音乐咖啡厅:High Hope-爱沙尼亚歌手Maarja

歌名:High Hope
歌手:Maarja

did we leave it for tomorrow
find new rooms behind closed doors
should not go there so soon

said goodbye to fading¹ summer
and by that last walk on that shore
it is your first on the moon

high hope, high fall
did we really find it all?
i wonder where it is gone away
high hope, high fall
our big dreams now seem so small
i wonder when it is gone away

heard a thousand ringing churchbells
from my yester diary
i saw you, i saw me
all these pages turn to ashes
like my love but still it seems
they are part of my dreams

high hope, high fall
did we really find it all?
i wonder where it is gone away
high hope, high fall
our big dreams now seem so small
i wonder when it is gone away

looking back on life romances²
did we ever learn just what it means³
to love
someone to die for, someone to live for
forever

high hope, high fall
did we really find it all?
i wonder where it is gone away
high hope, high fall
our big dreams now seem so small
i wonder when it is gone away

Maarja，全名Maarja Liis Ilus1980年12月24日出生于爱沙尼亚首都塔林，她也是爱沙尼亚最成功的女歌手。8岁学习钢琴，从小受到正统音乐培训。

1996年才15岁的她参加了欧洲歌曲大赛爱沙尼亚的国家歌曲选拔大赛，比赛中她和60多岁的爱沙尼亚老牌歌手Ivo Linna凭借一曲"Kaelakee hääl"夺得冠军，并代表爱沙尼亚参加了在挪威首都奥斯陆第41届欧洲电视歌曲大赛，最后获得第5名。次年她单独参加了爱沙尼亚的歌曲大赛，以一首"Keelatud maa"再次夺冠。

从1996年的首张同名专辑开始，Maarja已经功发行了13张个人专辑，在东欧，北欧，甚至亚洲都有很高的知名度(她的多张专辑曾在日本发行)。

1 fading   

n. 褪色, 枯萎, 衰退 动词fade的现在分词

参考例句：

• Hopes of a peace settlement are now fading. 和平解决的希望越来越小了。
• The king is fading fast. 国王的身体很快就衰弱了。

2 romances   

n.浪漫史( romance的名词复数 )；爱情小说；恋爱；传奇色彩

参考例句：

• The Arabian Nights and Treasure lsland are romances. 《一千零一夜》和《金银岛》都是传奇故事。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Most teenage romances are transitory. 绝大多数青少年的恋情都转瞬即逝。 来自辞典例句

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。