Rud Monologue from Libretto: La Bohème

From Libretto: La Bohème by Giuseppe Giacosa

male · anguished · 58 sec

Mimi's a heartless maiden, Prone to flirting with all. A scented dandy, some lordling, Now striveth to win her caresses. With bosom swaying, One foot displaying, Doth she lure him on With the magic of her smile. (MAR: Shall I be frank? I think 'tis hardly true.) No, 'tis not true. In vain, in vain I smother All the torture that racks me. I love Mimi, she is my only treasure! I love her, but, oh! I fear it! (Mimi surprised, comes closer and closer, under cover of the trees) Mimi's so sickly, so ailing, Every day she grows weaker, The poor girl, as I think, is dying. (MAR: Oh! Rudolph!) By fierce, incessant coughing Her fragile frame is shaken, While in her cheeks so pallid The fires of fever waken.

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