特に好きな箇所は、"To bear with unbearable sorrow (耐えられない悲しみを耐えること)と"To be willing to march into hell For a heavenly cause!" (すすんで地獄に進撃すること 天命をうけて!)です。
The Impossible Dream
To dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow,
To run where the brave dare not go.
To right the unrightable wrong,
To love,pure and chaste,from afar,
To try when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star!
This is my quest,
To follow that star,
No matter how hopeless,
No matter how far;
To fight for the right
Without question or pause;
To be willing to march into hell
For a heavenly cause!
And I know,if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest,
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm,
When I'm laid to my rest.
And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star!
The Impossible Dream by MITCH LEIGH/JOE DARION (C) 1965 by ANDREW SCOTT.INC / HELENA MUSIC CORP.
The rights for Japan assigned to FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC.