El Capitan, Act I: “Noble warrior!”

[ESTRELDA, spoken]
Noble warrior!

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
Rise, gentle maiden. 

[Aside.]
What a toothsome Peruvian pudding she'd make... if I weren't married. 

[ESTRELDA, spoken]
I have long cherished this blissful moment of ours. 

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
And I thought we'd just met. 

[ESTRELDA, spoken]
True! But I've seen you in my dreams. And now that you're here, we'll never, never part!

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken, aside]
A steaming pudding!

[Aloud.]
Tell me, my dear, just what is it about me that—

[ESTRELDA, spoken]
The stories of your valor. The history of your hundred battles. 

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
Never mind the details!

[Aside.]
I know the details; I invented them myself. 

[DON CAZARRO, spoken]
Look, Scaramba, they're made for each other!

[SCARAMBA, spoken]
Never! Señorita Estrelda, the Capitan is weary and would rest. 

[ESTRELDA, spoken]
Oh, Scaramba, I forgot you were here! Capitan, let me bring some wine—

[SCARAMBA, spoken]
Capitan, I love her. One brave man should respect the rights of another. If you want her, you must fight me. 

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
No, no no! I respect your rights! You take her, I insist. 

[DON CAZARRO, spoken]
Congratulations, Capitan. You are loved by Peru's fairest flower—my daughter. 

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
But... while Don Medigua lives, there is no time for love!

[DON CAZARRO, spoken]
Then yours shall be the honor of killing him. 

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
Inspired!

[Aside.]
And if anyone can do it, I can. 

[DON CAZARRO, spoken]
And for your reward, my daughter's hand—

[SCARAMBA, spoken]
Over my dead body, or yours...

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
Oh, I ask no reward. Temper, temper, Señor Scaramba!

[SCARAMBA, spoken]
Bah!

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
Bah?

[SCARAMBA, spoken]
Bah! Bah! Bah!

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
Well, since you put it that way...