Don Juan Tenorio | Page 2

(Se?alando a don Juan.) (Pointing to Don Juan) Y todo ello a costa ajena. All paid for by that master of mine.
BUTTARELLI: Rico, ?eh? He's rich, eh?
CIUTTI: Varea la plata. He's rolling, in brief.
BUTTARELLI: ?Franco? Generous?
CIUTTI: Como un estudiante. Yes, like a student you see.
BUTTARELLI: ?Y noble! And noble!
CIUTTI: Como un infante. As every prince should be.
BUTTARELLI: ?Y bravo! And fierce!
CIUTTI: Como un pirata. As a pirate chief.
BUTTARELLI: ?Espa?ol? A Spaniard?
CIUTTI: Creo que s��. Well, I think so.
BUTTARELLI: ?Su nombre? His name?
CIUTTI: Lo ignoro, en suma. I don't know, again.
BUTTARELLI: ?Brib��n! ?Y d��nde va? Wretch! Where's he heading?
CIUTTI: Aqu��. Here, I know.
BUTTARELLI: Largo plumea. He's been writing a lot.
CIUTTI: Es gran pluma. Well he has a big pen.
BUTTARELLI: ?Y a qui��n mil diablos escribe And who's he writing to then tan cuidadoso y prolijo? as carefully and fully as he's done?
CIUTTI: A su padre. To his father.
BUTTARELLI: ?Vaya un hijo! What a son!
CIUTTI: Para el tiempo en que se vive For the times in which we live, he's an es un hombre extraordinario. extraordinary man. Mas ?silencio! But: silence!
DON JUAN: (Cerrando la carta.) (Closing the letter) ?Firmo! y plego. I've signed and sealed it. ?Ciutti? Ciutti?
CIUTTI: Se?or. Sir?
DON JUAN: Este pliego This message, yield it ir�� dentro del horario to her now, let it appear en que reza do?a In��s in the hands of do?a In��s, a sus manos a parar. inside her book of prayers.
CIUTTI: ?Hay respuesta que aguardar? Should I wait for an answer?
DON JUAN: Del diablo con guardapi��s From that devil that guards her, que la asiste, de su due?a that attends her, her due?a, que mis intenciones sabe, who knows my every intention, recoger��s una llave, you will pick up a key, she'll mention una hora y una se?a; a time and a signal, y m��s ligero que el viento and swift as the wind aqu�� otra vez. you be back here again.
CIUTTI: Bien est��. (Vase.) Fine. (He leaves.)

ESCENA DOS SCENE II.
Do?a Ines, Don Juan , Buttarelli Do?a Ines, Don Juan , Buttarelli
DON JUAN: Crist��fano, vieni qu��. Crist��fano, vieni qu��. ( In Italian)
BUTTARELLI: Eccellenenza! Eccellenenza!
DON JUAN: Senti. Senti.
BUTTARELLI: Sento. Sento. Ma ho imparato il castigliano, Ma ho imparato il castigliano, se �� pi�� facile al signor se �� pi�� facile al signor la sua lingua... la sua lingua...
DON JUAN: (Spanish)S��, es mejor: (Spanish)S��, es mejor: lascia dunque il tuo toscano, lascia dunque il tuo toscano, y dime: ?don Luis Mej��a And tell me, has Don Luis Mej��a ha venido hoy? been here today?
BUTTARELLI: Excelencia, Excellency, no est�� en Sevilla. he is not in Sevilla,
DON JUAN: ?Su ausencia Is he still absent? dura en verdad todav��a? Really?
BUTTARELLI: Tal creo. I think so.
DON JUAN: ?Y noticia alguna And it's right no tienes de ��l? you've no news of him?
BUTTARELLI: ?Ah! Una historia Ah, I find me viene ahora a la memoria there's a story coming to mind que os podr�� dar... I should tell you....
DON JUAN: ?Oportuna Shedding light luz sobre el caso? on the case?
BUTTARELLI: Tal vez. Maybe.
DON JUAN: Habla pues. Speak then.
BUTTARELLI: (Hablando consigo mismo.) (Talking to himself) No, no me enga?o: No, no, I've just got it right. esta noche cumple el a?o, the year is up tonight lo hab��a olvidado. I'd forgotten that.
DON JUAN: ?Pardiez! For God's sake ?Acabar��s con tu cuento? will you start your tale?
BUTTARELLI: PerDo?ad, se?or: estaba Excuse me sir, at once, recordando el hecho. I was thinking of the event.
DON JUAN: ?Acaba, Out with it, then, because vive Dios!, que me impaciento. I'm getting more than impatient!
BUTTARELLI: Pues es el caso, se?or, Well, the story sir, round here que el caballero Mej��a is that the gentleman, Mej��a por quien pregunt��is, dio un d��a whom you ask about, he I fear en la ocurrencia peor hit on the very worst idea que ocurr��rsele pod��a. that is ever likely to appear.
DON JUAN: Suprime lo al hecho extra?o; Skip the extraordinary que apostaron me es notorio idea, it's well known to me, a qui��n har��a en un a?o as to who in the space of a year, con m��s fortuna m��s da?o could do more harm with more good luck, Luis Mej��a y Juan Tenorio. Juan Tenorio or Luis Mej��a.
BUTTARELLI: ?La historia sab��is? You know the story?
DON JUAN: Entera; In its entirety: por eso te he preguntado that's why I asked por Mej��a. for Mej��a.
BUTTARELLI: ?Oh! me pluguiera Oh! What fun que la apuesta se cumpliera, if the bet were done, que pagan bien y al contado. because they pay well, in cash.
DON JUAN: ?Y no tienes confianza And don't you believe en que don Luis a esta cita Don Luis will keep acuda? his appointment?
BUTTARELLI: ?Qui��! ni esperanza: Whoa, not a chance: el fin del plazo se avanza the end of the term's at hand y estoy cierto que maldita and I'm