«Πες μου, Ω Μούσα, γι’ αυτούς που ταξίδεψαν πέρα μακριά»
Η Loreena McKennitt παρουσιάζει τον 7ο δίσκο της, τον τελευταίο καρπό ενός έργου που η ίδια περιγράφει ως «συλλογή μουσικών ταξιδιωτικών διηγημάτων», παραπέμποντας εύλογα στο διαχρονικό έπος του Ομήρου, Οδύσσεια. Αυτή τη φορά, το ταξίδι την οδηγεί σε αναζήτηση των μονοπατιών που ακολούθησαν οι Κέλτες στα βάθη της Ανατολής, από τις πεδιάδες της Μογγολίας έως το βασίλειο του Μίδα και τη βυζαντινή αυτοκρατορία. Καθοδόν, η McKennitt καταπιάνεται με τις έννοιες της πατρίδας, του ταξιδιού σε όλες του τις μορφές, της ανάμειξης των πολιτισμών που έχει σημαδέψει την ανθρώπινη ιστορία, τη σύγκρουση και την ελπίδα.
Ο δίσκος, ο οποίος ηχογραφήθηκε στη Real World Studios με τη συμμετοχή πληθώρας αναγνωρισμένων μουσικών, προσφέρει έναν ανεκτίμητο θησαυρό μουσικών οργάνων, από την άρπα, το hurdy-gurdy και το ακορντεόν, έως το ούτι, τη λύρα, το κανονάκι και τη σκανδιναβική νικελάρπα. Το Caravanserai, με τους σαγηνευτικούς του ρυθμούς και τις επιρροές από το Δρόμο του μεταξιού, το Penelope’s Song, ένας παιάνας στο όνομα της ακλόνητης αγάπης, η μουσική σκηνογραφία της Loreena για το ποίημα του Sir Walter Scott The English Ladye and The Knight, είναι μερικά από τα δυνατά σημεία του δίσκου. Όλα μαζί, τα εννέα τραγούδια του An Ancient Muse συνθέτουν ένα μωσαϊκό ανθρώπινων ιστοριών, τόσο μοναδικών όσο και αξέχαστων.
και τώρα οι στίχοι από τα τραγούδια του νέου δίσκου :
τα κομμάτια 1. Incantation , 5. Kecharitomene , 7. Sacred Shabbat είναι μόνο μουσική της Loreena οπότε έχουμε :
2. The Gates of Istanbul
Music and lyric by Loreena McKennitt
See there, past that far-off hill
A tower held in the sky
Hear there, in that dark blue night
The music calling us home
See there, in that far-off field
Flowers turned to the sky
Feel there, in that dark blue night
The music calling us home
Stars may always guide our way,
From desert sands where winds blow harsh and long
But here’s where our hearts will pray
And all our loves will slumber with a song
Stars may always guide our way,
From desert sands where the winds blow harsh and long
But here’s where our hearts will pray
And all our loves will slumber with a song
So now, if our hearts be true
And like a pool of truth reflect the sun
We will find right honour there
And keep us safe and lead us from all harm
Then come love, let us dance all night
Until birds they waken at the dawn
Then come love, let us sing all night
And all our loves will slumber with a song
Then come love, let us dance all night
Until birds they waken at the dawn
Then come love, let us sing all night
And all our loves will slumber with a song
3. Caravanserai
Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt
This glancing life is like a morning star
A setting sun, or rolling waves at sea
A gentle breeze or lightning in a storm
A dancing dream of all eternity
The sand was shimmering in the morning light
And dancing off the dunes so far away
The night held music so sweet, so long
And there we lay until the break of day
We woke that morning at the onward call
Our camels bridled up, our howdahs full
The sun was rising in the eastern sky
Just as we set out to the desert’s cry
Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
The tents grew smaller as we rode away
On earth that tells of many passing days
The months of peace and all the years of war
The lives of love and all the lives of fears
Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
We crossed the river beds all etched in stone
And up the mighty mountains ever known
Beyond the valleys in the searing heat
Until we reached the caravanserai
Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
What is this life that pulls me far away
What is that home where we cannot reside
What is that quest that pulls me onward
My heart is full when you are by my side
Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
4. The English Ladye and the Knight
Music: Loreena McKennitt
Lyric: Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832)
It was an English ladye bright,
(The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,)
And she would marry a Scottish knight,
For Love will still be lord of all.
Blithely they saw the rising sun
When he shone fair on Carlisle wall;
But they were sad ere day was done,
Though Love was still the lord of all.
Her sire gave brooch and jewel fine,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall;
Her brother gave but a flask of wine,
For ire that Love was lord of all.
For she had lands both meadow and lea,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,
For he swore her death, ere he would see
A Scottish knight the lord of all.
That wine she had not tasted well
(The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall)
When dead, in her true love's arms, she fell,
For Love was still the lord of all!
He pierced her brother to the heart,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall –
So perish all would true love part
That Love may still be lord of all!
And then he took the cross divine,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,
And died for her sake in Palestine;
So Love was still the lord of all.
Now all ye lovers, that faithful prove,
(The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall)
Pray for their souls who died for love,
For Love shall still be lord of all!
6. Penelope's Song
Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt
Now that the time has come
Soon gone is the day
There upon some distant shore
You’ll hear me say
Long as the day in the summer time
Deep as the wine dark sea
I’ll keep your heart with mine.
Till you come to me.
There like a bird I‘d fly
High through the air
Reaching for the sun’s full rays
Only to find you there
And in the night when our dreams are still
Or when the wind calls free
I’ll keep your heart with mine
Till you come to me
Now that the time has come
Soon gone is the day
There upon some distant shore
You’ll hear me say
Long as the day in the summer time
Deep as the wine dark sea
I’ll keep your heart with mine.
Till you come to me
8. Beneath A Phrygian Sky
Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt
The moonlight it was dancing
On the waves, out on the sea
The stars of heaven hovered
In a shimmering galaxy
A voice from down the ages
So in haunting in its song
These ancient stones will tell us
Our love must make us strong
The breeze it wrapped around me
As I stood there on the shore
And listened to this voice
Like I never heard before
Our battles they may find us
No choice may ours to be
But hold the banner proudly
The truth will set us free
My mind was called across the years
Of rages and of strife
Of all the human misery
And all the waste of life
We wondered where our God was
In the face of so much pain
I looked up to the stars above
To find you once again
We travelled the wide oceans
Heard many call your name
With sword and gun and hatred
It all seemed much the same
Some used your name for glory
Some used it for their gain
Yet when liberty lay wanting
No lives were lost in vain
Is it not our place to wonder
As the sky does weep with tears
And all the living creatures
Look on with mortal fear
It is ours to hold the banner
Is ours to hold it long
It is ours to carry forward
Our love must make us strong
And as the warm wind carried
Its song into the night
I closed my eyes and tarried
Until the morning light
As the last star it shimmered
And the new sun’s day gave birth
It was in this magic moment
Came this prayer for mother earth
Reprise:
The moonlight it was dancing
On the waves, out on the sea
The stars of heaven hovered
In a shimmering galaxy
A voice from down the ages
So in haunting in its song
The ancient stones will tell us
Our love will make us strong
και τέλος . . .
9. Never-ending Road (Amhrαn Duit)
Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt
The road now leads onward
As far as can be
Winding lanes
And hedgerows in threes
By purple mountains
And round every bend
All roads lead to you
There is no journey’s end.
Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands
Deep in the winter
Amidst falling snow
High in the air
Where the bells they all toll
And now all around me
I feel you still here
Such is the journey
No mystery to fear.
Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands
The road now leads onward
And I know not where
I feel in my heart
That you will be there
Whenever a storm comes
Whatever our fears
The journey goes on
As your love ever nears
Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands
Υ.Γ.: ... ελπίζω να σας κάλυψα φιλαράκια, έτσι ;
