Su l'orlo dei tetti

English Libretto or Translation:

ALL
It's true! It's true!
On the edge of the rooftops
some people have seen her!
Sometimes she changes into a hoopoe or an owl!
Other times, a raven; more often, a civet-owl,
flying through the dawn like an arrow!

FERRANDO
One of the Count's men died of fear
because he had struck the gypsy's forehead!
He died, died of fear! He died, died of fear!

MEN
Ah! Ah! He died! Ah! Ah! He died!

FERRANDO
She appeared to him in the form of an owl,
in the deep calm of a silent room!

MEN
Of an owl!

FERRANDO
She looked with gleaming eye,
looked at the sky, sorrowing,
with a bestial cry!

MEN
She looked! She looked!

FERRANDO
Midnight was just striking! Ah!

MEN
Ah!

Midnight strikes.

ALL
Ah! A curse on her, the infernal witch! Ah!

A drum is heard. The soldiers run to the back. The servants gather at the door.