Memory 记忆 (选自歌剧《猫》)

Midnight

Not a sound from the pavement 

Has the moon lost her memory 

She is smiling alone 

In the lamplight 

The withered leaves collect at my feet 

And the wind begins to moan 



Memory! All alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days

I was beautiful then  

I remember the time 

I knew what happiness was

Let the memory live again



Every street lamp seems to beat 

A fatalistic warning 

Someone mutters and the street lamp sputters 

Soon it will be morning 



Burn out ends smoky days

The stale cold smell of morning

A street lamp dies

Another night is over

Another day is dawning



Daylight! I must wait for the sunrise

I must think of new life

And I mustn＇t give in

When the dawn comes tonight will

A memory too

And a new day will begin



Sunlight through the trees in summer

And next morn is waiting

Like a flower as the dawning＇s breaking

The memory＇s fading



Touch me! It＇s so easy to leave me

All alone with the memory

Of my days in the sun

If you touch me

You＇ll understand what happiness

Look a new day has begun!