тем, кто по-английски вообще никак - мимо.
попробую выкладывать сюда красивые/достойные (на мой взгляд) английские стихи.
либо тексты песен, но поэтичные.
и в первый раз - текст группы Ayreon к песне The First Man On Earth.
краткая предыстория - человек подключил свой мозг к футуристическому прибору под названием "dream sequencer", который позволяет воссоздавать в мозгу разные картины с высочайшей реалистичностью, из любых эпох.
пройдя сквозь всю мировую историю, этот человек оказывается в 50000 году до нашей эры - году, когда, предположительно, процесс перехода обезьяны в человека разумного достиг своего апогея.
он смотрит на мир глазами первобытного homo, но сознание его сохранено в прежнем виде.
"It is 50000 B.C. The world is almost empty; nature is still untouched by man. Off in the
distance, a clan of ape-like creatures gather near a cliff side. But I am the first to
stand. I must be..."
In fields of green, vast as the oceans
Is this a dream, is it evermore?
A million years, fast as a notion
I stand alone here on the silent shore
I'm after prey in the fie......lds
Shelter in a cave from the cold and lonely nights
And now it all seems so real
Warming at the fireside beneath the pale moonlight
This is the dawn of time
I am the first to stand
Looking through the eyes of the primal man
This is the dawn of time
Witnessing the birth
I am the first man on earth
The skies of blue reach to the heavens
They go on and on forevermore
No avenues, no city sidewalks
Planet Mars is but ancient lore
This place has all that I need
No computers glowing screens, no industrial machines
Somehow it all seems surreal
Memories of days gone by, a slowly fading scene
No one here to blame me
No one here to hurt
So much space here to occupy my mind
I can breathe the breath of virgin land
The firefly at nighttime
The sounds of nothing known
And I belong here like I never have before
The wandering child returning home
When twilight falls, red is the sunset
Planets appear across the colored sky
No prison walls, no war, no bloodshed
Hard to believe this new world will die
I wish that I could stay for a while
In the dream world that the sequencer creates
And though it all seems so real
Now I fear the time is gone,
I feel its heavy weight
Hold on to this moment in time
Savor a life how it used to be
Hold on to the world in its prime
Breathe in the air, feel the energy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLV2-ewrIdk
текст, на мой вгляд, очень красивый, рифма соблюдена почти везде, под музыку идеально подходит, эмоционален, имеет смысловую нагрузку - чего еще желать?
а каково ваше мнение?)
p.s. простите за это идиотское форматирование, но нектовский движок почему-то не дает сделать строфы строфами.
p.p.s. не, а все равно никак. все криво. может знает кто способ заставить стихи выглядеть стихами?
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хороший текст, я ж не имел в виду ничего плохого)
Never again will I be dishonored
And never again will I be reminded
Of living within the world of the jaded
They kill inspiration
It's my obligation
To never again, allow this to happen
Where do I begin?
The choices are endless
Denying the sin
My art, my redemption
I carry the torch of my fathers before me
The thing I treasure most in life cannot be taken away
There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice
To change myself, I'd rather die
Though they will not understand
I won't make the greatest sacrifice
You can't predict where the outcome lies
You'll never take me alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
Change again, cannot be considered
I rage again, dispelling my anger
Where do I begin?
The choices are endless
My art, my redemption, my only salvation
I carry the gift that I have been blessed with
My soul is adrift in oceans of madness
Repairing the rift that you have created
I am not alone, brothers, give me your arms now
The thing I treasure most in life cannot be taken away
There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice
To change myself, I'd rather die
Though they will not understand
I won't make the greatest sacrifice
You can't predict where the outcome lies
You'll never take me alive
I'm no slave
Are you feeling brave?
Or have you gone out of your mind?
No more games
It won't feel the same
If I hold my anger inside
There's no meaning
My soul is bleeding
I've had enough of your kind
One suggestion, use your discretion
Before you label me blind