Scarborough Fair [史卡保罗市集
Sarah Brightman [莎拉布莱曼] Lyrics

"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad that finds its origin in Medieval England. Sarah Brightman's version of the song carries the essence of the original version but introduces a more modern interpretation to the melody.

The opening lines of the song, "Are you going to Scarborough Fair?" refers to a well-known fair in Yorkshire, England, that lasted for 45 days during the middle ages, allowing people from all around the country to come together and trade goods. As the song continues, the lyrics mention four herbs: parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. These herbs have been interpreted to have specific meanings; parsley signifies comfort, sage represents strength, rosemary symbolizes love, and thyme signifies courage.

The song goes on to tell the story of a woman who asks her lover to perform a series of impossible tasks in order to prove their love for her. She requests that he makes her a cambric shirt without any seams or needlework. A cambric shirt was a highly expensive and intricate garment in medieval England, indicating that the woman was testing the love of her partner by asking for such a rare item. The woman then asks her lover to find an acre of land between the sea and saltwater and to reap the land with a sickle of leather and gather the harvest in a bunch of heather. The song ends with the woman's request to the messenger, to remember her to the man she once loved.

Overall, the lyrics of the song carry the essence of medieval poetry, with its use of imagery and symbolism to express complex emotions. The song is a reflection of the social norms and traditions of the period it was written in, where courtship often depended on the ability to perform difficult and symbolic tasks to demonstrate love and devotion.