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Je crois entendre encore - Romance, No. 4
from Act I of the French opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles by Georges Bizet
Libretto: Michel Carré

Role: Nadir, a fisherman
Voice Part: tenor       Fach: lyric tenor
Setting: A wild and rocky shore on the coast of Ceylon in ancient times
Synopsis: In the past, Nadir had fallen in love with a beautiful Brahman priestess named Léïla at a Brahman temple. Now, a veiled priestess has come to his village and he recognizes her as Léïla. He sings of his love for her which has not been diminished by the time they have spent apart.
Range: Tessitura:
F3 - B4A3 - G4
Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Stefan Pilczek (added 1998-03-18)
Je crois entendre encore, Nadir's aria from Les Pêcheurs de Perles

À cette voix quel trouble agitait tout mon être? 
Quel fol espoir? Comment ai-je cru reconnaître?
Hélas! devant mes yeux déjà, pauvre insensé, 
La même vision tant de fois a passé!
Non, non, c'est le remords, la fièvre, la délire! 
Zurga doit tout savoir, j'aurais tout lui dire!
Parjure à mon serment, j'ai voulu la revoir!
J'ai decouvert sa trace, et j'ai suivi ses pas!
Et caché dans la nuit et soupirant tout bas,
J'écoutais ses doux chants emportés dans l'espace. 

Je crois entendre encore,
Caché sous les palmiers,
Sa voix tendre et sonore
Comme un chant de ramier!
O nuit enchanteresse!
Divin ravissement!
O souvenir charmant!
Folle ivresse! doux rêve!

Aux clartés des étoiles,
Je crois encore la voir,
Entr'ouvrir ses longs voiles
Aux vents tièdes du soir!
O nuit enchanteresse! etc
Charmant souvenir!
Sounds:
none
Sheet Music/Scores:
The Ultimate Tenor Aria Album (Version 2.0). Published by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Recordings:
none
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