美国作家 E. B. White 的《夏洛的网》出版以后，很受读者欢迎。

有个小读者写信问White：“你的童话故事是真实的吗？” 

White 回信说：“不，它们是想象出来的故事——但是真实的生活也不过是生活的一种罢了——想象里的生活也算一种生活。”

我们为什么要读虚构的小说，看虚构的电影，观虚构的戏剧，听虚构的歌曲？White的回答，算得上最令人满意的回答：凡俗的我们，仅此一生，难免单调；经由各种虚构的产品，我们的生活丰富起来。

今天，分享歌舞电影《红磨坊》（Moulin Rouge）里的那首 Your Song. 

Your Song

Artist: EWAN MCGREGOR

My gift is my song

and this one's for you.

And you can tell everybody

that this is your song

It may be quite simple

but now that it's done

Hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind

that I put down in words

how wonderful life is now you're in the world

Sat on the roof

and I kicked off the moss

well some of these verses, well they've, 

they've got me quite cross

but the sun's been kind while I wrote this song

it's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do

you see, i'd forgotten if they're green or they're blue

Anyway the thing is, what I really mean

Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen

And you can tell everybody this is your song

It may be quite simple, but now that it's done

I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind

that I put down in words

how wonderful life is now you're in the world

Hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind

that I put down in words

how wonderful life is

Now you're in the world!

这首歌改编自艾尔顿 · 约翰（Elton John）1970年4月推出的第二张个人专辑 Elton John。这张专辑，在英美两国发行；单曲 Your Song 冲进美国榜前十，最高排在第八位，吸引了摇滚巨星约翰 · 列侬（John Lennon）的注意力。

Your Song

Artist：Elton John

It's a little bit funny this feeling inside

I'm not one of those who can easily hide

I don't have much money but boy if I did

I'd buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, but then again, no

Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show

I know it's not much but it's the best I can do

My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody this is your song

It may be quite simple but now that it's done

I hope you don't mind

I hope you don't mind that I put down in words

How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss

Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross

But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this song

It's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting but these things I do

You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue

Anyway the thing is what I really mean

Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen

较之于艾尔顿 · 约翰节制的版本，电影里的这一版，多了恣肆、高亢、明亮，颇为契合电影里摧枯拉朽的爱恨情仇。

2002年奥斯卡金像奖颁奖典礼上，歌舞片《红磨坊》获得最佳艺术指导和最佳服装设计奖，提名最佳影片、最佳女主角、最佳摄影、最佳音响、最佳电影剪辑、最佳化妆。

电影情节，如下：

19世纪末的法国巴黎，是一个令所有醉心于艺术的人所向往的梦幻之都。

克里斯蒂安（伊万·麦戈雷格）是个出生于中产阶级家庭的青年诗人，他有着极高的艺术天分和创作热情。为了寻找自己渴求的艺术氛围，实现创作梦想，克里斯蒂安离开了古板严厉的父亲，独自到巴黎闯荡。在混乱的波希米亚人聚居区蒙马特，克里斯蒂安结识了以小有名气的画家和广告招贴画设计师图卢兹-劳特瑞克（约翰·雷圭扎默）为首的一群放荡不羁的艺术家，并开始和他们一同创作、享乐、消磨时光。

渐渐地，在这个整日离不开酗酒、吸毒和康康舞（注：当时巴黎流行的一种低俗舞蹈，以舞女们掀裙子踢腿为特色，颇具挑逗性。）的圈子里，克里斯蒂安对音乐和流行的超前的把握才能使他受到众人的侧目。他被介绍给“红磨坊”夜总会的老板哈罗德（吉姆·布劳德本特），为“红磨坊”编写一系列新的歌舞作品；也正是因为这个原因，克里斯蒂安认识了人称“闪亮的钻石”的红舞女兼高级妓女萨汀（尼科尔·基德曼）。才子碰到佳人，一个风流倜傥、才华横溢，一个美艳绝伦、热情似火——不用猜你也知道接下来的情节了吧？

只可惜，克里斯蒂安贫穷落魄的身份和萨汀不体面的职业让他们之间的爱情注定是一场悲剧，哪怕他们爱得如此热烈和真挚。

默诺公爵（理查德·洛克斯伯格）是“红磨坊”的常客，也是拜倒在萨汀石榴裙下的达官贵人之一。当哈罗德为了改建“红磨坊”而以萨汀设下美人计骗他投资时，公爵爽快地捐出了大把的钞票。其实，谁心里都很清楚，公爵对萨汀忠实迷恋的背后，隐藏着他强烈的占有欲，他无时无刻不在计算着如何将萨汀据为己有。当默诺得知自己被利用了之后，他那阴暗疯狂的心灵终于暴露了出来，为了达到自己的目的，他不惜以谋杀为手段……

以下，是更为详细的英文版剧情。

In the year 1900, a British writer named Christian (Ewan McGregor), suffering from depression, begins writing on his typewriter ("Nature Boy"). As Christian narrates, the film flashes back to one year earlier upon Christian's move to the Montmartre district of Paris to become a writer among members of the area's Bohemian movement. He soon discovers that his neighbours are a loose troupe of performers led by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo). Toulouse-Lautrec and the others ask for Christian's help, and his writing skills allow them to finish their proposed show, Spectacular Spectacular, that they wish to sell to the owner of the Moulin Rouge, Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent). The group arrives at the Moulin Rouge as Zidler and his "Diamond Dog Dancers" perform for the audience ("Zidler's Rap Medley/Can Can Dance"). Toulouse arranges for Christian to see Satine (Nicole Kidman), the star courtesan, in her private quarters to present the work, unaware that Zidler has been promising Satine to the wealthy and psychopathic Duke of Monroth (Richard Roxburgh), a potential investor in the cabaret ("Sparkling Diamonds").

Satine mistakes Christian for the Duke, and dances with him before retiring to her private chamber with him to discuss things confidentially ("Rhythm of the Night", "Meet Me in the Red Room"), but soon learns he is just a writer ("Your Song"). The Duke interrupts them; Christian and Satine claim they were practicing lines for Spectacular Spectacular. With Zidler's help, Toulouse and the rest of the troupe pitch the show to the Duke with an improvised plot about an evil maharajah attempting to woo an Indian courtesan who loves a poor sitar player ("The Pitch (Spectacular Spectacular)"). The Duke backs the show on the condition that only he may see Satine. Satine contemplates Christian and her longing to leave the Moulin Rouge to become "a real actress" ("One Day I'll Fly Away"). Christian goes back to Satine to convince her that they should be together, and she eventually falls for him ("Elephant Love Medley"). As the cabaret is converted to a theater, Christian and Satine continue seeing each other under the pretense of rehearsing Satine's lines. The Duke becomes suspicious of their frequent meetings and warns Zidler that he may stop financing the show; Zidler arranges for Satine to dine with the Duke that evening, but she falls ill from tuberculosis ("If I should die (Górecki)"). Zidler makes excuses to the Duke, claiming that Satine has gone to confession ("Like a Virgin"). Zidler learns from the doctor treating Satine that she does not have long to live, but keeps this knowledge from Satine. Satine tells Christian that their relationship endangers the show, but he counters by writing a secret love song to affirm their love ("Come What May").

As the Duke watches Christian rehearsing with Satine, Nini, a jealous performer, points out that the play is a metaphor for Christian, Satine and the Duke. Enraged, the Duke demands the ending be changed with the courtesan choosing the maharajah; Satine offers to spend the night with the Duke to keep the original ending. At the Duke's quarters, Satine sees Christian on the streets below, and realizes she cannot sleep with the Duke. ("El Tango de Roxanne (Roxanne)"). The Duke attempts to rape her, but she is saved by Le Chocolat (Deobia Oparei), one of the cabaret's male dancers. Reunited with Christian, he urges her to run away with him. The Duke tells Zidler he will have Christian killed if Satine is not his. Zidler reiterates this warning to Satine, but when she refuses to return, he finally informs her she is dying ("A Fool to Believe"). Zidler tells Satine that to save Christian's life, she has to tell him that she will be staying with the Duke and she doesn't love him ("The Show Must Go On"). Christian tries following her, but is denied entry to the Moulin Rouge, and becomes depressed, even though Toulouse insists that Satine does love him.

The night of the show, Christian sneaks into the Moulin Rouge, intending to pay Satine her fee as a courtesan ("Hindi Sad Diamonds"). He catches Satine before she steps on stage and demands she tell him she does not love him. Suddenly they find themselves in the spotlight; Zidler improvises and convinces the audience that Christian is the sitar player in disguise. Christian denounces Satine and walks off the stage. From the rafters, Toulouse cries out, "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return", spurring Satine to sing the song Christian wrote to express their love. Christian returns to the stage, joining her in the song and reaffirming his love for her. The Duke orders his bodyguard (Linal Haft) to kill Christian, but is thwarted, while the Duke's own attempt is stopped by Zidler. The Duke storms out of the cabaret as Christian and Satine complete their song ("Come What May (Reprise)", "Coup d'État (Finale)").

After the curtain closes, Satine succumbs to tuberculosis. Before she dies, Christian and Satine affirm their love and she tells him to write their story. A year later, the Moulin Rouge has closed down, and Christian finishes writing the tale of his love for Satine, a "love that will live forever" ("Nature Boy (Reprise)").