Nessun Dorma



"Nessun Dorma" (English: "None shall sleep") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. However, any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles; if he fails, he will be beheaded.

Simon and Zamel the Camel sing this song an an a-Capella version in a Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (TV Series 2) episode: Little Sir Echo.

Italian
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!

Tu pure, o Principessa,

nella tua fredda stanza,

guardi le stelle

che tremano d'amore, e di speranza!

Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me;

il nome mio nessun saprà!

No, No! Sulla tua bocca

lo dirò quando la luce splenderà! Ed il mio bacio scioglierà

il silenzio che ti fa mia! Il nome suo nessun saprà,

E noi dovrem, ahimè, morir, morir! Dilegua, o notte!

Tramontate, stelle!

Tramontate, stelle!

All'alba vincerò!

Vincerò! Vincerò!

English
None shall sleep! None shall sleep!

Even you, O Princess,

in your cold bedroom,

watch the stars

that tremble with love and with hope!

But my secret is hidden within me;

none will know my name!

No, no! On your mouth

I will say it when the light shines!

And my kiss will dissolve

the silence that makes you mine!

No one will know his name,

and we will have to, alas, die, die!

Vanish, o night!

Fade, you stars!

Fade, you stars!

At dawn, I will win!

I will win! I will win!