Elvenpath

Nightwish（夜愿，台湾译名“日暮颂歌”）是一支成立于1996年来自芬兰的剧院金属（美声金属）乐队。乐队大多数歌曲的词由键盘手托马斯·霍洛帕尼所撰写，前任女主唱塔雅·图仑尼的声音使得夜愿扬名国际。在2005年10月塔雅·图伦尼被开除后，他们找到了Anette接任，并且也增加了贝斯手马可·希耶塔拉的声部。夜愿的音乐风格除了剧院金属和新金属，还有其他音乐元素。托马斯曾经形容他们的音乐为“用女声表现的旋律金属”。

(In the sheltering shade of the forest

（在森林暗影的掩藏中

Calling calming silence

传来镇定而平静的召唤

Accompanied only by the full moon

伴随的仅有一轮圆月

The howling of a night wolf

夜狼的嗥叫

And the path under my bare feet...

和我赤裸的双脚下的这条路

...The Elvenpath)

精灵之路）

Hearing music from the deepest forest

聆听来自森林深处的音乐

Songs as a seduction of sirens

仿佛是那海妖诱惑的歌声

Mielikki,Bluecloak, Healer of the ill and sad

医治病痛与忧愁的蓝精灵梅莉凯

Theelf-folk is calling me

他在将我召唤

Tapio,Bearking, Ruler of the forest

森林的统治者，熊王Tapio

Open the gate and let me follow the uncarven path

打开这扇门让我顺着这荒径前行

The way to the lands

这路通向

Where as a hero I stand

我如英雄般屹立的地方

The path where Beauty met the Beast

这条路上美女曾与野兽相遇

Elvenpath

精灵之路

It's the honesty of these worlds

这是世上最坦率的地方

Ruled by magic and mighty swords

为强大神奇之剑所支配

That makes my soul long for the past

使我的灵魂久久沉浸在往日

Elvenpath

精灵之路

The moonwitch took me to a ride on a broomstick

月亮女巫让我搭乘扫帚兜风

Introduced me to her old friend Home Gnome

将我介绍给她的老朋友地精

Told me to keep the sauna warm for him

让我为他烧水沐浴

At the grove I met rest-the folk of my fantasies

树丛中，我遇见了幻梦中的其他人

Bilbo,Sparhawk, goblins and pixies,

Bilbo,雀鹰,哥布林和小精灵

Snowman,Willow, trollsand the seven dwarfs

还有雪人，柳精，巨人和七个小矮人

The path goes forever on

此路永恒

The way to the lands

这路通向

Where as a hero I stand

我如英雄般屹立的地方

The path where Beauty met the Beast

这条路上美女曾与野兽相遇

Elvenpath

精灵之路

It's the honesty of these worlds

这是世上最坦率的地方

Ruled by magic and mighty swords

为强大神奇之剑所支配

That makes my soul long for the past

使我的灵魂久久沉浸在往日

Elvenpath

精灵之路

As I return to my room

当我回到房间

And as sleep takes me by my hand

渐入梦乡之时

Madrigals from the woods

森林中传来的情歌

Carry me to neverland

将我带向永无岛

In this spellbound night

在这迷人的夜晚

The worlds an elvish sight

是精灵的世界

In this spellbound night

在这迷人的夜晚

The worlds an elvish sight

是精灵的世界