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Opera: Faust
Composer: Charles-François Gounod
Description: an old man turned young by Mèphistophélès
Voice Part: tenor
Vocal Fach: lyric tenor
Arias:
Salut! demeure chaste et pure - from Act III. Range: 3D#/Eb - 5C    Extras: Translation into English by The Ultimate Tenor Aria Album (Version 2.0) by   -  Sheetmusicplus.com Cantolopera: Arias for Tenor - Volume 2 by   -  Sheetmusicplus.com Operatic Anthology, Volume 3 - Tenor by Kurt Adler - Kurt Sheetmusicplus.com
Salut! demeure chaste et pure, Faust's aria from Faust

Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre?		What unknown trouble penetrates me?
Je sens l’amour s’emparer de mon être!		I sense love taking hold of my being!
Ô Marguerite, à tes pieds me voici!		O Marguerite, at your feet, here I am!

Salut! demeure chaste et pure,			I greet you, home chaste and pure,
Salut! demeure chaste et pure,			I greet you, home chaste and pure,
Où se devine la présence			Where is manifested the presence
d’une âme innocent et divine!			Of a soul, innocent and divine!
Que de richesse en cette pauvreté!		How much richness in this poverty!
En ce réduit, que de félicité!			In this retreat, how much happiness!
Que de richesse,				How much richness
Que de richesse en cette pauvreté!		What richness in this poverty!
Ô nature, C’est là 				O nature, it is here
que tu la fis si belle!	 			That you have made her so beautiful!
C’est là que cet enfant				It is here that this child
A dormi sous ton aile,				Slept under your wing,
A grandi sous tes yeux.				Grew up under your eyes.
Là que de ton haleine				Here that  your breath
Enveloppant son âme				Enveloping her soul,
Tu fis avec l’amour épanouir la femme		You made, with love, the woman blossom
En cet ange des cieux!				Into this angel from heaven!
C’est là!  Oui, c’est là!			It’s here!  Yes, it is here!
Salut! demeure chaste et pure,			I greet you, home chaste and pure,
Salut! demeure chaste et pure,			I greet you, home chaste and pure,
Où se devine la présence			Where is manifested the presence
d’une âme innocente et divine!			Of a soul, innocent and divine!
Salut, salut, demeure chaste et pure, etc	I greet you, home chaste and pure, etc.


Word-by-word translation by Lea Frey,  blfrey@earthlink.net
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