Anonymous ID: b2636c Oct. 15, 2024, 2:11 a.m. No.21768279   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8299

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In the opera, this song is sung by Prince Calaf, who wanted to marry Princess Turandot. The princess’s father sets three riddles, and if anybody solves them, the princess will marry them. Calaf solves the three riddles but the princess doesn’t want to marry him. Calaf says if the princess can guess his name by the next morning, then she can kill him, but if not, she must marry him.

The princess then sets out on a mission to find out Calaf’s name, and she declares that none of her subjects can sleep until they find out his name, and if they don’t discover his name, she will kill them all. Calaf then starts singing, “Nessun dorma”, which means “Nobody shall sleep.”

The word “nessun” means “nobody” and “dorma” comes from the verb “dormire” meaning “to sleep”. “Dorma” is actually the imperative, or command form of the verb. So, it’s showing how the princess is giving a command saying that nobody is allowed to sleep. It’s actually Calaf singing and mocking what the princess is saying:

Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, o Principessa, nella tua fredda stanza. Guardi le stelle che tremano d’amore, e di speranza!

Nobody shall sleep! Nobody shall sleep! Even you, oh Princess, in your cold room. Look at the stars that tremble with love, and with hope