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from Act II, Scene 1 of the English opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe
Libretto: Alfred Bunn

Role: Arline, daughter of Count Arnheim, raised in a gypsy camp
Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric soprano
Setting: A gypsy camp, near Presburg
Synopsis: Arline, daughter of Count Arnheim, has been raised in a gypsy camp. She has no conscious memory of her father, from whom she was separated when a child. She tells Thaddeus, a Polish exile who has also been living with the gypsies for several years, of a dream she had.
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D#/Eb4 - G5not entered
Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Mark D. Lew (added 1999-12-07)
I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls, Arline's aria from The Bohemian Girl

I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,
With vassals and serfs at my side,
And of all who assembled within those walls,
That I was the hope and the pride.
I had riches too great to count, could boast
Of a high ancestral name;
But I also dreamt, which pleased me most,
That you loved me still the same.

I dreamt that suitors sought my hand,
That knights upon bended knee,
And with vows no maiden heart could withstand,
They pledged their faith to me.
And I dreamt that one of that noble host
Came forth my hand to claim;
But I also dreamt, which charmed me most,
That you loved me still the same.
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