Softly Awakes My Heart from 'Samson and Delilah' - Камиль Сен-Санс, Marian Anderson, LEMAIRE

Softly awakes my heart

As the flowers awaken

To Aurora’s tender zephyr.

But say, O well-beloved,

No more I’ll be forsaken.

Speak again, O speak forever!

O say that from Delilah

You never will part!

Your burning vows repeat;

Vows so dear to my heart.

Vows so dear to my heart.

Ah!

Once again then I implore thee!

Ah!

Once again then say you adore me!

Ah!

I implore thee, see!

I implore thee!

Ah!

Once again then say you adore me!

Even as to whispering winds

Sways the waving grain,

To and fro, so gently moving:

So sways my trembling heart

Consoling all its pain,

To thy voice, so dear, so loving!

The arrow in its flight

Is not swifter than I,

When, leaving all behind,

To your arms I fly!

To your arms I fly!

Ah!

Once again then I implore thee!

Ah!

Once again then say you adore me!

Ah!

I implore thee, see!

I implore thee!

Ah!

Once again then say you adore me!

Samson, Samson, I love thee!