Greta Garbo in "Camille" as Marguerite (=Violetta in "La Traviata")

Soprano aria from Verdi’s opera La Traviata

时常自由自在                      (意) F.M.¹皮亚费 谱词

[梵尔第歌剧<茶花女>的女高音咏叹調²]

Tr. YK Chan 陳耀国译

Gioia!…Gioia!…                                                     欢乐吧！…欢乐吧！…     

Sempre libera degg’io                                      我必须时常自由自在    

Foleggiare di gioia in gioia,                          於欢乐中來去雀躍，

Vo’ che scorra il viver mio                               我愿旋滑在生命

Pe’ sentieri del piacer.                                        享乐的途径。

Nasca il giorno, o il giorno muoia,                无论是日出日落，

Sempre lieta ne’ ritrovi,                                     在交际会內时常寻欢，

A diletti sempre nuovi                                        常到新鲜的欢乐景界

Dée volar il mio pensier.                                    我的感想随此飛达。

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¹ Francesco Maria 法兰车斯高.马里亚

² Sung by Maria Callas–  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Vof_gHnNs

                Anna Netrebko–  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSPK7Ayuw3s

Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2aLSat3h0w

回老家              陳耀国中譯及備注   Footnote from Wikipedia; translation by YK Chan for singing-along

Going home   going home      I am going home

Quiet like       some still day   I am going home

It’s not far      just close by      through an open door

Works all done   cares laid by   never fear no more

Mother’s there expecting me    Father’s waiting too

Lots of faces gather there   all the friends I knew

I am just going home

回老家   回老家   我正回老家

安静的   休止日   我正回老家

家不遠   相当近   門開從此進

工作完   関懷近   永不再害怕

母親在   等候我   父親也在等

很多人在一起   都是我朋友

我只回老家

No more fear   no more pain

No more stumbling by the way

The Walk to Paradise Garden, W. Eugene Smith, 1946

No more longing for the day

Going to run no more

Morning star lights the way

Restless dreams all gone

Shadows gone   break of day

Real life has begun

There is no break   there is no end    just living on

Wide awake   with a smile   going on & on

不再怕   不再痛

不再沿途屢跌跤

不再盼望好日子

不需再奔走

晨星照耀我途

亂夢全消失

影己往   天正亮

真生命己始     

沒中断   沒止境   只有永生

真清醒   又欢笑   永遠是如此

Going home   going home   I am going home

Shadows gone   break of day   real life has begun

I am just going home

回老家   回老家   我正回老家

影己往   天正亮   真生命己始

我只回老家

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*  It has been claimed that the theme from the Largo (2^nd movement in Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9)  was adapted into a spiritual-like song “Goin’ Home”, by black composer Harry Burleigh, whom Dvořák met during his American sojourn, and lyricist William Arms Fisher,^[9] but the song was actually written by Fisher and based on Dvořák’s Largo theme.

[Tenor aria^* from Verdi’s opera “Il Trovatore”]

那恐怖的柴堆    (意) 沙尔发多雷.卡马兰奴 谱词

[梵尔第歌剧<遊吟武士>的男高音咏叹調^*]

Tr. YK Chan 陳耀国译

Di quella pira l’orrendo foco                         那柴堆上恐怖的火焰

Tutte le fibre m’arse, avvampò!                燃烧着, 使我气熖焚身!

 Empi, spegnetela, o ch’io fra poco               妖怪们，熄灭它，

                                                                          若非的话我很快

Col sangue vostro la spegnerò!                    就用你们的血来熄灭它！

Era già  figlio prima d’amarti;                             我爱您之前已是您的兒子；

Non può frenarmi il tuo martir…                   您的苦难不能遏止我…

Madre infelice, corro a salvarti,                   不愉快的妈妈，我快來营救您，

O teco almeno corro a morir!                         或最少我快來与您同归于尽！

All’amrmi!  All’amrmi!                                      准备战斗吧！准备战斗吧！

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^{* This aria is well-knwon for its ending in a high C.}

     Di Quella Pira sing-Off   

1. Past tenors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTaZtrf_Y7M&feature=video_response
2. Modern tenors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtnLJnheBvE&NR=1&feature=fvwp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFPzYNrQigg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4X40YHDNSY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaJAa6Tjhik&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtLkjQSlE48&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZWnhIuJOVo&feature=related