The owner of the song is a man abandoned by his lover. Although the lyrics are full of poetic and subtle emotional appeal, they can only be regarded as medieval folk songs, but they can't be noble works. At that time, nobles and knights could only secretly admire a woman from a distance, and that kind of affection was almost impossible to be echoed. Scarborough Fair suggests that the singer knows nothing about the reason why she left, or the reason is too complicated to mention at all. The singer arranged the impossible for his sweetheart, which means that sometimes love needs to break through the seemingly impossible wall in daily life to have hope. If she can try to do those impossible things, then she will have to go back to him and ask for help, and then love will hopefully unfold and continue naturally. Maybe, as people often say, everyone will be happy.
At that time, unlike the saying that there was copyright now, songwriters could not leave their names. This riddle was sung by il trovatore, who drifted around the world. Therefore, over the years, many different versions of lyrics have evolved.
Four plants are mentioned in the song-coriander, sage, rosemary and thyme. People who believe in plant therapy say that parsley (oil crisp) has the effect of treating indigestion. For example, it is said that chewing a coriander leaf while eating spinach will make the bitter taste of spinach disappear and be easy to digest. So in the Middle Ages, coriander was endowed with a certain spiritual meaning. Sage (Salvia officinalis) has a history of thousands of years and represents strength. Rosmarinus officinalis expresses loyalty, love and care. In ancient Greece, men would give their lover rosemary to show their love. Today, in Europe, brides still have the custom of tying rosemary branches to their heads. It is said that rosemary can make people sensitive and cautious, so in ancient Rome, when a person faced with mental stress, doctors often suggested putting a small bag of rosemary leaves under a pillow. Rosemary is sometimes used as a metaphor for women's love. Although a little slow, it is strong and lasts for a long time. On the legendary Mid-Autumn Festival night, the king danced wildly with the immortals in the thyme jungle in the wilderness. However, thyme generally symbolizes courage. In the Middle Ages, the knight's shield had an image of thyme embroidered by his woman. Therefore, the dejected singer used these four plants, which were widely known in the Middle Ages, expecting his sweetheart to melt the misunderstanding and pain between them with the tenderness of love, spend the difficult time of their separation with perseverance, accompany the lonely days with loyalty, challenge the impossible with courage, and finally return to him.
Song version:
The first song, of course, is the male version of paul simon and garfinkel, which can be regarded as the oldest and most original version (the original version may not count, because it is a soul song).
This song appeared as an episode in dustin hoffman's famous work The Graduate (1976). This song, sung by paul simon and garfinkel, is tender, nostalgic, sad, light and colorful, which makes people forget that they are rock singers. In the song, they are trying to remember an old thing with meditation and tell it calmly. There are forests, flowers, dew on the grave and shining barrels in the background. It is said that this is a young man who died in the war, and his soul is facing the light complaint of the world. The slow low octave melody, accompanied by a guitar, is pure and natural as the sound of the morning and delicate and dissipated as the poem of early autumn. More like a gentle, long and true sigh, revealing a touch of sadness and shallow sadness. Xiao Xin vomited a word to express his feelings, as if he would touch something accidentally. Really light, light to no weight, only mass, light to "unbearable light in life"