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由珍妮弗·洛佩兹演唱，发行于1999年。出自专辑《六号地下铁》（ On The 6 ）。歌曲的音乐风格鲜明、节奏明快，且兼具拉丁舞曲及轻摇滚的风格，表达了歌者对甜蜜爱情的向往和渴望之情。
Like a movie scene ①
In the sweetest dreams ①
Have pictured us together ①
Now to feel your lips
On my fingertips
I have to say is even better
Then I ever thought it could possibly be
It's perfect, it's passion, it's setting me free
From all of my sadness
The tears that I've cried
I have spent all of my life
Waiting for tonight, oh
When you would be here in my arms
Waiting for tonight, oh
I've dreamed of this love for so long
Waiting for tonight
Tender words you say ②
Take my breath away ②
Love me now, leave me never ②
Found a sacred place
Lost in your embrace
I want to stay in this forever
I think of the days when the sun used to set
On my empty heart, all alone in my bed
Tossing and turning emotions were strong
I knew I had to hold on
Waiting for tonight, oh
When you would be here in my arms
Waiting for tonight, oh
I've dreamed of this love for so long
Waiting for tonight, oh
When you would be here in my arms
Waiting for tonight, oh
I've dreamed of this love for so long
Waiting for tonight
Gone are the days when the sun used to set ④
On my empty heart all alone in my bed
Tossing and turning emotions were strong
I knew I had to hold on
Waiting for tonight, oh
When you would be here in my arms
Waiting for tonight, oh
I've dreamed of this love for so long
Waiting for tonight, oh
When you would be here in my arms
Waiting for tonight, oh
I've dreamed of this love for so long
Waiting for tonight, oh
When you would be here in my arms
Waiting for tonight, oh
I've dreamed of this love for so long
Waiting for tonight, oh
像电影场景
在甜蜜的梦里
想象我们在一起
我现在能感觉到你的嘴唇
在我的指尖
我要说这感觉更美好
我认为这是可能的
它是完美，是激情，让我自由
摆脱所有的悲伤
痛哭的泪水
我耗尽了一生
等待今夜，哦
当我拥你入怀
等待今夜，哦
我梦想这爱情会长久
等待今夜
你温柔的话语
让我无法呼吸
现在爱我，永不分离
找到一个神圣的地方
迷失在你的拥抱里
我想永远这样
我想着那夕阳西下的时光
带着一颗空寂的心，独自躺在床上
辗转反侧，情绪激动
我知道我必须坚持下去
等待今夜，哦
当我拥你入怀
等待今夜，哦
我梦想这爱情会长久
等待今夜，哦
当你将在我的怀里
等待今夜，哦
我梦想这爱情会长久
等待今夜
夕阳西下的时光一去不复返
带着一颗空寂的心，独自躺在床上
辗转反侧，情绪激动
我知道我必须坚持下去
等待今夜，哦
当我拥你入怀
等待今夜，哦
我梦想这爱情会长久
等待今夜，哦
当我拥你入怀
等待今夜，哦
我梦想这爱情会长久
等待今夜，哦
当我拥你入怀
等待今夜，哦
我梦想这爱情会长久
等待今夜，哦
scene n. 场面，情景
picture v. 想象；描写
embrace v. 拥抱
toss v. 投掷；摇荡
hold on 坚持住；继续
① Like a movie scene, in the sweetest dreams, have pictured us together.
picture是动词，意为“想象”。Like a movie scene和in the sweetest dreams和picture的运用，在歌曲一开头就为听众展现出一幅想象的画面，生动地体现了歌者对心上人的渴望之心。
② Tender words you say; take my breath away.
you say是定语从句，修饰先行词words。词尾say和away都有相同的元音[ei]，运用了尾韵的修辞方法，增添了歌曲的韵律美。
③ Love me now, leave me never.
love和leave都有相同的辅音[l]和[v]，now和never都有相同的辅音[n]。本句歌词巧妙地运用了头韵和尾韵的修辞方法，使歌词朗朗上口。本歌词将歌者对心上人的爱慕之情形象地表现出来。
④ Gone the days when the sun used to set.
此句为倒装句，正常语序应为The days when the sun used to set are gone。when…set是when引导的定语从句，修饰先行词days。used to do意为“过去习惯于；过去常常”。该倒装句的运用是为避免句子“头重脚轻”，同时也为突出表达歌者对美好往昔追忆的情感。
珍妮弗·洛佩兹凭借《等待今夜》于2000年在MTV音乐录影带大奖中夺得了最佳歌舞录影带奖。MTV，即音乐录影带大奖，创办于1984年，是目前全美最大，也是最著名的音乐录影带奖项。
① pictured us连读为[piktʃədəs]；spent all of连读为[spentɔ:ləf]。类似的Like a，Then I，thought it，From all of，dreamed of，breath away，Found a，Lost in，think of，all alone，hold on，Gone are也连读。
② it could possibly中，it的[t]只做出发音姿势不发音，could的[k]发音；could的[d]只做出发音姿势不发音，possibly的[p]发音。类似的还有would be，sacred place，want to，used to，had to。
③ spent的s后面的清辅音[p]浊化，读成对应的浊辅音[b]。stay，strong也是类似的情况。
④ here in中，元音[iə]与[i]相邻，连读时应加入辅音[r]，读作[hiərin]。