TRANSLATED BY GEORGE HENRY DANTON AND ANNINA PERIAM DANTON
ACT I
In the Royal Garden at Toledo.
Enter ISAAC, RACHEL, and ESTHER.
ISAAC. Back, go back, and leave the garden!
Know ye not it is forbidden?
When the King here takes his pleasure
Dares no Jew—ah, God will damn them!
Dares no Jew to tread the earth here!
RACHEL (singing).
La-la-la-la.
ISAAC. Don't you hear me?
RACHEL. Yes, I hear thee.
ISAAC. Hear, and linger