00:00Chapter 1. Tristan Meets Isolde
00:03When our story begins, King Anguish is the King of Ireland.
00:17And King Mark is the King of Cornwall.
00:24Ireland is a bigger country than Cornwall.
00:30And so every year, King Mark must give money to King Anguish's brother, Moreld, and his men.
00:40One year, King Mark is late with the money.
00:46Moreld is angry when he comes to Cornwall for it.
00:51The money for my brother is late, he says.
00:54So this year, you must pay more.
01:00Tristan, King Mark's nephew, is angry with Moreld.
01:05You must fight me, he says, before you can take the money.
01:11Moreld fights Tristan.
01:13Moreld's sword has poison on it.
01:20But Tristan kills him.
01:22Moreld's men take his dead body home.
01:38Now Cornwall and Ireland are at war.
01:41Tristan's wound does not get better.
01:51His servant, Curvenal, puts him in a boat and they go to look for help.
01:57They go across the sea to Ireland.
02:05There, Tristan meets Isolda, the daughter of King Anguish.
02:12What's your name?
02:15She asks.
02:17He doesn't give his true name to her.
02:22Tramtress, he says.
02:24When Isolda sees Tristan's wound, she wants to help him.
02:40Drink this, she says.
02:43And she gives him a potion.
02:45With her potions, Isolda makes Tristan better.
02:54At the same time, they fall in love.
02:57But one day, Isolda is looking at Tristan's sword.
03:10A little piece of it is missing.
03:17She goes and finds a little piece of a sword.
03:22It comes from her Uncle Moreld's dead body.
03:26It is the missing piece from Tristan's sword.
03:32So he isn't Tramtress.
03:35He's Tristan, my uncle's killer, she says.
03:44At first, Isolda is angry.
03:49She wants to kill Tristan.
03:51But she's in love with him.
03:53So she says nothing to her father.
04:00After some time, Tristan goes back to Cornwall.
04:05There he tells King Mark all about Isolda.
04:10She's beautiful, he says.
04:13King Mark wants peace with Ireland.
04:19Tristan, he says.
04:22I must marry Isolda.
04:25Go back to Ireland and bring her to me.
04:29Tristan goes back to Ireland, but he isn't happy.
04:40Peace with Ireland is important.
04:43But Tristan loves Isolda, and he wants to marry her.
04:49He doesn't want to get Isolda for his uncle.
04:53In Ireland, King Anguish listens to the message of peace from King Mark.
05:21And so, my uncle wants to marry Isolda, says Tristan in the end.
05:30King Anguish thinks carefully about King Mark's message.
05:35Then he says.
05:37You're right.
05:39Take Isolda to King Mark.
05:42When they marry, our two countries can be at peace.
05:50Isolda doesn't want to marry King Mark.
05:54But she is a good daughter.
05:57And so she says goodbye to her father.
06:00That afternoon, Isolda goes sadly onto Tristan's ship with her maid, Brangwain.
06:19Isolda loves Tristan, and she wants to marry him.
06:24In his heart, Tristan loves Isolda, too.
06:30But she must marry his uncle.
06:33He knows that.
06:35And so he is cold and unfriendly to her.
06:39When the ship is out at sea, Isolda tells Brangwain,
06:51Bring my potions to me.
06:55The potions come from Isolda's mother.
07:00Brangwain brings them at once.
07:05Isolda takes two bottles from the box.
07:08This bottle with a heart is a love potion, she tells Brangwain.
07:15I must drink it when I marry King Mark.
07:19And this black bottle is poison.
07:25Poison? says Brangwain.
07:28She is afraid.
07:31Tristan doesn't love me now, Isolda says angrily.
07:35He's taking me to Cornwall.
07:38And there I must marry his uncle.
07:42She gives the black bottle to Brangwain.
07:44Put this in a cup for Tristan.
07:48I want to kill him, she says.
07:58Brangwain is afraid.
07:59Perhaps Isolda wants to die with Tristan, she thinks.
08:05What can she do?
08:08Tristan comes and speaks to Isolda.
08:12Thank you for looking after me in Ireland, he says.
08:17I don't understand.
08:19I don't understand, she answers.
08:23Why are you cold and unfriendly with me now?
08:28I'm sorry, says Tristan.
08:31But you must marry my uncle.
08:34So our old love is impossible.
08:37I hate you, says Isolda angrily.
08:42Then kill me, says Tristan.
08:47And he gives his sword to her.
08:50No, not with your sword, says Isolda.
08:55Just then, Brangwain brings a cup to Isolda.
09:01Isolda gives the cup to Tristan.
09:04Drink this, she says.
09:09Tristan takes the cup and begins to drink.
09:13He is ready to die.
09:15But before he can finish the potion,
09:19Isolda quickly takes the cup from his hand.
09:24She drinks from it, too.
09:33Chapter 3
09:35Isolda's Wedding
09:37Suddenly, Tristan and Isolda's hearts are full of love again.
09:50I love you, says Isolda.
09:53And I love you, too, says Tristan.
09:58They kiss.
10:02What's happening?
10:04Asks Isolda.
10:06It's the work of the love potion and not the poison, my lady, says Brangwain.
10:14I'm sorry.
10:16Don't be sorry, Brangwain, smiles Isolda.
10:20I feel happy because my heart is full of true love for Tristan again.
10:29Cornwall! We're arriving in Cornwall, cries Curvenal.
10:36Tristan and Isolda can see King Mark's castle up on the hill.
10:43Oh no, Tristan.
10:45What can we do?
10:48Cries Isolda.
10:50Now I must marry your uncle.
10:53No.
10:53Tristan takes Isolda into the castle.
11:05Welcome to Cornwall, Isolda, says King Mark.
11:11Tristan, you bring my new wife across the sea from Ireland to me.
11:21Thank you, my nephew.
11:24Tristan looks at Isolda and their eyes meet.
11:29They feel bad.
11:31The next day is King Mark's wedding day.
11:47Isolda marries the king.
11:50But in her heart, she doesn't love him.
11:53She loves Tristan.
12:05At the wedding feast, Isolda calls Brangwain to her.
12:12Brangwain, you must help me after the feast, she says.
12:17Of course, my lady, says Brangwain.
12:22King Mark is drinking with Tristan and Tristan's friend, Melot.
12:30The king is very happy.
12:34Later, King Mark and his new wife Isolda leave the wedding feast.
12:41Good night, good night, my good friends, says the king.
12:50Good night, Tristan, says Isolda quietly.
12:58King Mark and Isolda go to the king's room.
13:03Brangwain goes with them.
13:05In the king's room, Isolda gets ready for bed.
13:13Brangwain, says Isolda.
13:16Put out the torches for us.
13:20Yes, my lady, says Brangwain.
13:25In the dark, Brangwain goes to the king's bed.
13:31And Isolda leaves the king's room.
13:35Chapter 4
13:47Melot is not a true friend.
13:53Tristan is a good singer, and he plays the harp well.
13:58All the ladies in King Mark's castle like him a lot.
14:06King Mark likes Tristan a lot, too.
14:10They often hunt together.
14:12At the castle, Melot is Tristan's best friend.
14:22But, Melot is not a true friend.
14:30He is jealous of Tristan.
14:33Everyone loves Tristan, he thinks.
14:38But I don't.
14:40I hate him.
14:41When King Mark meets his lords in the castle,
14:53Tristan often meets Isolda in the garden.
14:57They walk and talk and laugh together.
15:02Melot watches them.
15:03When King Mark is hunting,
15:17Tristan often meets Isolda in the castle.
15:21He plays the harp and sings to her.
15:25Melot watches them there, too.
15:28After some time, Melot goes to the king.
15:40Be careful, King Mark.
15:43Tristan and Isolda are in love, he says.
15:49The king doesn't believe Melot's stories.
15:54Tristan is my good nephew.
15:59He looks after Isolda when I'm busy.
16:04They aren't lovers.
16:06You're wrong, he says.
16:09One evening, Melot is in the garden near Isolda's room.
16:21Isolda is talking with Brangwain,
16:24and Melot listens.
16:27King Mark is busy tonight, Brangwain,
16:31says Isolda.
16:32He's hunting with his lords.
16:34Yes, is Tristan coming to your room, my lady?
16:39Asks Brangwain.
16:41Of course, says Isolda.
16:45Brangwain, put out the torch by my window
16:49and give him the signal.
16:52Yes, my lady, says Brangwain.
16:57She goes and takes the torch from Isolda's window.
17:01At the same time,
17:05Tristan is looking out of the window in his room.
17:15He sees Brangwain at Isolda's window.
17:20She puts out the torch.
17:24Good, thinks Tristan.
17:26I can visit Isolda now.
17:31Tristan goes quickly to Isolda.
17:42They kiss when they meet.
17:49Melot sees Tristan and Isolda together.
17:53He watches their kiss.
17:55I must tell the king about this, he thinks.
18:14Chapter 5
18:15Melot tells the king
18:18The next day, Melot speaks to King Mark
18:24about Tristan and Isolda's kiss.
18:28Again, the king does not believe Melot's story.
18:33It isn't true, he says.
18:38Tristan is my nephew
18:40You don't believe me, my lord.
18:50I can see, he says.
18:53So, shall we test your nephew?
18:57Test Tristan?
19:00Says King Mark.
19:02Yes, my lord.
19:03Isolda's kiss.
19:04Says Melot.
19:06And he tells his plan to the king.
19:21Some days after that,
19:24King Mark and Isolda
19:25are eating in the early evening.
19:28Isolda, I'm hunting with my lords tonight.
19:34Says the king.
19:36We want to hunt all night.
19:39And we're coming back to the castle
19:42early tomorrow morning.
19:45Good night.
19:47Good night, my lord.
19:50Says Isolda.
19:52And she kisses the king.
19:54The king rides out of the castle
20:02with twelve of his lords.
20:06Melot is riding next to him.
20:17Later that evening,
20:20Isolda speaks to her maid.
20:22Brangwain, the king is busy tonight.
20:27Put out the torch.
20:30I want to see Tristan.
20:33Don't call Tristan tonight, my lady.
20:37Says Brangwain.
20:38I don't trust Melot.
20:41What are you saying?
20:44Cries Isolda.
20:46Melot is Tristan's good friend.
20:49Put out the torch, I say.
20:53No, my lady.
20:55Says Brangwain.
20:56And she runs from the room.
21:00So Isolda puts out the torch
21:03and waits for Tristan.
21:08When Tristan arrives,
21:11he and Isolda kiss.
21:13Suddenly,
21:16Tristan's servant,
21:17Kervenal, arrives.
21:19The king!
21:20King Mark is coming!
21:21He cries.
21:24Just then,
21:25Melot,
21:26the king,
21:27and his lords arrive.
21:30They aren't hunting all night.
21:32They are back at the castle early.
21:37You see, my lord,
21:39I am right about Tristan.
21:43Says Melot,
21:44with a dark smile.
21:47King Mark speaks sadly to Isolda.
21:52How can you do this to me?
21:57You are my wife.
21:59I am your husband.
22:03Isolda says nothing to him.
22:07Then,
22:09King Mark says to his nephew,
22:12Tristan,
22:13how can you do this to me?
22:17I am your uncle
22:19and your king.
22:21I don't know,
22:26says Tristan sadly.
22:28But I am ready to die for it.
22:33And I am ready to die with you,
22:38says Isolda.
22:39And she kisses Tristan
22:41in front of King Mark.
22:51Chapter 6
22:56Lovers Forever
22:59Angrily,
23:03Melot stabs Tristan in the back
23:06with his dagger.
23:11There's poison on it.
23:14Tristan falls,
23:15but Curvenal helps him.
23:18Take my nephew away from here
23:22forever,
23:24cries King Mark angrily.
23:27I never want to see him again.
23:32Isolda cries and cries,
23:35but she can do nothing for her lover.
23:37Curvenal takes Tristan away in his ship.
23:50After some time,
23:52they arrive in Brittany.
23:56There,
23:57the daughter of King Howell of Brittany
24:00looks after Tristan.
24:03Her name is Blanche.
24:06Blanche.
24:07Blanche falls in love with Tristan.
24:17But Tristan cannot forget
24:19his love for Isolda.
24:21He thinks about her all the time.
24:30After many months,
24:31the wound from Melot's dagger
24:34does not get better.
24:37Tristan calls Curvenal
24:39and gives a letter to him.
24:43I can't live without Isolda.
24:46Take this letter to her,
24:49he says.
24:50I'm asking her to come here to me.
24:54And Curvenal,
24:57can you do something when you come back?
25:02Asks Tristan.
25:03Of course, my lord,
25:05says Curvenal.
25:06What is it?
25:08With Isolda on your ship,
25:11put up a white sail,
25:13says Tristan.
25:14Then I can know the good news at once
25:18when I see the ship far away.
25:23Without Isolda on your ship,
25:25put up a black sail.
25:29Yes, my lord,
25:31says Curvenal.
25:33At the door of the room,
25:36Blanche listens carefully
25:38to Tristan's words.
25:43When Curvenal arrives
25:45at King Mark's castle in Cornwall,
25:49he speaks with Isolda
25:50and gives Tristan's letter to her.
25:55Isolda reads the letter.
25:58Isolda, my love,
26:01only you can help me,
26:03it says.
26:04Please come and save me.
26:07with love
26:09from your Tristan.
26:13Isolda goes at once
26:15and speaks with her husband,
26:18King Mark.
26:19Your nephew Tristan
26:21is dying,
26:23she tells him.
26:24The wound in his back
26:25is full of poison
26:27from Melot's dagger.
26:30Only I can save him.
26:33Can I go to him?
26:37The king loves
26:39his wife Isolda
26:41very much,
26:42but in his heart
26:44he also loves
26:46his nephew Tristan.
26:49Yes, Isolda,
26:51you can,
26:52King Mark says sadly.
26:55Go to him
26:56and help him.
26:58You must save him.
27:01Some days later,
27:17Kervenal's ship
27:18arrives in Brittany.
27:20A shepherd on the hill
27:23near King Howell's castle
27:26sees it
27:27and cries,
27:29A ship!
27:30A ship!
27:33In his room
27:35in the castle,
27:37Tristan hears
27:38the shepherd's cry.
27:40He is very ill
27:41and he can't get up
27:43from his bed.
27:45Uh,
27:46go to the window,
27:50he tells Blanche.
27:51What can you see?
27:55Blanche goes to the window
27:57and looks out.
27:59I can see a ship,
28:01she says,
28:02and it's coming
28:03nearer and nearer.
28:06Are the sails
28:08white
28:09or black?
28:12Tristan asks her.
28:15Blanche remembers
28:16Tristan's words
28:18to Kervenal.
28:20She sees the white sails
28:22on Kervenal's ship,
28:25but she is jealous
28:26of Tristan's love
28:28for Isolde.
28:30The sails
28:31are black.
28:35She lies.
28:37Oh no!
28:38I can't believe it!
28:42She isn't coming!
28:45cries Tristan.
28:46Suddenly,
28:48he sits up in bed,
28:51puts his hand
28:52to his heart
28:53and dies.
28:57Blanche runs
28:58from the room,
29:00afraid.
29:02Just then,
29:04Isolde arrives
29:05with Kervenal
29:06and Brangwain.
29:08She sits
29:10on Tristan's bed
29:11and takes him
29:13in her arms.
29:14But he is dead
29:16and she cannot
29:18save him now.
29:21With a cry,
29:23Isolde's heart
29:24breaks
29:25and her dead body
29:27falls
29:28next to Tristan's.
29:30Kervenal and Brangwain
29:44bury Isolde
29:46next to Tristan.
29:48From Tristan's grave,
29:51a white rose grows
29:53and from Isolde's grave,
29:57a red rose grows.
30:00The roses grow together.
30:04Tristan and Isolde
30:06are dead,
30:07but their love
30:08lives forever.
30:11continuously
30:13never.
30:15Isolde to clients
30:16still
30:18forever.
30:26The roses está
30:26und
30:30in
30:32the
30:33have
30:35never.
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