… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two bands named Secret Garden or Secret Gardens.
(1) Secret Garden is an Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental Music, also understood by some as Neo-classical music.
It features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and the Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland. Secret Garden has sold over 3 million albums and won the Eurovision Song Contest for Norway in 1995, with the composition Nocturne. It was the first and only time to date that a predominantly instrumental piece has won the Eurovision Song Contest, although a few Norwegian language lyrics were included to ensure that the entry adhered to the contest's rules. In addition Rolf Løvland also co-wrote the song La det swinge (Let it swing) that secured Norway its first Eurovision Song Contest victory in 1985.
Their success at Eurovision spearheaded the success of their first album Songs from a Secret Garden. It sold a million copies around the world going platinum in Norway and Korea, gold in Ireland, Hong Kong and New Zealand and spending two years in the Billboard New Age charts in 1996 and 1997. Barbara Streisand adapted Heartstrings from this album as the song I've Dreamed Of You on her A Love Like Ours album. She also used Heartstrings in her wedding to James Brolin.
The album White Stones followed in 1997 also making the top ten on Billboard New Age charts. Dawn of a New Century in 1999, Dreamcatcher in 2001 and Once In a Red Moon also enjoyed success around the world including reaching top ten on the Billboard.
Their most famous song You Raise Me Up, performed by Brian Kennedy has been recorded by more than a hundred other artists including Josh Groban and Westlife.
Secret Garden has released a Dreamcatcher: Best Of for its tour through Australia and New Zealand in 2004. It reached the top of the Australian New Age charts and the ARIA top 50 album charts.
Rolf Løvland won the price of years line-price in Spellemann 2007. In that same year, the album Inside I'm Singing was released.
Their official site can be found at www.secretgarden.no
Secret Garden's albums (in chronological order):
Songs from a Secret Garden (1996)
White stones (1997)
Dawn of a New Century (1999)
Dreamcatcher (2001)
Once in a Red Moon (2002)
Dreamcatcher: Best Of (2004, Australia)
Earthsongs (2005)
Inside I'm Singing (2007)
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(2) Secret Gardens is a post-rock band based out of New York and led by Greg Almeida. They have released two full-length albums, Tundra (2021) and their most recent release, everbloom (2022). Their debut EP, Verão, was released in 2019.
Verão (2019)
Tundra (2021)
everbloom (2022)
Greg Almeida has described these albums as part of an ongoing series of four planned records sonically representing the seasons. The latest, everbloom, is the spring installment in this series and features guest vocals from Andrew Wells (Eidola).
When Darkness Falls
Secret Garden Lyrics
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در بین ان جماعت مغرور شب پرست.
یک تکه افتاب؟نه یک تکه از بهشت...
حالا درست پشت سر من نشسته است
این بیت مطلعی غزلی عاشقانه نیست
این سومین ردیف نمازی خیالی است
گلدسته اذان و من های های های
الله و اکبر و انا فی کل واد مست
سبحان من یمیت و یحیی و لا اله
الا هو الذی اخذ العهد فی الست
یک پرده باز پشت همین بیت میکشیم
او فکر میکنیم در این پرده مانده است
سارا سلام... اشهد ان لا اله... تو
با چشمهای سرمه ای... ان لا اله... مست
دل می بری که حی علی های های های
هر جا که که هست پرتوی روی حبیب هست
بالا بلند عقد تورا با لبان من
ان شب مگر فرشته ای از اسمان نبست
باران جل جل شب خرداد توی پارک
مهرت همان شب اشهد و ان در دلم نشست
ان شب کبو کبو کبوتری از بامتان پرید
نم نم نما نما نماز تو در بغض من شکست
سبحان من یمیت و یحیی و لا اله
الا هو الذی اخذ العهد فی الست
سبحان ربِ هرچه دلم را ز من برید
سبحان ربِ هر چه دلم را ز من گسست
سبحان و ربی ال... من و سارا... بهم رسی...
The lyrics in "When Darkness Falls" describe a beautiful and mysterious scene where the singer is surrounded by a group of people obsessed with the night, who have gathered together in a garden at nightfall. In the midst of this darkness, the singer sees a piece of paradise - a ray of sunlight - which seems to have landed just behind them. From there, the lyrics become more spiritual and mystical, as the singer delves into Islamic prayer and the concept of faith.
The first verse sets the scene, describing the setting of the garden at night, with the singer surrounded by people who are obsessively drawn to the darkness. The second verse introduces the idea that there is a piece of paradise in the midst of this darkness, and the third verse invokes Islamic prayer and its central phrase "Allahu Akbar." The fourth verse shifts focus to a mysterious curtain that the singer is lifting, perhaps representing a hidden truth or revelation, and the fifth verse introduces a character named Sara who is also invoking the phrase "la ilaha illa Allah" (there is no god but Allah).
The sixth and seventh verses continue the theme of Islamic prayer, with a mention of the Prophet Muhammad and the idea that his radiance can be seen from anywhere. The eighth verse takes a romantic turn, with a mention of an embrace with someone who might be an angel, and the ninth verse describes a rainy night in a park where the singer and Sara see a dove, which may represent hope or peace. The final verse returns to the theme of spiritual devotion, with a repetition of the phrase "Subhana man yemit wa yahya wa la ilaha illa hu" (Glory to He who gives life and death and there is no God but Him), followed by a message of gratitude and longing directed at God.
Line by Line Meaning
امد درست زیر شبستان گل نشست
Under the canopy of night, flowers sit in the right place
در بین ان جماعت مغرور شب پرست.
Among them, a group of night worshippers, deluded and vain
یک تکه افتاب؟نه یک تکه از بهشت...
A piece of the sun? No, a piece of paradise...
حالا درست پشت سر من نشسته است
Now it has just settled behind me
این بیت مطلعی غزلی عاشقانه نیست
This opening line is not from a romantic poem
این سومین ردیف نمازی خیالی است
This is the third line of a mythical prayer
گلدسته اذان و من های های های
The rosebuds echo the call to prayer, and I...
الله و اکبر و انا فی کل واد مست
Allah is great and I am lost in every valley
سبحان من یمیت و یحیی و لا اله
Glory to the One who brings life and death, there is no god...
الا هو الذی اخذ العهد فی الست
Except Him, who took the covenant in the sixth sky
یک پرده باز پشت همین بیت میکشیم
We open the curtain behind this line
او فکر میکنیم در این پرده مانده است
Thinking that He is still behind the curtain
سارا سلام... اشهد ان لا اله... تو
Sara's salutation... I bear witness that there is no god... You
با چشمهای سرمه ای... ان لا اله... مست
With her kohl eyes... intoxicated, saying 'There is no god'
دل می بری که حی علی های های های
You break my heart, saying 'Hayy, Ali...' (Praise for God)
هر جا که که هست پرتوی روی حبیب هست
Wherever you are, there is the reflection of the beloved's face
بالا بلند عقد تورا با لبان من
I hold your necklace high above my lips
ان شب مگر فرشته ای از اسمان نبست
Perhaps that night an angel did not descend from the heavens
باران جل جل شب خرداد توی پارک
The sound of the rain in the park on a June night
مهرت همان شب اشهد و ان در دلم نشست
Your affection on that night, I bear witness, settled in my heart
ان شب کبو کبو کبوتری از بامتان پرید
That night, a pigeon flew off from your roof
نم نم نما نما نماز تو در بغض من شکست
Your prayers, bead by bead, broke my heart with pain
سبحان و ربی ال...
Glory and my Lord...
من و سارا...
Me and Sara...
بهم رسی...
Connect us...
Writer(s): Loevland Rolf U
Contributed by Noah K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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@sikksnakk
Rolf Løvland is the master of melancoly. And he also composes iconic songs like You rise me up and and other melodic masterpieces. A strange and beutifull mix of classical music and pop
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❤❤❤😥.....Beautiful.....
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@CarmenLL59
Es la más hermosa y conmovedora música con un video que no podía ser mejor. Ame todo 😊
@CarmenLL59
amo esa música, tanto sentimiento sin palabra alguna...
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