CARMEN FLOWER SONG PLACIDO DOMINGO 1978
CARMEN FLOWER SONG PLACIDO DOMINGO 1978, Placido Domingo sings La fleur que tu mavais jetée from Georges Bizets Carmen Vienna State Opera Carlos Kleiber conductor December 9 1978 Directed by Zeffirelli for stage and Austrian television Don José La fleur que tu mavais jetée dans ma prison métait restée flétrie et sèche cette fleur gardait toujours sa douce odeur; et pendant des heures entières sur mes yeux fermant mes paupières de cette odeur je menivrais et dans la nuit je te voyais! Je me prenais à te maudire à te détester à me dire: pourquoi faut il que le destin lait mise là sur mon chemin! Puis je maccusais de blasphème et je ne sentais en moi même je ne sentais quun seul désir un seul désir un seul espoir: te revoir ô Carmen oui te revoir! Car tu navais eu quà paraître quà jeter un regard sur moi pour temparer de tout mon être ô ma Carmen! Et jétais une chose à toi! Carmen je taime! In prison I kept lovingly The flower you had thrown at me Though it had faded and turned dry It still smelled sweet as time went by; And I would put that special flower On my closed eyes hour after hour Drunk with that fragrance I felt light And there I saw you in the night! At times I would begin to hate you To curse you and to execrate you To say: why did it have to be That fate brought her so close to me! Then I thought that faith had defied me And I only felt deep inside me I only felt but one desire But one desire one hope one yen To see you Carmen yes see you again! For all you needed was to be there To throw a fleeting glance my way To have full mastery of me there Oh Carmen dear! And all you did with me was play! Carmen I love you! Translation by Jacob Lubliner Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Air de la fleur