Elaine Paige - Memory 的歌詞

Midnight
在深夜的時份,
Not a sound from the pavement
街道上寧靜得沒有半點聲響
Has the moon lost her memory
月亮是不是失去了她的記憶呢?
She is smiling alone
她獨自地一直微笑着
In the lamplight
在燈光下,
The withered leaves collect at my feet
枯葉掠過我的雙腿
And the wind begins to moan
風又再開始呻吟了

Memory, all alone in the moonlight
回憶, 總是在孤獨的夜裡被鈎起
I can dream of the old days
我仍可以想像那些許多許多的舊日子
Life was beautiful then
那時的生活是多麼美好!
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
我仍記得, 那時的我曾嘗過甚麼是真正的幸福
Let the memory live again
就讓回憶中的情境再一次實現吧!

Every street lamp seems to beat
每條街道上的燈好像開始閃動
A fatalistic warning
那是一個宿命的警號
Someone mutters and the street lamp sputters
有人抱怨地喃喃自語, 街燈發出了劈啪劈啪的聲音
Soon it will be morning
另一個早晨很快又來到了。
　 　
Daylight
白晝快要來到,
I must wait for the sunrise
我一定要見證日出的來臨!
I must think of a new life and
我一定要為自己打做一個新的生活
I mustn't give in
我是絕對不可以讓步的
When the dawn comes
當黎明來到的時候,
Tonight will be a memory too
今晚都會變成為回憶的
And a new day will begin
新的一天又會來臨。

Burnt out ends of smoky days
我的日子就如快要燒盡的香煙去到盡頭
The stale court smell of morning
即使是在早晨, 都仍帶着那死角巷中的腐臭味
A street lamp dies
當一棧街燈死去的時候
Another night is over
在第另一個晚上過去的時候
Another day is dawning
新的一天便會再次來臨了。

Touch me,
觸撫我!
It is so easy to leave me
離開我是多麼容易的事,
All alone with the memory
留下我獨自與那種種的回憶
Of my days in the sun
----那些我在陽光下的回憶
If you'll touch me,
若果你可以輕撫我的話,
You'll understand what happiness is
你便會知道甚麼是真正的幸福了
Look, a new day has begun...
看! 新的一天又要來臨了...

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這是一首著名音樂劇"cats"《貓》的一首歌。Elaine Paige在劇中釋演一名生命快要到盡頭的老貓。在劇中, 她是孤獨的, 因為她總是被其他貓討棄。在臨別時, 她哀傷地唱下了這首歌, 把整齣舞台劇帶至最高潮。其他貓貓最後放下對她的偏見, 並與她一起行過最後的那段生命之路。是一齣非常令人感動的一幕, 再加上Elaine Paige的全情演譯, 繫動了所有觀眾的情緒, 可見她的成就得來來並非偶然!

以下是那一幕的片段:
(這是比較完整的版本, 但load得比較慢)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sBWK9bkACI
(這是只有她唱的那段)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJHzoAmA8Ec

若可以買vcd睇哂整齣的話當然更好，之前一直都有很好的鋪墊，讓那一刻的情緒推至最高峰！！希望你會喜歡這個不朽的音樂劇－－"cats"

Midnight not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight, the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory, All alone in the moonlight
I can dream of the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every streetlamp seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamp gutters
And soon
It will be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in.
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

(Music interlude)

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
A streetlamp dies; another night is over
Another day is dawning...

Touch me!
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun...
If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun.