The Lost Chord-Stuart Burrows

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Arthur Sullivan [00:21.34]Seated one day at the organ, [00:25.62]I was weary and ill at ease, [00:30.57]And my fingers wandered idly [00:35.41]Over the noisy keys. [00:38.91] [00:39.63]I know not what I was playing, [00:44.21]Or what I was dreaming then; [00:49.23]But I struck one chord of music, [00:52.91]Like the sound of a great Amen. [01:08.74] [01:17.11]It flooded the crimson twilight, [01:21.46]Like the close of an angel's psalm, [01:26.10]And it lay on my fevered spirit [01:30.28]With a touch of infinite calm. [01:34.01] [01:34.87]It quieted pain and sorrow, [01:39.05]Like love overcoming strife; [01:43.55]It seemed the harmonious echo [01:48.18]From our discordant life. [01:52.43] [01:52.93]It linked all perplexed meanings [01:57.38]Into one perfect peace, [02:01.87]And trembled away into silence [02:06.41]As if it were loth to cease. [02:10.98] [02:11.34]I have sought, but I seek it vainly, [02:15.17]That one lost chord divine, [02:19.51]Which came from the soul of the organ, [02:24.11]And entered into mine. [02:27.88] [02:36.94]It may be that death's bright angel [02:42.10]Will speak in that chord again, [02:46.68]It may be that only in Heav'n [02:51.55]I shall hear that grand Amen.