Mariah Carey《Vision of Love》
演唱：Mariah Carey（玛丽亚凯莉）
Treated me kind
请温柔地对待我
Sweet destiny
亲爱的命运之神
Carried me through desperation
支撑我走出绝望
To the one that was waiting for me
找到那个一直等待着我的人
It took so long
时光匆匆流逝
Still I believed
但我依旧坚信
Somehow the one that I needed
梦中的白马王子
Would find me eventually
终会以某种方式出现在我面前
I had a vision of love
我有对爱的憧憬
And it was all that you've given to me
这就是你赋予我的全部
Prayed through the nights
彻夜祈祷
Felt so alone
甚感孤独
Suffered from alienation
却还要独自承受
Carried the weight on my own
疏离的痛苦
Had to be strong
所以我一定要坚强
So I believed
令自己相信
And now I know I've succeeded
如今我已经能够
In finding the place I conceived
成功找寻曾构想的彼岸
I had a vision of love
我有对爱的憧憬
And it was all that you've given to me
这就是你赋予我的全部
I had a vision of love
爱的幻想
And it was all that you've given me
你赋予了我
I've realized a dream
如今美梦变成现实
And I visualized
我仿佛看到
The love that came to be
真切的爱情
Feel so alive
这情感如此强烈又炙热
I'm so thankful that I perceived
对于上天恩赐我感激不尽
The answer that heaven has sent down to me
多么荣幸能接受他赐予我的答案
You treated me kind
请你温柔地待我
Sweet destiny
甜美的命运之神
And I'll be eternally grateful
我的敬意不朽
Holding you so close to me
把你紧紧拥入我怀
Prayed through the nights
彻夜祈祷
So faithfully
如此虔诚
Knowing the one that I needed
你知晓我所有需求
Would find me eventually
最终俘获我心
I had a vision of love
我有对爱的憧憬
And it was all that you've given to me
这就是你赋予我的全部
I had a vision of love
爱的幻想
And it was all that you turned out to be
你赋予了我
《vision of love》做为Mariah Carey出道同名专辑《Mariah Carey》的主打，Mariah成名曲，1991年第33届格莱美提名年度单曲和年度制作，以及Mariah在公告牌Billboard hot100的第一首冠军单曲，成绩简直不要太亮眼。
这首由Mariah参与谱曲填词的情歌不仅倾诉了属于小女孩对爱情的憧憬，更包含Mariah对歌唱事业的美好幻想，《vision of love》充满流行、福音、灵魂、节奏布鲁斯元素的歌曲，通过Mariah绚丽的高音，影响到了上世纪90年代以来每一位节奏蓝调女歌手。