Recite! While in delirium, I no longer know what I say, and what I do! And yet it's necessary... make an effort! Bah! Are you a man? You are a clown!
Put on your costume and powder your face. The people pay, and they want to laugh. And if Harlequin shall steal your Columbina, laugh, clown, and all will applaud! Turn your distress and tears into jest, your pain and sobbing into a funny face – Ah!
Laugh, clown, at your broken love! Laugh at the grief that poisons your heart!