Sunday, December 16, 2012

玫瑰玫瑰我愛你



中學時, 愛上  “Rose Rose I Love You”  這首歌, 不外是有句:  “Flower of Malaya” 。

凡屬於  “Malaya”  的東西,都會愛,這是老師教導要愛國的情操!

正值青春期,特別情於愛情歌曲, 尤其是姚莉主唱與  “Rose Rose I Love You”  有着同樣優美旋律的  “玫瑰玫瑰我愛你” 。

那時流行的  “給我一個吻(Seven Lonely Days)”  ,  “ 小喇叭(Jambalaya)”   等等,都是中詞西曲。

哼了幾十年  “Rose Rose I Love You”  和  “玫瑰玫瑰我愛你” ,最近腦袋才被糾正。

原來這首老歌,是中文翻譯为英文的第一首流行曲,也是美國著名歌手 Frank Laine 傳遍世界的成名曲。

這首中為洋用, 節奏輕巧,熱情奔放的爵士(Jazz)歌曲,聽了使人頓感心胸舒暢, 情神振奮。


Rose, Rose I Love You Artist: Frankie Laine

Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
What is your future? now we have to part
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay

Make way, oh, make way for my Eastern Rose
Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes
In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret
"Please make way for Rose" you can hear them say

All my life I shall remember
Oriental music and you in my arms
Perfumed flowers in your tresses
Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms

Rose, Rose I love you with your almond eyes
Fragrant and slender 'neath tropical skies
I must cross the seas again and never see you more
'way back to my home on a distant shore

All my life I shall remember
Oriental music and you in my arms
Perfumed flowers in your tresses
Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms

Rose, Rose I leave you, my ship is in the bay
Kiss me farewell now, there's nothin' to say
East is East and West is West, our worlds are far apart
I must leave you now but I leave my heart

Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
What is your future? now we have to part
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay

(Rose, Rose I love you, I cannot stay)


玫瑰玫瑰我愛你  姚莉

玫瑰玫瑰最嬌美,玫瑰玫瑰最艷麗,
長夏開在枝頭上,玫瑰玫瑰我愛你。

玫瑰玫瑰情義重,玫瑰玫瑰情意濃,
長夏開在棘棘裡,玫瑰玫瑰我愛你。

心的誓言,心的情意,聖潔的光輝照大地。
心的誓言,心的情意,聖潔的光輝照大地。

玫瑰玫瑰枝兒細,玫瑰玫瑰刺兒銳,
今朝風雨來摧毀,傷了嫩枝和嬌蕊。

玫瑰玫瑰刺兒尖,玫瑰玫瑰心兒堅,
來日風雨來摧毀,毀不了並蒂枝連理。

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