Danny Boy

在blog中内嵌自动播放的音乐，已经成为互联网一大公害。为了避免遭人唾骂，俺始终秉持闷声大发财的原则，一直没有在blog中添加任何音乐。也就是说，这些音乐或是视频，诸位客官想看（听）就点一下鼠标，不想看（听）就可以完全无视之，基本不受任何影响。

Danny Boy是一首情歌，一位情深款款的女性唱给他的即将奔赴战场的情人的，先后经过无数人传唱（后来被进一步赋予了很多政治、社会元素，衍生成为所有爱尔兰后裔的身份认同之歌——不过我对爱尔兰族裔的历史并不是很了解，在我看来，Danny Boy始终是一首情歌）。Danny Boy和《诗经》中的一些情歌很有相似之处，怨而不怒哀而不伤，淡淡的伤感随着曲调慢慢流淌出来。只是诗经已经无法传唱了，后人只能在文字的叙述中体会它应该有的美丽。



Danny Boy的歌词：

Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, I love you so

And when ye come, and all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an Ave there for me
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me
And all my grave shall warmer, sweeter be
For you shall bend and tell me that you love me
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me

如果youtube视频播放的速度太慢，可以点击这里下载mp3来听

其他资料
Wikipedia(EN) 中关于Danny Boy的词条