相信喜歡西洋音樂的人對這首歌不陌生:「temple of the king」。可是這首歌的歌詞在寫什麼啊?曾經請教過兩位英文老師，都不得要領。其實沒有一個字不認識，可是它表達的究竟是什麼?什麼叫做 year of the fox ? 難道西洋也有十二生肖嗎?old man跟strong young man又是什麼跟什麼呢?知道的人告訴我好嗎?感激不盡。
One day, in the year of the
fox
Came a time remembered well,
When the strong young man of the rising
sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell.
One day in the year of the
fox,
When the bell began to ring,
It meant the time had come for one to
go
To the temple of the king.
There in the middle of the circle he
stands,
Searching, seeking.
With just one touch of his trembling
hand,
The answer will be found.
Daylight waits while the old man
sings,
Heaven help me!
And then like the rush of a thousand wings,
It
shines upon the one.
And the day has just begun.
One day in the year
of the fox
Came a time remembered well,
When the strong young man of the
rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell.
One day in the year
of the fox,
When the bell began to sing
It meant the time had come for the
one to go
To the temple of the king.
There in the middle of the people
he stands,
Seeing, feeling.
With just a wave of the strong right hand,
he’s gone
To the temple of the king.
Far from the circle, at the edge
of the world,
He’s hoping, wondering.
Thinking back on the stories he’s
heard of
What he’s going to see.
There, in the middle of a circle it
lies.
Heaven help me!
Then all could see by the shine in his eyes
The
answer had been found.
Back with the people in the circle he
stands,
Giving, feeling.
With just one touch of a strong right hand, they
know
Of the temple and the king.
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