The Wizard and I

1. 개요

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뮤지컬 위키드 1막의 3번째 곡. 사실 마담 모리블의 가사는 레치타티보이고 사실상 엘파바의 첫 솔로곡이다. 엘파바의 라이트모티브 중 하나인 'Unlimited / My future is unlimited'가 처음으로 등장한다. 핍박받아왔던 엘파바가 '마법사님은 나의 재능을 알아봐 주실 거야'라며 꿈에 부풀어서 노래하는 아리아. 이후의 곡들에서는 가사 'unlimited'가 'I'm limited'로 바뀐다. 단순한 말장난이긴 하지만 엘파바의 캐릭터를 보여주는 뛰어난 장치 중 하나.
엘파바는 저주라 여겼던 자신의 재능 덕분에 꿈에 그리던 오즈의 마법사와의 만남을 이루게 된 데 대한 기쁨과 희망을 노래하지만 이후 마법사를 만난 후의 전개를 생각해 보면, 참으로 씁쓸한 넘버.

2. 가사

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모리블
Oh, Miss Elphaba
Many years I have waited
For a gift like yours to appear
Why, I predict the Wizard could make you his
Magic grand vizier!
My dear, my dear
I'll write at once to the Wizard
Tell him of you in advance
With a talent like yours, dear
There is a definite chance
If you work as you should
You'll be making good
엘파바
Did that really just happen?
Have I actually understood?
This weird quirk I've tried
To suppress or hide
Is a talent that could
Help me meet the Wizard
If I make good
So I'll make good
When I meet the Wizard
Once I prove my worth
And then I meet the Wizard
What I've waited for since- since birth!
And with all his Wizard wisdom
By my looks, he won't be blinded
Do you think the Wizard is dumb?
Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?
No!
He'll say to me, "I see who you truly are -
A girl on whom I can rely!"
And that's how we'll begin
The Wizard and I
Once I'm with the Wizard
My whole life will change
Cause once you're with the Wizard
No one thinks you're strange!
No father is not proud of you
No sister acts ashamed
And all of Oz has to love you
When by the Wizard, you're acclaimed
And this gift or this curse I have inside
Maybe at last, I'll know why
When we are hand in hand
The Wizard and I..
And one day, he'll say to me
"Elphaba, a girl who is so superior
Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside
Have a matching exterior?
And since folks here to an absurd degree
Seem fixated on your verdigris
Would it be all right by you
If I de-greenify you?"
And though of course, that's not important to me
"All right, why not?" I'll reply
Oh, what a pair we'll be The Wizard and I
Yes, what a pair we'll be The Wizard and-
Unlimited
My future is unlimited
And I've just had a vision
Almost like a prophecy, I know
It sounds truly crazy
And true, the vision's hazy
But I swear, someday there'll be
A celebration throughout Oz
That's all to do with me!
And I'll stand there with the Wizard
Feeling things I've never felt
And though I'd never show it
I'll be so happy, I could melt!
And so it will be
For the rest of my life
And I'll want nothing else till I die
Held in such high esteem
When people see me, they will scream
For half of Oz's favorite team
The Wizard and I

3. 영상

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박혜나 엘파바 버전의 마법사와 나(The Wizard and I) [1] .

[1] 2016년 한국 재연 쇼케이스 버전