Danielle de Niese: A flirtatious aria

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Translator: Katja Tongucer Reviewer: TED Translators admin
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♫ I don't understand myself, ♫
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♫ why they keep talking of love, ♫
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♫ if they come near me, ♫
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♫ if they look into my eyes and kiss my hand. ♫
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♫ I don't understand myself, ♫
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♫ why they talk of magic, ♫
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♫ that no one withstands, ♫
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♫ if he sees me, if he passes by. ♫
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♫ But if the red light is on ♫
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♫ in the middle of the night ♫
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♫ and everybody listens to my song, ♫
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♫ then it is plain to see. ♫
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♫ My lips, they give so fiery a kiss, ♫
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♫ my limbs, they are supple and soft. ♫
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♫ It is written for me in the stars, ♫
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♫ thou shalt kiss, thou shalt love. ♫
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♫ My feet, they glide and float, ♫
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♫ my eyes, they lure and glow. ♫
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♫ And I dance as if entranced, 'cause I know, ♫
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♫ my lips give so fiery a kiss. ♫
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♫ In my veins, ♫
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♫ runs a dancer's blood, ♫
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♫ because my beautiful mother ♫
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♫ was the Queen of dance ♫
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♫ in the gilded Alcazar. ♫
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♫ She was so very beautiful, ♫
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♫ I often saw her in my dreams. ♫
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♫ If she beat the tambourine ♫
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♫ to her beguiling dance, all eyes were glowing admiringly. ♫
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♫ She reawakened in me, ♫
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♫ mine is the same lot. ♫
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♫ I dance like her at midnight ♫
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♫ and from deep within I feel: ♫
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♫ My lips, they give so fiery a kiss, ♫
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♫ my limbs, they are supple and soft. ♫
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♫ It is written for me in the stars, ♫
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♫ thou shalt kiss, thou shalt love. ♫
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♫ And I dance as if entranced, 'cause I know, ♫
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♫ my lips give so fiery a kiss. ♫
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