June 26, 2011 (Je Veux Vivre - Roméo Et Juliette)

Aria: Je Veux Vivre
Language: French
Performer: Diana Damrau
Opera: Roméo Et Juliette [English: Romeo & Juliette]
Composer: Charles Gounod
Libretto: Jules Barbier & Michel Carré
First Performed: 1867

Translation of the text:

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, etc. 

This intoxication of youth 

Lasts, alas, only for one day! 

Then comes the hour 

When one weeps. 

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.