[00:00.00] 作词 : Loreena McKennitt[00:01.00] 作曲 : Loreena McKennitt[00:04.39]Music and Lyrics: Loreena McKennitt[00:46.72]O light the candle, John[01:24.84]The daylight has almost gone[01:29.23]The birds have sung their last[01:33.34]The bells call all to mass[01:37.62]Sit here by my side[01:41.71]For the night is very long[01:46.20]There's something I must tell[01:50.54]Before I pass along[01:54.85]I joined the brotherhood[02:00.98]My books were all to me[02:05.54]I scribed the words of God[02:09.84]And much of history[02:14.14]Many a year was I[02:18.25]Perched out upon the sea[02:22.86]The waves would wash my tears,[02:27.25]The wind, my memory[02:34.25]I'd hear the ocean breathe[02:38.07]Exhale upon the shore[02:42.32]I knew the tempest's blood[02:46.79]Its wrath I would endure[02:51.20]And so the years went by[02:55.62]Within my rocky cell[03:00.00]With only a mouse or bird[03:03.87]My friend; I loved them well[03:10.95]And so it came to pass[03:14.54]I'd come here to Romani[03:19.37]And many a year it took[03:23.26]Till I arrived here with thee[03:27.96]On dusty roads I walked[03:32.29]And over mountains high[03:36.59]Through rivers running deep[03:40.77]Beneath the endless sky[04:24.97]Beneath these jasmine flowers[04:28.76]Amidst these cypress trees[04:32.99]I give you now my books[04:37.48]And all their mysteries[04:41.92]Now take the hourglass[04:46.39]And turn it on its head[04:50.75]For when the sands are still[04:54.33]'Tis then you'll find me dead[04:59.38]O light the candle, John[05:03.45]The daylight is almost gone[05:08.10]The birds have sung their last[05:12.10]The bells call all to mass