标题: 〖推荐〗Enya-How Can I Keep From Singing [打印本页] 作者: kahn 时间: 2006-12-3 14:44
标题: 〖推荐〗Enya-How Can I Keep From Singing
Enya-How Can I Keep From Singing
关于 How Can I Keep From Singing ...
在被 HUAC ( 国会反美行动调查委员会 House Un - American Activities Committee ) 指控的那段日子里, Pete Seeger 经常在为大学生举办的演唱会上为大家演唱一首古老的民歌. 此歌的前两小节写于1850年, 是一位名叫安尼·沃纳 ( Anne Warner )的人所写, 她因持不同政见而被关进了监狱, 此歌的作曲者是一位名叫劳瑞 ( Lowry ) 的牧师, 后来一位名叫多丽丝·普伦 ( Doris Plenn ) 的人在麦卡锡主义盛行时又为这首歌加上了第三小节, 遂成今天这个版本 —— How Can I Keep From Singing.
歌词:
My life goes on in endless song
above earth’s lamentations,
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear it’s music ringing,
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?
While though the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
And though the darkness ’round me close,
songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm,
while to that rock I’m clinging.
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
how can I keep from singing?
When tyrants tremble in their fear
and hear their death knell ringing,
when friends rejoice both far and near
how can I keep from singing?
In prison cell and dungeon vile
our thoughts to them are winging,
when friends by shame are undefiled
how can I keep from singing?
how can I keep from singing
