Phantom of the Opera - Prologue [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[AUCTIONEER:]
(Spoken) Sold. Your number, sir? Thank you

(Spoken) Lot 663, then, ladies and gentlemen
A poster for this house's production of "Hannibal" by Chalumeau

[PORTER:]
(Spoken) Showing here

[AUCTIONEER:]
(Spoken) Do I have ten francs? Five then. Five I am bid
Six, seven. Against you, sir, seven. Eight
Eight once. Selling twice. Sold, to Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny

(Spoken)
Lot 664: a wooden pistol and three human skulls
From the 1831 production of "Robert le Diable" by Meyerbeer
Ten francs for this. Ten, thank you
Ten francs still. Fifteen, thank you, sir Fifteen I am bid
Going at fifteen. Your number, sir?

(Spoken) 665, ladies and gentlemen: a papier-mache musical box
In the shape of a barrel-organ
Attached, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes playing the cymbals
This item, discovered in the vaults of the theatre, still in working order

[PORTER:] (Holding it up)

(Spoken) Showing here. (He sets it in motion)

[AUCTIONEER:]
(Spoken) May I start at twenty francs? Fifteen, then? Fifteen I am bid

(The bidding continues. RAOUL. eventually buys the box for thirty francs)

(Spoken) Sold, for thirty francs to the Vicomte de Chagny. Thank you, sir

(The box is handed across to RAOUL
He studies it, as attention focuses on him for a moment)

[RAOUL:] (quietly, half to himself, half to the box)

A collector's piece indeed
Every detail exactly as she said

She often spoke of you, my friend
Your velvet lining, and your figurine of lead

Will you still play, when all the rest of us are dead?

(Attention returns to the AUCTIONEER, as he resumes)

[AUCTIONEER:]
(spoken) Lot 666, then: a chandelier in pieces
Some of you may recall the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera
A mystery never fully explained
We are told ladies and gentlemen
That this is the very chandelier which figures in the famous disaster
Our workshops have restored it
And fitted up parts of it with wiring for the new electric light
So that we may get a hint of what it may look like when re- assembled
Perhaps we may frighten away the ghost of
So many years ago with a little illumination, gentlemen?

(The AUCTIONEER switches on the chandelier
There is an enormous flash, and the OVERTURE begins
During the overture the opera house is restored to its earlier grandeur
The chandelier immense and glittering, rises magically fromthe stage
Finally hovering high above the stalls)