from Act IV, Scene 1 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 room of Marguerite's house in a German city, 16th century
Synopsis: Spinning at her spinning wheel, Marguerite sings of her loneliness and feelings of betrayal. Faust has left her after sleeping with her and she now waits eagerly for his return. He has not returned though. Marguerite swears to God that if she could see him only once more, she would be happy.