April 8, 2011
"Ah! Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod
Ah, I want to live
In this dream which intoxicates me
This day still,
Sweet flame
I keep you in my soul
Like a treasure!
I want to live...
This intoxication of youth
Lasts, alas, only for one day!
Then comes the hour
When one weeps.
And happiness flees without return!
I want to live...
Far from the morose winter
Let me, let me slumber
And inhale the rose,
Before plucking its petals.
Ah! - Ah! - Ah!
Sweet flame!
Stay in my soul
Like a sweet treasure
For a long time still.
Ah! - Like a treasure
For a long time still.
