Charles Gounod - Maid of Athens paroles de (lyrics)
[Charles Gounod - Maid of Athens paroles de lyrics]
Give, oh give me back my heart!
Or, since that has left my breast
Keep it now, and take the rest!
Hear my vow before I go ζωή μου, σᾶς ἀγαπῶ
By those tresses unconfined
Woo'd by each Ægean wind
By those lids whose jetty fringe
Kiss thy soft cheeks' blooming tinge
By those wild eyes like the roe
Ζωή μου, σᾶς ἀγαπῶ
By that lip I long to taste
By that zone-encircled waist
By all the token-flowers that tell
What words can never speak so well
By love's alternate joy and woe
Ζωή μου, σᾶς ἀγαπῶ
Maid of Athens! I am gone:
Think of me, sweet! when alone
Though I fly to Istambol
Athens holds my heart and soul:
Can I cease to love thee? No!
Ζωή μου, σᾶς ἀγαπῶ