吳小毛的境象劇場

很久以前，中廣有一個深夜節目，李季準主持的"感性時間"，陪我渡過無數大學趕圖和做模型的日子，毎天凌晨零點都會播這首曲子，作為一天的開始... Well, 蛇年第一首歌...

今天推薦英國 Cat Stevens：Morning Has Broken (1976)

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也許是因為他長得太像耶穌的關係，這首歌始終帶有濃厚的宗教味道，但原意並非這樣。雖然如此，作為一天的開始，這首歌倒是給人一種清新的感覺，彷彿看到清晨的曙光與朝露，平穩的吉他節奏與鋼琴伴奏巧妙，裡面甚至藏了一組細微的變調合弦... 

Morning has broken, like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for the springing fresh from the world.

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven,
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning,
Born of the one light, Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning,
God's recreation of the new day.