夢境的行旅 10 發表於 February 6, 2010 檢舉 Share 發表於 February 6, 2010 提要:同時是詩人與歌者,保羅賽門(1941- ) 2006年Surprise專輯中耐人尋味的一首歌。詞句採自敘口吻。 現努力譯成保留原意以及詩的內蘊的文字,與各位分享。(是歌詞,也是詩,請別跟我爭論。)album: 2006 Surprise ;artist: Paul SimonEverything About It is a Love SongLocked in a struggle for the right combination of words in a melody lineI took a walk along the riverbank of my imaginationGolden clouds were shuffling the sunshine擱淺在旋律線上,徒勞地我找著正確詞句的組合我遂開始在想像出的河堤邊散步金色的浮雲一朵朵,在陽光裡穿梭But if I ever get back to the twentieth centuryGuess I'll have to pay off some debtsOpen the book of my vanishing memoryWith its catalogue of regrets但如果我一不小心回到了前個世紀我猜我大概得清償那些恩恩怨怨打開那本記著我遺失記憶的賬本啊綱目是我的憾事與懊悔Stand up for the deeds I didAnd those I didn't doSit down, shut up, think abou GodAnd wait for the hour of my rescue對所做所為挺身而出並且打理些不相關的事坐下、噤聲、想想上蒼然後靜待自己得救的時分We don't mean to mess things upBut mess them up we doAnd then it's "Oh, I'm sorry"我們不是有意把事情搞砸的但不知怎地事情就是搞砸了然後「噢,不好意思。」Here's a smiling photograph of love when it was newAt a birthday partyMake a wish and close your eyes: surprise, surprise, surprise.這兒有張笑得開懷的相片,那時愛情正年輕在一場生日派對許個願後閉上眼,驚喜、驚喜、大驚喜......Early December, and brown as a sparrowFrost creeping over the pondI shoot a thought into the futureAnd it flies like an arrowThrough my lifetime, and beyond十二月上旬,暗暗淡淡像麻雀的日子霜凍一吋吋覆蓋了水塘我把意向放向未來而它像隻箭一樣地奔程而去穿過我的一生,更遠If I ever come back as a tree, or a crowOr even the wind-blown dustFind me on the ancient road in the song when the wires are hushedHurry on and remember me, as I'll remember youFar above the golden clouds, the darkness vibratesThe earth is blue如果我能回來,以一棵樹、一隻老鴉甚至風裡翻揚的塵土,那樣的形態到哪條古老的道路上找我,一首歌在鐵絲網不出聲音時演唱趕緊啊把我牢牢記在你的心裡,正如同我忘不了的你們金色的雲朵之外,黝暗已在蠢動地球是湛藍色的啊And everything about it is a love songEverything about itEverything about it is a love songEverything about itEverything about it is a love song於是所有的所有都像一首情歌所有的所有所有的所有都像首情歌所有的所有都像首情歌譯後記: 聽時不察,一看起、譯起歌詞就覺得這歌真的是......不,他不要是,不能是......PS與聽眾的別離之歌吧。翻著後半我突然想哭。 回首過去,展望未來,一切的一切看來有著與那時截然不同的樣貌。對於一個69歲的老人來說,俯查著歷經生命的軌跡,看起來會是怎麼樣的呢。 一段生命的旅程,與世界,與相知、相惜、相愛過、相遇又別離過的人們,也許答案就是,一切的一切都像一首情歌吧。 鏈接文章 分享到其他網站
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