Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star係首好流行嘅英文兒歌 (nursery rhyme)。中文亦通常叫一閃一閃小星星或一閃一閃亮晶晶。首歌曲詞各有來源，音係來自1761年出版嘅法文歌Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman，字就係來自Jane Taylor首英文詩The Star。
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旋律 [編輯]
支旋律喺 1761年出版，原本唔係童謠來嘅。首歌家下留到最早嘅字，係1774年嘅Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman，意思係呀！我會講你聽，媽。。呢首歌風行歐洲，莫札特都同佢作咗十二變奏， Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman"，K.265/300e，唔少人重以為支旋律係佢作嘅[1]。
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英文除咗呢首歌用Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman之外，1834年作嘅字母歌(Alphabet Song)，同埋Baa, Baa, Black Sheep都一樣咁出名。
歌詞 [編輯]
Jane Taylor首英文詩The Star喺1806年出版，收響Rhymes for the Nursery本書入便。本書係Jane Taylor同佢大家姐Ann Taylor嘅詩集。而首詩本身，喺用咗聯句(couplet)來表達。
原文歌詞分五節，其中第一段最出名。有時原文之外，每節畀人重覆頭兩行落尾度，原因係唱童謠嘅習慣。以下係原文[2][3]：
- Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
- How I wonder what you are!
- Up above the world so high,
- Like a diamond in the sky!
- When the blazing sun is gone,
- When he nothing shines upon,
- Then you show your little light,
- Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
- Then the traveler in the dark,
- Thanks you for your tiny spark,
- He could not see which way to go,
- If you did not twinkle so.
- In the dark blue sky you keep,
- And often through my curtains peep,
- For you never shut your eye,
- Till the sun is in the sky.
- As your bright and tiny spark,
- Lights the traveller in the dark,—
- Though I know not what you are,
- Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
家下通常只係唱短版，頭兩行尾度重唱：
- Twinkle Twinkle little star,
- How I wonder what you are!
- Up above the world so high,
- Like a diamond in the sky,
- Twinkle twinkle little star,
- How I wonder what you are!
其他版本 [編輯]
因為首歌膾炙人口，詞本身有唔少譯本。亦有唔少係改版。
其中愛麗斯夢遊仙境，就有呢個版本：
- Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
- How I wonder what you're at!
- Up above the world you fly,
- Like a teatray in the sky.
- Twinkle, twinkle—
注 [編輯]
- ↑ http://bdb.co.za/shackle/articles/twinkle.htm
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (2nd edition, 1997)
- ↑ The Star, Representative Poetry Online (RPO), University of Toronto, 2005
