Mon coeur

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Mezzo Soprano Angela Matarese:
Mon Coeur by C. Saint-Saens
From Sansone et Dalila

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Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix
comme s'ouvrent les fleurs
Aux baisers de l'aurore
Mais, o mon bien-aime,
pour mieux secher mes pleurs
Que ta voix parle encore
Dis-moi qu'a Dalila tu reviens pour jamais
Redis a ma tendresse
Les serments d'autrefois
Ces serments que j'aimais

Ah, reponds a ma tendresse
Verse-moi, verse-moi l'ivresse
Reponds a ma tendresse
...etc.

Samson, samson, je t'aime...

My heart at thy dear voice
Wakes with joy, like the flow'r
At the sun's bright returning!
But O, my dearest one,
That grief may lose its pow'r,
Say 'tis mine, thy heart's yearning!
Oh, bide here at my side!
Promise ne'er thou'lt depart!
Once more those vows so loving
Let me hear from thy heart!
Breathe that mine still thou art!
|: Ah! respond to Love's caresses,
Join in all my soul expresses! :|
Samson! Samson! I love you!

As winds o'er golden grain
Softly sigh roving by,
Till 'tis swaying like the ocean,
So sways my burning heart
With rapture when tou're nigh!
And thy voice speaks thy devotion!
The dart is not so swift,
Bearing fear in its flight,
As I speed to be held
In thine arms of delight!
|: Ah! respond to Love's caresses,
Join in all my soul expresses! :|
Samson! Samson! I love you!