The art song "Love is like a free bird", namely: "Habanera", is a famous aria sung when the protagonist Carmen appears in the first act of the opera "Carmen" , the melody of this song is deeply rooted in people's hearts, fully expressing Carmen's bold, unrestrained and mysterious image, and has become the most widely circulated song.
Song title: Carmen 'L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Habanera)' Acto I
Chinese: Carmen, Act I: Love is like a free bird (Habanera) Dance)
Lyrics and music: Georges Bizet
Library: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy (original work Prosper Mérimée)
Opera: Carmen
Creation time: Autumn 1874
Premire time: March 3, 1875
Premiere location: Opéra-Comique, Paris (Paris Comique Opera House)
< p>Singer: Maria CallasAlbum: Bizet: Carmen
Release date: January 1, 1965
Issuing company: Angel
Chinese and French lyrics:
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle Love is an unruly bird
Que nul ne peut apprivoiser?No one can tame
Et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle, if it chooses to refuse
S'il lui convient de refuser. All its calls are in vain
Rien n'y fait, menace ou prière, threatening or begging are all in vain
L'un parle bien, l'autre se tait one talks a lot, the other is silent;
Et c'est l'autre que je préfère And the one I love
Il n'a rien dit; mais il me tient. He didn't say anything, but he moved me
< p>L'amour, l'amour, l'amour, l'amour! Love! love! love! love!L'Amour enfant de Bohême, Love is the child of the gypsies
Il n'a jamais, jamais connu de loi, lawlessness
Si tu ne m'aime pas, je t'aime, if you don't love me, I prefer you
Si je t'aime, prend garde à toi! If I fall in love with you, you have to be careful!
(Prends garde à toi)
Si tu ne m'aime pas si tu ne m'aimes pas je t'aime If you don't love me, you don't love me, I I just prefer you
(Prends garde à toi)
Mais si je t'aime si je t'aime prends garde à toi! If I fall in love with you, you have to be careful!
L'oiseau que tu croyais surprendre The bird you thought you had caught
Battit de l'aile et s'envola; has spread its wings and flown away
< p>L'amour est loin, tu peux l'attendre; Love is far away, you can waitTu ne l'attend plus, il est là! Don't wait any longer, it's here!
Tout autour de toi vite, vite, right next to you, quick, quick!
Il vient, s'en va, puis il revient! It comes and goes, comes back and leaves again!
Tu crois le tenir, il t'évite; You think you have it, but it eludes you
Tu crois l'éviter, il te tient! You think you have it, but it eludes you But catch you!
English lyrics:
Carmen
Love is like a rebellious bird
That no one quite knows how to tame.
Try to call it, you won't be heard
If to refuse you is its aim.
Nothing works, neither threat nor plea,
< p>One man talks well, the other's mum.And it's this one I'd rather see --
I like him though he's acting dumb.
Oh love, yes love! Oh love, yes love!
Well, love is like a Gypsy child
That's never heard of any law or rule;
If you don't love me and I'm wild
About you, well, I say: look out, you fool!
Chorus
Look out, you fool!
Carmen
If you don't love me, you
Don't love me and I'm wild about you!< /p>
Chorus
Look out, you fool!
Carmen
But if I love you,
If I love you, look out, you fool!
When you thought that the bird was caught
It beat its wings and flew away;
Love is far and you wait for naught,
But don't wait and it's here to stay.
All around you, it comes and goes
And then comes back - - it's uncontrolled.
Think you've dodged it? You're in its throes!
It flees when you think you have a hold!
Oh love, yes love! Oh love, yes love!
Georges Bizet 1874 original manuscript
The opera "Carmen" was completed in the autumn of 1874. It was the work of the great French composer Georges Bizet ( [French] Bizet)'s last opera is also the most frequently performed opera in the world today. The four-act opera "Carmen" mainly portrays a beautiful but stubborn Gypsy girl - Carmen, a female cigarette factory worker. The protagonist Carmen's famous aria "Love is like a free bird" is an aria composed in the style of Habanera. Habanera was originally a black dance music from Africa. It was later introduced to Cuba by black people and then spread from Cuba to Spain. This is a medium-speed dance music in 2/4 time, andante, from D minor to F major. The melody often contains dotted rhythms and triplets. The rhythm is flexible. It is a very popular melody and fully expresses the Carmen spirit. A bold, unrestrained and mysterious image.
The opera "Carmen" is based on Mérimée's novel of the same name. It is a very popular opera among opera houses. However, its premiere at the Opéra Comique in Paris in 1875 failed miserably. Contemporaries were shocked and offended by the "bold modernism and naked emotion" in Bizet's work, denouncing it as an "obscene work" with "unintelligible music". He is said to have spent entire nights wandering the streets of Paris in agony. However, "Carmen" was praised by contemporary composers Saint-Sa?ns, Tchaikovsky and their descendant Debussy. The former two predicted that "in ten years, it will become the most popular opera in the world." But unfortunately, only three months later, the great composer Bizet died in Bouzival due to depression at the age of 37, which became a tragedy in the history of music. Five years later, "Carmen" was staged again in Paris and achieved great success. Since then, the opera "Carmen" has also been changed into a dance drama and a musical. Famous pieces of music in the opera include the provocative "Habanera" and "Segedia", "Song of the Matador", the overtures of the first and fourth acts, etc.