北京时间凌晨的八点整，我在《听歌学英语》。各位好，我是Canace，依然守候你。既然是清晨，那需要一首具有爆发力的歌曲来震醒我们的听觉，你的耳朵醒了吗？"A Rose for Epona"，这首歌是一支献给传说中一个形象与马有关的凯尔特女神的金属赞歌，这位女神是马的守护神，另外，她也反映了生，死和再生的深奥秘密。来自于瑞士异教民谣金属天团ELUVEITIE。这个乐团成立于2002年，是赫尔维氐民族的后裔，多达10人的团队编制足以体现出音乐的丰富性，除了风笛、哨、爱尔兰长笛、小提琴等凯尔特民族乐器之外，甚至有些乐器的名字从未耳闻。因此，这是一支民族情结非常重的乐队。献给马神伊波纳的玫瑰"A Rose for Epona"，一起来聆听。
Do you feel the thorns?
Do you see the tears?
Do you see the blood shed in this fell war?
Have you forsaken us?
Have you forgotten our faithful men calling your name?
While I stand before you
While we perish
While I lay down a chrisom rose
While holding hands
Are forced apart
While hopes bog like condemned men
Were you there?
The sky is falling on me
As your hand’s turning old and weak
I’m giving myself up to thee
A futile sacrifice gone sere
In your nemeton
These grey stone walls
Are cold and silent
As the fallen
Mother gone deaf
Mistress of shattered hopes
And forever broken dreams
Were you there?
The sky is falling on me
As your hand’s turning old and weak
I’m giving myself up to thee
A futile sacrifice gone sere
Epo, Epo why hast thou forsaken me?
Together we go unsung
Into thy hand I commend my spirit
Together we go down with our people
Were you there? Were you there?
The sky is falling on me
As your hand’s turning old and weak
I’m giving myself up to thee
A futile sacrifice gone sere
Falling on me…
A Rose for Epona 一首民族风情非常浓重的赞歌，你喜欢吗？感谢各位依然守候在《听歌学英语》，我是Canace。这首歌有很多比较难的词汇，别着急，跟随我来慢慢学。
Do you feel the thorns? Do you see the tears?
你是否觉察到了这荆棘的存在？你是否看到了泪水？
thorn n. 荆棘，刺
记法：和北方（north）长得比较相像，我们记为长在“北方的荆棘”。
She got her finger pricked by a thorn.
她的手指被刺扎了一下。
Have you forsaken us? Have you forgotten our faithful men calling your name?
你是否已离我们而去？你是否已忘却那群叫喊着你名字的虔诚信徒？
在学习forsake之前来了解另外一个单词：sake n.理由；缘故；目的；利益
for the sake of 为了……起见，出于……考虑
For the sake of the children, please don't go away.
看在孩子的份上请别离开吧。
You should take care of your niece for the sake of your sister.
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