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Female companions
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Female companions
Aristanemi
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Why my timid heart is trembling ? Why I am feeling afraid? Why the dark cloud is covering
the full moon of delight?
[The female companions of Rajimati surround her]
That is nothing, that is nothing dear,
There is no reason for this fear.
Thou art so lucky O princess,
Sing songs of happiness,
The groom of impeccable manly glory
Is anxiously coming
To surrender to your feet
his own self no less.
[The other female companions are approaching]
: Make haste, make haste, Has almost arrived
The procession of marriage,
Make haste, make haste,
O hear ye the beats of drums,
O hear ye the sounds that prove...
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: Ready we are,
Let us go, let us move.
[All are going away]
SCENE 3
[Royal highway. The marriage procession is slowly advancing towards the palace of Rajimati. Aristanemi is trying to hear something]
: Halt, halt the chariot here. Where from is coming the plaintive cry I hear, As if many are lamenting Rending the heart.
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