2018.12.15.
One step too far
Amneris:I don’t know what’s gotten into him
Why does he show no feelings?
So proper, nearly formal,
Distanced, yes, almost cold.
Sometimes he’s (lost) in thought
Not at all here. He avoids me.
I want (to get) closer, but he is
Always one step ahead of me (one step out of reach)
Always one step ahead of me
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Radames:
I don’t know what I should do anymore.
And people see that when they look at me.
I’m half happy, half despairing,
Without a stop or a way off the train.1
What my life was, appalls me,
Nothing more fits in my world.
What I think, believe, feel
All (of it) turned on its head!
All (of it) turned on its head!
Oh oh oh oh
Both:
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Aida:
My love I am certain,
But love also makes (one) blind.
Can2 I let others down3
Who are dear and important to me?
Have I lost the way,
Between dream and reality?
Have I betrayed my people?
Did I go a step too far?
Did I go a step too far?
(Next sections all sung simultaneously, hence the different formatting)
Amneris:
I don’t know
What’s gotten into him,
Why does (he) show
No feelings?
So proper,
Nearly formal,
Distanced, yes,
Almost cold.
Sometimes he’s
(Lost) in thought
Not at all here.
He avoids me.
I want (to get) closer,
But he is
Always one
Step ahead (of me)
Always one
Step ahead (of me)
Radames:
I don’t know anymore
What I should do.
And (they) see that
In me.
(I’m) half happy,
Half despairing,
Without (a) stop
Or a way off the train.
What my life was,
Appalls me,
Nothing more fits
In my world.
What I think,
Believe, feel
All (of it)
Turned on its head!
All (of it)
Turned on its head!
Aida:
My love
I am certain,
But love
Also makes (one) blind.
Can I others
Disappoint,
That are to me dear
And important?
Have I
Lost the way,
Between dream
And reality?
Have I my people
Betrayed?
Did I go a step
Too far?
Did I go a step
Too far?
Aida:
Oh oh oh oh
Aida and Radames:
Oh oh oh oh
All 3:
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Did I go a step too far?