(음악) 로리나 멕케닛의 "영혼의 어두운 밤(The Dark Night of the Soul)"

   육십이 코 앞인 나는 스페인의 성인 십자가의 성 요한이 어둔 밤Dark Night of the Soul이란 책을 썼다는 사실은 진작부터 알고 있었다. 실제로 이 책을 읽어보진 않았다. 대 데레사 성녀의 유사한 영성 서적도 아직 읽지 않았다. 청년기부터 읽어보고싶었으나 워낙 영적이고 깊은 책이라 멀리했던 책이다. 그런데 전기현 님이 진행하는 KBS의 클래식 에프엠 저녁 여섯시부터 8시까지 프로그램인 <세상의 모든 음악>에서 몇 차례 위 음악을 만났다.

   찾아보니, 로리나 멕케닛(Loreena McKennitt )은 1957년생 카나다 가수이다. 아래 노래의 running time은 6분 40초 정도이다. 이 노래가 언제 처음으로 어디에서 발표된 건지 찾아보았으나, 못 찾겠다.

   1994년에 처음으로 발매되었고, 그 후 2013년 11월 1일 웨이드 베인함(Wade Baynham), 2015년 8월 20일 플리쉬(Fleesh)가 불렀던 모양이다. 참고 링크 https://secondhandsongs.com/work/215907/all

 

 

링크: https://youtu.be/fzHeT-Go4Zg?si=N9AtcG6ePwHEGs8k

 

 

가사

Upon a darkened night the flame of love was burning in my breast
And by a lantern bright I fled my house while all in quiet rest
Shrouded by the night and by the secret stair I quickly fled
The veil concealed my eyes while all within lay quiet as the dead

Oh night, thou was my guide
Oh night, more loving than the rising sun
Oh night, that joined the lover to the beloved one
Transforming each of them into the other

Upon that misty night in secrecy, beyond such mortal sight
Without a guide or light than that which burned so deeply in my heart
That fire t'was led me on and shone more bright than of the midday sun
To where he waited still it was a place where no one else could come

Oh night, though was my guide
Oh night, more loving than the rising sun
Oh night, that joined the lover to the beloved one
Transforming each of them into the other

Within my pounding heart which kept itself entirely for him
He fell into his sleep beneath the cedars all my love I gave
From o'er the fortress walls the wind would his hair against his brow
And with its smoothest hand caressed my every sense it would allow

Oh night, though was my guide
Oh night, more loving than the rising sun
Oh night, that joined the lover to the beloved one
Transforming each of them into the other

I lost myself to him and laid my face upon my lovers breast
And care and grief grew dim as the mornings' mist became the light
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair