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The Jewel Song ("Ah, je ris de me voir") - Second part of No. 9
from Act III of the French opera Faust by Charles-François Gounod
Libretto: Jules Barbier

Role: Marguerite, a young woman
Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura
Setting: The garden of Marguerite in a German city, 16th century
Synopsis: Marguerite has found a casket of jewels at her door. She has never had jewels of any sort and she tries them on and looks at herself in the mirror. She imagines that others do not recognize her and believe that she is actually a princess. She also thinks of Faust and sings that if he could see her now, he would find her truly beautiful.
Range: Tessitura:
C#/Db4 - A5F#/Gb4 - G5
Translations/Aria Texts:
Translation into English by Lea Frey (added 1997-04-17)
Ah! je ris de me voir, Marguerite's aria from Faust

Ah! je ris de me voir			Ah, I laugh to see myself 	
 si belle en ce miroir,			so beautiful in this mirror,
Ah! je ris de me voir			Ah, I laugh to see myself 	
 si belle en ce miroir,			so beautiful in this mirror,
Est-ce toi, Marguerite, est-ce toi?	Is it you, Marguerite, it is you?
Réponds-moi, réponds-moi,		Answer me, answer me,
Réponds, réponds, réponds vite!		Respond, respond, respond quickly!
Non! Non! ce n’est plus toi!		No No!  it’s no longer you!
Non...non, ce n’est plus ton visage;	No...no, it’s no longer your face;
C’est la fille d’un roi; 		It’s the daughter of a king, 
Ce n’est plus toi, 			It’s no longer you, etc.
Qu’on salut au passage!			One must bow to her as she passes!
Ah s’il était ici!			Ah if only he were here!
S’il me voyait ainsi! 			If he should see me thus
Comme une demoiselle			Like a lady
Il me trouverait  belle,  Ah!		He would find me so beautiful,  Ah!
Comme une demoiselle, 			Like a lady,
Il me trouverait belle!			He would find me beautiful!
Achevons la métamorphose,		Lets complete the metamorphosis,
Il me tarde encor d’essayer		I am late yet in trying on
Le bracelet it le collier!		The bracelet and the necklace!
Dieu!  c’est comme une main,		God!  it’s like a hand
Qui sur mon bras se pose!  ah!  ah!	Which is placed on my arm!  Ah,  ah!
Ah! je ris 				Ah, I laugh 
de me voir si belle dans ce miroir!	to see myself so beautiful in this mirror!


Word-by-word translation by Lea Frey,  blfrey@earthlink.net
Sounds:
none
Sheet Music/Scores:
Larsen, Robert. Arias for Soprano. Published by G. Schirmer. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
The Ultimate Soprano Aria Album (Version 2.0). Published by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
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