Los Miserables es uno de mis musicales favoritos y afortunadamente pude verlo en vivo en el Teatro Teresa Carreño (Caracas, Venezuela) cuando se presentó en Noviembre del año pasado. Mi canción favorita de todo el Musical es esta: "I Dreamed I Dream" que es cantada por el personaje de Fantine...Una mujer que tiene una hija en secreto (por todo lo que significaba ser madre soltera en esa época) y le toca recurrir a la prostitución como forma de ganar dinero para mantener a su hija.
Es una canción increíblemente dura y cargada de un sentimiento de ira, frustración y lamento...El sentimiento de que tu vida es lo peor que tienes y que la única manera de acabar con todo ese sufrimiento es morir.
Espero que disfruten mi interpretación.
Les Miserables is one of my favorite musicals and fortunately I was able to see it live at the Teatro Teresa Carreño (Caracas, Venezuela) when it was presented last November. My favorite song of the whole Musical is this one: "I Dreamed I Dream" which is sung by the character of Fantine...A woman who has a daughter in secret (for all that it meant to be a single mother at that time) and has to resort to prostitution as a way to earn money to support her daughter.
It is an incredibly hard song and loaded with a feeling of anger, frustration and regret...The feeling that your life is the worst thing you have and that the only way to end all that suffering is to die.
I hope you enjoy my interpretation.
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still, I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream
I dreamed
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