If Ever I Would Leave You (1960; муз. Фредерика Лоу - ст.: Alan Jay Lerner)
"Lerner and Loewe" (1960). Песня Ланселота из бродвейского мюзикла "Camelot" (1960).
Recorded from the LP "Great Songs of the 60s - Volume I," a Columbia Special Products LP "created exclusively for Safeway," according to the front of the LP jacket. Serial number is CSP 129; I am unable to determine the genesis of this LP, but judging by the style of the label it appears to have been marketed in the late 60s or early 1970s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lerner_and_Loewe
Lerner and Loewe were the team of lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, known primarily for the music and lyrics of some of Broadway's most successful musical shows, including My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Brigadoon.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_(musical)
Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White novel The Once and Future King.
The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions, and the 1967 film Camelot. The original cast album was America's top-selling LP for 60 weeks. The musical has become associated with the Kennedy Administration, which is sometimes referred to as the Camelot era.
Camelot Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner Book: Alan Jay Lerner Basis: The Once and Future King by T. H. White Productions: 1960 Broadway 1963 U.S. tour 1964 West End 1967 Film version 1980 Broadway revival 1981 Broadway revival 1982 Live HBO telecast 1982 Philippines 1993 Broadway revival 2007 U.S. tour 2008 NY Philharmonic Concert
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...Robert Goulet received favorable reviews, most notably for his rendition of the show-stopping romantic ballad "If Ever I Would Leave You", which became his signature song.
...Act II
Several years later, Guinevere and Lancelot are still tormented by their unfulfilled love. She tries to get rid of him, but Lancelot will not leave her, ("If Ever I Would Leave You").
...Musical numbers
Act II "If Ever I Would Leave You" – Lancelot
...Critical assessments
...A 1993 New York Times review commented that the musical "has grown in stature over the years, primarily because of its superb score.... [which] combined a lyrical simplicity with a lush romanticism, beautifully captured in numbers like 'I Loved You Once in Silence' and 'If Ever I Would Leave You.' These ballads sung by Guenevere and Lancelot are among the most memorable in the Lerner-Loewe catalogue.
Если мне придется покинуть тебя If ever I should leave you, it wouldn't be in summer Seeing you in summer, I never would go Your hair streaked with sunlight, your lips red as flame Your face with a luster that puts gold to shame
But if I'd ever leave you, it couldn't be in autumn How I'd leave in autumn, I never will know I've seen how you sparkle when fall nips the air I know you in autumn and I must be there
And could I leave you running merrily through the snow Or on a wintry evening when you catch the fire's glow
If ever I would leave you, how could it be in springtime Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall No never could I leave you at all
Если мне придется покинуть тебя однажды, то точно не летом, Я не смогу уйти, глядя на тебя летом: В твои волосы вплетается солнечный свет, губы твои горят, как огонь, А лицо сияет, освещая самые все трудности...
И если мне придется покинуть тебя, то это случится не осенью. Как мне уйти осенью — представить себе не могу! Я ведь видел, как ты загораешься, когда приходит осень, Я знаю, какая ты осенью, и я должен быть рядом!
И разве я могу покинуть тебя, когда ты, счастливая, бежишь по снегу? Или зимним вечером, когда ты сидишь у огня?..
Если мне придется покинуть тебя однажды, то разве это может случиться весной? Знаю, как сильно я очарован тобой весной, О, нет, только не весной, не летом, не зимой, не осенью... Нет, никогда не смогу я покинуть тебя!