Flower Aria from Carmen: 'La fleur que tu m'avais jetée...'

Carmen and José have just reunited after José's stay in prison for releasing Carmen when he was supposed to be guarding her. She has danced and played castanets for him, but in the distance, he hears the call back to the barracks, and he says he must go. She becomes angry at him for leaving her. Don Jose then responds by singing how the flower she threw to him kept him going throughout his stay in prison.

LA FLEUR QUE TU M'AVAIS JETEE
La fleur que tu m'avais jetée,
Dans ma prison m'était restée.
Stayed with me in prison.
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 m'enivrais
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
L'ait mise là sur mon chemin?
Puis je m'accusais de blasphème,
Et je ne sentais en moi-même,
Je ne sentais qu'un seul désir,
Un seul désir, un seul espoir:
Te revoir, ô Carmen, oui, te revoir!
Car tu n'avais eu qu'à paraître,
Qu'à jeter un regard sur moi,
Pour t'emparer de tout mon être,
Ô ma Carmen!
Et j'étais une chose à toi
Carmen, je t'aime!




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The flower that you threw to me
Wilted and dried, this flower
Always kept its sweet fragrance
And during all of those hours,
Over my eyes closing my eyelids,
I became intoxicated by this fragrance
And in the night I saw you!
I would start to curse you,
To detest you, to say to myself :
Why is it that destiny
Should put her on my path?
Then I accused myself of blasphemy
And I didn't feel in myself
I only felt one desire
A sole desire, a sole hope
To see you again, oh Carmen, to see you again!
For you only had to appear
You only had to cast a glance towards me
To take a hold of all my being
Oh my Carmen
And I was something to you
Carmen, I love you!

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Tags:

• La
• fleur
• que
• tu
• m'avais
• jetée
• carmen
• flower

[siyawash]

fantastic,

[operasoiree]

yesss

[catseyes4you]

Your Queen came incognito and what must she see? Oh my King how could you!

But the performance is GREAT!!! :-)

It is always a joy to listen and watch you dear Friend!

And Carmen is gorgeous!!!

10000000 stars!!!!

Your Queen :-)

[Rumpep]

WOW!!! so dramatic can we expect Pagliacci

next or have you already done it?

5*......Barbara

[WiseMonki]

Bravo!!! To much passion... gosh i was burning up ;). Kindest regards,

[Gordieiati]

Woo Hoo So Sexy!!

Great performance to both of you!

many Stars!

[coralrabida]

jajajaja, qué cabrón, cada día con una mujer más guapa, ajajaja.

Eres el mejor wenarto. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

Kiss ;)