The Music of the Night

• By: Gerard Butler
• Album: The Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation

夜晚的尖锐感受，增强每一种感觉

Darkness stirs and wakes imagination

黑暗唤醒并激发想象

Silently the senses abandon their defences

感官静静地放弃了防御

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Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendour

缓缓地，温柔地，夜晚展开它的华丽

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Grasp it, sense it tremulous and tender

抓住它，感受它，颤抖而温柔

Turn your face away from the garish light of day

把脸转向白天刺眼的光

Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light

把思绪转向冰冷无情的光

And listen to the music of the night

倾听夜晚的音乐

Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams

闭上你的眼睛，投降于你最黑暗的梦

Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before

清除你对过去生活的思绪

Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar

闭上眼睛，让你的灵魂开始飞翔

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And you'll live as you've never lived before

你将会体验到前所未有的生活

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Softly, deftly music shall caress you

轻柔而灵巧的音乐将抚慰你

Hear it, feel it secretly possess you

听见它，感受它，秘密地占有你

Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind

打开你的心灵，让幻想自由展开

In this darkness that you know you cannot fight

在这你知道无法抗拒的黑暗中

The darkness of the music of the night

夜晚音乐的黑暗

Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world

让你的心灵开始一段奇异新世界的旅程

Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before

抛开你对过去生活的所有思绪

Let your soul take you where you long to be

让你的灵魂带你去你渴望的地方

Only then can you belong to me

只有那样你才能属于我

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Floating, falling sweet intoxication

漂浮，坠落，甜蜜的陶醉

Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation

触碰我，信任我，品味每一种感觉

Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in

让梦开始，让你黑暗的一面屈服

To the power of the music that I write

去感受我所创作的音乐的力量

The power of the music of the night

夜晚音乐的力量

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You alone can make my song take flight

只有你能让我的歌飞翔

Help me make the music of the night

帮助我创造夜晚的音乐

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - 夜晚
darkness /ˈdɑːknəs/ B1	noun - 黑暗
sensation /sɛnˈseɪʃən/ B2	noun - 感觉
imagination /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən/ B2	noun - 想象力
senses /ˈsɛnsɪz/ B1	noun - 感觉
splendour /ˈsplɛndər/ C1	noun - 壮丽
tender /ˈtɛndər/ B2	adjective - 温柔的
garish /ˈɡɛərɪʃ/ C1	adjective - 俗气的
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - 音乐
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - 梦
spirit /ˈspɪrɪt/ B1	noun - 精神
caress /kəˈrɛs/ C1	verb - 抚摸
fantasies /ˈfæntəsɪz/ B2	noun - 幻想
journey /ˈdʒɜːrni/ B1	noun - 旅程
strange /streɪndʒ/ A2	adjective - 奇怪的
world /wɜːld/ A1	noun - 世界
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - 灵魂
sweet /swiːt/ A2	adjective - 甜的
power /ˈpaʊər/ A2	noun - 力量