温暖的阳光
为什么流浪，为了会飞的梦，和阳光下你温暖的笑颜。。。。。。
‘Down by the salley gardens’ originally is a poem by William Butler Yeats ( 叶慈)published in The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems in 1889.
"Yeats indicated in a note that it was "an attempt to reconstruct an old song from three lines imperfectly remembered by an old peasant woman in the village of Ballisodare, Sligo, who often sings them to herself."
Yeats's original title, "An Old Song Re-Sung", reflected this; it first appeared under its present title when it was reprinted in Poems in 1895.The verse was subsequently set to music by Herbert Hughes to the air The Maids of the Mourne Shore in 1909."
First time listening this song, I was attracted by its unique Irish- style music and the simple lyrics.
"Salley" is an anglicisation of the Irish saileach, meaning willow.
Following is the original poem:
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her did not agree.
In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
This vido is got from youtube. I am not so keen for this video pictures but the singer，藤田惠美，perfomed this song very well. This song is from her album 'Camomile extra', one of the Camomile Series, with very high quality.
初听这首歌并不知是Yeats 的.那简简单单的句子,让人回味无穷.
When You Are Old 是他最为人知的.
这首我也很喜爱:
The coming wisdom of Time
Though leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.
，翻译者沈睿
虽然枝条很多，根却只有一条；
穿过我青春的所有说谎的日子
我在阳光下抖掉我的枝叶和花朵；
现在我可以枯萎而进入真理。
When You Are Old by Yeats is one of my favorite poems.
藤田惠美的碟很不错。据介绍，Emi Fujita - camomile Best Audio (SACD) 是张极品音质的5.1ch SACD精选.