캐나다의 국보급 뮤지션 Loreena Mckennitt의 노래
Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting in your company.
Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
Your vows you've broken, like my heart,
Oh, why did you so enrapture me?
Now I remain in a world apart
But my heart remains in captivity.
I have been ready at your hand,
To grant whatever you would crave,
I have both wagered life and land,
Your love and good-will for to have.
If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.
My men were clothed all in green,
And they did ever wait on thee;
All this was gallant to be seen,
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,
but still thou hadst it readily.
Thy music still to play and sing;
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
Well, I will pray to God on high,
that thou my constancy mayst see,
And that yet once before I die,
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.
Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,
To God I pray to prosper thee,
For I am still thy lover true,
Come once again and love me.
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GREEN SLEEVES 이곡은
영국의 근대작곡가로 꼽히는 R. 본 윌리엄스(1872～1958)의 대표적 소품입니다.
'푸른 옷소매'는 16세기말 영국의 노랫가락(민요)으로,
푸른 옷소매를 입은 바람끼 있는 여자를 노래한 것이라고 합니다.
그러나 본 윌리엄스는 이 옛 노랫가락으로 환상곡(幻想曲)을 만들었고
'푸른 옷소매 주제에 의한 환상곡' 으로 이름 붙여졌지요.
본래 이 곡은 1928년에 쓴 '사랑에 빠진 존경'이란 4막짜리 페라의 간주곡으로 쓰였는데
1934년 독립시켜 환상곡으로 고쳐 썼습니다.
민요조의 서정적인 선율이 너무도 아름답고 인상적인 이 곡은
민요를 바탕으로 한 성공적인 편곡의 전형 중 하나입니다.
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