This song is adapted from a famous English poem. ..
The original text is:
tiger
William blake (1757- 1827)
Tiger, tiger, burning light
In the forest at night,
What immortal hands or eyes?
Can shape your terrible symmetry.
How far in the depth or sky?
Burn the flame in your eyes?
Why does he dare to yearn for it?
What kind of hand dares to catch fire?
What kind of shoulders and art
Will distort the muscles of your heart?
When your heart starts to beat,
What hand of terror? What terrible feet?
What hammer? What chain?
What furnace is your brain in?
What anvil? What a terrible grip
Dare to catch its deadly terror?
When the stars cast their spears
Watering heaven with their tears,
Did he read his work with a smile?
Did the God who made the lamb make you?
Tiger, tiger, burning light
In the forest at night,
What immortal hands or eyes?
Dare to frame your terrible symmetry?
Tiger is a very famous poem in English-speaking countries. According to Columbia University 1992 English Poetry Popular List, Song of the Tiger is actually the most popular one, ranking first.
The poet william blake lived in an era calling for heroism: the American Revolution and the French Revolution. The frustrated artist is full of sympathy for the people who have suffered humiliation and oppression, and calls for rough and bold nature, so he has his work Tiger Song Like. The imagination in this poem is like flying in the starry sky. The whole poem has an exciting vastness without losing its mystery, which makes it different from the superficial "revolutionary passion" poem. The tone of this poem is solemn and mysterious.
Katie Melua's Tiger in the Night was adapted into a song from this poem. This song has a strong aesthetic feeling of form, and at the same time, it has a childlike nursery rhyme, which is both serious and lively, as if a child were observing this strange and unusual creature with strange eyes. The colorful colors of the tiger flicker between the dark forest and the burning flame, with great momentum. The whole song expresses the worship and praise for force of nature, marveling at the creator's great magical power over nature, gaining strength from nature and inspiring people to work hard. The artistic conception is open, romantic and mysterious. ...
This song is very meaningful. I personally strongly recommend katie melua. ...