Bàtyushka! If thou dost wish
We shall turn the whole capital into a bedroom!
(At a sign from her the servants rush to the palace and carry out into the sun a bed of ivory with fur coverings. Amelfa herself comes to him with a large tray filled with delicacies.)
See that thou hast an empty tummy.
Taste a little of these Turkish pods;
Or some walnuts in honey.
Drink some cold kvass,
With mint, hops, ginger.
Or will it please the royal taste
To have some prunes stuffed with raisins