The Prince of Egypt的歌

我很喜歡買soundtrack。當很多流行曲都被我打進冷宮時，soundtrack便顯得歷久不衰。

這兩天，我興之所至拿出 "The Prince of Egypt"。這張CD，我覺得 Deliver us 最震憾，卻最愛 Through Heaven's Eyes，When You Believe 則教曉了我 miracles。

除了音樂，很多畫面也令人難以忘懷。電影的VCD一出，當時還是窮苦學生的我，已經買了一隻特別版。我不知道該怎形容電影的魔力，或許你看過以下三段片段，便會明白為甚麼我回味了十一年。（影片都沒有字幕，有興趣便看樓下歌詞對照吧。）

我很喜歡 "Deliver us" 的男聲合唱，也喜歡摩西媽媽那憂怨的歌聲，音樂、歌聲、畫面都氣勢磅礡，作為開場歌曲，果真扣人心弦。

[Egyptian Guards]
Mud...Sand...Water...Straw...Faster!
Mud...And lift...Sand...And Pull
Water...And raise up...Straw...Faster!

[Slaves]
With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
Elohim, God on high
Can you hear your people cry:
Help us now
This dark hour...

Deliver us
Hear our call
Deliver us
Lord of all
Remember us, here in this burning sand
Deliver us
There's a land you promised us
Deliver us to the promised land...

[Yocheved]
Yal-di ha-tov veh ha-rach
(My good and tender son)
Al ti-ra veh al tif-chad
(Don't be frightened and don't be scared)
My son, I have nothing I can give
But this chance that you may live
I pray we'll meet again
If He will deliver us

[Slaves]
Deliver us
Hear our prayer
Deliver us
From despair
These years of slavery grow
too cruel to stand
Deliver us
There's a land you promised us
Deliver us
Out of bondage and
Deliver us to the promised land...

[Yocheved]
Hush now, my baby
Be still, love, don't cry
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Sleep and remember
My last lullaby
So I'll be with you when you dream

River, o river
Flow gently for me
Such precious cargo you bear
Do you know somewhere
he can live free?
River, deliver him there...

[Young Miriam]
Brother, you're safe now
And safe may you stay
For I have a prayer just for you:
Grow, baby brother
Come back someday
Come and deliver us, too...

[Slaves]
Deliver us
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
And deliver us to the promised land
Deliver us to the promised land

[Yocheved]
Deliver us!

我最愛 "Through Heaven's Eyes" 的歌詞，很有意思，也愛岳父Jethro唱歌時的活力和調皮。

A single thread in a tapestry
Though its color brightly shines
Can never see its purpose
In the pattern of the grand design

And the stone that sits on the very top
Of the mountain's mighty face
Does it think it's more important
Than the stones that forms the base?

So, how can you see what your life is worth
Or where your value lies?

You can never see through the eyes of man
You must look at your life

Look at your life through heaven's eyes
Lai-la-lai...

A lake of gold in the desert sand
Is less than a cool fresh spring
And to one lost sheep, a sheperd boy
Is greater than the richest king
If a man lose ev'rything he owns
Has he truly lost his worth?
Or is it the beginning
Of a new and brighter birth?

So how do you measure the worth of a man
In wealth or strength or size?
In how much he gained or how much he gave?
The answer will come
The answer will come to him who tries
To look at his life through heaven's eyes

And that's why we share all we have with you
Though there's little to be found
When all you've got is nothing
There's a lot to go around

No life can escape being blown about
By the winds of change and chance
And though you never know all the steps
You must learn to join the dance
You must learn to join the dance
Lai-la-lai...

So how do you judge what a man is worth
By what he builds or buys?
You can never see with your eyes on earth
Look through Heaven's eyes
Look at your life
Look at your life
Look at your life through Heaven's eyes!

Mariah Carey 和 Whitney Houston的 "When You Believe" 唱得好勁，但我更喜歡 Michelle Pfeiffer 和 Sally Dworsky 的版本，中間還有個小女孩唱得很可愛。