Recitation!... while gripped by delirium
I no longer know what I'm saying
and what I'm doing!
Yet... it's necessary... make an effort!
Bah ! Are you perhaps a man?
You are Clown!
You wear the jacket,
and your face is covered in flour.
People pay and want riders here.
And if Arlecchin
fly away Colombina,
laugh, Pagliacco, and everyone will applaud!
Turn the spasm and the crying into jokes,
the hiccups into a grimace< br/>and the pain â Ah!
Laugh, Clown,
at your broken love.
Laugh at the pain that poisons your heart.
Synopses
Canio, his wife nedda, and their troupe perform adulterous
Comedies in their traveling shows. This time, though, life imitates art. canio
Has just been warned that nedda is in the arms of another man. When canio
Arrives, the man is gone. Tell me his name! he threatens. Just at
That moment, they announce, itâs show time!
English translation
Go on stage, while Iâm nearly delirious?
I donât know what I'm saying or what I'm doing!
And yet, chin up! I'll try harder. Bah, do you think youâre a man?
You are just a clown! on with the show, man,
And put on your white-face.
The people pay you and you must make them laugh.
And if harlequin should steal your columbine, laugh,
/>Youâre clown, and the world will clap for you!
Turn into banter all your pain and sorrow,
And with your clownsâ face hide grief and distress...

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