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Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix
Camille Saint-Saëns

My heart opens to your voice
Like the flowers open
To the kisses of the dawn!
But, oh my beloved,
To better dry my tears,
Let your voice speak again!
Tell me that you are returning
To Dalila forever!
Repeat to my tenderness
The promises of old times,
Those promises of old times,
Those promises that I loved!
Ah! respond to my tenderness!
Fill me with ecstasy!

Like one sees the blades
Of wheat that wave
In the light wind,
So trembles my heart,
Ready to be consoled,
By your voice that is so dear to me!
The arrow is less rapid
In bringing death,
Than is your lover
To fly into your arms!
Ah! respond to my tenderness!
Fill me with ecstasy!

Samson, I love you!