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p;which  is  sung  alongside musical instruments or without them.     Despite the  slightly  difference among those  definitions  of songs,  it’s  very  easy to see  that  the  song  is  a  unique  form  of  art  consisted  of  melody  and  lyric.  They  are complementary  and  indispensable  parts  in  a  song.  The  lyric  is  more  accurate  and direct  in  expression  of  the  emotion  while  the  music  is  free  and  lively.  These  two characteristics of songs imply that they express the explicit meaning with the artistic form. According to Wang Haoliang (1995), the relation between melody and lyric just like  the  song  lyric  borrows  the  wings  from  music  and  by  riding  on  the  back  of  the imaginative  song  lyric,  thus  music  is  capable  of  fly  in  a  wider  sky.  In  other  words, with the purpose of attaining the intact  effect of  expression of art, beautiful melody must cooperate with perfect lyrics.
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2.2 Characteristics of English Lyric
The  characteristics  of  English  lyric  will  be  discussed  to  make  the  translator  be aware of the unique features of them to make the translation successful.As a particular kind of literature, song lyrics should possess several characteristics which are shared with most of them like the other forms of literature. It is very easy to see that most English  songs  range from  the three to  six minutes. Comparing with  a film  or soap opera, the time is  very  limited. But during this  short and limited time, songs  are  supposed  to  express  the  whole  and  complete  meaning  and  image  to  the audience. The rhythm and song lyrics are blended together closely to achieve this goal. The melody can vividly and directly present the image and emotion to the audience. That’s  to  say,  when  the  music  starts,  the  audience  is  aroused  by  the  melody  first. However, the content of the English songs is in the lyrics. The English lyrics can tell the story and express the true and intended meaning of the English songs. Unlike the fiction which is written as a book, the English lyrics usually have a few sentences. To some  extent,  the  lyricists  are  able  to  be  regarded  as  the  poets.  All  the  poetry  is  not long and has concentrated words. Thus English lyrics are the same. Each line of them is short in form and generally doesn’t use complex sentence structure. For example in the famous English song Yesterday Once More, there is the lyric: When I was young, I’d listen to the radio. It is a simple and narrative sentence just to tell the audience the story long ago and it is very plain.  
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