《brief and beautiful》是Maria Arredondo演唱的一首歌曲，收录于专辑《For A Moment》中。

Maria Arredondo，1985年七月六日降生于挪威的文内斯拉（Vennesla）小镇。和很多出色的歌手一样，Maria从很小的时候便显露了过人的音乐天赋。她的母亲说她是“从会走路的那天起，就会唱歌了”。她从10岁起就开始参加地区的各种歌唱比赛，成绩颇佳。她用了两年时间慢慢寻找自我风格，然后签订了自己的唱片合同。她可以唱各种各样的歌，从慢而深情的“Cross Every River”到疯狂有力的快歌如“Mad Summer”。是个跨过古典和流行界的歌手。 她的第一张同名专辑请来了诸如Jonas von Der Burg, Espen Lind, 这样的大牌制作人。作曲者也是水准很高，Christian Ingebrigtsen，Silje Nergaard等都为她操刀动笔。这张专辑甫一出世，就在挪威最大的报纸的音乐版上获得了最高的评价。它的销量是白金。第一首单曲“Can let go”于2002年5月推出，名叫她的第3首单曲，与Christian Ingebrigtsen合唱的“In love with an angel”空降冠军，同样是白金销量。Maria的嗓子有些象流行天后Mariah Carey,但是比后者要稍微男性一点点。我认为Maria的声线非常好，性感但不做作，有力但不炫耀，明亮但不过分照人。她的低音很沉，很女人但是又很自立，高音千回百转，闻之泪下。

Only had a little taste 只浅浅的尝了一下

but I remember how it felt 我却难忘那种感觉

And all the phonecalls late at night 那些打到深夜的电话

though we tried, we couldn`t make it right 尽管累了，却都不想停下

When the seasons changed 当季节变换

everything got colder 世界变寒冷

Everyone could hear our illusion crash 所有人都能听见我们的幻想破灭

it was all we had 那曾是我们的全部

So every minute that I`ve spend with you 所以我与你相伴的每分钟

like the winter, it’s bringing the blues 就像在悲伤的冬季中

You and I were like the spring 只有你我如沐春风

Brief and beautiful 短暂而美丽

When we knew we had to let it go 当我们知道不得不放弃

and our love turned in to snow 我们的爱开始下雪

We never had a chance to begin 我们不再有机会开始

brief and beautiful 短暂而美丽

So.. Brief and beautiful. So.. 如此短暂而美丽

When the flowers bloom in may 当五月的花儿开放

I go back to yesterday 我恍若回到昨日

When I woke up next to you 当我在你身边醒来

I would bring it all back if I could 我愿尽可能地想起过去

Make it good or bad 无论好坏

I know it is too late 我都知道这已太晚

So I`m movin`on 生活仍在继续

But I won`t forget 但我不会忘记

all that is unsaid 那些还没说的话

So every minute that I`ve spend with you 所以我与你相伴的每分钟

like the winter, it’s bringing the blues 就像在悲伤的冬季中

You and I were like the spring 只有你我如沐春风

Briefandbeautiful 短暂而美丽

When we knew we had to let it go 当我们知道不得不放弃

and our love turned in to snow 我们的爱开始下雪

We never had a chance to begin 我们不再有机会开始

briefandbeautiful 短暂而美丽

So 它是如此

It was so soon 如此短暂

It was so sweet 如此甜蜜

Like every good thing 就像一切美好的事物

It`s not yours to keep 你无法将它延续

Oh, things fades away 它就自然地消逝

and now it’s gone 如今已经不在

So every minute that I`ve spend with you 所以我与你相伴的每分钟

like the winter, it’s bringing the blues 就像在悲伤的冬季中

You and I were like the spring 只有你我如沐春风

Briefandbeautiful 短暂而美丽

When we knew we had to let it go 当我们知道不得不放弃

and our love turned in to snow 我们的爱开始下雪

We never had a chance to begin 我们不再有机会开始

briefandbeautiful 短暂而美丽

So.. Brief and beautiful. So..如此短暂又如此美丽

So every minute that I`ve spend with you 所以我与你相伴的每分钟

like the winter, it’s bringing the blues 就像在悲伤的冬季中

You and I were like the spring 只有你我如沐春风

Briefandbeautiful 短暂而美丽