"Memory" 를 기억하며

 

 

몇년전이던가?

2003년도 큰 애 결혼식을 치루고

친구 숙희가 위로차 초대해줘서 보았던 뮤지컬 "CATS" 중에서

Memory 라는 유명한 노래를 요즘 외우기 시작했는데

가사가 길어서 어제 오늘 고전중이다.

 

팝송을 그저 멜로디만 흥얼흥얼 하다보니

제대로 외워서 부르는 노래가 별로 없어서

영어공부도 할겸 마음 먹고 외워 부르기로 작정은 했는데

우리나라 노래도 잘 못외우는 터에 영어가사로 외우려니

머리에 쥐가 날 지경이다.

 

이거 누가 시켜서 하는게 아니라 다행이다.

 

 

 

 

Day light
see the dew on a sunflower
and a rose that is fading
roses wither away
like the sunflower
i yearn to turn my face to the dawn
i am waiting for the day

Midnight not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight, the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory, All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every streetlamp seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamp splutters
And soon
It will be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in.
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

(Music interlude)

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
A streetlamp dies; another night is over
Another day is dawning...

Touch me!
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun...
If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun.