MAN OF LA MANCHA 夢幻騎士 (Don Quixote唐吉訶德) @ 藏玉札記(Jade Carving Gallery)

57th TONY AWARDS
MAN OF LA MANCHA
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL

Impossible Dream
Lyrics by Joe Darion
In this song, Quixote explains his quest and the reasons behind it ... in doing so,
he captures the essence of the play and its philosophical underpinnings.
(For me, it is absolutely magical.)

To dream ... the impossible dream ...
To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...
To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...
To run ... where the brave dare not go ...
To right ... the unrightable wrong ...
To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...
To try ... when your arms are too weary ...
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

This is my quest, to follow that star ...
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...
To fight for the right, without question or pause ...
To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm,
when I'm laid to my rest ...
And the world will be better for this:
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

" I Don Quixote " ( Man of La Mancha )
歌劇版

Man Of La Mancha - Don Quixote - Lyrics
( Linda Eder 版本 )

Hear me now, oh thou bleak and unbearable world
Thou art base and debauched as can be
And a knight with his banner all bravely unfurled
Now hurls down his gauntlet to thee

I am I, Don Quixote, the Lord of La Mancha
Destroyer of Evil am I
I will march to the sound of the trumpets of glory
Forever to conquer or die

Hear me heathens, and wizards, and serpents of sin
All your dastardly doings are past
For a holy endeavor is now to begin
And virtue shall triumph at last

*I am I, Don Quixote, the Lord of La Mancha
A Name all the world soon will know
And the wild winds of fortune will carry me onward
Oh whither so ever they blow

Whither so ever they blow
Onward to Glory I go*
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Linda Eder Officially Linda Eder