年過五十，看透世情的 Ariadni 慨嘆，女性千萬不要妄圖改變男性，因為男女大不同。她更對女性提出這樣的忠告：「不要浪費時間於浪漫愛戀中，工作，朋友，帶來更多快樂。」
"Do not be consumed with romantic love...work and friendship brought much more happiness."
年近古稀，滿頭白髮的希臘老作家 Patrick 也有感而發，語重深長指出：「兩個人，始終是獨立的個體。」
因此，即使相愛，一起生活，依然要保持自我，「畢竟，到頭來，對生命的愛，遠比對一個人的愛，更加重要。」
"At the end of the day, it is not the love of one person, but the love of life that matters.."
"Like sunrise, sunset.. we appear, we disappear..like ephemeral, just like our life.
We are so important to someone,
but we are just passing through..."
Anne Hathaway 在電影中飾演 Fontaine
一角，因遇人不淑，成為單親媽媽，為了養活自己及女兒，最後淪落為娼，對人生絕望，貧病交逼而死。這首 "I dreamed a
dream"，Anne Hathaway 唱來感情投入，聲淚俱下，一鳴驚人，更因此摘下金球獎最佳女配角。個人來說，卻始終比較喜歡由 Lea
Salonga 主唱舞台版本的演繹。
Lea Salonga 原籍菲律賓，在倫敦十週年音樂會演出
Eponine一角，是第一個在百老匯舞台演出這角色的亞裔人。因為表現出色，在二十五週年音樂會中更再被邀擔任Fontaine一角。她這個版本沒
Anne Hathaway 的那麼柔弱和煽情，在悲傷絕望中，仍保持一份自重和剛強。
"I dreamed a dream in time gone by When hope was high And life worth living I dreamed that love would never die I dreamed that God would be forgiving Then I was young and unafraid And dreams were made and used and wasted There was no ransom to be paid No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night With their voices soft as thunder As they tear your hope apart As they turn your dream to shame.."
"On my own"
這是音樂劇中個人很喜歡的角色 Eponine 的一首獨唱歌，歌詞悽苦，道盡單思之痛。
"On my own,pretending he is beside me All alone I walk with him till morning without him I feel his arms around me and when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me
and I know it is only in my mind and I am talking to myself, and not to him
I love him, but everyday I am learning All my life, I am only been pretending without him, his world will go on turning A world full of happiness that I have never known I love him, I love him, I love him but only on my own"
Eponine
單戀 Marius，Marius 眼中卻只有
Cosette，所以她只能在自己一人的時候，幻想他在身旁。然而，她心裡清楚知道，她只是自欺欺人。她愛他，可是他不愛她，她，只有她自己 (on
my own..)。後來 Eponine 為他送信給 Cosette，途中遭軍警槍傷，最後在他懷裡死去，總算是求仁得仁。
"Do you hear the people sing singing the song of angry men this is the music of a people who will not be slaves again when the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drums there is a life about to start when tomorrow comes.."
還有便是學生壯烈犧牲之後，倖存的 Marius 對著一室空枱空凳，唱的這首
"Empty chairs at empty tables"。
每一次聽，我都會想起六四，都會忍不住落淚。
特別是一開始及結尾的兩句:
「有一種，難以言喻的哀慟
有一種，無法停止的傷痛 ...」
二十五週年的音樂會找來年輕流行歌手 Nick Jonas 飾演 Marius 這角色，劣評如潮。
還是看看由原裝 Marius ie Michael Ball 在十週年音樂會演繹的這個版本吧。
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain that goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit a flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
but tomorrow never came
From the table in the corner
they could see a world reborn
and they rose with voices ringing
and I can hear them now
the very words that they had sung
became their last communion
on the lonely barricade at dawn
Oh my friends, my friends, forgive me
that I live and you are gone
There is a grief that cannot be spoken
there is a pain that goes and on
Phantom faces at the window
phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more
Oh my friends, my friends, don' t ask me
what your sacrifice was for
empty chairs at empty tables
now my friends will sing no more ....
"One Day More"
這是第二幕最後一場，也是中場休息之前的一幕，劇中主要角色都登場，各人藉著這歌唱出自己的心聲。
已改名換姓的 Valjean 重遇一直追捕他的 Javert，恐怕自己的身份敗露，欲在翌日再次逃亡。
VALJEAN:
One day more!
Another day, another destiny.
This never-ending road to Calvary;
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time.
One day more!
Marius, Cosette 和 Eponine 各懷心事，不知道還會否有機會再見。
MARIUS & COSETTE:
Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
And yet with you, my world has started!
Will we ever meet again?
I was born to be with you.
And I swear I will be true!
EPONINE
One more day all on my own.
One more day with him not caring.
What a life I might have known.
But he never saw me there!
起義之前一天，學生們是充滿期待，渴望在新的一天推翻不合理的制度之後，會帶來真正公義和平的新世界。
ENJOLRAS (學生領袖):
One more day before the storm!
At the barricades of freedom
When our ranks began to form
Will you take your place with me?
Students (學生們):
One day more to a new beginning
Raise the flag of freedom high!
Every man will be a king
There's a new world for the winning
There's a new world to be won
Javert 代表的執法人員則磨刀霍霍，等著把學生們來一個血腥鎮壓:
One more day to revolution,
We will nip it in the bud!
I will join these little schoolboys
They will wet themselves with blood!
Eponine 的貪心又看風駛履的父母，亦等著乘亂混水摸魚找著數。
M. & MME. THENARDIER:
Watch 'em run amuck,
Catch 'em as they fall,
Never know your luck
When there's a free for all,
Here a little `dip'
There a little `touch'
Most of them are goners
So they won't miss much!
二十五週年紀念音樂會臨完場時，更由演出過此劇學校版本的年輕學生手執旗幟從四面八方進場，一邊高唱 "Do you hear the people sing"，老中青演員共聚一堂，新舊交替，示意薪火相傳，場面十分感人。
另
外，還有 Valjean 獨唱 "Bring him home" ，Javert 的 "Stars"，，小cosette 夢想的"Castle
on the Cloud" (雲上的堡壘)，學生們唱的"Red and Black" (紅與黑)，都是我很喜歡的，可惜找不到這些歌的獨立
link，如想試聽，可看這十週年紀念音樂會完整版本。
Les Miserables 25th anniversary concert - "Bring him home" (Valjean Quartet, incomplete)
Les Miserables 25th anniversary concert - ABC Cafe/ "Red and Black"
Les Miserables 25th anniversary concert soundtrack - "Drink with me"
ENJOLRAS
Cuferaque, you take the watch
They may attack before it's light
Everybody keep the faith
For certain as our banner flies
We are not alone
The people too must rise
Marius, rest.
GRANTAIRE
Drink with me to days gone by
ALL
To the life (to the life) that used (that used) to be (to be)
At the shrine of friendship, never say die
Let the wine of friendship never run dry
Here's to you (here's to you) and here's to me
MARIUS
Do I care if I should die
Now she goes across the sea?
Life without Cosette
Means nothing at all.
Would you weep, Cosette,
If i was a fall?
Will you weep, Cosette,
For me?
Comments:
kc 2013年6月4日上午12:40
今晚在倫敦皇后劇場再次入場看 Les Miserables，不記得是第幾次看了，但感覺依然震撼。特別是學生街頭起義，現場再聽 "Red & Black"，"Drink with me"，"Empty Chairs at empty tables"，等幾首歌 ...
"Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit a flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
but tomorrow never came ...."
這是 "Drink with me" 部分歌詞：
"Drink with me to days gone by
Can it be you fear to die?
Will the world remember you
When you fall?
Could it be your death
Means nothing at all?
Is your life just one more lie?
Drink with me to days gone by
To the life that used to be
At the shrine of friendship, never stay dark
Let the wine of friendship never run dry
Here's to you and here's to me.."
bl
Here it was they lit a flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
but tomorrow never came ...."