Abide - PolyU Choir 24th AP - 季哲 Serendipity

HKPUSU Choir 24th AP - 季哲 Serendipity
Abide
曲/Music: Dan Forrest
詞/Text: Jake Adam York
指揮/Conductor: 郭懿恩小姐 Miss Michelle Kwok
伴奏/Accompanist: 黃熙業 Wong Hei Yip, Henry
《守候》是耶克所作的詩歌，為了紀念1954-1968年間，美國民權運動裡的犧牲的烈士。這首詩交織著對於公義和憐憫和的追求。該詩以隱晦的方式邀請讀者反思悼念的意義。在生命的盡頭，烈士們的努力就如亮光一樣，映照後人的路。這首詩歌在2012被刊登於紐約時代雜誌，作曲家福雷斯聽到耶克誦讀這詩歌而有所啟發，將此詩編成曲，配以優美的鋼琴伴奏，帶領觀眾走入大自然裡安靜及反思。
“Abide”, written by York, commemorates the fallen martyrs in the U.S. Civil Right Movement between 1954 and 1968. The poem is a subtle record for its readers to ponder upon what it means to elegize. At the end of the martyrs’ lives, their sacrifice lits up a path for their fellow comrades. The poem was featured in New York Times in 2012. Inspired by York’s reading his own poetry, Forrest chose to set most of York’s text in a rather homophonic and style. He surrounds it with rich piano accompaniment which envelops and embraces his own honest voice, inviting the audience to enjoy and reflect in nature’s serenity.
Text:
Forgive me if I forget
with the birdsong and the day’s
last glow folding into the hands
of the trees, forgive me the few
syllables of the autumn crickets,
the year’s last firefly winking
like a penny in the shoulder’s weeds,
if I forget the hour, if I forget
the day as the evening star
pours out its whiskey over the gravel
and asphalt I’ve walked
for years alone, if I startle
when you put your hand in mine,
if I wonder how long your light
has taken to reach me here.
影片錄製/Video production: 睿智藝術策劃 Sereno Art Management