When Your Period Comes

l'endormie (Faust)

"Vous qui faites l'endormie," Mephistopheles's aria from Gounod's Faust . Mephistopheles sings a mocking serenade outside Marguerite's house.

You who made the sleepy	You Who Pretend To Be asleep,
Do not you hear, do you	not hear,
Catherine O, my dear,	Catherine O, my sweetheart ,
My voice and my steps? ...	my voice and my footsteps?
So your lover calls you, your work Thus	suitor calls you,
And your heart in the thought! ...	your heart and trust him!
Do not open the door, my beautiful,	Do not Open the Door, my beauty,
That ring on her finger.	Until The Ring Is On your finger.
I love Catherine, Catherine	Whom I adore
Why deny	Why refuses
A lover who implores you	The Lover Who to implore you
A sweet kiss?	Such A sweet kiss?
So your lover beg your suitor	work Thus beseeches you
And your heart in the thought! ...	and your heart trusts him!
Ne donne un baiser, ma mie,	Don't give a kiss, my sweetheart,
Que la bague au doigt! ...	until the ring is on your finger!

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