The tragedy of the stone guest. Alexander Pushkin - The Stone Guest (Play): Verse. Other retellings and reviews for the reader's diary

In Pushkin's Don Juan, entitled " Stone Guest", - we have three female images - Laura, Ineza and Don Anna. Laura corresponds to the present of the hero, Ineza - to the past, Anna - to the future.

The name "Laura" comes from laurel. Laurel wreaths were worn by the god of poetry Apollo, and poets were crowned with laurel. What does a girl with that name mean? We believe it means Pushkin's poetic glory. She is full of fire and inspiration, she is young - she is 18 years old. Don Carlos tells her strange words - that in five or six years her eyes will sink in, her eyelids will turn black... How a girl should spend herself in order to turn into an ancient old woman by the age of twenty-three or four! But fame can “curdle up”, it can “grow old” - that is, - the poet may become uninteresting to his readers. And how accurately Pushkin guessed - in six years and some months - he will no longer be on earth! It will not - perhaps - in order for - his Glory to live and grow and expand. Indeed, one can repeat after Anna Akhmatova:

Who knows what fame is!
At what price did he buy the right?
Opportunity or Grace
Over everything so wise and crafty
Joking, mysteriously silent
And call a leg a leg?..

Laura in "The Stone Guest" is the state of Glory, and - at the same time - the poet's Muse for today - the autumn of 1830 in Boldino.

Ineza - past love Don Guana is a nun with black eyes. The name "Ineza" has two practically contradictory meanings: on the one hand, she is a "virgin", "innocent", "lamb", on the other hand - "violent", "stormy stream". Such incompatible qualities are combined - as far as I can imagine. - in only one “vessel”: this is a bacchante. In "Eugene Onegin" Pushkin compares his young Muse - as we remember - with a bacchante:

I brought a playful muse
To the noise of feasts and violent disputes,
Thunderstorms of the midnight watch:
And join them in crazy feasts
She carried her gifts
And how the bacchante frolicked,
Over the bowl she sang for the guests,

And the youth of days gone by
She was wildly dragged after her,
And I was proud among friends
My flighty friend.

In addition, the meetings between Don Guan and Inesa take place in the Anthony Monastery, and the name “Anton” correlates with the name “Dionysus” - “Bacchus”. (It is assumed that the name “Anton” arose from the ancient Greek word “;;;;;”, translated meaning “to enter into battle”, “to compete”. The god, whose name was “Dionysus”, was also called in a similar way.) So, Ineza - this is the young Muse of Pushkin, the original one - from the time of the Decembrist gatherings. She is no longer there, she “died” - and the Decembrists were severely punished...

And the third female image of the tragedy - Anna - "Grace". The meeting with her again takes place in the same Anthony Monastery, in the same “Dionysian Temple”... On the other hand, it is Dionysus who is the main ancient prototype of Christ. Anna embodies the future of Pushkin's Muse - her Christianization. But so far - in this play - the attempt at rebirth has failed. The hero doesn’t seem to have enough strength for her; because everything is pulling down - the entire previous way of life, all the “developments”. It is very interesting that Don Juan introduces himself to Dona Anna as Diego de Calvado. "Diego" is a Spanish variation of the name "Jacob", "Jacob", which means "Heel". But Dona Anna “catches” Guan primarily with her narrow heel! Calvados is apple brandy. It is known that Pushkin loved apples so much that he called himself “apple pie.” And here are fermented apples “under the influence” of love passion! In addition, the apple is a biblical symbol of temptation. On the other hand, Jacob in the Old Testament is a God-fighter, a man who boldly challenges God. Don Guan is just as daring. After all, with his invitation to the cemetery statue to stand guard at the door while he was with ex-wife former Don Alvaro, is a challenge to God. The challenge is daring and suicidal. It seems that Don Guan is so eager to tear off the old - old - man from himself that he is ready to go to the last extreme - in manifesting it. To die and be reborn. Dona Anna is hope for the Renaissance in a new quality. Apparently, she was a failure - since she herself is a Christian - only outwardly. On the other hand, whatever it was, it is valuable that thanks to it Don Guan felt the ability to be reborn. She gave him Hope. It is precisely as to Nadezhda that the hero’s last words are addressed to her:

I'm dying - it's over - oh Dona Anna!

A.A. Akhmatova believed that behind the image of Dona Anna there was the image of Natalya Goncharova. I think it’s somewhat the opposite here: Dona Anna reflects the crisis state of the Poet’s Muse in the near future - if he cannot be reborn. The features of Natalia Goncharova revealed the features of Madonna so much that only a completely reborn person can take her as a wife. That is, Dona Anna is a kind of “forerunner” of Natalya Nikolaevna (as an external symbol of the Mother of God). After all, indeed, Madonna’s mother’s name was Anna, and not her own!*

*Anna is the wife of the commander, appears in the mythology of Don Juan, but if this name did not suit Pushkin, he would have replaced it.

Reviews

Dear Elena! I am still of the opinion that Alexander Sergeevich was controlled by the internal archaism of the East, namely Indian. He was simply convinced of re-incarnation. Indian mothers feed their babies only half of the first apple, and bury the second, thereby ensuring the possibility of reincarnation. The apple is the key. And then the whole Diego de Cavalcado is a manifesto about guaranteed reincarnation. And of course the phrase - I'm dying - it's over - oh Donna Anna! , reads _I am perishing-it’s over-oh Lady Grace! Delight, delight, not hope! Hope is the lot of people of the Western archaic, Alexander Sergeevich - only delight and nothing else! He has already seen even the heel of this grace!! Sincerely! Vladimir.

You're right! Of course Western culture! There is no doubt at all. But, dear Elena, the haplogroup is transmitted by the male chromosome. Indian genetic memory, you must admit, there were no such colors, not before or after. With respect.

Scene I

Don Juan and Leporello

Don Guan

We'll wait here for the night. Ah, finally
We have reached the gates of Madrid! soon
I'll fly through the streets of my friends,
Covering his mustache with a cloak and his eyebrows with a hat.
What do you think? Can't you recognize me?

Leporello

Yes! Don Guan is hard to recognize!
There are so many people like him!

Don Guan

Are you kidding?
Who will recognize me?

Leporello

First watchman
Gitana or drunk musician,
Or your own brother is an impudent gentleman,
With a sword under his arm and in a cloak.

Don Guan

What a problem, even if they find out. Only if
I did not meet the king himself. However,
I'm not afraid of anyone in Madrid.

Leporello

And tomorrow it will reach the king,
That Don Guan was exiled without permission
He came to Madrid, what then, tell me?
Will he do this to you?

Don Guan

Will send it back.
Surely they won’t cut off my head.
After all, I am not a state criminal.
He sent me away, loving me;
To leave me alone
The family of the murdered...

Leporello

Well, that's it!
You should just sit there quietly.

Don Guan

Humble servant! I barely
I didn't die there from boredom. What kind of people
What a land! And the sky?.. like smoke.
What about women? Yes, I won’t change it,
You see, my stupid Leporello,
The last peasant woman in Andalusia
The first beauties there are right.
I liked them at first
With blue and white eyes,
Yes, modesty - and even more so, novelty;
Yes, thank God, I soon figured it out -
I saw that it was a sin to associate with them -
There is no life in them, all wax dolls;
And ours!.. But listen, this place
Familiar to us; did you recognize him?

Leporello

How not to recognize: Antonyev Monastery
I remember it. Did you come here?
And I kept the horses in this grove.
Damn, I must admit, position. You
We had a better time here,
Than I am, believe me.

Don Guan
(thoughtfully)

Poor Ineza!
She's gone! how I loved her!

Leporello

Ineza! - black-eyed... oh, I remember.
You courted for three months,
For her; The evil one helped by force.

Don Guan

In July... at night. Strange pleasantness
I found in her sad gaze
And dead lips. This is weird.
It seems you didn't find her
Beautiful. And sure enough, it wasn’t enough
There is truly beauty in her. Eyes,
Just eyes. Yes, a look... such a look
I've never met. And the voice
She was quiet and weak - like a sick person -
Her husband was a stern scoundrel,
I found out too late... Poor Ineza!..

Leporello

Well, there were others after her.

Don Guan

Leporello

And if we are alive, there will be others.

Don Guan

Leporello

Now which is in Madrid
Will we search?

Don Guan

Oh Laura!
I run straight to her to appear.

Leporello

Don Guan

Right at her door - what if someone
She’s already there - I ask you to jump out the window.

Leporello

Certainly. Well, we had fun.
The dead don't bother us for long.
Who is coming to us?

A monk enters.

Monk

She's coming now
Here. Who is there? Aren't they Dona Anna's people?

Leporello

No, we are masters on our own,
We're walking here.

Don Guan

Who are you waiting for?

Monk

Dona Anna should arrive now
To my husband's tomb.

Don Guan

Dona Anna
De Solva! How! commander's wife
Killed by... I don’t remember who?

Monk

Depraved,
Unscrupulous, godless Don Juan.

Leporello

Wow! that's how! Rumors about Don Guan
And she even penetrated into the peaceful monastery,
The hermits sing his praises.

Monk

Is he familiar to you, perhaps?

Leporello

Us? not at all.
Where is he now?

Monk

Leporello

Don Guan

What, what are you lying?

Leporello

Be silent: I purposely...

Don Guan

So the commander was buried here?

Monk

Here; his wife erected a monument to him
And he comes here every day
Pray for the repose of his soul
And cry.

Don Guan

What kind of strange widow is this?
And not bad?

Monk

We are the beauty of women,
Hermits should not be seduced,
But lying is a sin; neither can a saint
It’s impossible to admit its wonderful beauty.

Don Guan

No wonder the dead man was jealous.
He kept Dona Anna locked up,
None of us saw her.
I would like to talk to her.

Monk

Oh, Dona Anna is never with a man
Does not speak.

Don Guan

And with you, my father?

Monk

With me it’s a different matter; I'm a monk.
Yes, here she is.

Dona Anna enters.

Dona Anna

My father, unlock it.

Monk

Now, senora; I was expecting you.

Dona Anna follows the monk.

Leporello

What, what?

Don Guan

She's not visible at all
Under this widow's black veil,
I noticed a slightly narrow heel.

Leporello

Enough of you. You have imagination
He'll finish the rest in a minute;
Ours is more agile than a painter,
You don't care where you start,
Whether from the eyebrows or from the feet.

Don Guan

Listen, Leporello,
I'll meet her.

Leporello

Here's another!
Wherever you need it! Knocked my husband down
Yes, he wants to look at the widow's tears.
Unscrupulous!

Don Guan

However, it was already getting dark.
Until the moon rose above us
And did not turn the darkness into a bright twilight,
Let's go to Madrid.
(Leaves.)

Leporello

Spanish grandee as a thief
Waiting for the night and afraid of the moon - God!
Damn life. How long will it last
Should I bother with him? Really, I have no strength.

Scene II

Room. Dinner at Laura's.

First guest

I swear to you, Laura, never
You haven't played with such perfection.
You understood your role correctly!

Second

How she developed it! with what force!

Third

With what art!

Laura

Yes, I succeeded
Today every movement is a word.
I freely indulged in inspiration.
The words flowed as if she was giving birth to them
Not slave memory, but heart...

First

Is it true.
And now your eyes are shining
And my cheeks flared up, it doesn’t go away
You are delighted. Laura, don't let me
It is fruitless for him to cool down; sing, Laura,
Sing something.

Laura

Hand me the guitar.
(Sings.)

Oh brava! brava! wonderful! incomparable!

First

Thank you, sorceress. You are the heart
You charm us. Of life's pleasures
Music is inferior to love alone;
But love is also a melody... look:
Carlos himself is touched, your gloomy guest.

Second

What sounds! how much soul they have!
And whose words, Laura?

Laura

Don Guana.

Don Carlos

What? Don Guan!

Laura

I wrote them once
My faithful friend, my flighty lover.

Don Carlos

Your Don Guan is an atheist and a scoundrel,
And you, you're a fool.

Laura

Are you crazy?
Yes, I will now order you to be stabbed
To my servants, even though you are a Spanish grandee.

Don Carlos
(rises)

Call them.

First

Laura, stop it;
Don Carlos, don't be angry. She forgot…

Laura

What? that Guan is fair in the duel
Killed him sibling? Truth: sorry
Which is not his.

Don Carlos

I'm stupid for getting angry.

Laura

Yeah! You yourself admit that you are stupid.
So let's make peace.

Don Carlos

Sorry, Laura.
I'm sorry. But you know: I can't
I'm indifferent to hearing this name...

Laura

Is it my fault that every minute
Is this name coming to my mind?

Guest

Well, as a sign that you're not angry at all,
Laura, sing again.

Laura

Yes, goodbye
It's time, it's night. But what will I sing?
Oh, listen.
(Sings.)

Lovely, incomparable!

Laura

Farewell, gentlemen.

Guests

Goodbye Laura.

They go out. Laura stops Don Carlos.

Laura

You madman! stay with me
I like you; you are Don Guana
Reminded me of how you scolded me
And he clenched his teeth and gnashed.

Don Carlos

Lucky!
That's how you loved him.

Laura makes an affirmative sign.

Laura

Don Carlos

And do you still love it?

Laura

Right this minute?
No I do not like. I can't love two.
Now I love you.

Don Carlos

Tell me, Laura,
What year are you?

Laura

Eighteen years old.

Don Carlos

You are young... and you will remain young
Another five or six years. Around you
For another six years they will crowd,
To caress, cherish, and give you,
And amuse me with nightly serenades,
And kill each other for you
At crossroads at night. But when
It's time to pass when your eyes
The eyelids will fall and wrinkle and turn black.
And gray hair will flash in your braid,
And they will call you old woman
Then - what do you say?

Laura

Then? For what
Think about it? what kind of conversation?
Do you always have such thoughts?
Come and open the balcony. How quiet the sky is;
Motionless warm air, lemon night
And it smells like laurel, the bright moon
Glistens in the thick and dark blue,
And the guards shout protractedly: “It’s clear!..”
And far away, in the north - in Paris -
Perhaps the sky is covered with clouds,
Cold It is raining and the wind blows.
What do we care? listen Carlos,
I demand that you smile...
- Well then! —

Don Carlos

Dear demon!

They knock.

Don Guan

Hey! Laura!

Don Guan

Laura

Really!.. God!..
(Unlocks the doors, Don Guan enters.)

Don Guan

Hello…

Laura

Don Guan!..
(Laura throws herself on his neck.)

Don Carlos

How! Don Guan!..

Don Guan

Laura, dear friend!..
(Kisses her.)

Who is yours, my Laura?

Don Carlos

I,
Don Carlos.

Don Guan

What an unexpected meeting!
I'll be at your service tomorrow.

Don Carlos

No!
Now - now.

Laura

Don Carlos, stop it!
You are not on the street - you are with me -
Please step out.

Don Carlos
(not listening to her)

I'm waiting. Well,
After all, you have a sword.

Don Guan

If you
I can't wait, please.

They fight.

Laura

Ay! Ay! Guan!..
(Throws himself on the bed.)

Don Carlos falls.

Don Guan

Get up, Laura, it's over.

Laura

What's there?
Killed? Wonderful! in my room!
What should I do now, you rake, the devil?
Where will I throw it?

Don Guan

May be,
He's still alive.

Laura
(examines the body)

Yes! alive! look, damn
You poked me right in the heart - probably not by,
And there is no blood coming from the triangular wound,
And he’s not breathing - what’s it like?

Don Guan

What to do?
He wanted it himself.

Laura

Eh, Don Guan,
It's a shame, really. Eternal pranks -
But everything is not to blame... Where are you from?
How long have you been here?

Don Guan

I just arrived
And then quietly - I’m not forgiven.

Laura

And immediately remembered his Laura?
What's good is good. Yes, that's enough
I don't believe it. You walked past by chance
And I saw the house.

Don Guan

No, my Laura,
Ask Leporello. I am standing
Outside the city, in the damned Venta. I'm Laura
Came to look in Madrid.
(Kisses her.)

Laura

You are my friend!..
Wait... in front of a dead man!.. what should we do with him?

Don Guan

Leave him: before dawn, early,
I'll take it out under the epancho
And I'll put it at the crossroads.

Laura

Only
Be careful that they don't see you.
What a good thing you did to show up.
One minute later! I have
Your friends had dinner here. Only
That they went out. If only you had caught them!

Don Guan

Laura, how long have you loved him?

Laura

Whom? You're obviously delusional.

Don Guan

And admit it,
How many times have you cheated on me
In my absence?

Laura

And you, the rake?

Don Guan

Tell me... No, we'll talk later.

Scene III

Commander's Monument

Don Guan

Everything is for the better: accidentally killing
Don Carlos, the humble hermit
I hid here - and I see it every day
My lovely widow, and by her,
I think he's been noticed. Still
We worked with each other; but today
I’ll let myself into conversations with her; it's time.
Where should I start? “I dare”... or not:
“Señora”... bah! whatever comes to mind
That's what I'll say, without any preparation,
Improviser of a love song...
It's time for her to come. Without her -
I think the commander is bored.
What a giant he is presented here!
What shoulders! what a Hercules!..
And the dead man himself was small and frail,
Here, standing on tiptoe, I could not hand
He can reach his nose.
When we met over Escurial,
He came across my sword and froze,
Like a dragonfly on a pin - but there was
He is proud and brave - and had a stern spirit...
A! here she is.

Dona Anna enters.

Dona Anna

He's here again. My father,
I entertained you in your thoughts -
Sorry.

Don Guan

I must ask for forgiveness
Yours, senora. Maybe I'm in the way
Your sadness can be freely poured out.

Dona Anna

No, my father, my sadness is within me,
With you, my prayers can go to heaven
Humbly ascend - I ask
And unite your voice with them.

Don Guan

Me, me to pray with you, Dona Anna!
I don't deserve such a fate.
I do not dare with vicious lips
Repeat your holy prayer -
I'm just in awe from afar
I look at you when, bowing quietly,
You have black hair on pale marble
Scatter it - and it seems to me that secretly
An angel visited this tomb,
In a troubled heart I do not find
Then prayers. I wonder silently
And I think - happy, whose cold marble
Warmed by her heavenly breath
And sprinkled with her tears of love...

Dona Anna

What strange speeches!

Don Guan

Dona Anna

I... you forgot.

Don Guan

What? that unworthy
Am I a hermit? that my sinful voice
Shouldn't it be so loud here?

Dona Anna

It seemed to me... I didn’t understand...

Don Guan

Oh, I see: you all, you found out everything!

Dona Anna

What did I learn?

Don Guan

Yes, I'm not a monk -
At your feet I beg forgiveness.

Dona Anna

Oh my God! stand up, stand up... Who are you?

Don Guan

Unhappy, victim of hopeless passion.

Dona Anna

Oh my God! and here, at this tomb!
Go away.

Don Guan

Just a minute, Dona Anna,
One minute!

Dona Anna

If anyone comes up!..

Don Guan

The grille is locked. One minute!

Dona Anna

Well? What? what do you require?

Don Guan

Of death.
Oh let me die now at your feet,
Let my poor ashes be buried here
Not near the ashes, dear to you,
Not here - not close - somewhere far away,
There - at the door - at the very threshold,
So that they can touch my stone
You with a light foot or clothes,
When here, to this proud tomb
Go bend your curls and cry.

Dona Anna

You are out of your mind.

Don Guan

Or wish
Death, Dona Anna, a sign of madness?
If I were crazy, I would want
To stay alive, I would have hope
Touch your heart with tender love;
If I were a madman, I would night
I began to accompany you at your balcony,
Disturbing your sleep with serenades,
I wouldn't hide, I'm the opposite
I tried to be noticed by you everywhere;
If I were crazy, I wouldn't
Suffer in silence...

Dona Anna

And so you
Are you silent?

Don Guan

Case, Dona Anna, case
Carried me away. - Otherwise you would never
They didn't find out my sad secret.

Dona Anna

And how long have you loved me?

Don Guan

A long time ago or recently, I don’t know
But from then on I just know the price
Instant life, only from then on
And I understood what the word happiness means.

Dona Anna

Go away - you are a dangerous person.

Don Guan

Dangerous! how?

Dona Anna

I'm afraid to listen to you.

Don Guan

I'll shut up; just don't drive away
The one to whom your sight is one joy.
I don't have arrogant hopes
I don't demand anything but to see
I owe you when I already have to live
I'm condemned.

Dona Anna

Come on - this is not the place
Such speeches, such madness. Tomorrow
Come to me. If you swear
Keep the same respect for me,
I will receive you; but in the evening, later, -
I haven't seen anyone since then
How widowed...

Don Guan

Angel Dona Anna!
May God comfort you as you do today
They consoled the unfortunate sufferer.

Dona Anna

Go away.

Don Guan

One more minute.

Dona Anna

No, apparently I have to leave... besides, prayer
It doesn't cross my mind. You entertained me
Secular speeches; they're ear-splitting
Mine has been out of habit for a long, long time. - Tomorrow
I'll see you.

Don Guan

I still don't dare believe
I don’t dare give in to my happiness...
I'll see you tomorrow! - and not here
And not on the sly!

Dona Anna

Yes, tomorrow, tomorrow.
What is your name?

Don Guan

Diego de Calvado.

Dona Anna

Goodbye Don Diego.
(Leaves.)

Don Guan

Leporello!

Leporello enters.

Leporello

What do you want?

Don Guan

Dear Leporello!
I'm happy!.. “Tomorrow - in the evening, later...”
My Leporello, tomorrow - prepare...
I'm as happy as a child!

Leporello

With Dona Anna
Did you talk? maybe she
Told you two kind words
Or you blessed her.

Don Guan

No, Leporello, no! she's a date
She made an appointment for me!

Leporello

Really!
O widows, you are all like this.

Don Guan

I'm happy!
I'm ready to sing, I'm glad to embrace the whole world.

Leporello

And the commander? what will he say about this?

Don Guan

Do you think he'll get jealous?
Certainly not; he is a reasonable man
And, truly, he has calmed down since he died.

Leporello

No; look at his statue.

Don Guan

Leporello

She seems to be looking at you
And he gets angry.

Don Guan

Go, Leporello,
Ask her to come to me -
No, not to me - but to Dona Anna, tomorrow.

Leporello

Invite the statue to visit! For what?

Don Guan

That's right
Not to talk to her -
Ask for the statue tomorrow to Dona Anna
Come later in the evening and become
There's a clock at the door.

Leporello

Hunting for you
Joking, and with whom!

Don Guan

Go now.

Leporello

Don Guan

Leporello

Glorious, beautiful statue!
My master Don Guan humbly asks
Please... By God, I can’t
I'm scared.

Don Guan

Coward! here I am for you!..

Leporello

Allow me.
My master Don Guan asks you tomorrow
Come later to your wife's house
And stand at the door...

The statue nods its head in agreement.

Don Guan

Leporello

Ay, ay!..
Ai, ai... I'll die!

Don Guan

What happened to you?

Leporello
(nodding head)

Statue... ah!..

Don Guan

You bow!

Leporello

No,
Not me, she!

Don Guan

What nonsense you are talking about!

Leporello

Go yourself.

Don Guan

Well look, you slacker.
(To the statue.)
I, commander, ask you to come
To your widow, where I will be tomorrow,
And stand guard at the door. What? will you?

The statue nods again.

Leporello

What? I told…

Don Guan

Dona Anna's room.

Don Juan and Dona Anna.

Dona Anna

I accepted you, Don Diego; only
I'm afraid my sad conversation
You will be bored: poor widow,
I still remember my loss. Tears
With a smile I interfere like April.
Why are you silent?

Don Guan

I enjoy in silence
Deep thought of being alone
With the lovely Dona Anna. Here - not there
Not at the tomb of the dead lucky man -
And I see you no longer on your knees
Before the marble husband.

Dona Anna

Don Diego
So you are jealous. - My husband is in the grave
Does it torment you?

Don Guan

I shouldn't be jealous.
He was chosen by you.

Dona Anna

No, my mother
She told me to give my hand to Don Alvar,
We were poor, Don Alvar was rich.

Don Guan

Lucky! he is an empty treasure
Brought to the feet of the goddess, that's why
He tasted heavenly bliss! If only
I knew before you did, with what delight
My rank, my wealth, I would give everything,
All for one favorable glance;
I would be a slave to your sacred will,
I would study all your whims,
To warn them; so that your life
It was one continuous magic.
Alas! “Fate decreed something different for me.”

Dona Anna

Diego, stop it: I'm sinning
Listening to you, I can’t love you,
A widow must be faithful to her grave.
When would you know how Don Alvar
Loved me! oh, Don Alvar that's right
I would not accept a lady in love,
If only he were widowed. - He would be faithful
Marital love.

Don Guan

Don't torture your hearts
To me, Dona Anna, eternal remembrance
Spouse. It's enough for you to execute me,
At least I deserved execution, perhaps.

Dona Anna

With what?
You are not bound by holy bonds
With no one. - Isn't it true? Having loved me,
You are right before me and before heaven.

Don Guan

Before you! God!

Dona Anna

Are you guilty
In front of me? Tell me what it is.

Don Guan

No!
No never.

Dona Anna

Diego, what is it?
Are you wrong in front of me? what, tell me.

Don Guan

No! never!

Dona Anna

Diego, this is strange:
I ask you, I demand.

Don Guan

Dona Anna

A! So you are obedient to my will!
What did you tell me now?
What would you like to be my slave?
I'll get angry, Diego: answer me,
What are you guilty of before me?

Don Guan

I don't dare.
You will begin to hate me.

Dona Anna

No no. I forgive you in advance
But I want to know...

Don Guan

Don't want to know
A terrible, murderous secret.

Dona Anna

Terrible! you are torturing me.
I'm so curious - what is it?
And how could you insult me?
I didn’t know you - I have enemies
And no and there wasn’t. Husband killer
There is one.

Don Guan
(About myself)

Things are coming to a head!
Tell me, unfortunate Don Guan
Are you unfamiliar?

Dona Anna

No, he's old enough
I haven't seen it.

Don Guan

Are you in love with him?
Do you harbor enmity?

Dona Anna

Out of honor.
But you're trying to distract me
From my question. Don Diego -
I demand…

Don Guan

What if Don Guan
Have you met?

Dona Anna

Then I would be a villain
The dagger plunged into the heart.

Don Guan

Dona Anna,
Where's your dagger? here is my chest.

Dona Anna

Diego!
What do you?

Don Guan

I'm not Diego, I'm Guan.

Dona Anna

Oh my God! no, it can’t be, I don’t believe it.

Don Guan

I am Don Guan.

Dona Anna

Not true.

Don Guan

I killed
your spouse; and I don't regret it
I have no remorse about that.

Dona Anna

What do I hear? No, no, it can't be.

Don Guan

I am Don Juan and I love you.

Dona Anna
(falling)

Where am I?.. where am I? I feel bad, feel bad.

Don Guan

Sky!
What's wrong with her? what's wrong with you, Dona Anna?
Get up, get up, wake up, come to your senses: your Diego,
Your servant is at your feet.

Dona Anna

Leave me alone!
(Weakly.)
Oh, you are my enemy - you took from me
Everything I do in life...

Don Guan

Dear creature!
I am ready to atone for my blow to everyone,
At your feet I wait only for orders,
Veli - I will die; lead - I will breathe
Only for you...

Dona Anna

So this is Don Guan...

Don Guan

Isn't it true, he was described to you
A villain, a monster. - Oh Dona Anna, -
The rumor may not be entirely wrong,
There is a lot of evil on a tired conscience,
Perhaps it gravitates. Yes, debauchery
For a long time I was an obedient student,
But from the moment I saw you,
It seems to me that I have been completely reborn.
Having loved you, I love virtue
And for the first time humbly before her
I bow my trembling knees.

Dona Anna

Oh, Don Juan is eloquent - I know
I heard; he is a cunning tempter.
You, they say, are a godless corrupter,
You are a real demon. How many poor women
Have you ruined?

Don Guan

Not a single one until now
Of these I didn't like.

Dona Anna

And I will believe
So that Don Guan falls in love for the first time,
So that he does not look for a new victim in me!

Don Guan

Whenever I wanted to deceive you,
Did I confess, did I say that name,
Which one can't you hear?
Where is the thoughtfulness and deceit seen here?

Dona Anna

Who knows you? - But how could they come?
Here you are; they might recognize you here,
And your death would be inevitable.

Don Guan

What does death mean? for a sweet moment of goodbye
I will give my life without complaint.

Dona Anna

But how
Get out of here, you careless one!

Don Guan
(kissing her hands)

And you're talking about the life of poor Guan
Take care! So there is no hatred
In your heavenly soul, Dona Anna?

Dona Anna

Oh, if only I could hate you!
However, we need to part.

Don Guan

When will we see you again?

Dona Anna

Don't know.
Some day.

Don Guan

And tomorrow?

Dona Anna

Don Guan

Dona Anna

Oh Don Guan, how weak in heart I am.

Don Guan

A peace kiss as a guarantee of forgiveness...

Dona Anna

It's time, go ahead.

Don Guan

Alone, cold, peaceful...

Dona Anna

How persistent you are! here it is.
What's that knocking?.. oh hide, Don Guan.

Don Guan

Farewell, goodbye, my dear friend.
(He leaves and runs in again.)
A!..

Dona Anna

What happened to you? A!..

The commander's statue enters.

Dona Anna falls.

Statue

I came to the call.

Don Guan

Oh my God! Dona Anna!

Statue

Leave her
Everything is over. You are trembling, Don Guan.

Don Guan

I? No. I called you and I'm glad that I see you.

Statue

Give me a hand.

Don Guan

Here she is... oh, it's hard
Shake his stone right hand!
Leave me, let me go, let me have your hand...
I'm dying - it's over - oh Dona Anna!

They fail.

Leporello. O statue gentilissima
Del gran' Commendatore!..
…Ah, Padrone!

Don Giovanni.

SCENE I

Don Juan and Leporello

Don Guan
We'll wait here for the night. Ah, finally
We have reached the gates of Madrid! soon
I'll fly through the streets of my friends,
Covering his mustache with a cloak and his eyebrows with a hat.
What do you think? Can't you recognize me?

Leporello
Yes! Don Guan is hard to recognize!
There are so many people like him!

Don Guan
Are you kidding?
Who will recognize me?

Leporello
First watchman
Gitana or drunk musician,
Or your own brother is an impudent gentleman,
With a sword under his arm and in a cloak.

Don Guan
What a problem, even if they find out. Only if
I did not meet the king himself. However,
I'm not afraid of anyone in Madrid.
Don Guan
Who are you waiting for?

Monk
Dona Anna should arrive now
To my husband's tomb.

Don Guan
Dona Anna
De Solva! How! commander's wife
Killed by... I don’t remember who?

Monk
Depraved,
Unscrupulous, godless Don Juan.

Leporello
Wow! that's how! Rumors about Don Guan
And she even penetrated into the peaceful monastery,
The hermits sing his praises.

Monk
Is he familiar to you, perhaps?

Leporello
Us? not at all.
Where is he now?

Don Guan
What, what are you lying?

Leporello
Be silent: I purposely...

Don Guan
So the commander was buried here?

Monk
Here; his wife erected a monument to him
And he comes here every day
Pray for the repose of his soul
And cry.

Don Guan
What kind of strange widow is this?
And not bad?

Monk
We are the beauty of women,
Hermits should not be seduced,
But lying is a sin; neither can a saint
It’s impossible to admit its wonderful beauty.

Don Guan
No wonder the dead man was jealous.
He kept Dona Anna locked up,
None of us saw her.
I would like to talk to her.

Monk
Oh, Dona Anna is never with a man
Does not speak.

Don Guan
And with you, my father?

Monk
With me it’s a different matter; I'm a monk.
Yes, here she is.

Dona Anna enters.

Dona Anna
My father, unlock it.

Monk
Now, senora; I was expecting you.

Dona Anna follows the monk.

Leporello
What, what?

Don Guan
She's not visible at all
Under this widow's black veil,
I noticed a slightly narrow heel.

Leporello
Enough of you. You have imagination
He'll finish the rest in a minute;
Ours is more agile than a painter,
You don't care where you start,
Whether from the eyebrows or from the feet.

Don Guan
Listen, Leporello,
I'll meet her.

Leporello
Here's another!
Wherever you need it! Knocked my husband down
Yes, he wants to look at the widow's tears.
Unscrupulous!

Don Guan
However, it was already getting dark.
Until the moon rose above us
And did not turn the darkness into a bright twilight,
Let's go up to Madrid.

Leporello
Spanish grandee as a thief
Waiting for the night and afraid of the moon - God!
Damn life. How long will it last
Should I bother with him? Really, I have no strength.

SCENE II

Room. Dinner at Laura's.

First guest
I swear to you, Laura, never
You haven't played with such perfection.
You understood your role correctly!

Second
How she developed it! with what force!

Third
With what art!

Laura
Yes, I succeeded
Today every movement is a word.
I freely indulged in inspiration.
The words flowed as if she was giving birth to them
Not slave memory, but heart...

First
Is it true.
And now your eyes are shining
And my cheeks flared up, it doesn’t go away
You are delighted. Laura, don't let me
It is fruitless for him to cool down; sing, Laura,
Sing something.

Laura
Hand me the guitar.

All
Oh brava! brava! wonderful! incomparable!

First
Thank you, sorceress. You are the heart
You charm us. Of life's pleasures
Music is inferior to love alone;
But love is also a melody... look:
Carlos himself is touched, your gloomy guest.

Second
What sounds! how much soul they have!
And whose words, Laura?

Laura
Don Guana.

Don Carlos
What? Don Guan!

Laura
I wrote them once
My faithful friend, my flighty lover.

Don Carlos
Your Don Guan is an atheist and a scoundrel,
And you, you're a fool.

Laura
Are you crazy?
Yes, I will now order you to be stabbed
To my servants, even though you are a Spanish grandee.

Don Carlos
(rises)
Call them.

First
Laura, stop it;
Don Carlos, don't be angry. She forgot…

Laura
What? that Guan is fair in the duel
Killed his own brother? Truth: sorry
Which is not his.

Don Carlos
I'm stupid for getting angry.

Laura
Yeah! You yourself admit that you are stupid.
So let's make peace.

Don Carlos
Sorry, Laura.
I'm sorry. But you know: I can't
I'm indifferent to hearing this name...

Laura
Is it my fault that every minute
Is this name coming to my mind?

Guest
Well, as a sign that you're not angry at all,
Laura, sing again.

Laura
Yes, goodbye
It's time, it's night. But what will I sing?
Oh, listen.

All
Lovely, incomparable!

Laura
Farewell, gentlemen.

Guests
Goodbye Laura.

They go out. Laura stops Don Carlos.

Laura
You madman! stay with me
I like you; you are Don Guana
Reminded me of how you scolded me
And he clenched his teeth and gnashed.

Don Carlos
Lucky!
That's how you loved him.

Laura makes an affirmative sign.
Very?

Laura
Very.

Don Carlos
And do you still love it?

Laura
Right this minute?
No I do not like. I can't love two.
Now I love you.

Don Carlos
Tell me, Laura,
What year are you?

Laura
Eighteen years old.

Don Carlos
You are young... and you will remain young
Another five or six years. Around you
For another six years they will crowd around,
To caress, cherish, and give you,
And amuse me with nightly serenades,
And kill each other for you
At crossroads at night. But when
The time will pass when your eyes
The eyelids will fall and wrinkle and turn black.
And gray hair will flash in your braid,
And they will call you old woman
Then – what do you say?

Laura
Then? For what
Think about it? what kind of conversation?
Do you always have such thoughts?
Come and open the balcony. How quiet the sky is;
Motionless warm air, lemon night
And it smells like laurel, the bright moon
Glistens in the thick and dark blue,
And the guards shout protractedly: “It’s clear!..”
And far away, in the north - in Paris -
Perhaps the sky is covered with clouds,
The cold rain is falling and the wind is blowing.
What do we care? listen Carlos,
I demand that you smile...
- Well then! -

Don Carlos
Dear demon!

Don Guan
Hey! Laura!

Don Guan
Unlock...

Laura
Really!.. God!..

(Unlocks the doors, Don Guan enters.)

Don Guan
Hello…

Laura
Don Guan!..

(Laura throws herself on his neck.)

Don Carlos
How! Don Guan!..

Don Guan
Laura, dear friend!..

(Kisses her.)
Who is yours, my Laura?

Don Carlos
I,
Don Carlos.

Don Guan
What an unexpected meeting!
I'll be at your service tomorrow.

Don Carlos
No!
Now - now.

Laura
Don Carlos, stop it!
You are not on the street - you are with me -
Please step out.

Don Carlos
(not listening to her)
I'm waiting. Well,
After all, you have a sword.

Don Guan
If you
I can't wait, please.

Laura
Ay! Ay! Guan!..

(Throws himself on the bed.)

Don Carlos falls.

Don Guan
Get up, Laura, it's over.

Laura
What's there?
Killed? Wonderful! in my room!
What should I do now, you rake, the devil?
Where will I throw it?

Don Guan
May be,
He's still alive.

Laura
(examines the body)
Yes! alive! look, damn
You poked me right in the heart - probably not by,
And there is no blood coming from the triangular wound,
And he’s not breathing - what’s it like?

Don Guan
What to do?
He wanted it himself.

Laura
Eh, Don Guan,
It's a shame, really. Eternal pranks -
But it’s not my fault... Where are you from?
How long have you been here?

Don Guan
I just arrived
And then quietly - I’m not forgiven.

Laura
And immediately remembered his Laura?
What's good is good. Yes, that's enough
I don't believe it. You walked past by chance
And I saw the house.

Don Guan
No, my Laura,
Ask Leporello. I am standing
Outside the city, in the damned Venta. I'm Laura
I came to look in Madrid.

(Kisses her.)

Laura
You are my friend!..
Wait... in front of a dead man!.. what should we do with him?

Don Guan
Leave him: before dawn, early,
I'll take it out under the epancho
And I'll put it at the crossroads.

Laura
Only
Be careful that they don't see you.
What a good thing you did to show up.
One minute later! I have
Your friends had dinner here. Only
That they went out. If only you had caught them!

Don Guan
Laura, how long have you loved him?

Laura
Whom? You're obviously delusional.

Don Guan
And admit it,
How many times have you cheated on me
In my absence?

Laura
And you, the rake?

Don Guan
Tell me... No, we'll talk later.

SCENE III

Monument to the commander.

Don Guan
Everything is for the better: accidentally killing
Don Carlos, the humble hermit
I hid here - and I see it every day
My lovely widow, and by her,
I think he's been noticed. Still
We worked with each other; but today
I’ll let myself into conversations with her; it's time.
Where should I start? “I dare”... or not:
“Señora”... bah! whatever comes to mind
That's what I'll say, without any preparation,
Improviser of a love song...
It's time for her to come. Without her -
I think the commander is bored.
What a giant he is presented here!
What shoulders! what a Hercules!..
And the dead man himself was small and frail,
Here, standing on tiptoe, I could not hand
He can reach his nose.
When we met over Escurial,
He came across my sword and froze,
Like a dragonfly on a pin - but there was
He is proud and brave - and had a stern spirit...
A! here she is.

Dona Anna enters.

Dona Anna
He's here again. My father,
I entertained you in your thoughts -
Sorry.

Don Guan
I must ask for forgiveness
Yours, senora. Maybe I'm in the way
Your sadness can be freely poured out.

Dona Anna
No, my father, my sadness is within me,
With you, my prayers can go to heaven
Humbly ascend - I ask
And unite your voice with them.

Don Guan
Me, me to pray with you, Dona Anna!
I don't deserve such a fate.
I do not dare with vicious lips
Repeat your holy prayer -
I'm just in awe from afar
I look at you when, bowing quietly,
You have black hair on pale marble
Scatter it - and it seems to me that secretly
An angel visited this tomb,
In a troubled heart I do not find
Then prayers. I wonder silently
And I think - happy, whose cold marble
Warmed by her heavenly breath
And sprinkled with her love's tears...

Dona Anna
What strange speeches!

Don Guan
Senora?

Dona Anna
I... you forgot.

Don Guan
What? that unworthy
Am I a hermit? that my sinful voice
Shouldn't it be so loud here?

Dona Anna
It seemed to me... I didn’t understand...

Don Guan
Ah, I see: you’ve learned everything, you’ve learned everything!

Dona Anna
What did I learn?

Don Guan
Yes, I'm not a monk -
At your feet I beg forgiveness.

Dona Anna
Oh my God! stand up, stand up... Who are you?

Don Guan
Unhappy, victim of hopeless passion.

Dona Anna
Oh my God! and here, at this tomb!
Go away.

Don Guan
Just a minute, Dona Anna,
One minute!

Dona Anna
If anyone comes up!..

Don Guan
The grille is locked. One minute!

Dona Anna
Well? What? what do you require?

Don Guan
Of death.
Oh let me die now at your feet,
Let my poor ashes be buried here
Not near the ashes, dear to you,
Not here - not close - somewhere far away,
There - at the door - at the very threshold,
So that they can touch my stone
You with a light foot or clothes,
When here, to this proud tomb
You will go bend your curls and cry.

Dona Anna
You are out of your mind.

Don Guan
Or wish
Death, Dona Anna, a sign of madness?
If I were crazy, I would want
To stay alive, I would have hope
Touch your heart with tender love;
If I were a madman, I would night
I began to accompany you at your balcony,
Disturbing your sleep with serenades,
I wouldn't hide, I'm the opposite
I tried to be noticed by you everywhere;
If I were crazy, I wouldn't
Suffer in silence...

Dona Anna
And so you
Are you silent?

Don Guan
Case, Dona Anna, case
Carried me away. - Otherwise you would never
They didn't find out my sad secret.

Dona Anna
And how long have you loved me?

Don Guan
A long time ago or recently, I don’t know
But from then on I just know the price
Instant life, only from then on
And I understood what the word happiness means.

Dona Anna
Go away - you are a dangerous person.

Don Guan
Dangerous! how?

Dona Anna
I'm afraid to listen to you.

Don Guan
I'll shut up; just don't drive away
The one to whom your sight is one joy.
I don't have arrogant hopes
I don't demand anything but to see
I owe you when I already have to live
I'm condemned.

Dona Anna
Come on - this is not the place
Such speeches, such madness. Tomorrow
Come to me. If you swear
Keep the same respect for me,
I will receive you; but in the evening, later, -
I haven't seen anyone since then
How widowed...

Don Guan
Angel Dona Anna!
May God comfort you as you do today
They consoled the unfortunate sufferer.

Dona Anna
Go away.

Don Guan
One more minute.

Dona Anna
No, apparently I have to leave... besides, prayer
It doesn't cross my mind. You entertained me
Secular speeches; they're ear-splitting
Mine has been out of habit for a long, long time. - Tomorrow
I'll see you.

Don Guan
I still don't dare believe
I don’t dare give in to my happiness...
I'll see you tomorrow! - and not here
And not on the sly!

Dona Anna
Yes, tomorrow, tomorrow.
What is your name?

Don Guan
Diego de Calvado.

Dona Anna
Goodbye Don Diego.

Don Guan
Leporello!

Leporello enters.

Leporello
What do you want?

Don Guan
Dear Leporello!
I'm happy!.. “Tomorrow - in the evening, later...”
My Leporello, tomorrow - prepare...
I'm as happy as a child!

Leporello
With Dona Anna
Did you talk? maybe she
I told you two kind words
Or you blessed her.

Don Guan
No, Leporello, no! she's a date
She made an appointment for me!

Leporello
Really!
O widows, you are all like this.

Don Guan
I'm happy!
I'm ready to sing, I'm glad to embrace the whole world.

Leporello
And the commander? what will he say about this?

Don Guan
Do you think he'll get jealous?
Certainly not; he is a reasonable man
And, truly, he has calmed down since he died.

Leporello
No; look at his statue.

Don Guan
Well?

Leporello
She seems to be looking at you
And he gets angry.

Don Guan
Go, Leporello,
Ask her to come to me -
No, not to me - but to Dona Anna, tomorrow.

Leporello
Invite the statue to visit! For what?

Don Guan
That's right
Not to talk to her -
Ask for the statue tomorrow to Dona Anna
Come later in the evening and become
There's a clock at the door.

Leporello
Hunting for you
Joking, and with whom!

Don Guan
Go now.

Leporello
But…

Don Guan
Go.

Leporello
Glorious, beautiful statue!
My master Don Guan humbly asks
Please... By God, I can’t
I'm scared.

Don Guan
Coward! here I am for you!..

Leporello
Allow me.
My master Don Guan asks you tomorrow
Come later to your wife's house
And stand at the door...

The statue nods its head in agreement.
Ay!

Don Guan
What's there?

Leporello
Ay, ay!..
Ai, ai... I'll die!

Don Guan
What happened to you?

Leporello
(nodding head)
Statue... ah!..

Don Guan
You bow!

Leporello
No,
Not me, she!

Don Guan
What nonsense you are talking about!

Leporello
Go yourself.

Don Guan
Well look, you slacker.

(To the statue.)
I, commander, ask you to come
To your widow, where I will be tomorrow,
And stand guard at the door. What? will you?

The statue nods again.
Oh my God!

Leporello
What? I told…

Don Guan
Let's leave.

SCENE IV

Dona Anna's room.
Don Juan and Dona Anna.

Dona Anna
I accepted you, Don Diego; only
I'm afraid my sad conversation
You will be bored: poor widow,
I still remember my loss. Tears
With a smile I interfere like April.
Why are you silent?

Don Guan
I enjoy in silence
Deep thought of being alone
With the lovely Dona Anna. Here - not there
Not at the tomb of the dead lucky man -
And I see you no longer on your knees
Before the marble husband.

Dona Anna
Don Diego
So you are jealous. - My husband is in the grave
Does it torment you?

Don Guan
I shouldn't be jealous.
He was chosen by you.

Dona Anna
No, my mother
She told me to give my hand to Don Alvar,
We were poor, Don Alvar was rich.

Don Guan
Lucky! he is an empty treasure
Brought to the feet of the goddess, that's why
He tasted heavenly bliss! If only
I knew before you did, with what delight
My rank, my wealth, I would give everything,
All for one favorable glance;
I would be a slave to your sacred will,
I would study all your whims,
To warn them; so that your life
It was one continuous magic.
Alas! “Fate decreed something different for me.”

Dona Anna
Diego, stop it: I'm sinning
Listening to you, I can’t love you,
A widow must be faithful to her grave.
When would you know how Don Alvar
Loved me! oh, Don Alvar that's right
I would not accept a lady in love,
If only he were widowed. - He would be faithful
Marital love.

Don Guan
Don't torture your hearts
To me, Dona Anna, eternal remembrance
Spouse. It's enough for you to execute me,
At least I deserved execution, perhaps.

Dona Anna
With what?
You are not bound by holy bonds
With no one. - Isn’t it true? Having loved me,
You are right before me and before heaven.

Don Guan
Before you! God!

Dona Anna
Are you guilty
In front of me? Tell me what it is.

Don Guan
No!
No never.

Dona Anna
Diego, what is it?
Are you wrong in front of me? what, tell me.

Don Guan
No! never!

Dona Anna
Diego, this is strange:
I ask you, I demand.

Don Guan
No no.

Dona Anna
A! So you are obedient to my will!
What did you tell me now?
What would you like to be my slave?
I'll get angry, Diego: answer me,
What are you guilty of before me?

Don Guan
I don't dare.
You will begin to hate me.

Dona Anna
No no. I forgive you in advance
But I want to know...

Don Guan
Don't want to know
A terrible, murderous secret.

Dona Anna
Terrible! you are torturing me.
I'm so curious - what is it?
And how could you insult me?
I didn’t know you - I have enemies
And no and there wasn’t. Husband killer
There is one.

Don Guan
(About myself)
Things are coming to a head!
Tell me, unfortunate Don Guan
Are you unfamiliar?

Dona Anna
No, he's old enough
I haven't seen it.

Don Guan
Are you in love with him?
Do you harbor enmity?

Dona Anna
Out of honor.
But you're trying to distract me
From my question. Don Diego -
I demand…

Don Guan
What if Don Guan
Have you met?

Dona Anna
Then I would be a villain
The dagger plunged into the heart.

Don Guan
Dona Anna,
Where's your dagger? here is my chest.

Dona Anna
Diego!
What do you?

Don Guan
I'm not Diego, I'm Guan.

Dona Anna
Oh my God! no, it can’t be, I don’t believe it.

Don Guan
I am Don Guan.

Dona Anna
Not true.

Don Guan
I killed
your spouse; and I don't regret it
I have no remorse about that.

Dona Anna
What do I hear? No, no, it can't be.

Don Guan
I am Don Juan and I love you.

Dona Anna
(falling)
Where am I?.. where am I? I feel bad, feel bad.

Don Guan
Sky!
What's wrong with her? what's wrong with you, Dona Anna?
Get up, get up, wake up, come to your senses: your Diego,
Your servant is at your feet.

Dona Anna
Leave me alone!

(Weakly.)
Oh, you are my enemy - you took from me
Everything I do in life...

Don Guan
Dear creature!
I am ready to atone for my blow to everyone,
At your feet I wait only for orders,
Veli - I will die; tell me - I will breathe
Only for you...

Dona Anna
So this is Don Guan...

Don Guan
Isn't it true, he was described to you
A villain, a monster. – Oh Dona Anna, -
The rumor may not be entirely wrong,
There is a lot of evil on a tired conscience,
Perhaps it gravitates. Yes, debauchery
For a long time I was an obedient student,
But from the moment I saw you,
It seems to me that I have been completely reborn.
Having loved you, I love virtue
And for the first time humbly before her
I bow my trembling knees.

Dona Anna
Oh, Don Juan is eloquent - I know
I heard; he is a cunning tempter.
You, they say, are a godless corrupter,
You are a real demon. How many poor women
Have you ruined?

Don Guan
Not a single one until now
Of these I didn't like.

Dona Anna
And I will believe
So that Don Guan falls in love for the first time,
So that he does not look for a new victim in me!

Don Guan
Whenever I wanted to deceive you,
Did I confess, did I say that name,
Which one can't you hear?
Where is the thoughtfulness and deceit seen here?

Dona Anna
Who knows you? - But how could they come?
Here you are; they might recognize you here,
And your death would be inevitable.

Don Guan
What does death mean? for a sweet moment of goodbye
I will give my life without complaint.

Dona Anna
But how
Get out of here, you careless one!

Don Guan
(kissing her hands)
And you're talking about the life of poor Guan
Take care! So there is no hatred
In your heavenly soul, Dona Anna?

Dona Anna
Oh, if only I could hate you!
However, we need to part.

Don Guan
When will we see you again?

Dona Anna
Don't know.
Some day.

Don Guan
And tomorrow?

Dona Anna
Where?

Don Guan
Here.

Dona Anna
Oh Don Guan, how weak in heart I am.

Don Guan
A peace kiss as a guarantee of forgiveness...

Dona Anna
It's time, go ahead.

Don Guan
Alone, cold, peaceful...

Dona Anna
How persistent you are! here it is.
What's that knocking?.. oh hide, Don Guan.

Don Guan
Farewell, goodbye, my dear friend.

(He leaves and runs in again.)
A!..

Dona Anna
What happened to you? A!..

The commander's statue enters.
Dona Anna falls.

Statue
I came to the call.

Don Guan
Oh my God! Dona Anna!

Statue
Drop her
Everything is over. You are trembling, Don Guan.

Don Guan
I? No. I called you and I'm glad that I see you.

Statue
Give me a hand.

Don Guan
Here she is... oh, it's hard
Shake his stone right hand!
Leave me, let me go, let me have your hand...
I'm dying - it's over - oh Dona Anna!

They fail.

Pushkin was inspired to create “The Stone Guest” by Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni” in the Russian version. Alexander Sergeevich borrowed something from Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto, but created his own original work, which delighted V. Belinsky. A well-known critic wrote about “The Stone Guest” with delight:

Now we have approached the pearl of Pushkin’s creations, the richest, most luxurious diamond in his poetic wreath... For those who have art as art, in its ideal, in its abstract essence, for that “The Stone Guest” cannot but seem, without any comparison, the best and the highest artistic creation of Pushkin. What a wonderful harmony between idea and form, what verse, transparent, soft and elastic, like a wave, euphonious, like music! what a brush, wide, bold, seemingly careless! what antique-noble simplicity of style! what luxurious pictures of a magical land where the night smells of lemon and laurel!..

In European literature, Don Juan, or Don Juan, was a comedic hero. Pushkin first saw and presented Don Juan as the hero of a tragedy.

The tragedy “The Stone Guest” was completed on November 4, 1830, all in the same place. This is evidenced by the corresponding inscription made by Pushkin on the manuscript of the play.

This tragedy was first published in 1839 in the Almanac published by Smirdin under the title “100 Russian Writers.”

The famous Russian composer Alexander Sergeevich Dargomyzhsky wrote the opera “The Stone Guest” based on Pushkin’s tragedy, but did not have time to complete it. Work on the opera was completed by Ts. A. Cui and N. A Rimsky-Korsakov. The opera was created in 1866-1869, and staged at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg in 1872.

Year: 1830 Genre: tragic play

Main characters: young Don Juan, his beloved Laura, wife Anna, enemy Carlos

This work is the third small tragedy; its action is presented in four scenes.

The first scene begins with Don Guan arriving in Madrid, along with his servant Leporello. Not long before this, Guan was expelled from Madrid for dueling, and so now he is secretly going to visit his friend Laura. But along the way, Guan stops at an old monastery, where he is met by a monk. The monk tells him that Donna Anna de Solva should soon arrive at the cemetery in order to mourn her deceased husband. Guan realizes that it was he who killed Anna’s husband in a duel. He has a great idea to seduce this wonderful woman.

In the second scene, a dinner party is taking place in Laura's apartment. In conversation, she accidentally mentions Guan's name. One of the guests starts a quarrel, because once upon a time our main character killed his brother in a duel. The quarrel is stopped, because Guan has long been expelled from the city, everyone calms down. Soon in the evening Guan himself arrives. Carlos, who had recently started a quarrel, is again eager to fight, but Guan calmly kills him. Laura is worried that she needs to remove the corpse, but Guan suggests that she get rid of it in the morning.

The third scene begins with Guan deciding to stay in the monastery for safety reasons. At this time, Guan watches Anna coming to the grave every day. Rather, he decides to approach her, lies a lot, charms her, and finally seduces her. Anna makes an appointment with Guan, but only to talk. Guan happily tells Leporello about everything. But at this moment the statue of Anna's murdered husband begins to move. Guan mockingly says that the statue should be present on tomorrow's date. The answer is a nod, but the main character does not attach any importance to this.

The final scene takes place in Donna Anna's house. Anna tells Guan that she married a long time ago not for love, but because her future husband was very rich, and now Anna is tormented by her conscience. Guan consoles Anna in every possible way, and in the hope that he can persuade her to passion, he tells the story of how he killed her husband. Anna is confused and almost fainting, Guan continues to console her. But then a statue of her late husband appears in the house. The revived dead man talks to Guan, and then drags him to hell.

This work teaches the reader to think about the consequences of their actions, to be honest and righteous. the main idea This work is that all the troubles and explanations of life must always be sought in ourselves.

Picture or drawing of The Stone Guest

Exposition of the image of the main character

The scene begins with a conversation between the Spanish grandee Don Guan and his servant Leporello at the gates of Madrid. Their plan is to wait until nightfall to enter the city. The fact is that Don Guan is in exile - the king sent him into exile. And it’s all to blame for the duel in which Don Guan killed the nobleman, thereby incurring the wrath and threats of revenge from his family. The king decided to save his favorite and expelled him from the city. Don Guan was not able to stay in exile for long; he became bored. Most of all, he was disappointed in the women there, attractive at first glance, but lifeless, like wax dolls.

Finding himself next to the Anthony Monastery, the servant Leporello remembers how he waited in the grove for his master, who met here with his beloved woman. The summary of “The Stone Guest” tells about this love story of the hero. Don Juan had to look after Ineza for a long time. And only three months later she submitted. Ineza was not distinguished by her beauty: a woman with a sad look, dead lips, and a quiet voice, like a sick one. But her eyes made a huge impression on Don Guan. However, Ineza's husband turned out to be very jealous, he killed her. Don Guan wants to forget about this story and intends to look for his other beloved - Laura. He tells his servant about this.

Dona Anna

Summary“The Stone Guest” tells the story of the appearance of a monk. Seeing the visitors, he wonders if they are accompanying Don Anna, who is now supposed to arrive at the grave of her husband, killed by the libertine Don Guan. The monk has no idea that he is talking to the villain himself. He says that the poor widow erected a monument on the grave and every day visits her husband’s grave, prays for the repose of his soul and cries. The monk says that Dona Anna is a very attractive woman, but she does not talk to men. Don Guan became very interested in this woman. Seeing her wrapped in a black blanket, Don Guan did not have time to look at her, but decided to definitely get to know her. Servant Leporello reproaches his master for immorality towards poor woman.

Laura in Pushkin's "The Stone Guest"

Actress Laura's room. Her dinner guests praise her talent and acting skills. They ask Laura to sing. She sings a song composed by her friend and lover Don Guan. The gloomy Don Carlos also really likes her singing, but, having learned about the authorship of Don Juan, he calls him an atheist and a scoundrel. Laura, in anger, promises him to call the servants to kill Don Carlos. The guests try to calm them down. But then Laura remembers Don Juan’s murder of Don Carlos’s brother, and therefore forgives him. Before saying goodbye to the guests, Laura sings again. The guests leave. Laura asks Don Carlos to stay. His temperament is too similar to Don Guan, her lover. During their conversation, there is a knock on the door. Don Guan enters. Don Carlos is furious when he finds out who this guest is. He demands an immediate duel from Don Guan. Even though Laura protests, they begin to fight. During the battle, Don Carlos dies. Laura is outraged. But, having learned that Don Guan immediately came to her upon returning to the city, she forgives him. They indulge in love.

Imaginary monk

After the murder of Don Carlos, Don Guan hides in the Anthony Monastery. He reflects on forced seclusion. Don Guan is grateful to fate that he now has the opportunity to see Don Anna every day. He wants to attract her attention and talk to her. Standing at the statue of the commander, Don Guan sneers: his statue looks like a giant, but in life he was puny and short.

The summary of “The Stone Guest” continues with the appearance of Dona Anna. She asks the imaginary monk to pray, to which Don Guan replies that he is not worthy to repeat her prayers after her. He says that he is to blame for her, since he prevents her from “freely pouring out” her sadness. Then Don Guan admits that he admires her during prayer and envies her murdered husband; her angelic meekness delights him. He eloquently tells her about his love for her, that he would like to sing serenades to her so that she understands how much he loves her. Dona Anna is confused. He asks her for a date, and she, distraught, agrees to host him the next day at her house. But Don Guan does not give his real name. He is called Diego de Calvado.

Commander's Invitation

Don Juan triumphs. He tells his servant about this. But Leporello does not approve of the owner’s actions. Don Guan wants his servant to invite the commander's statue to his date tomorrow. Leporello complied with his master's demand. But it seemed to him that the commander nodded in response. Not believing the cowardly servant, Don Guan decided to repeat his invitation. And the statue nodded again. The master and servant, frightened, leave.

Date scene and tragic ending

The narrative of Pushkin’s “The Stone Guest” continues with a conversation between Don Guan and Dona Anna. She is sad as the memories of her loss are still fresh. She told him that she got married not by the call of her heart, but by the will of her mother, because her family was poor, and the groom turned out to be rich. Don Juan speaks of his envy of her husband Don Alvaro. He regrets that he did not meet Dona Anna earlier. After all, he is also rich. Dona Anna is embarrassed. She is haunted by thoughts of her dead husband, who would never, if he had been a widower, accept the lady in love. She believes that she must remain faithful to her husband’s coffin. In a conversation, Don Guan reveals his name to Dona Anna and says that it was he who killed her husband. Dona Anna faints. When she comes to her senses, she begins to accuse Don Guan of villainy. He agrees with her, but talks about his rebirth after falling in love with her. Don Anna kisses him goodbye.