【原】美聲男伶的靈魂人物去世。英語讀頭條（第702期）

Carlos Marín, one quarter of the pop-opera group Il Divo, has died at the age of 53.

美聲男伶Il Divo的卡洛斯·馬林去世，年僅53歲

The surviving members of the chart-topping quartet announced his death in a Twitter post on Sunday.

曾高居排行榜首的美聲男伶樂隊周日在推特上宣布其成員卡洛斯的死訊。

quartet：四人組

In the online tribute, tenors David Miller, Sébastien Izambard and Urs Bühler remembered the baritone as a "beautiful soul."

在網(wǎng)上致辭中，男高音大衛(wèi)·米勒、塞巴斯蒂安·伊桑巴德和烏爾·比勒將這位男中音稱為“美麗的靈魂”。

tenor：男高音

baritone：男中音

"It is with heavy hearts that we are letting you know that our friend and partner, Carlos Marin, has passed away," the statement read. "He will be missed by his friends, family and fans. There wiIl never be another voice or spirit like Carlos."

聲明說：“我們懷著沉重的心情告訴大家，我們的朋友和伙伴卡洛斯·馬林已經(jīng)去世。他的朋友、家人和歌迷都會想念他。再也不會有像卡洛斯這樣的聲音和靈魂了。”

"For 17 years the four of us have been on this incredible journey of Il Divo together, and we will miss our dear friend. We hope and pray that his beautiful soul will rest in peace.

“17年來，我們四個人一起踏上了Il Divo不可思議的旅程，我們將懷念我們親愛的朋友。我們希望并祈禱他美麗的靈魂可以安息。

Marín had been performing with the band in the UK in December before their tour was postponed "due to illness."

去年12月，馬林在英國與樂隊一起演出，之后他們的巡演就因他“生病”而推遲。

The vocalist's death comes days after the group confirmed on Twitter he had been hospitalized.

該樂隊在推特上確認馬林住院，幾天后他便去世了。

The nature of his illness wasn't disclosed and the cause of his death has not been confirmed.

沒有透露他的病情，其死因也沒有得到證實。

Marín, who was born in Germany but raised in Madrid, was one of the founding members of Il Divo -- meaning "divine male performer" in Italian -- which was created by Simon Cowell in 2003 under his SyCo record label.

馬林出生于德國，但在馬德里長大。他是Il Divo的創(chuàng)始成員之一。Il Divo在意大利語中的意思是“神圣的男性表演者”。Il Divo由西蒙·考威爾于2003年由其SyCo唱片公司創(chuàng)立。

He went on to release 10 studio albums with the group, including three UK number one albums: "Il Divo," "Ancora" and "The Promise."

之后，他與該樂隊一起完成了10張錄音室專輯，其中包括三張榮登英國排名第一：“Il Divo”、“Ancora”和“the Promise”

Cowell expressed his sadness at the news on Twitter, saying: "I am finding this so difficult to put into words how I feel right now. I am devastated Carlos Marin has passed away. He loved life. He loved performing and always had so much appreciation towards the fans who supported the group from day 1. Rest in peace Carlos. I will miss you.

考威爾在推特上說聽到這一消息他很悲傷，他說：“很難用語言表達我此刻的感受。卡洛斯·馬林去世了，我很難過。他愛生活、他愛表演，他從第一天起就非常感謝支持這個樂隊的歌迷。卡洛斯，安息吧，我會想念你。

In 2006, Il Divo performed the 2006 FIFA World Cup official song, "The Time of Our Lives," with R&B singer Toni Braxton.

2006年，Il Divo與R&B歌手托尼·布拉克斯頓一起演唱了2006年世界杯官方歌曲《我們生命的時光》。

In 2015, Marin said during an appearance on Mountain Lake PBS that he was "proud" that he was able to connect with people through music.

2015年，馬林在Mountain Lake 公共廣播網(wǎng)的一次露面中說，他為能夠通過音樂與人們聯(lián)系感到“自豪”。

"The good thing being a singer, you can give the people the connection to a song and use your voice, your singing voice to tell a story. That's the good thing and that's the thing I'm really proud of."

“作為一名歌手，你可以用歌聲和人們連接，用你的聲音，你的歌聲來講述一個故事。這是一件好事，也是我真正感到自豪的事。”

Marín was married to French-born singer Geraldine Larrosa -- better known by her stage name Innocence -- until 2009.

馬林與法國出生的歌手杰拉爾丁·拉羅莎結婚，直到2009年婚姻結束。杰拉爾丁·拉羅莎的藝名“Innocence ”更為人熟知。