From paul simon &; amp； The film "The Graduate"; Garfinkel
The film The Graduate is sung by paul simon and Garfunk.
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Give my regards to the people who live there.
She used to be my true love *
Tell her to make me a linen shirt.
(Oh, on the hillside deep in the green forest)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
(Sparrows' tracks on the snow)
No seams, no needlework
(Blankets and Bedclothes, Son of Mountain)
Then she will be the true love of the Lord
(I didn't realize the horn sounded when I slept)
Tell her to find me an acre of land.
(Scattered leaves on the hillside)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
(Wash the grave with silver tears)
Between the sea and the coast
(A soldier cleans his gun and leaves the chamber)
Then she will be my true love.
Tell her to harvest with a sickle.
(War bells burning in the red barracks)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
The general ordered their soldiers to kill people.
Collect them into a bunch of heather.
(Fighting for a cause they have long forgotten)
Then she will be my true love.
Scarborough fair
Have you ever been to Scarborough Fair?
Coriander, sage, rosemary and thyme
Give my regards to a girl there.
She used to be my lover.
Ask her to make me a linen dress.
(Deep in the green forest, just beside the mountain)
Coriander, sage, rosemary and thyme
(Chasing birds on the snow-covered brown mountain)
You don't need to sew or sew on it.
(Dashan is the carpet and sheets of the son of the mountain)
She will be my true love.
(I can't feel the sound of the horn in my sleep)
Tell her to find me a piece of land.
(A few blades of grass from the hillside)
Coriander, sage, rosemary and thyme
(Silver tears wash over the grave)
Between the sea and the sea.
(Soldiers wipe their guns)
She will be my true love.
Tell her to harvest with a sickle.
(War is roaring, scarlet bullets are screaming)
Coriander, sage, rosemary and thyme
The generals ordered their soldiers to kill people.
Tie the harvested heather into a bunch.
(Fighting for a cause that has long been forgotten)
She will be my true love.
Lyrics analysis:
Listening to songs focuses on listening to the "eye of the song", just like the "eye of the text" marked with the theme in the article. This song Scarborough Fair is a classic old song that everyone is familiar with. The eyes of the song are parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme "radish, sage, rosemary and thyme". The singer deliberately extended sage and thyme, as if to remind us that sage refers to sage and also means "sage/saint"; Thyme is homophonic with time. Let's look back at the title of the song (note: Song's eyes may be hidden between the lyrics and the lines). The original familiar title seems to have changed: SCAR-BORROW-FAIR. Scar and Fairness shows the singer's original intention-anti-war.
This song is sung in the tone of an ordinary soldier who died in the war. He can never go back to his homesick hometown and enjoy the sweetness of life with his sweetheart. The grief in my heart turned into a tearful accusation: parsley, sage, rosemary &; Thyme. Thousands of ordinary soldiers were destroyed on the battlefield like wild flowers, and those who made figurines in the war eventually could not escape the elutriation of time. Wild flowers are fragrant; However, only time can test who is a true saint; Perhaps, eternal time is the real saint! Time is fair.
Composed in the late 1960s, this song is one of the episodes of the Oscar-winning film The Graduate (1967). It is not difficult to understand the connotation of this song in connection with the background at that time (Vietnam War). Paul simon, the songwriter, was the spokesman of the youth in 1960s and 1970s. He studied English literature in England, which has profound literary connotation, so his lyrics have far-reaching artistic conception. The lyrics of this song are adapted from an English ballad of17th century. In singing, Simon and Garfinco cooperated seamlessly. In the silent night, let the song flow into your heart and touch the depths of your heart.