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Oh, oh, whence comes this ill temper?
NATHANAEL (to Hoffmann).
It's as if one did not know you.
HERMANN.
On what thorn have you trod?
HOFFMANN.
Alas, on a dead herb With the iced breath of the north.
NICKLAUSSE.
And there by this door, On a drunkard who sleeps.
HOFFMANN.
'Tis true... that rascal, by Jove, I envy him.
A drink. Like him, let's sleep in the gutter.
HERMANN.
Without pillow.
HOFFMANN.
The flags.
NATHANAEL.
Without curtains.
HOFFMANN.
The sky.
NATHANAEL.
The rain.
HERMANN.
Have you a nightmare, Hoffmann?
HOFFMANN.
No, but to-night, A while since, at the play...
ALL.
Well?
HOFFMANN.
I thought to see again...
The deuce... why reopen old wounds?
Life is short. Enjoy it while we can.
We must drink, sing, laugh, as we may, Left to weep to-morrow!
NATHANAEL.
Then sing the first without asking, We'll do chorus.
HOFFMANN.
Agreed!
NATHANAEL.
Something gay.
HERMANN.
The song of the Rat!
NATHANAEL.
