Learning by song: All I want for Christmas is you – Mariah Carey ft Justin Bieber

“All I want for Christmas is you” có mặt trong danh sách những bài hát được nghe nhiều nhất trong mùa Giáng sinh và cũng là một trong những ca khúc làm nên tên tuổi của Mariah Carey. Bài hát mở đầu bằng một hồi chuông nhẹ nhàng như đánh thức giác quan của người nghe, ngay sau đó giọng hát của Mariah Carey cất lên như một “ngọn lửa” da diết, đốt cháy không gian yên tĩnh bằng âm nhạc. Mariah Carey đã làm mới ca khúc cùng với Justin Bieber.

 

I don’t want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need

I don’t care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree.

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas

Is you, you yeah.

I don’t want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need

And I don’t care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree.

I don’t need to hang my stocking

There upon the fireplace

Santa Claus won’t make me happy

With a toy on Christmas Day.

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you

You baby.

Oh, I won’t ask for much this Christmas

I won’t even wish for snow

And I’m just gonna keep on waiting

Underneath the mistletoe.

I won’t make a list and send it

To the North Pole for Saint Nick

I won’t even stay awake to

Hear those magic reindeer click.

‘Cause I just want you here tonight

Holding on to me so tight

What more can I do?

Baby all I want for Christmas is you,

You Baby.

Oh, all the lights are shining

So brightly everywhere

And the sound of children’s

Laughter fills the air.

And everyone is singing

I hear those sleigh bells ringing

Santa, won’t you bring me the one I really need?

Won’t you please bring my baby to me?

Oh, I don’t want a lot for Christmas

This is all I’m asking for

I just want to see my baby

Standing right outside my door.

Oh, I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

Baby all I want for Christmas is

You, You baby.

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby.

 

• Vocabulary:

Santa Claus = Ông Già Noel

Make the wish come true = biến điều ước thành sự thật

Mistletoe = cây Tầm Gửi

North Pole = Bắc Cực