Iolanta:
Why have I been given eyes?
So that I may weep…
Vaudemont:
Does that mean there is no desire in your heart to see the light, and the glory of the universe?
Iolanta:
What does the word “see” mean?
Vaudemont:
To know the beautiful light.
Iolanta:
Knight, what is light?
From the opera
IOLANTA
Music — Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Libretto - Modest Tchaikovsky
(Translation by Evangeline Vassillades)
Sila Blume 
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