香港科技大學學生會基督徒詩班
2023至2024年度音樂會《從心頌唱》
《There was a time》
原詞：William Wordsworth
編曲：Elaine Hagenberg
指揮：林子美
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory of a dream.
The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose;
The moon doth with delight
Look round her when the heavens are bare;
Waters on a starry night
Are beautiful and fair;
The sunshine is a glorious birth;
But yet I know, where'er I go,
That there hath pass'd away a glory from the earth.
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind.
The glory of a dream.
歌曲簡介
歌曲《There was a time》開頭運用清脆的琴聲和輕柔的人聲相互交織，氣氛如夢似幻。歌詞開首憶述一段過去的時光。那時上帝的榮光普照全地，大自然風景美不勝收，宛如壯麗的夢境。可花開花敗，彩雲易散，美妙的事物總有逝去之時。從前的光景不禁令人緬懷，卻又感到悵然若失。隨後，旋律再一次響起，讓人從夢中醒來。夢醒之時發現那天堂般的美景已然消散。艷美花卉，綠草如茵，均成過去。我們無法挽回逝去的事物，但那景象、上帝的榮光依然存在心中，恆久不變。與其沉溺於悲痛之中，歌詞鼓勵人們在所剩之物從中尋找力量，亦即接受時間的流逝及著眼於現今和未來。