segunda-feira, 20 de agosto de 2012

La Damnation de Faust (Brussels – may 2002)

Antonio Pappano is conducting – Susan Graham

– D’amour l’ardente flamme

D’amour l’ardente flamme,
Consume mes beaux jours.
Ah! la paix de mon âme
A donc fui pour toujours!
Son départ, son absence
Sont pour moi le cercueil,
Et loin de sa présence,
Tout me paraît en deuil.
Alors ma pauvre tête
Se dérange bientôt,
Mon faible cœur s’arrête,
Puis se glace aussitôt.
Sa marche que j’admire,
Son port si gracieux,
Sa bouche au doux sourire,
Le charme de ses yeux,
Sa voix enchanteresse,
Dont il sait m’embraser,
De sa main, la caresse,
Hélas! et son baiser,
D’une amoureuse flamme,
Consument mes beaux jours!
Ah! le paix de mon âme
A donc fui pour toujours!
Je suis à ma fenêtre,
Ou dehors, tout le jour -
C’est pour le voir paraître,
Ou hâter son retour.
Mon cœur bat et se presse
Dès qu’il le sent venir,
Au gr? de ma tendresse,
Puis-je le retenir!
O caresses de flamme!
Que je voudrais un jour
Voir s’exhaler mon âme
Dans ses baisers d’amour

Loves burning flame
Consumes my life.
Ah, my souls peace
Has fled for ever.
His departure, his absence
Are death to me,
And far from his presence
All seems to me in mourning.
Now my poor head
Is soon in turmoil,
My feeble heart stops,
Then at once freezes over.
His gait that I admire,
His carriage so graceful,
His mouth sweetly smiling,
The charm of his eyes,
His enchanting voice
With which he knows how to set me afire,
The caress of his hand,
Alas! and his kiss,
The flame of love
Consume my life.
Ah, my souls peace
Has fled for ever.
I am at my window
Or outside all day -
To see him appear,
Or hasten his return.
My heart beats and throbs faster
When it senses his coming,
O that through my tenderness
I might bring him back!
O burning caresses!
How I should wish one day
To see my soul sigh
In his loving kisses!

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