Candle In The Wind

Candle in the Wind 1997

Elton John

Goodbye England's Rose, may you ever grow in our hearts.

You were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart.

You called out to our country, and you whispered to those in pain.

Now you belong to heaven, and the stars spell out your name.

And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind:

never fading with the sunset when the rain set in.

And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills; Your candle's burned out long before; your legend ever will.

Loveliness we've lost; these empty days without your smile.

This torch we'll always carry for our nation's golden child.

And even though we try, the truth brings us to tears;

All our words cannot express the joy you brought us through the years.

And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind:

never fading with the sunset when the rain set in.

And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills; Your candle's burned out long before; your legend ever will.

Goodbye England's Rose, may you ever grow in our hearts.

You were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart. Goodbye England's Rose, from a country lost without your soul,

who'll miss the wings of your compassion more than you'll ever know.

And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind:

never fading with the sunset when the rain set in.

And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills; Your candle's burned out long before; your legend ever will.

重点词汇

tear apart v. 使心碎，使痛苦地分开set in v. 开始，到来

call out v. 唤起，大声疾呼whisper v. 低声细语，轻声安慰

burn out v. 烧尽，燃尽，熄灭torch n. 火把，火炬

golden child n. 指备受尊崇的人compassion n. 同情，怜悯，悲悯wing n. 翅膀——呵护

You were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart.

你就是在颠沛顿挫的人们中显现的恩惠。

never fading with the sunset when the rain set in.

即使大雨倾盆，风中烛光永不随夕阳沉没而褪色。

Your candle has burned out long before; your legend ever will. 你的生命虽然像风中之烛已经熄灭，但你的传奇会永存。