From the film "the graduate" by Paul Simon &; Garfunkle
film "The Graduate" episode Paul Simon, Garfunke sang
* Are you going to Scarborough Fair
Parsley, Sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine*
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
(Oh the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
Parsley,sage, rosemary and thyme
(Tracing of sparrow on the snow crested brown)
Without no seams nor needle work
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)
Then she` ll be ture love of main
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
Tell her to find me an acre of land
(On the side of a hill a sprinkling of leaves)
Parsley,sage, rosemary and thyme
(Washes the grave with silvery tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strand
(A soldier cleans and publishes a gun)
Then she`ll be a true love of mine
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
(War bells blazing in scarlet battalion)
Parsley,sage, rosemary and thyme
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
(And to fight for a cause they` Ve long ago forgotten)
then she`ll be a true love of mine
Scarborough Fair
Have you ever been to Scarborough Fair?
turnip, 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)
turnips, sage, rosemary and thyme
(chasing finches on the snow-capped brown mountain)
There is no need to sew or sew on it
(the mountain is the carpet and sheet of the son of the mountain)
She will.
(I don't feel the sound of the horn calling in my sleep)
Tell her to find me a piece of land
(from a few grass leaves beside the hill)
turnips, sage, rosemary and thyme
(silver tears dripping down the grave)
Just between salt water and the sea
(.
Tell her to harvest with a leather sickle
(the war is roaring and scarlet bullets are screaming)
turnip, sage, rosemary and thyme
(the generals ordered their soldiers to kill)
Tie the harvested heather into a bunch
(fighting for a long forgotten reason)
Lyrics analysis:
Listening to songs focuses on the "eye of the song", just like the "eye of the text" that marks the theme in the article. This SCARBOROUGH FAIR is a classic old song that everyone is familiar with. The eye of the song is PARSLEY ,SAGE ,ROSEMARY AND THYME "turnip, SAGE, rosemary and thyme". The singer's intention to extend SAGE and THYME seems to remind us that Sage refers to sage and also means "sage/sage"; THYME is homophonic with TIME. Let's look back at the title of the song again (note: there may be song eyes hidden in the lyrics and the words), and the original familiar title seems to have changed: SCAR-BORROW-FAIR. SCAR and FAIR show the singer's original intention-ANTI-WAR.
The song is sung in the tone of an ordinary soldier who died in the war. He can no longer 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 finally could not escape the elutriation of time. Wild flowers are fragrant; However, only time can test who is the true sage; Perhaps, eternal time is the real sage! TIME IS FAIR。
The song was written in the late 196s, which is one of the episodes of the Oscar-winning film THE GRADUTE (1967). It is not difficult to understand the connotation of the song in connection with the background of that time (Vietnam War). The songwriter Paul Simon was the spokesman of the youth in the sixties and seventies. He studied English literature in England, and his literary connotation is profound, so his lyrics are profound in artistic conception. The lyrics of this song are adapted from a 17th century English ballad. In singing, Simon and Garfunko cooperated seamlessly. In the silent night, let the song flow into your heart, TOUCH THE DEEP OF YOUR HEART.