《Ah! May The Red Rose Live Always》歌词

[00:00:00] Ah! May The Red Rose Live Always - Thomas Hampson

[00:00:20] Ah! may the red rose live always,

[00:00:26] To smile upon earth and sky!

[00:00:32] Why should the beautiful ever weep?

[00:00:39] Why should the beautiful die?

[00:00:45] Lending a charm to every ray

[00:00:50] That falls on her cheeks of light,

[00:00:54] Giving the zephyr kiss for kiss,

[00:00:59] And nursing the dew-drop bright --

[00:01:09] Ah! may the red rose live always,

[00:01:15] To smile upon earth and sky!

[00:01:21] Why should the beautiful ever weep?

[00:01:28] Why should the beautiful die?

[00:01:57] Long may the daisies dance the field,

[00:02:03] Frolicking far and near!

[00:02:08] Why should the innocent hide their heads?

[00:02:15] Why should the innocent fear?

[00:02:21] Spreading their petals in mute delight

[00:02:26] When morn in its radiance breaks,

[00:02:31] Keeping a floral festival

[00:02:35] Till the night-loving primrose wakes --

[00:02:45] Long may the daisies dance the field,

[00:02:51] Frolicking far and near!

[00:02:56] Why should the innocent hide their heads?

[00:03:04] Why should the innocent fear?

[00:03:31] Lulled be the dirge in the cypress bough,

[00:03:38] That tells of departed flowers!

[00:03:45] Ah! that the butterfly's gilded wing

[00:03:52] Fluttered in evergreen bowers!

[00:03:58] Sad is my heart for the blighted plants --

[00:04:04] Its pleasures are aye as brief --

[00:04:08] They bloom at the young year's joyful call,

[00:04:14] And fade with the autumn leaf:

[00:04:26] Ah! may the red rose live always

[00:04:35] To smile upon earth and sky!

[00:04:42] Why should the beautiful ever weep?

[00:04:50] Why should the beautiful die?