帕蒂·史密斯是朋克的创始人，一个唯美主义的歌者，确切来说是吟唱诗人，曾经给了很多拿起吉他和麦克风的女人无数灵感。与布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀（Bruce Springsteen）和鲍勃·迪伦（Bob Dylan）一样，她的音乐水准也并非总是高高在上，她的歌词和现场演出与其他朋克诗人也并无两样，但这位58岁的煽动者还是神圣非凡的。这一首 “Mother Rose”，唱出了母性的追求完美和伟大。

 

 

Mother rose

Every little morning tend to me

There she stood

Waiting by the door selflessly

Took my hand

Took it with a smile tenderly

Mother rose

Every little morning tend to me

 

Now's the time to turn the view

Now that I have you

 

And I'll rise

Every little morning tend to thee

When you rise

Open up your eyes you will see

There I'll be

Waiting by the door

Come to me

Take my hand

Look into your heart

There I'll be

 

Now's the time to turn the view

Now that I have you

 

Now's the time to turn the view

Now that I have you

 

Roses growing by my door

Climbing up the vine

All the thorns and pain obscured

Roses shall divine

Where we feel no pain and the love inside

Where roses climb

Roses shall divine

Roses shall divine

I feel the pain when the roses die

 

Roses shall divine

Holy mother

Mother of gold

Mother with stories

Told and retold

She felt our tears

Heard our sighs and turned to gold

Before our eyes

 

She rose into the light

She rose into the light

She rose into the light