如果说到凯尔特音乐，只是提及恩雅、爱尔兰画眉或是Sinead O'Connor的话，不能不说是一种遗憾--因为你遗漏了Loreena McKennitt。在"悠扬、质朴、瑰丽"这样一些凯尔特音乐的惯常面貌之外，这个多年漂泊的女人的作品有着更浓烈的深沉与更广博的包容。
凯尔特民族沧桑的历史和远古的传说，个人飘泊中的期遇与错失、思念与遗弃，在她融入了古诗词的唱吟中，在她采撷入了中东、印加等各地元素的音乐中，将是娓娓道来，就似些许清酒缓缓渗入细沙--聆听着，神思恍惚间，终也陷入而无法自拔了。
The English Ladye and the knight是由著名诗人Walter Scott的诗歌填词而作。它所在的专集An Ancient Muse继续了Loreena McKennitt对凯尔特主题的更加深入的研究并最终完善了她独树一帜的音乐风格。
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Music: Loreena McKennitt
Lyric: Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
It was an English ladye bright,
The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,
And she would marry a Scottish knight,
For Love will still be lord of all.
Blithely they saw the rising sun
When he shone fair on Carlisle wall;
But they were sad ere day was done,
Though Love was still the lord of all.
Her sire gave brooch and jewel fine,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall;
Her brother gave but a flask of wine,
For ire that Love was lord of all.
For she had lands both meadow and lea,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,
For he swore her death, ere he would see
A Scottish knight the lord of all.
That wine she had not tasted well
The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
When dead, in her true love's arms, she fell,
For Love was still the lord of all!
He pierced her brother to the heart,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
So perish all would true love part
That Love may still be lord of all!
And then he took the cross divine,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,
And died for her sake in Palestine;
So Love was still the lord of all.
Now all ye lovers, that faithful prove,
The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
Pray for their souls who died for love,
For Love shall still be lord of all!
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