Kalaf Monologue from Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx

From Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx by Friedrich Schiller

male · defiant · 1:03 min

Nay, fear is not for princes--I'm no craven. ((Contemplates the head with compassion.)) Poor youth, deserving of a better fate. (BARAK: Sweet prince, renounce th' attempt.) Too late, too late! (BARAK: I fear you'll fail to guess the Sphinx's riddles.) I'll cut the Gordian knots right down their middles! I'm not so stupid as some folks suppose; 'Twill not be easy my quick wit to pose. I fancy I shall come off with éclat; But if I fail, it does not matter, pshaw! If in this enterprise I lose my life, Present my compliments to your good wife; My horse be hers, in payment of her trouble. Heigho! this world's a dream, and life's a bubble! ((Going. Enter.) SKIRINA from the cottage.) Reveal my name to none. Nay, do not cry, You've wept me once before as dead. Goodbye.

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