O statua gentilissima

English Libretto or Translation:

LEPORELLO
Oh, thou most noble monument,
Our Commandant resembling,
Oh, sir, see how I'm trembling,
I cannot further go.

DON GIOVANNI
Proceed at once, or I'll spear thee,
I'll kill thee at a blow.
His cowardice diverts me.
How can one tremble so?

LEPORELLO
He's madder now than ever.
If I could only go.
to the statue
Oh, thou most noble monument,
I speak with fear and wonder,
Master, look! Oh, look yonder,
See how his eyeballs glow, see how his eyeballs glow.

DON GIOVANNI
Die then.

LEPORELLO
No, no, oh, wait a moment!
My master here invites thee,
Not I, great sir, it frights me,
To sup with him this night.
the statue nods its head
Ah, ah, ah, I'm not inventing,
He nods, he nods consenting!

DON GIOVANNI
Thou fool, what's there to scare thee?

LEPORELLO
Oh, master, oh look yourself and spare me!

DON GIOVANNI
What is this wondrous sight?

LEPORELLO
See, with his head of marble,
imitates the statue
He nods, just so, just so.

DON GIOVANNI
See, with his head of marble,
He nods just so.
to the statue
Give answer, if thou hear'st me,
Wilt come to supper?

THE STATUE
Yea!

LEPORELLO
Now we are ruin'd truly,
He takes it all so coolly,
Oh, let us go, oh master, my limbs I cannot steady,
To run away is best, oh, come, to run away is best.

DON GIOVANNI
Ah, strange adventure truly,
He hath accepted duly,
Come let us go, make ready,
To meet this stony guest.