再送你一朵 夏日最後的玫瑰 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).

對於《夏日最後的玫瑰》，很多人都是在20多年前，從一部叫做《英俊少年》的德國電影中認識這首音樂的。但事實上，這是一首相當古老和出名的愛爾蘭民謠，至今流傳的各種版本非常多。

最喜歡這首《夏日最後的玫瑰》，北方的秋涼靜夜中，這最後的玫瑰還在平靜的綻放，而它所有的可愛伴侶都已凋謝死亡，再也沒有一支花侶相陪，一如孤獨孤傲、鬱鬱前行的我。最終它將舍棄這荒涼的世界，落入水中，在波光粼粼下，大提琴詠唱出一支舒緩沉鬱的抒情旋律，這最後的玫瑰安詳、優雅、自在地浮遊水中，來一次“花自飄零水自流”，來一次動人的美麗消逝。

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?