Natasha & Anatole

[Anatole]

I have long wished to have this happiness

Ever since the naryshkins’ ball

Where I had the well-remembered pleasure of seeing you

How do you like the performance?

Last week semenova fell down on the stage

[Natasha]

He is sensible and simple

Bold and natural

So strange and agreeable

There is nothing formidable

His smile is most naive

Cheerful and good-natured

And he’s as handsome up close as at a distance

And he’s as handsome up close as at a distance

[Anatole]

And do you know, natasha

We are having a costume tournament soon

You ought to come, please come!

[Natasha]

Oh

[Anatole]

You ought to come, please come!

[Natasha]

Oh, I

[Anatole]

And I never remove my smiling eyes

From your face, your neck, your bare arms

And I never remove my smiling eyes

From your face, your neck, your bare arms

[Natasha]

I know for certain that he is taken by me

I know for certain that he is enraptured by me

I feel him looking at my shoulders

My face, my neck, my bare arms

[Anatole]

And I look you in the eye

[Natasha & anatole]

And I look you in the eye

[Natasha]

And looking into his eyes

I am frightened

There’s not that barrier of modesty

I’ve always felt with men

I feel so terribly near

I fear that he may seize me from behind

And kiss me on the neck

How do you like moscow?

[Anatole]

At first I did not like it much

Because what makes a town pleasant

Ce sont les jolies femmes

Isn’t that so?

But now I like it very much indeed

Do come to the costume tournament countess

Do come!

You will be the prettiest there

You will be the prettiest there

Do come, dear countess, and give me this flower as a pledge

We are speaking of most ordinary things

[Natasha]

Yet I feel closer to you than I’ve ever felt with any other man

No one else is here

No one else can see us

Your eyes

Your eyes

Your eyes

Oh your eyes

[Anatole]

It’s all right, natasha, I’m here

[Anatole & natasha]

So near

Nothing between us

Smile at me

There is nothing between us