Oh pity me! What have I done to deserve this hell of a life? This is all I have ever known since I was born! Locked away in these chains, in this dingy tower... This is just not fair!
Sigismund laments his life in prison
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How come I am locked away but others do not? The birds get to fly free... why can I not be free... WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS TORTURE?!
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Oh my goodness! I feel so bad for that guy... he has it much worse than me..
Rossaura and Bugle overhear Sigismund's lament
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Woe is me!!
Who is there? I thought I was alone... is that you Clothold?
Don't tell him who you are... say yes.
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Rossaura and Bugle approach Sigismund
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Sigismund grabs Rossaura angrily
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Guards! Get up you lazy sacks of crap! You let someone sneak into the tower! GET UP!!
Zzzzzzz.....Zzzzz
Clothold enters and sees the guards asleep
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Oh great! That's my jailer Clothold. My misfortunes are not over yet!
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Oh great! That's my jailer Clothold. My misfortunes are not over yet!
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Treason!!
Guards! Hurry! Hurry! Don't stop until you capture or kill the intruders!
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I didn't hear anything!
Oh please have mercy on me! If you are human with nay decency, please spare me! I beg of you!
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The guards who let us in are now pursuing us! We have a choice, either run or let them capture us. I think to let them capture us would be easier...
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Being locked away my whole life fills me with rage! I just want to be free!
It's only little 'ol me. I just overheard your melancholy words, which have made me feel pity for you.
Then you must die because you heard what I said in my moment of weakness!
I am also shocked to see you and amazed to hear your words in your torment. I believe it was meant to be that I am here today to see you, so that I may not pity myself after seeing your terrible circumstances. Here I was feeling bad for myself, then seeing you here, I realized that my situation is not so bad. Now I realize that you would happily take my sufferings because they are little compared to yours... If you wish, I can tell you of my sufferings if it brings you some relief. I am…
I sympathize with you, you are so beautiful but full of deference. I’m confused. Who are you? I know nothing outside of this tower, but I know everything about this tower, this prison. I have never seen or heard of you before. Just seeing you here settles my anger, and you are a beautiful sight to see, the more I look at you the more I wish to see. I would be happy to die now because I have had the pleasure to witness your beauty.