'Isle of Innisfree' is a song composed by Dick Farrelly (Irish songwriter, policeman and poet, born Richard Farrelly), who wrote both the music and lyrics. Farrelly got the inspiration for 'Isle of Innisfree', the song for which he is best remembered, while on a bus journey from his native Kells, County Meath to Dublin. The song was published in 1950 by the Peter Maurice Music Publishing Co., now part of the EMI group.
Farrelly’s 'Isle of Innisfree' is a haunting melody with lyrics expressing the longing of an Irish emigrant for his native land. When film director John Ford heard the song, he loved it so much that he chose it as the principal theme of his film The Quiet Man. The composition received no mention in the screen credits. The song became a worldwide hit for Bing Crosby in 1952 and continues to feature in the repertoires of many artists. It remains popular and has been recorded by hundreds of artists around the world.
There is a common misconception that the song and the famous poem by W. B. Yeats, 'Lake Isle of Innisfree', were written about the same place. Yeats' Innisfree was an uninhabited island in Sligo's Lough Gill, whereas Farrelly's Innisfree represented all of Ireland.
Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show Riverdance. In 2004, he recruited five Irish female musicians who had not previously performed together: vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, and shaped them into the first lineup of the group that he named 'Celtic Woman', a specialty group. Downes chose a repertoire that ranged from traditional Celtic tunes to modern songs. The group's line-up has changed over the years. Eleven albums have been released under the name 'Celtic Woman'.
歌曲《茵梦湖岛》是爱尔兰词曲作者、诗人迪克·法雷利的作品，被美国导演约翰·福特用作其影片《蓬门今始为君开》（The Quiet Man）的主题曲。爱尔兰诗人叶芝的同名诗作Lake Isle of Innisfree【点击欣赏诗苑｜叶芝《茵湖岛》，哪一个译本你中意？（文末有“彩蛋”）】与这首歌描绘的是同一地方，但本曲中的茵梦湖岛指代了整个爱尔兰。凯尔特女人乐队（Celtic Woman）是流行乐史上实力最强大的组合之一。乐队由身兼音乐总监、指挥、作曲及编曲者四项身份的大卫·唐恩领军，成员包括：四位爱尔兰歌手克萝伊、莉莎、梅芙、欧拉，一位小提琴手玛莉，以及2006年加入的新西兰籍巨星海莉·薇思特拉（Hayley Westenra）。她们融合了莎拉布莱曼、美声男伶、恩雅、居尔特男高音、易希等歌手和组合的特色，结合了新世纪、古典、传统凯尔特乐风与爱尔兰一派等的音乐戏剧式演出风格。乐队至今共推出了11张专辑，都以Celtic Woman为名。
Isle of Innisfree
I've met some folks
Who say that I'm a dreamer
And I've no doubt
There's truth in what they say
But sure a body's bound to be a dreamer
When all the things he loves are far away
And precious things
Are dreams unto an exile
They take him o'er
The land across the sea
Especially when it happens he's an exile
From that dear lovely Isle of Innisfree
And when the moonlight
Peeps across the rooftops
Of this great city
Wondrous though it be
I scarcely feel its wonder or laughter
I'm once again back home in Innisfree
I wander o'er green hills
Through dreamy valleys
And find a peace
No other land would know
I hear the birds make music fit for angels
And watch the rivers laughing
As they flow
And then into a humble shack I wander
My dear old home
And tenderly behold
The folks I love
Around the turf fire gathered
On bended knee
Their rosary is told
But dreams don't last
Though dreams are not forgotten
And soon I'm back
To stern reality
But though they pave
The footways here with gold dust
I still would choose
My Isle of Innisfree
茵梦湖岛
我遇见了一些人
他们说我是个梦想家
这一点我想并没有错
若一个人，远离一切珍爱之物
他一定也将不顾一切追逐梦想
在一个流浪的游子看来
梦想是多么宝贵
漂洋过海，去向他方
远远地在外飘荡
离开了茵梦湖岛
离开那可爱的故乡
当月光窥看着连绵的屋顶
将这座伟大的城市洒满
这奇妙的景色
使我分不清该惊异，还是该大笑
我回到了茵梦湖岛
回到那可爱的故乡
我漫步在梦幻般的山谷
穿过了翠绿的丘陵
寻觅到一处桃源
无人询问，静谧和平
这里鸟鸣阵阵，如同天籁
还有潺潺流水，笑语叮咛
那所简陋的小屋是我昔日故居
步入屋内，物事熟稔可亲
我看见亲爱的父老乡亲们
在草地生起篝火，围聚一处
双膝跪地，念诵着祝祷文
好梦易醒，却使人念念不忘
我忽然又回到了严酷的现实
这里的人，他们可以在人行道上铺设金粉
可我仍然选择回去
回去茵梦湖岛，我那心爱的故乡
（WE小南整理自网络）
▲ Celtic Woman（现场版）
▲ The Quiet Man主题曲剪辑版
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