Kal Monologue from Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx

From Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx by Friedrich Schiller

male · dramatic · 51 sec

(recovers himself, and bows to TURANDOT with extreme composure)-- 'Twas but your beauty dazed my wondering eye. My mind can grasp the meaning of the Sphinx, Tho' it's as puzzling as the "Babe of Ginx." The iron thing which wounds yet sheds no blood; That rules the earth, and gives man wealth and food; On which each year the Khan doth place his hand, To typify his reign o'er China's land; In short, the instrument your riddle mentions Is one of mankind's earliest inventions. If I mistake not, Hm--ha--Let me see! " The plough " is meant by Riddle Number three. DOCTORS (having opened the papers). Eureka! Optime! Optissimo! ((Flourish of gongs and cymbals.))

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