[Sung entirely in Mandarin Chinese. Natural Mandarin pronunciation; all narrative lines sung, never spoken.] 穿过无声的街道， 送葬队伍向前走； 神秘的影子行进， 脚步忽缓又忽急。 听不见一声祈祷， 听不见一首歌； 只有一口孤独的钟， 敲出悲痛的步伐。 [BARS 33–56 — INSTRUMENTAL PASSACAGLIA] [24 BARS — NO VOCALS] [CELLO REPEATS G–F#–F–Eb–D] [ROMANI VIOLIN INTRODUCES ELVIRA'S LAMENT] [PIANO ADDS RICH CHROMATIC SUSPENSIONS] [GUITAR DEVELOPS FLOWING COUNTERPOINT] [HARP ANSWERS THE VIOLIN] [GRADUAL CRESCENDO FROM PP TO MF] [EVERY REPETITION BECOMES MORE HARMONICALLY COMPLEX] [CHORUS — THE QUESTION] [BROAD, MEMORABLE, SOARING MELODY] [LONG SUSTAINED VOWELS] [THE MELODY MUST RETURN UNCHANGED] 今夜他们抬着谁？ 谁在棺木里安睡？ 谁已失去了姓名， 在这没有蓝色的天幕下？ 走吧，影子，走吧！ 大地会将你们珍藏！ 可有些死者还会归来， 虽然没有人呼唤。 [BARS 73–104 — GRAND INSTRUMENTAL ELEGY] [32 BARS — NO VOCALS] [ROMANI VIOLIN — PASSIONATE, VIRTUOSIC SOLO] [ELVIRA'S THEME EXPANDED INTO LONG LEGATO ARCS] [CELLO INTRODUCES DIEGO'S FOUR-NOTE MOTIF] [VIOLIN AND CELLO EXCHANGE THE TWO THEMES] [FLAMENCO GUITAR: FLOWING TREMOLO AND ARPEGGIOS] [PIANO: DESCENDING CHROMATIC HARMONIES] [HARP: SHIMMERING COUNTERMELODIES] [GRADUAL ACCELERANDO TO 112 BPM] [STRINGS BUILD INTO A MAGNIFICENT ROMANTIC CLIMAX] [NO HEAVY PERCUSSION] [RETURN TO 80 BPM] [VERSE 2 — FELIX APPROACHES] [VOICE COOL, RESTRAINED, ALMOST CURIOUS] [PIANO INTRODUCES THE GAMBLER THEME QUIETLY] 唐费利克斯望着队伍， 好奇地微微笑； 他走近漆黑的棺木， 冷冷地开口问。 没有人回答问题， 没有人抬起目光； 队伍继续前行， 他决定跟着走。 [BARS 121–136 — THE UNANSWERED QUESTION] [16 BARS — INSTRUMENTAL] [SOLO GUITAR PLAYS FELIX'S SIX-NOTE MOTIF] [CELLO ANSWERS WITH THE FUNERAL GROUND] [VIOLIN INTRODUCES AN UNRESOLVED HIGH MELODY] [HARMONIES SHIFT G MINOR TO B MAJOR TO G MINOR] [ONE DISTANT BELL] [FINAL CHORUS — MORE INTIMATE] [SAME MELODY, DEEPER EMOTION] [SOFT STRINGS AND HARP] 今夜他们抬着谁？ 谁在棺木里安睡？ 谁已失去了姓名， 在这没有蓝色的天幕下？ 走吧，影子，走吧！ 大地会将你们珍藏！ 可有些死者还会归来， 虽然没有人呼唤。 [FINAL INSTRUMENTAL — 24 BARS] [PASSACAGLIA GROUND RETURNS IN SOLO CELLO] [ROMANI VIOLIN PLAYS ELVIRA'S THEME] [GUITAR PLAYS DIEGO'S MOTIF VERY SLOWLY] [THE THREE MELODIES INTERTWINE] [GRADUALLY REMOVE PIANO, HARP AND STRINGS] [ONLY CELLO AND SOLO VIOLIN REMAIN] [CODA — THE CLOSED COFFIN] [PPP — 8 BARS] [CELLO PLAYS G–F#–F–Eb–D] [VIOLIN SUSTAINS ONE HIGH UNRESOLVED NOTE] [ONE DISTANT TUNED BELL] [COMPLETE SILENCE] [END]
