Samson and Delilah (My Heart at thy Dear Voice - piano solo)

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01:04 My Heart at thy Dear Voice (popularized by Jerry Vale's "Go")

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Artist: Dr. Raul Sunico
Recorded at home on a Yamaha Disklavier grand piano

The opera "Samson and Delilah" is based on the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah found in Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament. It is the only opera by Saint-Saëns that is regularly performed. The second act love scene in Delilah's tent is one of the set pieces that define French opera. Two of Delilah's arias are particularly well known: "Printemps qui commence" ("Spring begins") and "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" ("My heart opens itself to your voice", also known as "Softly awakes my heart"), the latter of which is one of the most popular recital pieces in the mezzo-soprano/contralto repertoire.

MY HEART AT THY DEAR VOICE
Composer: Camille Saint-Saens

My heart at thy dear voice
Wakes with joy, like the flow'r
At the sun's bright returning!
But O, my dearest one,
That grief may lose its pow'r,
Say 'tis mine, thy heart's yearning!
Oh, bide here at my side!
Promise ne'er thou'lt depart!
Once more those vows so loving
Let me hear from thy heart!
Breathe that mine still thou art!

[At 1:17]
Ah! respond to Love's caresses,
Join in all my soul expresses!
Delilah! Delilah! I love thee!

As winds o'er golden grain
Softly sigh roving by,
Till 'tis swaying like the ocean,
So sways my burning heart
With rapture when thou'rt nigh!
And thy voice speaks thy devotion!
The dart is not so swift,
Bearing fear in its flight,
As I speed to be held
In thine arms of delight!

Ah! respond to Love's caresses,
Join in all my soul expresses!
Delilah! Delilah! I love thee!