L'ultima prova dell'amor mio

English Libretto or Translation:

DONNA ELVIRA
rushing in distractedly
Love bids me venture,
One more endeavour,
Ere we forever
Asunder fly.
Though you may scorn me,
I'll not resent,
I come to warn thee!

DON GIOVANNI and LEPORELLO
rising
Pray, why?

DONNA ELVIRA
kneeling
With love I've ended
Joy long hath left me,
Lone and unfriended
I long to die.

DON GIOVANNI
You quite surprise me.
Your wish reveal then!
If you must kneel then,
Why, so must I -
kneels

DONNA ELVIRA
Cruel deride me not,
For thee I'm sueing!

LEPORELLO
Her wrongs are all forgot,
For him she's sueing!

DON GIOVANNI
Come, sweet one, chide me not!
He gets up and raises her.
Nay, sweet one, chide me not
with affected tenderness
Why wilt thou cry?

DONNA ELVIRA
Thy life amend thou!

DON GIOVANNI
Bravo!

DONNA ELVIRA
Misguided one!

DON GIOVANNI
This fooling end now
seats himself again at the table, and begins to eat
When thou hast supped well,
No more thou'lt sigh!

DONNA ELVIRA
Wretch, I abandon thee,
More and more hateful,
Ever detested be,
Thee I disown!

Exit.

LEPORELLO
If he relents not
To see her grieving,
His heart deceiving's hard as stone!

DON GIOVANNI
Maidens both fair and young,
Good wine, and plenty,
To these are praises due,
To these alone!

Donna Elvira returns and rushes out at the opposite side.

DONNA ELVIRA
Ah!

DON GIOVANNI and LEPORELLO
A scream, what can have happen'd?

DON GIOVANNI
Go and see, go and see, what is the matter.

LEPORELLO
goes, and when off the stage cries out
Ah!

DON GIOVANNI
What ever means this clatter?
Leporello art thou mad?

LEPORELLO
Oh, good Sir! For heav'n sake,
Not a step do that way take,
Leporello returns dismayed, and shuts the door
White and stony, he's behind me,
Oh good master, I'm fainting, don't mind me,
If you saw his marble features,
If you heard him nearer draw,
Ta, ta, ta, ta.

DON GIOVANNI
I believe thou art demented.
One could scare thee with a straw!

Knocking heard at the door.

LEPORELLO
Hark! He's coming!

DON GIOVANNI
Some one's knocking
Open.

LEPORELLO
trembling
I dare not!

DON GIOVANNI
Go this instant!

LEPORELLO
Ah!

DON GIOVANNI
Coward, if I would be enlightened,
I must go myself and see, I'll go and see.

takes a light and goes to open the door

LEPORELLO
Oh, to death I sure am frightened,
Here I'll hide where none can see.

Leporello hides under the table.