Thursday, April 27, 2006

The Land of Might-Have-Been






看完2002年的英國電影高斯福大宅謀殺案“Gosford Park”,電影完時播出的 “The Land of Might-Have-Been”很配合電影情節, Ivor Novello 於1924年主唱,片中由飾演他的 Jeremy Northam 唱出。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YaXx6TnaKE
http://www.holodaro.com/Novello/novello.html

Somewhere there's another land different from this world below.
Far more mercifully planned than the cruel place we know.
Innocence and peace are there. All is good that is desired.
Faces there are always fair. Love grows never old nor tired.

We shall never find that lovely land of Might-Have-Been.
I can never be your king nor you can be my queen.
Days may pass and years may pass and seas may lie between.
We shall never find that lovely land of Might-Have-Been.

Sometimes on the rarest nights comes the vision calm and clear,
Gleaming with unearthly lights on my path of doubt and fear.
Winds from that far land are blown, whispering with secret breath.
Hope that plays her tune alone. Love that conquers pain and death.

Shall we ever find that lovely land of Might-Have-Been?
Will I ever be your king or you at last my queen?
Days may pass and years may pass, and seas may lie between.
Shall we ever find that lovely land of Might-Have-Been?