[Anatole:] Waiting at the door Waiting at the door, waiting Waiting at the door Waiting at the door, waiting
Oh, how I adore little girls They lose their heads at once!
[The ball begins; they dance]
[Natasha:] I am seized by feelings of vanity and fear There is no barrier between us Whispers and moans, and ringing in my ear There is no barrier between us
Divine, delicious, but I do not see or hear anything I’m borne away to a senseless world So strange, so remote I don’t know good from bad Anatole Anatole I’m so frightened
[Anatole:] You are enchanting
[Natasha:] And as we danced He pressed my waist and hand And told me I was
[Natasha & Anatole:] Bewitching
[Anatole:] And I love you
[Natasha & Anatole:] Bewitching
[Anatole:] And I love you
[Natasha:] And during the ecossaise, he
[Natasha (Anatole):] Gazed/(gaze) in my eyes
[Natasha:] And said nothing, just
[Natasha (Anatole):] Gazed/(gaze) in my eyes
[Natasha:] My frightened eyes
Such confident tenderness I could not say what I had to say
[Anatole:] Don’t lower your eyes I love you I am in love, dear I am in love
Gaze in my eyes I love you You are bewitching What can I do Darling, what can I do?
[Natasha:] Don’t say such things I am betrothed I love another
[Anatole:] Don’t speak to me of that! When I tell you that I am madly, madly in love with you! Is it my fault that you’re enchanting?
[Natasha:] I’m so frightened I don’t understand anything tonight
[Anatole:] I’m here now
[Natasha breaks away]
[Anatole:] Natalie!
[Natasha:] I can feel your eyes upon me
[Anatole:] Blocking her path, I bring here face close to mine
[Natasha:] His large, glittering, masculine eyes are so close to mine That I see nothing else
[Anatole:] Is it possible that I should never see you again? I love you madly! Can I never? Natalie?
[Natasha:] You press my arm
[Anatole:] Natalie?
[Natasha:] You’re hurting my hands!
[Anatole:] Natalie?
[Natasha:] I don’t understand I have nothing to say
[They kiss]
[Natasha:] Burning lips pressed to mine Tell me what just happened I’m trembling So frightening
Andrey
But I love you Of that there is no doubt How else could all of this have happened? How else could we have kissed? It means that I have loved you from the first It means that you are kind Noble and splendid And I could not help loving you