《Her Mantle So Green 》
希妮德奥康娜(Sinead O'connor)
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歌词:
as i went out walking, one morning in june to view the fair fields, and the valleys in bloom; i spied a pretty fair maid, she appeared like a queen, with her costly fine robes and her mantle so green says i, my pretty fair maid, wont you come with me, we'll both join in wedlock, and married we'll be; i will dress you in fine linen, you'll appear like a queen, with your costly fine robes and your mantle so green. says she, now my young man, you must be excused, for i'll wed no man, so you must be refused; to the green woods i will wander and shun all men's view for the boy i love dearly lies in farmed waterloo. well if you're not married, say your lover's name i fought in that battle, so i might know the same. draw near to my garment, and there you will see his name is embroidered on my mantle so green. in the ribbon of her mantle, there i did behold, his name and his surname, in letters of gold young william o'riley, appeared in my view he was my chief comrade back in farmed waterloo and as he lay dying, i heard his last cry "if you were here lovely nancy i'd be willing to die" and as i told her this story, in anguish she flew, and the more that i told her, the paler she grew so i smiled on my nancy,'twas i broke your heart, in your fathers garden, that day we did part and this is the truth, and the truth i declare, oh here's your love token the gold ring i wear
《Her Mantle So Green》 六月的一个早晨我出去散步, 欣赏盛夏的朗朗原野和山谷。 我看到一位金发少女,宛如女王 穿着精致长袍,披风绿得那么悦目。 “可爱的女孩儿,愿意到我身边来不? 我们将相识相爱,牵手到老。 我将为你披上精致的礼服, 你看起来像女王,披风绿得那么悦目。 “小伙子,我只能说声对不住。 我不会嫁给任何人,将走向绿林深处, 避开所有男子的注目, 因为我爱的人阵亡在著名的滑铁卢。” “哦,你要是不嫁,告诉我你爱人的名字, 因为我上过战场,可能知道这些事。” “走近我,看看我的衣服, 他的名字就绣在绿披风上,很醒目。” 举起她的披风,我真的看到了 他的名字绣成的金色字母。 映入眼帘的是三个字:威廉姆, 他是我的上级,我不禁忆起著名的滑铁卢。 他临别之际,我听到了他的真情流露: “南希,你要是在我身边,不必为我会死去而痛哭; 现在已经宣布了和平,我要说说心里话。 我戴的金戒指,是你的爱情信物。 哦,南希,我们那天在你父亲的花园里依依不舍, 赢得你的芳心的就是这枚戒指,我们的爱情信物。 现在战事已毕,动乱不再, 我要娶你,我的真爱,你的披风绿得那么悦目。
1966年Sinead O’Connor出生在都柏林一个传统的天主教家庭,小时候曾是唱诗班成员,十九岁开始她的歌手生涯。1987年出道时,唱片公司想要把她包装成娇俏可爱的小女生,Sinead一气之下剃了个大光头。这个形象在多年后被与她有诸多相似之处的亚洲天后王菲炮制。1990年推出的单曲《Nothing Compares 2 U》是O’Connor 事业上的转折点,这首由Prince创作的歌曲经过庄重华贵的编曲,加上O’Connor 投入的演唱和极佳的音乐录像带创意,成为了一首全球热门歌曲,几乎在世界各地的排行榜上名列榜首。2002年,Sinead推出了一张纯粹的凯尔特传统民歌专辑。2003年9月,Sinead正式宣布退出歌坛。
Her Mantle So Green歌曲里唱着绿色披风的女孩子,在盛夏的原野里,凭吊在滑铁卢战役里牺牲的爱人。每次听到这首忧郁而又婉转的歌,总会想起在阴天里滑翔的云雀。音乐就是这样,没有逻辑,不讲道理,就是这么样的,让人着迷。
传统的居尔特音乐经常用来描写失恋或是歌诵英雄的故事, 以弦乐、笛子等轻便的乐器为主要的选择, 多以小编制乐团为主,经过多年的演变, 现代的居尔特音乐成为了新世纪音乐的代名词, 并且在世界流行乐坛掀起一阵旋风。 而无论时代如何的改变, 不变的是居尔特音乐仍维持一贯美丽动人的旋律。
[此贴子已经被作者于2010-4-26 17:16:44编辑过]
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