Nie werd ich deine Huld verkennen

English Libretto or Translation:

BELMONTE
Never will I forget your benevolence;
For ever shall I sing your praises.
In every place, at every time
I shall proclaim you great and noble.

CONSTANZA, BELMONTE, PEDRILLO, BLONDA, OSMIN
Anyone who can forget such graciousness
Deserves to be looked upon with scorn.

CONSTANZA
Never, even while rejoicing in love,
Shall I forget what gratitude commands;
My heart, devoted to love from now on,
Feels emotions inspired by gratitude as well.

CONSTANZA, BELMONTE, PEDRILLO, BLONDA, OSMIN
Anyone who can forget such graciousness
Deserves to be looked upon with scorn.

PEDRILLO
If ever I were to forget
How close I came to being strangled,
And all the other perils?
I'd run as though my head were on fire.

CONSTANZA, BELMONTE, PEDRILLO, BLONDA, OSMIN
Anyone who can forget such graciousness
Deserves to be looked upon with scorn.

BLONDA
My Lord Pasha, full of joy I thank you
Most heartily for board and lodging.
But I am truly glad
That you allow me to depart from here.
pointing to Osmin
Just look upon that beast there,
Is that to be endured?

OSMIN
These dogs, we ought to burn them,
Who tricked us so shamefully!
I can bear it no longer;
My tongue is almost paralysed
Through not being able to order their reward:
First you'll be beheaded,
Then you'll be hanged,
Then impaled
On red?hot spikes,
Then burned,
Then manacled
And drowned;
Finally flayed alive.

runs off in a rage

CONSTANZA, BELMONTE, BLONDA, PEDRILLO
Nothing is as loathsome as revenge;
But to be humane and kind
And to forgive without self?interest –
Only a great soul is capable of that.
Anyone who can forget such graciousness
Deserves to be looked upon with scorn.