江承霖-音樂III--If I Never Knew You－ACC英語會話第5組

If I Never Knew You -JonSecada & Shanice-

《Lyric》

IfI never knew you                                            如果我從未認識你
If I never felt this love                                        如果我從未感到這份愛
I would have no inkling of                                  我就不會察覺
How precious life can be                                   人生有多麼珍貴

And if I never held you                                      如果我從未擁抱你
I would never have a clue                                  我就不會有一絲線索
How at last I find in you                                     找到我今生的摯愛
The missing part of me                                       那些我失去的部分
In this world so full of fear                                 是由於恐懼與謊言
Full of raging lies充斥了                                    這整個世界
I can see the truth so clear                                  真理能被瞧見
In your eyes、so dry your eyes                        從你那透徹的雙眼

And I'm so grateful to you                                  這份感激我難以言喻
I'd have lived my whole life through                     要不是你我的人生將
Lost forever                                                       永遠迷失
If I never knew you                                            如果我從未認識你
If I never knew you                                            三生有幸遇見你
I'd be safe、but half as rea                                  因為心中少了真實的安全感
Never knowing I could feel                                 我不知道對一份愛
A love so strong and true                                    有這麼強烈與真實的感覺

I\'m so grateful to you                                           對於你我真的心存感謝
I\'d have lived my whole life through                     我的生命
Lost forever                                                         終將永遠迷失
If I never knew you                                              如果我從沒見過你
I thought our love would be so beautiful                我們的愛是如此的美好
Somehow we\'d make the whole world right            不知怎麼我們讓世界倒轉
I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong 我不會知道那恐懼與仇恨會如此的強烈
All they leave are worthless whispers in the night 唯一在黑夜裡留下的只是沒有用的耳語
But still my heart is saying we were right                 但我的內心仍告訴我這是對的

If I never knew you                                              如果我從未認識你
( There is no moment I regret )                            ( 分分秒秒我也不後悔 )
If I never knew this love                                       如果我從未找到這份愛
( Since the moment that we met )                        ( 從我們認識的那刻起 )
I'd have no inkling of how precious life can be      不然我不會發現人生如此珍貴
( If our time\'s auspicious as that )                        ( 我們的美好時光永不止息 )
( Is here at last )                                                  ( 直到永遠 )

I thought our love would be so beautiful                 我們的愛如此動人
( So beautiful )                                                      ( 前所未有新甜蜜 )
Somehow we make the world rightl                        世界因我們而轉
I thought our love would be so beautifu                   前所未有新甜蜜美的讓人驚喜
We turn the darkness into light                               把黑夜趕出天之外
And still my heart is saying we were right               直覺告訴我不會錯

We were right                                                       不可能再錯過
And if I never knew you                                        如果我沒遇見你
If I never knew you                                               如果我倆未曾相識
I'd have lived my whole life through                        我的人生會

Empty as the sky                                                像天一樣虛
Never knowing why                                             永遠不知情
Lost forever                                                         永遠的迷失
If I never knew you                                              如果說我從未認識你

《介紹》

“If I Never Knew You” is the love theme and the second single fromDisney's 1995 animated feature Pocahontas. It is the final track on thePocahontas Soundtrack.

The song was originally developed for the prison scene wherePocahontas visits John Smith before he is to be put to death for the allegedmurder of Kocoum, a trusted Powhatan warrior whom Pocahontas was going tomarry. The musical number, which was about 90% animated, was to be a duetperformed by the pair as they acknowledge their love for each other. Becauseduring test screenings with child audiences their attention "seemed towander from the film", Alan Menken, the composer of the songs for Disney'sPocahontas, suggested it be cut because he also felt that it slowed the pace ofthe movie, with another song, Savages, not five minutes after. Though cut fromthe movie itself, If I Never Knew You was still performed by Jon Secada andShanice at the end credits and released as a single.

In 2005, Disney released the tenth anniversary edition ofPocahontas, which had the song fully animated and integrated into the film, butwas an optional feature that you could refuse and watch the original theatricalversion instead, due to seamless branching. It was performed by Mel Gibson andJudy Kuhn within the film's narrative. It was recorded for the original film in1995.

“If I Never Knew You”原本是電影中主角Pocahontas去帳篷中探望被抓並且即將在第二天早上被處死的John Smith時為了強調兩人情感而創作的一段美妙的二重唱。不過最早，據說為了照顧青少年觀眾，把這個片段剪掉了，而只在片尾中留Jon Secada及Shanice合唱的流行版。直到2005年發行10週年的DVD紀念版時，這個被剪掉的片段才又補上。

《推薦原因》

The First time I heard the song was not inthe film but in the original soundtrack CD, I was surprised to this beautifullove theme, and felt unfortunate that this melody didn’t perform in the film. However,Walt Disney released the full one in 2005, which include this theme in the, andmake the more completed. I like the lyric of the song; I think it is awonderful thing to meet someone, and the one that may had you have a differentlife if you’ve never meet him or her.

人生中總會與他人有所相遇相知。現在想想，如果我們從未與現在身旁的人認識，我們的生命是否就不是現在的樣子，而會走向別的方向呢?但是既已相知，便還是感謝能與他們認識。