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22 — 我自己的葬礼 | Salamanca Mandarin

V6

[Sung entirely in Mandarin Chinese. Natural Mandarin pronunciation; all narrative lines sung, never spoken.] [TITLE: 我自己的葬礼] [EL ESTUDIANTE DE SALAMANCA — ACT III — 22/28] [MANDARIN CHINESE ADAPTATION INSPIRED BY ESPRONCEDA] [MACABRE SPANISH ROMANTIC NOCTURNE] [76 BPM — 3/4 — D MINOR] [BRIEF ACCELERANDO TO 112 BPM] [ZEMFIRA DE GRANADA — SOLO LYRIC-SPINTO SOPRANO] [ONE FEMALE NARRATOR — NO CHARACTER VOICE SWITCHING] [ALL MANDARIN CHINESE LYRICS SUNG — NEVER SPOKEN] [INTIMATE PIANO, CELLO, ROMANI VIOLIN, GUITAR] [VERY DISTANT SATB CHOIR — ONE BRIEF APPEARANCE] [NO CLARINETS — NO RECITATIVE] [NO EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL BREAKS] [TARGET 2:45–3:15] [RECURRING THEMES] [FELIX: E–F–G#–B–A–G#] [ELVIRA: FOUR DESCENDING CELLO NOTES] [DEATH: THREE LOW BELL STROKES] [THE FUNERAL MARCH IS FELIX'S THEME IN AUGMENTATION] [INTRO — 4 BARS] [PPP — SOLO PIANO] [LEFT HAND: SLOW FUNERAL PULSE] [RIGHT HAND: FRAGMENTS OF FELIX'S THEME] [ONE DISTANT BELL] [NO ORCHESTRAL TUTTI] [VERSE 1 — THE PROCESSION] [76 BPM — SOFT, MYSTERIOUS] [PIANO AND CELLO ONLY] [ZEMFIRA CLOSE, DARK, BEAUTIFULLY LEGATO] 长夜走过萨拉曼卡, 全身披着送葬的衣裳。 灯光在石头上颤动, 谁也不敢询问。 灵车缓缓向前, 影子低头跟随。 唐费利克斯在死者中笑道: 你们一路埋葬的是谁? [INSTRUMENTAL — 4 BARS] [ROMANI VIOLIN ENTERS WITH A FRAGMENTED FELIX THEME] [CELLO PLAYS A SLOW DESCENDING COUNTERMELODY] [THREE VERY SOFT BELL STROKES] [VERSE 2 — THE RECOGNITION] [PIANO ALONE — PPP] [VOICE ALMOST WHISPERED, BUT FULLY SUNG] [GRADUAL HARMONIC DISSONANCE] 他走近阴沉的棺木, 月亮照出真相。 一个名字在花间闪亮, 一个孤独写下的名字。 唐费利克斯望着那些字, 仿佛认出自己的签名。 死者竟与前来看他的人, 拥有同样的姓名。 [RECOGNITION — 4 BARS] [PIANO PLAYS FELIX'S ORIGINAL SIX-NOTE THEME] [E–F–G#–B–A–G#] [THE THEME RETURNS IN ITS ORIGINAL RHYTHM] [CELLO ANSWERS IN DARK MINOR HARMONY] [ONE BAR OF COMPLETE SILENCE] [CHORUS — MY OWN FUNERAL] [84 BPM — 3/4] [LYRICAL, HAUNTING, MEMORABLE MELODY] [PIANO, CELLO AND SOFT ROMANI VIOLIN] [VOICE SOARS WITHOUT BELTING] 这是我的名字,我的命运! 这是门槛前我的影子! 我沿着自己的道路, 走向自己的葬礼。 我是死者,也是旁观的人! 我是赌注,也是偶然! 若死神今天邀我, 就让它亲自来讨还! [INSTRUMENTAL — 4 BARS] [FLAMENCO GUITAR PLAYS FELIX THEME IN MINOR] [PIANO: DESCENDING CHROMATIC SUSPENSIONS] [LOW CELLO OSTINATO] [BRIEF CRESCENDO — IMMEDIATE PP] [BRIDGE — THE DEFIANCE] [76 BPM — 4/4] [ZEMFIRA COOL, RESTRAINED, IRONIC] [SOLO NYLON GUITAR AND PIZZICATO CELLO] 费利克斯不肯低头, 也不向苍天求怜悯。 他看着石上的名字, 当作又一次挑衅。 [CHOIR — THE DEAD] [PPP — DISTANT MIXED SATB] [VERY SHORT, SLOW, HOMOPHONIC] [NO SOLO MALE VOICES] 长夜带着你的名字。 你的影子不会归来。 [FINAL CHORUS — 112 BPM] [SAME MELODY AND LYRICS] [MORE URGENT — NOT LOUDER] [PIANO, VIOLIN, CELLO, FLAMENCO GUITAR] [ACCELERATING FUNERAL PULSE] [ZEMFIRA CLEAR ABOVE THE ENSEMBLE] 这是我的名字,我的命运! 这是门槛前我的影子! 我沿着自己的道路, 走向自己的葬礼。 我是死者,也是旁观的人! 我是赌注,也是偶然! 若死神今天邀我, 就让它亲自来讨还! [CODA — THE EMPTY COFFIN] [RETURN TO 76 BPM — PPP] [PIANO ALONE] [NO CHOIR — NO PERCUSSION] [ZEMFIRA — SOFT, ALMOST MOTIONLESS] 送葬队伍转过街角。 月亮重新安歇。 唐费利克斯追随阴影, 却不明白这一切没有终点。 [PIANO: FELIX THEME IN SLOW AUGMENTATION] [ONE DISTANT BELL] [UNRESOLVED D MINOR HARMONY] [COMPLETE SILENCE] [END]