[all sing] ♪ In nineteenth-century Russia, ♪
♪ we write letters. ♪
♪ We write letters! ♪
♪ We put down in writing ♪
♪ what is happening in our minds. ♪
[Natasha sings] ♪ Dear Andrey, ♪
♪ What more can I write ♪
♪ after all that has happened? ♪
♪ What am I to do if I love him ♪
♪ and the other one too? ♪
♪ Must I break it off? ♪
♪ These terrible questions. ♪
[Natasha & Pierre sing] ♪ I see nothing but the candle in the mirror! ♪
♪ No visions of the future. ♪
♪ So lost and alone. ♪
[Natasha sings] ♪ And what of Princess Mary? ♪
[Mary sings] ♪ Dear Natasha, ♪
♪ I'm in deep despair at the ♪
♪ misunderstanding there is between us. ♪
♪ Whatever my father's feelings might be, ♪
♪ I beg you to believe ♪
♪ that I cannot help loving you. ♪
♪ He is a tired old man and must be forgiven. ♪
♪ Please, come see us again ♪
[Natasha sings] ♪ Dear Princess Mary ♪
♪ Oh, what am I to write! ♪
♪ How do I choose? ♪
♪ What do I do? ♪
♪ I shall never be happy again! ♪
[Pierre sings] ♪ These terrible questions. ♪
[Mary sings] ♪ I'm so alone here. ♪
[Natasha & Pierre sing] ♪ So alone in here! ♪
[Mary sings] And I see nothing. ♪
[Natasha, Pierre, & Mary sing] ♪ I see nothing but ♪
♪ the candle in the mirror! ♪
♪ No visions of the future! ♪
♪ So lost and alone! ♪
[All sing] ♪ In nineteenth-century Russia, we write letters. ♪
♪ We write letters! ♪
♪ We put down in writing ♪
♪ what is happening in our minds ♪
[Anatole sings] ♪ Dear Natalie, ♪
♪ A love letter ♪
[Natasha sings] ♪ A letter from him,
from the man that I love. ♪
[Dolokhov sings] ♪ A letter which I composed. ♪
[All sing] ♪ A love letter ♪
♪ A love letter ♪ (repeats)
[Anatole sings] ♪ Natalie, Natalie, Natalie, ♪
♪ I must love you or die. ♪
♪ Natalie, Natalie, Natalie, ♪
♪ If you love me, say yes ♪
♪ and I will come and steal you away ♪
♪ steal you out of the dark. ♪
♪ Natalie, Natalie, Natalie, ♪
♪ I want nothing more ♪
[All sing] ♪ Natalie, Natalie, Natalie! ♪
[Anatole sings] ♪ I must love you or die. ♪
[All sing] ♪ Natalie, Natalie, Natalie! ♪
[Anatole sings] ♪ If you love me, say yes ♪
♪ and I will come and steal you away ♪
♪ steal you out of the dark! ♪
♪ Natalie, Natalie, Natalie! ♪
♪ I want nothing more, ♪
♪ Just say yes... ♪
♪ Just say yes. ♪
♪ Just say yes... ♪
[Natasha sings] ♪ Yes! yes! I love him! ♪
♪ How else could I have his letter in my hand? ♪
♪ I read it twenty times ♪
♪ thirty times, forty times! ♪
♪ Each and every word... ♪
♪ I love him, I love him. ♪