Let them feel the wrath of the
people (twice)
Would you like to know what makes
the Empress unhappy?
-We Would!
She mourns about her HAIR!
-HER HAIR!?
YEEEEEEEEEEEES!
Freedom for the people,
A new time begins
Schonheitspflege
(Beauty Care)
The empress is already in the
bathtub
Lower your eyes when you approach
her.
And pour very gently hot milk into
the bathtub
are her perfumes scented with
perfume?
And did you prepare the shampoo?
that's the way she wants it
Our Empress should always be in a
good mood and refreshed.
That will keep her away from
mingling in state affairs.
This type of water is wonderful,
it makes the eyes clear and shiny.
She also likes a daily manicure.
The emperor, the emperor, what,
at this time???
Franz Josef:
Where is the Empress, I have to talk
to her.
Servant:
She hasn't finished her beauty care,
Majesty,
but you can talk to her,
she's behind the parasol,
she can hear you.
Franz Josef:
I just want to tell you that I
accept your conditions.
I can't take not being loved by you
anymore.
Whatever you want, I'll give it to
you before I lose you.
I ruled and think they want me to
suppress my feelings,
I am not permitted to feel
but when I think about you,
I can't be calculating anymore,
I am not loyal to myself anymore for
you.
Sisi:
If I must understand you,
you have to understand me too.
I Want to go with you
but don't put me in a cage any
longer
you don't have to give me anything--
but leave me my life,
because I only belong to me.
I only belong to me.
Ich Will dir nu sagen
(I just want to tell you)
Franz Josef:
Elisabeth, please open the door to
me
Your husbands longs for you.
Let me be with you
Behind me is a problem-filled day
France is now threatening me openly
Scandals are never-ending
National bankruptcy, war and
revolution,
A wave of suicide and a new wave of
typhus
But help me sleep in a ship in a
safe port
guarded by your tenderness and
without wish for one night
Please open up to me, and don't let
me wait
Be the woman who understands
me...Elisabeth
Sisi:
Why don't you go to your mother?
usually you like that much better.
Franz Josef:
Angel, please spare me that.
What did I do?
Sisi:
You allow them to torture Rudolf!
I know everything.
Franz Josef:
Sisi:
Your mother gave him to her
torturers
she has to "educate" him.
He can't defend himself.
But I won't take it any longer.
It's either her now or me.
I give you an ultimatum,
if you don't want to lose me,
fulfill it.
I want to be in charge of the
education of my children
and I want to decide by myself what
I do and where I go
Now read this document, and decide
between your
mother and me, and now leave me
alone.
Franz Josef:
Elisabeth, don't despair
relax in my arms
I want to comfort you,
escape and you will be free
and all the fighting will be over
I want to take you away from space
and time
into a better reality
Elisabeth, Elisabeth, I love you
Sisi:
NO I want to live,
I am too young to give up
I know I can free myself
now I will use my beauty to my
advantage--Go!
I don't want you.
I don't need you. Go!
Kitsch
Narrator:
Please approach ladies and gentlemen
While in the cathedral on this
memorial day
of July 8th 1867,
the Emperor of Austria and his
beautiful wife Elisabeth
become King and Queen of Hungary--
you have this once in a lifetime
opportunity
to buy a valuable souvenir,
everything is cheap, please come
closer.
I have two
translations of the next few lines...I
thought I'd include them both!
Wie wär´s mit diesem Bild?
Elisabeth als Mutter,
mit Rudolf ihrem Sohn!
Und hier ist das nicht nett?
Die Kaisers feiern Weihnacht,
im festlichem Salon.
Auf diesem Glas seh´n wir,
das hohe Paar in Liebe
zugeneigt.
Einen Teller hab ich auch,
der Elisabeth beim beten,
in der Hochkapele zeigt.
Nehmt ein hübsches Souvinier
mit,
aus der Kaiserlichen Welt.
Alles innig, lieb und sinning,
so wie es euch gefällt.
KITSCH
|
How would you like this
card?
It shows our lovely Empress,
with Rudolf on her knee!
And this one is real art,
the whole imperial family,
around the Christmas tree.
And painted on this glass,
the lovely couple on their
wedding day.
And on this dammed desk,
you can see Elisabeth,
while kneeing down to pray.
Take a nice souvenir,
out of the cheapest and the
best.
All her life was sweet and
rightful,
but now she´s nothing less than
KITSCH |
How about this picture, Sisi
as wife,
and as mother of Rudolph
and this one isn't that nice...
The majesties celebrate
Christmas.
On this glass we see the high
couple
turning to each other in love.
I also have a plaque showing
Elisabeth praying in the court
chapel.
Take a nice souvenir
with you from the old world
everything beautiful and lovely
the way you like it.
Kitsch, Kitsch, Kitsch. |
Don't make a face,
don't pretend as if you are
interested in the truth
you can have the truth for free,
but nobody wants her because she's
too depressing
Elisabeth is popular -
folks will still talk about her 100
years from now
but the way she truly was
you won't get from any book or movie
andleast of all, from me!
What made her an idol amongst the
people?
What left her with envy?
What is left of her life?
KITSCH....KITSCH...
I want to tell you a secret,
your Sisi was in reality
a mean selfish person
She was fighting for her son,
but just to show
Sophie that she is the stronger one.
But then she got rid of him
she was always only talking of
fleeing herself.
She was living away from the
Monarchy
and got a bank account in
Switzerland
but what do I talk about?
People hear only what they want to
hear.
That's why the only thing left of
beauty
and (dirt?death?I dunno!) and dream
and reality is...
KITSCH
Mama, Wo bist Du
(Mama, Where are you)
Rudolf:
Mama, Mama. Mama where are you?
Can you hear me?
I am so cold, please hold me.
Everybody says I should not disturb
you
Why am I not allowed to be with you?
Mama, my room is so dark in the
night
now that I am awake,
nobody is with me where I am crying.
Why do you leave me alone?
Death:
She does not hear you.
Don't call for her
Rudolf:
Death:
I am your friend....
whenever you need me, just come to
me.
Rudolf:
Death:
Rudolf:
When I try hard, I can be a hero
Yesterday, I killed a cat!
I can be hard and evil as the world
around me.
But sometimes I would rather like to
be wise
Oh mum, I would like to be always
with you
But when you travel you never take
me with you and
when you're at home, you close the
door behind you.
Why do you leave me alone?
Nur Kein Genieren
(Don't get embarrassed)
Don't get embarrassed, why be so shy
in this kind of establishment
Don't be stingy and don't blush
leave your worries until tomorrow
in this Salon you never say
"pardon"!
Don't think about your position.
Relax!
So many nice ladies in beautiful
surroundings
You will find here the girl of your
dreams
Marie is dumb and funny
Helene is good natured and plump
Tatiana likes to curse in bed
For gentlemen who like to cuddle
there is Grit
with the soft bosom
and Madeleine I can recommend to
every man
who likes danger-- the kid is
injected!
Don't get embarrassed, why be so
shy
in this kind of establishment
Don't be stingy and don't blush
leave your worries until tomorrow
in this Salon you never say
"pardon"!
Don't think about your position.
Relax!
Not everyone comes in person,
it's not unusual that a confidant
comes
in his master's place
instead of doing it himself, this
gentleman selects
and then takes the most beautiful to
come for him
This man comes from the very top
and you have to admit he chooses
with an expert's eye.
The girl has suddenly hot flushes,
for a reason unknown to me.
Don't get embarrassed, why be so
shy
in this kind of establishment
Don't be stingy and don't blush
leave your worries until tomorrow
in this Salon you never say
"pardon"!
Don't think about your position.
Relax!
Rastlose Jahre
(Restless Years)
How can she be healed--
maybe a change of air, a different
country
She would like to go to Madeira
that is too far away for the
Emperor...
but that won't change her mind
that's exactly why she likes to go
there.
Franz Josef:
My poor angel, I hope you don't
suffer too much
I will count the days till your
return.
They never have any peace anywhere,
just hurry from place to place.
They hardly arrive and start to pack
their bags again.
Today they climb the mountains,
and tomorrow they see the ocean.
Breathless with tired feet,
we try to keep up with them.
Where is she going to, I wonder?
How is she doing?
When will she come back to Vienna?
Mirror, mirror in my hand,
10 years of restless traveling have
passed by.
We dare ask the question
" is she still young...or...?"
OH A Grey hair!
Franz Josef:
Since mom died, my angel
I am longing even more for you.
Rudolf is 28 this year, and he
worries me.
Where is she now? What are her
plans?
She's running away with panic and
fear
from the emptiness inside her.
The question may be asked
is she still beautiful..or?
She is riding like the devil,
always in front of everyone
We see them hunting through forests
and jumping over ditches-
the horses with flying manes and
foaming mouths.
There she is coming right after the
pack,
not missing any hurdle,
she jumps over it and goes on with
the hunt.
They are already out of sight,
behind the bushes behind the forest.
There they are again.
The captain rides first,
Elisabeth follows him.
Now there is a wall, the horses slow
down,
but the captain risks the jump,
his horse jumps and breaks down the
next moment,
and there is again his pursuer.
She gives her horse the spurs...
jumps over the wall...
laughs and is already out of sight.
Die Schatten Werden
Langer (The shadows grow longer)
I have two
translations of some of this song as
well...I'll put the partial translation
first, with the German, and then the
whole thing afterwards.
Tod:
Zeit, das wir uns endlich
sprechen,
zeit, das schweigen zu
durchbrechen.
Du kennst mich, ja du kennst
mich.
Weisst du noch du warst ein
Knabe,
als ich dir versprochen
habe,
das ich dir immer nah bleib.
Rudolf:
Oh, ich hab dich nie
vergessen,
meinen Freund nach dem ich
rufe.
Wenn mich meine Ängste
fressen.
Tod:
Ich kam weil du mich
brauchst
Rudolf:
Zeit den rest der Welt zu
sehen,
könnt ich nur das Steuer
drehen.
Doch ich muss daneben
stehen,
man bindet mir die Hände.
Tod:
Nichts ist schlimmer als zu
wissen,
wie das unheil sich
entwickelt.
Und in Ohnmacht zu sehen
müssen.
Rudolf:
Das macht mich völlig krank.
Tod:
Was hlät dich zurück?
Dies ist der Augenblick.
Greif nach der,
tu es aus Notwehr.
Rudolf:
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Death:
Now it is the right
location,
for a private conversation.
You know me, yes you know
me.
Since your childhood we've
been friends
and our friendship hasn't
ended,
I promised not to leave you.
Rudolf:
I call you in desperation,
every time this nightmare
hunts me.
Death:
Rudolf:
Have the gods run out of
kindness?
Our ship has lost direction.
Is the shipman struck with
blindness?
He does not even hear me.
Death:
On the black sky´s golden
letters,
you can see them spell
disaster.
Rudolf:
Death:
It´s all up to you,
so do what you have to
do.
There you can take it,
to be a rebel.
Rudolf:
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Death:
It is time that we talk to each
other
It's time to break the silence
you know me, yes, you know me
Do you still remember?
you were a young boy when I promised
you
that I will always be near you
Rudolf:
Oh, I have not forgotten you, my
friend
I call for you when my fears
overcome me.
Death:
I'll come when you need me.
Both:
The shadows grow longer
but everybody has a blind eye for
it,
as long as the Pied Piper plays,
everybody is dancing around the
Golden calf,
the shadows grow longer.
It's always 5 minutes before
midnight.
Time is almost over.
Time to see the rift of the old
world,
I wish to turn the steering wheel,
But I have to stand by, my hands are
tied.
Nothing is worse as seeing how the
evil develops
and watching it in utter
powerlessness,
it makes me sick.
The shadows grow longer
and the songs become heavy and cold
the vicious circle becomes tighter
But one only believes what one likes
to believe
the shadows grow longer--
it is 5 to midnight
What keeps your back?
This is the moment!
Seize the power, it's just self
defense. Nothing else.
The shadows grow longer--
what will be will be
We have to withstand evil
The shadows grow longer--
Emperor Rudolph will be with the new
time.
Wenn Ich Dein Spiegel
War (If I would be your mirror)
Rudolf:
How often did I wait for you to talk
to me?
How did I hope for you to break the
silence?
But you are scared because we are so
much alike
So tired of a world which is slowly
beginning to die.
If I would be your mirror you
could see yourself in me
then it would not be so hard for you
to understand
what I don't say.
You will turn around because you see
yourself in me
You want to be close to me but
not too close
When I look at you, your eyes look
the other way
We are 2 strangers and at the same
time
We're so close
I give you signals,
want to reach you but there is this
wall that stands between us.
If I would be your mirror, you
could see yourself in me
Then it wouldn't be so hard for you
to understand
What I don't say
Sisi:
What's this disturbance?
What's going on? What do you want?
Rudolf:
Sisi:
Rudolf:
Court and marriages are torture to
me
oh this despicable scandal
Only you can help
if you would talk to the Emperor on
my behalf
then there might have been some hope
left....
Sisi:
Don't tell me!
I don't belong to the Emperor
anymore
I cut all his shackles
I never say please and
I won't do it for you either!
Rudolf:
Mayerling--Walzer
(Mayerling Waltz)
Totenklage (Death Lament)
Sisi:
Rudolf, where are you? Can you hear
me?
You were like me, you needed me
I did not help you because I wanted
to liberate myself.
How can you forgive me?
I have failed..and now I carry my
own guilt.
If I could only hug you once last
time
and defend you against the world
But it's too late, they've taken you
away
We're both alone
Come open to me. Don't let me
wait.
Have I not endured enough?
Have mercy, come sweet death, cursed
death
Redeem ME!......TOO LATE!
I don't want you. I don't need
you. GO!
Mein Neues Sortiment
(My new sortiment)
My new sortiment sells like crazy
A strong collection--especially
these pictures
The grieving mother at the coffin of
her son
that moves every heart on shivers
and feels full sympathy
-- the mighty can also feel pain
God be thanked that we are not all
rich and mighty
That is a comfort and has moral
value
as you like it---KITSCH, Kitsch....
And our Empress still travels,
and starves and keeps silent.
Once in a while the Emperor travels
after her
because he likes self punishment
And if she is still there when he
arrives
there we have a rendezvous, gentle
in the night
with view of the beach.
Boote in der nacht
(Boats in the night)
Franz Josef:
Sisi:
Franz Josef:
Come home Sisi,
we belong together
I still believe in that
I love you, and love, the saying
goes,
can heal all wounds
Sisi:
Love can do a lot,
but sometimes, love is not enough
Faith is strong, but sometimes
it is also self deception
We wanted miracles, but they didn't
happen
It is about time that we see things
more clearly
We are like two boats in the night
Every boat has its own destination
and its own cargo
We meet each other on the ocean,
and then we are sad to part,
but what's left of our rendezvous
isn't for us to decide.
Franz Josef:
You want everything
but sometimes a little can be a lot.
Sisi:
Your dream is too small for me
Franz Josef:
To be close in the darkness,
is that not good enough as a goal?
Sisi:
I don't want to be your shadow
Both:
Could you only once see through my
eyes,
then you wouldn't misunderstand me
any longer.
We are like 2 boats in the night
every boat has its own destination
and its own cargo
we meet each other on the ocean and
then we're sad to part,
why is happiness so hard to achieve
for us?
Sisi:
We're like 2 boats in the night...
Franz Josef:
I had you, I love you
Why don't you want to be with me?
Understand me, I need you. I love
you
Why are we both alone?
Both:
We meet each other on the ocean
we are more alone than before
why is achieving happiness so hard
for us?
Franz Josef:
Sisi:
Please, understand, what cannot be
cannot be.
Epilog (Epilogue)
Voice:
What did you want in ...Lucheni?
Lucheni:
I wanted to kill the Prince of
Orleans, but he was not there!
Voice:
Why instead the Empress Elisabeth?
Lucheni:
I heard on the news that she was
visiting the city.
Voice:
Lucheni:
On September 10th, 1898-- A sunny
day.
Majesty! Help! Oh my God!
A doctor! Quickly, a doctor!
Oh God, she is dying, she is
dying!!!
Der Schleier Fallt
(The Veil is falling)
Death:
The Veil is falling, Leave the
shadows
I was longing so much for you
Don't let me wait.
Sisi:
Let me be safe and free
erase all memories of me
give my soul a home
Both:
Let the world perish
I want to drown with you in the
emptiness
and ascend with you in the fire
again
lose myself with you in eternity
Sisi:
I have laughed and cried,
I despaired and hoped again,
But whatever I did,
I was always loyal to myself
Both:
The world searches in vain
For the meaning of my/your life
Sisi:
Death:
Both:
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