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Alfredo Kraus
Let's Drink, Let's Drink from the Joyful Cups
Let's drink, let's drink from the joyful cups (toast) - "La Traviata"
Alfredo:
Let's drink, let's drink from the joyful cups that beauty adorns.
And let the fleeting hour intoxicate us with pleasure.
Let's drink to the sweet tremors
That love awakens,
For that eye to the heart
Is all-powerful.
Let's drink, love among the cups
Will have hotter kisses.
Everyone:
Let's drink, love among the cups
Will have hotter kisses.
Violetta:
With you, with you I’ll share my joyful time
Everything in this world is madness
That isn’t pleasure.
Let’s enjoy, fleeting and swift
Is the joy of love,
It’s a flower that blooms and dies,
And can’t be enjoyed any longer.
Let’s enjoy, a fervent call invites us.
Everyone:
Let’s enjoy, the cup and the song beautify the night and laughter; in this paradise above.
Violetta:
Life is in the celebration.
Alfredo:
When you’re not in love yet.
Violetta:
Don’t tell it to those who don’t know,
Alfredo:
It’s my fate like this...
Everyone:
Let’s enjoy, the cup and the song beautify the night and laughter; in this paradise above the new day.