Massenet’s Don Quichotte - Je voudrais que la joie embaumat les chemains (Don Quichotte’s arioso)

From the opera “Don Quichotte” by Massenet
Recorded on 11th Feb. 2023
Room MB 254
Music building, UWO
S. Thaivalappil as Don Quichotte
M. Halim on Piano
English translation:
This gaiety takes hold of me!
I would like joy to perfume the roads,
Goodness - the human heart,
That an eternal sun would shine on the plains, happy and calm
That the woods fanned by fresh breath
Had only perfumes and tasty fruits,
Streams singing clear, and all was happy!
French text:
Cette gaité m'emparadise!
Je voudrais que la joie embaumât les chemins,
La bonté la coeur des humains,
Qu'un éternel soleil il luminât les plaines,
heureux et calme
Que les bois éventés par de fraîches haleines
N'eussent que des parfums et des fruits savoureux,
Des ruisseaux chantant clair, et que tout fût heureux!