Song lyrics of Unicorn by Zheng Bingbing

unicorn

Composer Zheng Bingbing

The lyrics are Rainer Maria Rilke,

From um den sonetten an Orpheus,

Volume 2, song 4 (translated by Feng Zhi)

Arranger Jiang haozhong

Sing harmony Zheng Bingbing

Zheng Bingbing

This is the beast. It never had one,

They don't know it, but they always love it

Love its action, its posture, its long neck,

Until the light of the silent eyes.

It does not exist. But because I love it,

Become a pure beast.

They throw space away forever.

But in that transparent, saved space

It raises its head gently, and it hardly needs to exist.

They raise it without grain,

Only use the possibility of its existence forever.

It might give the beast so much power,

It has a horn on its forehead.

It's all white and comes to a girl——

Reflected in the silver mirror and her heart.

Once it appears, it will also appear in the "silver mirror" held by the Virgin (see the tapestry of the 15th century),

It's also in "her heart" - another mirror that's just as pure and secret.