She sleeps... how beautiful!
Ah! together live... both in the same hope,
The same remembrance
Divide our happiness and our sorrow,
And share the future.
Let, let my flame
Pour in thee the light,
Let your soul but open
To the rays of Love.
Divine hearth! Sun whose ardor penetrates
And comes to kiss us.
Ineffable desire where one's whole being
Melts in a single kiss.
Let, let my flame,
etc., etc.


(Nicklausse appears.)


NICKLAUSSE.

By Jove, I felt sure you'd be here.


HOFFMAN (letting portiere fall).

Chut.