再送你一朵 夏日最后的玫瑰 The last Rose of Summer

Celtic Woman - The last Rose of Summer



The Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson set the poem to its widely-known melody, and this was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807-34).

对于《夏日最后的玫瑰》，很多人都是在20多年前，从一部叫做《英俊少年》的德国电影中认识这首音乐的。但事实上，这是一首相当古老和出名的爱尔兰民谣，至今流传的各种版本非常多。

最喜欢这首《夏日最后的玫瑰》，北方的秋凉静夜中，这最后的玫瑰还在平静的绽放，而它所有的可爱伴侣都已凋谢死亡，再也没有一支花侣相陪，一如孤独孤傲、郁郁前行的我。最终它将舍弃这荒凉的世界，落入水中，在波光粼粼下，大提琴咏唱出一支舒缓沉郁的抒情旋律，这最后的玫瑰安详、优雅、自在地浮游水中，来一次“花自飘零水自流”，来一次动人的美丽消逝。

The Last Rose of Summer

Thomas Moore (1779–1852)


’TIS the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
To give sigh for sigh.

I’ll not leave thee, thou lone one!
To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them.
Thus kindly I scatter
Thy leaves o’er the bed,
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead.

So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
And from Love’s shining circle
The gems drop away.
When true hearts lie withered
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?