ElCóndorPasa

isanorchestralmusicalpiecefromthezarzuelaElCóndorPasabythePeruviancomposerDanielAlomíaRobles,writtenin1913andbasedontraditionalAndeanmusic,specificallyfolkmusicfromPeru.

Sincethen,ithasbeenestimatedthat,aroundtheworld,morethan4,000versionsofthemelodyhavebeenproduced,alongwith300setsoflyrics.In2004,Perudeclaredthissongtobeapartoftheirnationalculturalheritage.ThissongisnowconsideredthesecondnationalanthemofPeru.

Itisthebest-knownPeruviansongintheEnglish-speakingworldduetoa1970coverbySimon&Garfunkelontheir

BridgeoverTroubledWater

album.Theirversioniscalled"ElCóndorPasa(IfICould)",releasedasasingleintheUS,whichreachednumber18ontheBillboardPopSingleschartandnumber6ontheEasyListeningchart,[4]infall1970.Thiscoverachievedmajorinternationalsuccessandfame.

《山鷹之歌》是一首反抗西班牙殖民者的印第安民歌，流傳于南美秘魯一帶，其悠遠神秘的旋律和古樸獨特的安第斯山區(qū)民族樂器編曲令人不禁對南美印第安文化心馳神往。此曲流傳最廣的是美國民謠歌手保羅·西蒙的英文填詞版。這一版雖然唱頌民族精神的色彩有所減弱，但依然帶有濃重的拉美鄉(xiāng)村音樂特色。歌曲中提及麻雀、蝸牛、鐵錘、天鵝等意象，唱盡了被束縛在土地上的人對實實在在而非空中樓閣的自由的渴望，同時也流露出其難以割舍的對土地的眷戀。歌者在理想與現(xiàn)實中彷徨不定，靈魂始終澄澈?！窫lCondorPasa」山鷹之歌

I'dratherbeasparrowthanasnail我寧愿做一只麻雀也不愿做一只蝸牛

YesIwould是的，我會這么選

IfIcould,Isurelywould如果我可以，我一定會這么選

Hmmmmm嗯~~

I'dratherbeahammerthananail我寧愿做一只錘子也不要做一個釘子

YesIwould是的，我會這么選IfIonlycould,Isurelywould如果真的可以，我會這么選

Hmmmmm嗯~~

Away,I'drathersailaway遠方，我想要揚帆起航

Likeaswanthat'shereandgone就像一只來去匆匆的天鵝

Amangetstieduptotheground一個人如果被束縛在大地

Hegivestheworlditssaddestsound,itssaddestsound他會向這個世界發(fā)出最悲傷的聲音，他最悲哀的聲音

Hmmmmm嗯~~

I'dratherbeaforestthanastreet相比于街道，我更愿意成為一片雨林

YesIwould真的，我會這么選

IfIcould,Isurelywould如果我可以這樣，我確信我將如此

I'dratherfeeltheearth