热门候选
现在作为候选的最大热门是William Blake作词,Hubert Parry谱曲的1916年的作品Jerusalem。William Blake是英国浪漫主义诗人,这首“Jerusalem”原来是他的一首诗。
John Otway版的Jerusalem
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
远古圣贤,曾步英伦碧绿山?
羊群逸逸,也蒙放牧伊甸园?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
上帝永光,破雾穿云照险岗?
天国安在,哪堪落户黑工厂?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
供我金弓兮,供我所欲箭;
供我长矛战车兮,火奔云展!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
念兹在兹,剑不离手;
建成圣地,英伦永昼。
(来自网友passerby98的神翻译。)
Gareth Young为了英格兰的国歌成立了anthem4england这个网站,他对这首歌颇有好感:
“It's a beautiful song and it actually mentions and is about England, unlike its competitors. People wrongly think it's a hymn and object to the fact it references a Middle Eastern city, but Jerusalem was actually a metaphor for a better place.”
“这首歌很优美,而且不同于其他作品,这首是关于英格兰的。人们错以为这首歌唱的是中东的那个耶路撒冷,但耶路撒冷在这里只是一个隐喻而已。“
这首歌另外一个优势是家喻户晓。
善于自黑的英国人面对这么好的一个机会,怎么会不调侃一下呢?于是更多的在英国家喻户晓的流行作品成了“候选国歌”,在网上流传开来。
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The whole Abbey Road medley披头士阿比路合辑
The Beatles
A continuous cycle of different David Bowie songs大卫·鲍威的歌曲循环
The Doctor Who theme神秘博士主题曲(英国科幻剧)
“Anarchy In The U.K.” 英国的无政府主义...
Sex Pistols
不过到现在也没人能明确说出新国歌的诞生时间。以英国人的效率,说不定要等到下届世界杯了。好吧,我就是在黑他们~
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