《morning has broken》(破晓)
这支著名的英文老歌据说是改编自一首赞美诗,由英国著名流行歌手凯特.斯蒂文斯(Cat Stevens)原唱,后被多次改编并被收录到许多专辑中。歌曲向我们表达了对世界、对生活的赞美和热爱之情。
歌词:
morning has broken like the first morning
blackbird has spoken like the first bird
praise for the singing; praise for the morning
praise for them springing fresh from the world
sweet the rains new fall sunlit from heaven
like the first dew fall on the first grass
praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
sprung in completeness where his feet pass
mine is the sunlight. mine is the morning
born of the one light Eden saw play
praise with elation, praise every morning
God's re-creation of the new day
歌词大意
天已破晓,如同第一个清晨
黑鸟鸣唱,如同第一只鸣禽
赞美这歌唱,赞美这早晨
赞美它们使这世界充满了清新
初下的雨水和來自天庭的阳光何等甜美
像新生草原上的第一颗露珠
赞美那湿润花园的甜美
上帝足迹所到之处万物滋长
我就是阳光,我就是清晨
自伊甸园的一道微光中诞生
兴高采烈的赞美,赞美每一个清晨
赞美上帝创造的新的一天
歌词、句型分析
1.Morning has broken like the first morning.
每天清晨天空破晓就好象第一次破晓的情况一样.
本句歌词的涵义是每天的清晨都带给我们所的感受.虽然每天清晨都会来临,但我们的感受以好象是清晨第一次出现一样,带给我们新的喜悦,使我们的生活有意义.
2.Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
=The blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
画眉鸟开始歌唱,就好象第一只鸟在唱歌。
本句省略了定冠词the,是因为受音节限制的影响。
3.Praise vi.颂扬
例: The boy was highly praised for his bravery.
(那个男孩因勇敢而深受赞扬。)
4.Spring vi.& vt.忽然跳起来,出现
spring from 萌芽;开端
例: I sprang to my feet.
(我忽然跳起来。)
5.fresh from 刚从…出来的
例: He is a teacher fresh from college.
(他是刚刚从大学毕业的教师)
He is just fresh from the work.
6. Sweet the rains new fall sunlit from heaven like the first dewfall on the first grass
= Sweet is the rains new fall which is sunlit from heaven like the first dewfall on the first grass
= The rains new fall which is sunlit from heaven is sweet like the first dewfall on the first grass from
=The rain fall,which is given by God,is sweet. The falling rain is as sweet as the first dewfall nurtures the grass.
上帝所赐予的降雨是甜美的,就好象是第一次的露水降在第一片草地上。
句型分析:
Sweet the rains new fall为主句。原句型实为The rains’ new fall is sweet。
sunlit from heaven为过去分词短语,原由定语从句 which is sunlit from heaven 化简而来,修饰 new fall。
like the first dewfall为介词 like所引导的介词短语,用以修饰the rains new fall
dewfall n. 降露
sunlit a.被阳光照耀着
7.…. praise every morning God’s re-creation of the new day.
=…every morning,let’s praise God’s re-creation of the new day.
…每个早晨,让我们来赞美上帝为我们所创造的新的一天。
Re-creation n.改造(之物)
Recreation n.娱乐,消遣