最後的玫瑰譜

"The Last Rose of Summer"（夏末的玫瑰）是一首著名的愛爾蘭民歌，由湯瑪斯·摩爾（Thomas Moore）作詞，作曲者不詳。這首歌的歌詞描繪了夏末時分，當其他玫瑰都已凋零，只剩下最後一朵孤獨地綻放，表達了對美好事物即將消逝的感傷。以下是這首歌的歌詞和旋律：

'Tis the last rose of summer left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes, to give sigh for sigh.

I'll not leave thee, thou lone one! to pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping, go, sleep thou with them;
Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves o'er the bed,
Where thy mates of the garden lie scentless and dead.

So soon may I follow, when friendships decay,
And from Love's shining circle the gems drop away.
When true hearts lie withered, and fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

這首歌的旋律優美而哀傷，常被用作藝術歌曲的素材，也被許多歌手翻唱過。它的旋律和歌詞都充滿了對逝去時光的懷念，以及對美好事物終將消逝的無奈。