《星光燦爛之夜》和背景介紹

Don McLean\'s Starry, starry night



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森特·凡·高（Vincent van Gogh, 1853.3.30-1890.7.29）出生在荷蘭一個鄉村牧師家庭。他是後印象派的三大巨匠之一。
　　凡·高年輕時在畫店裏當店員，這算是他最早受的“藝術教育”。後來到巴黎，和印象派畫家相交，在色彩方麵受到啟發和熏陶。以此，人們稱他為“後印象派”。但比印象派畫家更徹底地學習了東方藝術中線條的表現力，他很欣賞日本葛飾北齋的“浮世繪”。而在西方畫家中，從精神上給他更大的影響的則是倫勃郎、杜米埃和米萊（Millet）。
　　凡·高生性善良，同情窮人，早年為了“撫慰世上一切不幸的人”，他曾自費到一個礦區裏去當過教士，跟礦工一樣吃最差的夥食，一起睡在地板上。礦坑爆炸時，他曾冒死救出一個重傷的礦工。他的這種過分認真的犧牲精神引起了教會的不安，終於把他撤了職。這樣，他才又回到繪畫事業上來，受到他的表兄以及當時荷蘭一些畫家短時間的指導，並與巴黎新起的畫家（包括印象派畫家）建立了友誼。
　　凡·高全部傑出的、富有獨創性的作品，都是在他生命最後的六年中完成的。他最初的作品，情調常是低沉的，可是後來，他大量的作品即一變低沉而為響亮和明朗，好象要用歡快的歌聲來慰藉人世的苦難，以表達他強烈的理想和希望。一位英國評論家說：“他用全部精力追求了一件世界上最簡單、最普通的東西，這就是太陽。”他的畫麵上不單充滿了陽光下的鮮豔色彩，而且不止一次地下麵去描繪令人逼視的太陽本身，並且多次描繪向日葵。為了紀念他去世的表兄莫夫，他畫了一幅陽光下《盛開的桃花》，並題寫詩句說：“隻要活人還活著，死去的人總還是活著。”
　　人們如果確能真誠相愛，生命則將是永存的，這就是凡·高的願望和信念。可是冷酷和汙濁的現實終於使這個敏感而熱情的藝術家患了間歇性精神錯亂，病發之時陷於狂亂，病過之後則更加痛苦。他不願增加別人（尤其是弟弟提奧）的負擔，於1890年7月23日自殺，幾天後身亡，享年隻有37歲。幾個月後，曾經把自己全部熱愛和物力獻給他的提奧也死去了。人們說：提奧是為了凡·高而生的……
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer\'s day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colours on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen
They did not know how
Perhaps they\'ll listen now

Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds and violet haze
Reflect in Vincent\'s eyes of china blue
Colours changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artists\' loving hand

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen
They did not know how
Perhaps they\'ll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you Vincent
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

Like the strangers that you\'ve met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen
They\'re not listening still
Perhaps they never will...


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