Arija iz opere Giacomo Puccinij, Madam Baterflaj.Libretto Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Opera je bazirana na dramskeoj predstavi – jednočinka : Madama Butterfly američkoga pisca Davida Belasca
One fine day (Madam Butterfly)
Weeping? And why? And why?
Ah, ’tis faith you are lacking
Hear me
One fine day we'll notice
A thread of smoke arising on the sea
In the far horizon
And then the ship appearing
Then the trim white vessel
Glides into the harbour
Thunders forth her cannon
See you? Now he is coming
I do not go to meet him
Not I
I stay upon the brow of the hillock
And wait there
And wait for a long time
But never weary of the long waiting
From out the crowded city
There is coming a man
A little speck in the distance
Climbing the hillock
Can you guess who it is?
And when he's reached the summit
Can you guess what he'll say?
He will call, “Butterfly” from the distance
I, without answering
Hold myself quietly concealed
A bit to tease him and a bit
So as not to die at our first meeting
And then, a little troubled
He will call, he will call
“Dear baby wife of mine,
Dear little orange blossom”
The names he used to call me when he came here
This will all come to pass as I tell you
Banish your idle fears
For he will return
Return
Jedan lijep dan / MadaM Baterflay/
Plakati? A zašto? Zašto?
Povjerenje ti nedostaje
Čuj me
Jedan lijepi dan dobro pamtim
Velovi magle se dižu nad morem
Daleko na obzorju
Se tada pojavljuje brod
Onda snježno bijeli brod
Klizi u luku
uz grmljavinu topova sa utvrde
Vidiš li? On dolazi
Ja ne idem da ga sretnem
Ne ja
Ja stajem na ivici brežuljka
I čekam tamo
I čekam dugo vremena
Ali se nikad ne umorim od tog čekanja
Iz gradske svjetine
Pojavljuje se čovjek koji dolazi
Mali trun daljine
Penje se uz brežuljak
Možeš li da pretpostaviš ko je to?
I kada on stigne na vrh
Možeš li zamisliti šta će reći?
On će sa distance pozvati, Leptiru
Ja sam bez odgovora
Držim se sasvim rezervisano
Malo ga bockam i bockam
Da ne bih umrla na našem prvom susretu
I tada mala strepnja
On će pozvati,on će pozvati
„Drago dijete,ženo moja
Drago mali naranđasti cvijete“
Tim imenom me obično nazivao kada je dolazio
Ovakvi su svi dolasci kao što sam ti rekla
Otjeraj svoja nepotrebna strahovanja
On se vratio
Vratio