Jean-Baptiste Lully, Phaëton, Act 5, Scenes 7– 8. Translated by
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Jean-Baptiste Lully, Phaëton, Act 5, Scenes 7– 8. Translated by
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Phaëton, Act 5, Scenes 7– 8. Translated by Elissa Poole Scene 7 - Chorus O Dieu qui lancez le Tonnerre, O God who launches thunder, Hastez-vois de sauver la Terre: Hurry, and save the earth: Nous brulons, nous allons perir; We’re burning, we’re going to die! Venez, O Jupiter, venez nous secourir. Come, O Jupiter, come help us. Scene 8 Jupiter, Phaeton, Merops, Clymene, Libye, Cleone, et tous les Acteurs des Scenes precedentes. Jupiter: Au bien de l’Univers ta perte est necessaire, For the good of the Universe, your loss is necessary: Sers d’exemple aux audacieux; It will serve as an example to the rash: Tombe avec ta grandeur, trébuche temeraire, Fall in your pride, you reckless fool, Laisse en paix la Terre & les Cieux. Leave in peace both Earth and the Heavens. Jupiter strikes down Phaeton with a thunderbolt and Phaeton falls. Clymene & Theone: O sort fatal! Merops, Libye, & le Choeur: O dreadful fate! O chûte affreuse! O frightful descent! O temerité malheureuse! O unfortunate rashness!