Песня и текст на английском: Frank Sinatra – My Way
Красивая, многозначительная и, в некотором смысле, автобиографическая песня. Фрэнк Синатра исполняет её на концерте и достаточно свободно интерпретирует оригинальные слова, поэтому не удивляйтесь если классический текст кое-где не совпадает с тем что он поёт. Но разобраться с этими отличиями не так уж сложно и даже интересно.
Фрэнк «скромно» объявляет: сейчас будет государственный гимн, но вставать не надо...
Впрочем, надо отдать должное этой действительно великой песне!
К началу
Frank Sinatra – My Way
Текст песни:
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll make it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full.
I've traveled each and every highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, I've had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.
I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
I've had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that;
And may I say – not in a shy way,
No, oh no not me,
I did it my way.
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has not
The right to say the things he feels;
(If not himself, then he has naught.)
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!
