E non giungono

English Libretto or Translation:

TOSCA
The love that found the way to save your life
Shall be our quide on earth, our pilot on the waters,
And make the wide world lovely to our eyes;
Until together we shall fade away
Beyond the sphere of earth, as light clouds fade,
At sundown, high above the sea.
They are stirred and silent. Then Tosca recalled to reality, looks about uneasily
They still don't come …
turning to Cavaradossi with affectionate concern
And be careful
When you hear the shot
You must fall down at once.

CAVARADOSSI
reassuring her
Have no fear,
I'll fall on the instant, and quite naturally.

TOSCA
insisting
But be careful not to hurt yourself,
With my experience in the theatre
I should know how to manage it.

CAVARADOSSI
interrupting and drawing her to him
Speak to me again as you spoke before.
So sweet is the sound of your voice.

TOSCA
carried away with rapture
Together in exile
We shall bear our love through the world.
Harmonies of colour...

CAVARADOSSI
And harmonies of song!

TOSCA and CAVARADOSSI
ecstatically
Triumphant …
The soul trembles
With new hope
In heavenly
Increasing ardour.
And in harmonious flight
The spirit soars
To the ecstasy of love.

TOSCA
With a thousand kisses I shall seal your eyes,
And call you by a thousand names of love.

Meanwhile a squad of soldiers has entered from the stairway. The officer in command ranges them to the rear. Enter Spoletta, the Sergeant and the Jailer, Spoletta giving the necessary orders. The sky lightens; dawn appears; a bell strikes four. The Jailer goes to Cavaradossi, removes his cap and nods towards the officer.

JAILER
It is time.

CAVARADOSSI
I am ready.

The Jailer takes the registry of the condemned and leaves by the stairway.

TOSCA
to Cavaradossi, speaking low and laughing secretly:
Remember: at the first shot, down …

CAVARADOSSI
in a low voice, also laughing
Down …

TOSCA
And don't get up before I call you …

CAVARADOSSI
No, beloved!

TOSCA
And fall down properly …

CAVARADOSSI
Like Tosca on the stage …

TOSCA
You mustn't laugh …

CAVARADOSSI
So?

TOSCA
So.