Tale: chuyện kể, thường là chuyện tưởng tượng. Tale as old as time: chuyện xưa như trái đất, ngày xửa ngày xưa có câu chuyện…
Tiếng Anh còn có cụm từ quen thuộc khác khi bắt đầu mỗi câu chuyện cổ là "Once upon a time" (ngày xửa ngày xưa).
Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly
Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the beast
Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before and ever just as sure as the sun will rise
Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise
Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bitter sweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong
Phiêu Linh