scarbrough fair lagu tradisional dari inggris yang memukau

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Remember me to one who lives there,

For once she was a true love of mine.

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Without any seam or needlework,

Then she shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell her to wash it in yonder well,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Where never spring water or rain ever fell,

And she shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Which never bore blossom since Adam was born,

Then she shall be a true lover of mine.

Lirik diatas adalah sebuah lagu daerah dari dataran eropa tepatnya inggris, sebuah lagu simple namun memiliki makna yang luar biasa.

Judulnya scarbrough fair, lagu yang diciptakan pada masa Viking masih berkuasa di dataran eropa, pada masa itu sebuah kota di inggris yang tepatnya bernama scarbrough sering mengadakan bazzar dan bazar ini sering disebut scarbrough fai.  

lirik yang berasal dari sebuah puisi ini sering dinyanyikan oleh musisi jalnan di scarbrough pada masanya, menceritakan tentang sepasang kekasih yang berpisah dan hanya bertemu di scarbrough fair, lirik lirik lagunya sangat menyentuh dan puitis  seperti dalam lirik dibawah ini:

                        “Tell her to make me a cambric shirt,

  Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

  Without any seam or needlework,

  Then she shall be a true lover of mine.”

            “sampaikan padanya untuk membuatkanku sebuah baju cambric

             Partiseli, saga, rosemary, dan timi

             Tanpa dijahit ataupun dirajut

             Maka dia kan kujadikan cinta sejati”

Dari lirik diatas dapat kita simpulkan sesuatu “cinta selalu memberikan hal hal yang imposible tetapi karna cinta pulalah kita dapat mengatasinya” sang pria meminta wanitanya untuk menciptakan sebuah baju berbahan cambric yang merupakan kain termahal pada zamanya dan memintanya untuk menciptakan baju itu tanpa dijahit ataupun dirajut!!! (seriously bagaimana kita menciptakannya)  dan yang lebih gila lagi adalah rempah rempah atau tanaman yang ada dalam lirik ini melambangkan hal yang luar biasa

Parsley : yang melambangkan rasa pahit, dimana si pelaku dalam lagu ini menahan kepahitan karna mereka hanya dapat bertemu satu tahun sekali.

Sage : yang melambangkan kekuatan cinta.

Rosemary : yang berarti kesetian dan cinta yang tulus.

Thyme : yang melambangkan perhatian penuh.

Semua rempah ini seolah olah sebuah ramuan yang dapat menyampaikan perasaan sang tokoh yang sesungguhnya.

Lagu ini banyak diadaptasi dan dimake over oleh banyak musisi salah satu yang paling terkenal oleh paul simon & Arthur Garfunkel, dibawkan dengan gitar akustik dan lantunan alat music pengiring lainnya seperti flute, drum dan terkadang harpa juga biola, membawa kesan kalem dan fantasy kepada setiap pendengarnya, selain itu terkadang lagu ini sering dinyanyikan secara duet antara lelaki dan perempuan yang tentu memberikan impact feel yang sangat luar biasa.

Well overall lagu ini sangat recommended untuk didengarkan dan di pahami maknanya, untuk penilaian lagu ini bagi saya layak mendapatkan nilai 9/10.

Oke cukup sekian untuk kali ini sebagai penutup akan saya sertakan dua versi lirik lain dari lagu ini.

Duet version

Male part:

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Remember me to one who lives there,

For she was once a true love of mine.

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Without any seam or needlework,

Then she shall be a true love of mine.

Tell her to wash it in yonder well,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Where never sprung water or rain ever fell,

And she shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Which never bore blossom since Adam was born,

Then she shall be a true lover of mine.

Female part:

Now he has asked me questions three,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

I hope he'll answer as many for me,

Before he shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell him to buy me an acre of land,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Between the salt water and the sea sand,

Then he shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell him to plough it with a ram's horn,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

And sow it all over with one peppercorn,

And he shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell him to sheer't with a sickle of leather,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

And bind it up with a peacock's feather,

And he shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell him to thrash it on yonder wall,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme,

And never let one corn of it fall,

Then he shall be a true lover of mine.

When he has done and finished his work.

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme:

Oh, tell him to come and he'll have his shirt,

And he shall be a true lover of mine.

Simon/Garfunkel version

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
For once she was a true love of mine

Have her make me a cambric shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Without no seam nor fine needle work
And then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to weave it in a sycamore wood lane
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
And gather it all with a basket of flowers
And then she'll be a true love of mine

Have her wash it in yonder dry well
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
where water ne'er sprung nor drop of rain fell
And then she'll be a true love of mine

Have her find me an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Between the sea foam and over the sand
And then she'll be a true love of mine

Plow the land with the horn of a lamb
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Then sow some seeds from north of the dam
And then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
And then she'll be a true love of mine

If she tells me she can't, I'll reply
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Let me know that at least she will try
And then she'll be a true love of mine

Love imposes impossible tasks
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Though not more than any heart asks
And I must know she's a true love of mine

Dear, when thou has finished thy task
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Come to me, my hand for to ask
For thou then art a true love of mine

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See you next time and don’t forget

                                                “when words fail, music speaks”

                                                                                    //Shakespeare//

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