[ANGELA, spoken]
I think you're very handsome. 

[CELLINI]
Angela!
I never heard you so bold before

[ANGELA]
The words came out
They're now beyond recall

[CELLINI]
I always found you so cold before

[ANGELA]
I didn't think you thought of me at all

[CELLINI]
I'm mad about your smile, your eyes, your hair
Your every wish I'm eager to obey
In all your loveliness I see you sitting there
So near, so near—yet miles and miles away
Miles and miles away

[ANGELA]
I'm afraid that's near enough
When you talk to me like that
I don't know whеre I am at
I'm afraid, afraid you're far too near mе
So I pray you, stay you where you are
For, oh dear me, I fear me
Should you come too near me
My heart may go too far
But to think, to think that you might leave me
Makes me feel I have to have you know
I'm afraid, afraid you're far too near me
To ever, ever let you go
I'm afraid, afraid you're far too near me
To ever let you go

[CELLINI]
You can never, never be too near me!
From today you stay you where you are
When from heaven you descended
'Twas never intended
I worship from afar
If you ever, ever dare to leave me
No excuse for living would I know
I'm afraid, afraid you're far too near me
To ever, ever let you go
I'm afraid, afraid you're far too near me
To ever let you go

[ANGELA, spoken]
No, no, I can't. I'm frightened. 
[CELLINI, spoken]
Of what? Of me?

[ANGELA, spoken]
No. Just frightened!

[CELLINI, spoken]
But you can't be frightened of nothing. 

[ANGELA, spoken]
I can be and I am!

[CELLINI, spoken]
It's impossible. 

[ANGELA, spoken]
I swear it. I give you my word of honor! Oh, Benvenuto. What do you suppose it can mean?

[CELLINI, spoken]
That you love me, Angela. 

[ANGELA, spoken]
But I—

[CELLINI, spoken]
You love me. 
[ANGELA, spoken]
But I thought when you were in love you felt wonderful. And if this is love I don't want to be in love because I hate being frightened. And I won't be and I want you to stop it this very minute!

[CELLINI, spoken]
Stop what?

[ANGELA, spoken]
I don't know. But stop it. 

[CELLINI, spoken]
Angela! Ask me anything, anything at all except to stop being near you. 

[ANGELA]
I'm afraid, afraid you're far too near me

[CELLINI]
You can never, never be too near me!

[ANGELA]
So I pray you, stay you where you are

[CELLINI]
From today you stay you where you are

[CELLINI, ANGELA]
When from heaven you descended For, oh dear me, I fear me
'Twas never intended Should you come too near me
I worship from afar My heart may go too far

[ANGELA]
But to think, to think that you might leave me

[CELLINI]
If you ever, ever dare to leave me

[ANGELA]
Makes me feel I have to have you know

[CELLINI]
No excuse for living would I know

[ANGELA & CELLINI]
I'm afraid, afraid you're far too near me
To ever, ever let you go
I'm afraid, afraid you're far too near me
To ever let you go

[NARRATOR, spoken]
At this point our pair embraces
As an unfamiliar face is
Peering round the studio door
A man we've never seen before
It's a French marquis whose name's Pierre
He says Cellini must beware
The Duke of Florence seems to know
About the fight with Maffio
This will mean a teeny-weeny
Spot of bother for Cellini
Pierre, by chance, has got the answer
Come and see the King of France, a
Lover of your work, big fan
He's obviously a cultured man
So here's the choice: go there to sculpt
Or stay in Florence and get pulped
He'll go to France and see le roi
But first Pierre asks: "Pourquoi?"

[CELLINI, spoken]
Let me tell you all about it.