ballad

バラード

ゆっくりした曲調で、主に愛を歌う歌。

やさしい英語で： A slow song, usually about love.

• She sang a sad ballad.
• The album ends with a gentle piano ballad.
• Do you prefer love ballads or faster songs?

よく使う表現： love ballad, romantic ballad, sing a ballad

物語詩、バラッド

短い節で物語を語る詩。歌うために作られることも多い。

やさしい英語で： A poem that tells a story in short groups of lines, often intended to be sung.

• The ballad tells a tragic story.
• We read an old ballad about a sailor.
• These traditional ballads were passed down through generations.

よく使う表現： traditional ballad, folk ballad, compose a ballad