歌曲歌詞
英文歌詞
When A Child Is Born
A ray of hope, flickers in the sky
A tiny star lights up way up high
All across the land dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born
A silent wish sails the seven seas
The winds of change whisper in the trees
And the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn
This comes to pass when a child is born
A rosy hue settles all around
You got the feel, you're on solid ground
For a spell or two no one seems forlorn
This comes to pass when a child is born
[Monologue: And all of this happens because the world is waiting
Waiting for one child, black, white, yellow, no one knows
But the child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter
Hate to love, war to peace and everyone to everyone's neighbour
and misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten .forever]
It's all a dream an illusion now
It must come true sometime soon, somehow
All across the land dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born
這全都是因著,一個嬰孩的降臨。
歌曲鑑賞
這首歌明顯地帶有宗教色彩和西方基督文化。這種以基督思想作底蘊的傳統文化滲透了西方社會的各個方面,這種文化背景,對於理解西方人、特別是美國人有著特定的深刻意義。歌曲演唱的靜謐與至潔更加增添了這種文化的氛圍和風格的濃重。