"Gloomy Sunday"是一首匈牙利民歌,通常翻譯為"憂鬱的星期天"或"黑色星期天"。然而,由於這首歌曲的悲劇性故事背景,它的歌詞在許多版本中已經被更改或隱藏。
原版的歌詞可能是這樣的:
Verse 1:
It was a bright cold day in early fall,
And I was feeling low
Because I knew that soon I'd have to say
Goodbye for ever to my only joy.
Chorus:
But first let's make the most of what we yet may spend
In this glorious season of the year
For summer is a leaf
And shall I let it fade and fall?
No, I shall hold it dear.
Verse 2:
So put your sleeves to the pump
Or do like me and have your fun
When you are well into your sixties
If you are lucky enough to have a son.
Chorus:
And let's not weep for the things we'll never know
We'll never know, we'll never know.
For it's a gloomy Sunday.
儘管這首歌的歌詞可能因版本不同而有所變化,但它的情感和主題是一致的:對失去的愛的懷念,以及對逝去時光的珍視。這首歌以其悲傷和憂鬱的旋律和歌詞而聞名,被認為是音樂史上最致命的歌曲之一,因為它與一個自殺事件的關聯而廣為人知。然而,儘管它的歌詞和背景故事可能令人感到悲傷,但它的音樂和情感深度仍然值得欣賞。