《PaPa , Can You Hear Me?》选自芭芭拉史翠珊自编自导自演的《杨朵》,一部犹太版的《梁祝》,不过故事的重点在于描写传统社会的犹太少女杨朵,为了求学而女扮男装,追求女性自主与两性平等的过程,而不着重于《梁祝》式的凄美情爱,是一部音乐剧型态的电影,而Papa Can You Here Me是全剧最美也最著名的一首歌。
PaPa , Can You Hear Me?--Barbra Streisand 英语歌曲
God - our heavenly Father.
Oh, God - and my father
Who is also in heaven.
May the light
Of this flickering candle
Illuminate the night the way
Your spirit illuminates my soul.
Papa, can you hear me?
Papa, can you see me?
Papa, can you find me in the night?
Papa, are you near me?
Papa, can you hear me?
Papa, can you help me not be frightened?
Looking at the skies
I seem to see a million eyes
Which ones are yours?
Where are you now that yesterday
Waved goodbye
And closed its doors?
The night is so much darker.
The wind is so much colder
The world I see is so much bigger now that I'm alone.
Papa, please forgive me.
Try to understand me.
Papa, don't you know I had no choice?
Can you hear me praying,
Anything I'm saying,
Even though the night is filled with voices?
I remember ev'rything you taught me
Ev'ry book I've ever read.
Can all the words in all the books
Help me to face what lies ahead?
The trees are so much taller
And I feel so much smaller.
The moon is twice as lonely
And the stars are half as bright.
Papa, how I love you.
Papa, how I need you.
Papa, how I miss you
Kissing me goodnight.