作者airily2 (geo5566)
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标题[心得] 推荐 Sting - Ghost Story
时间Thu Feb 10 10:19:35 2011
爬文发现板上关於Sting的讨论篇幅很少
所以在这个板的首PO就献给他了
个人认为Sting的现场精采程度远大於出自录音室的专辑
连结都是
Sting的
Ghost Story
在Durham Cathedral的演唱会版本
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUSYlotulU8
Brand New Day当时的演唱会版本
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr-hYAlnE0s
Ghost Story据说是Sting写给其过世的父亲的歌,但Sting不置可否
Sting的官网亦有提及
http://www.sting.com/news/interview.php?uid=3754
前者英国Durham Cathedral表演的曲调很欢欣,但可以听到Sting少有的温柔口吻
他以往的声音听起来偏沧桑历练、诙谐、旁观之类的
像Shape of My Heart、Moon over Bourbon Street、Fragile
而後者较为沉冷,表演时期比较接近歌曲发表的1999年
此更贴近整首歌所想表达的,颇为催泪
第一个连结是比较讨喜抢耳(?)的,但若搭配歌曲的意义更推第二个连结
由於第一次听後,很想了解这首歌的内涵,却苦寻不到翻译
有诗人歌手美称的Sting,歌词意象大多都有点难解
再加上我英文有点破,所以原本想找现成的中文翻译
於是决定自己来翻(边翻译能够边理解)
以下歌词与我的不负责任翻译(其实也算是心得啦)↓
Ghost Story
Words and music by Sting
I watch the Western sky 看向西方的天空
The sun is sinking 太阳渐沉
The geese are flying South 候鸟结伴南飞
It sets me thinking 这让我想起
I did not miss you much 我不是那麽的想念你
I did not suffer 不曾为此受折磨
What did not kill me 没有什麽真正扼杀了我
Just made me tougher 反倒让我更加坚韧
I feel the winter come 我感受冬日到来
His icy sinews, 他寒冷的运作
Now in the firelight 在炉中火光里
The case continues 案情持续进展
Another night in court 另一个开庭的夜晚
The same old trial 有不变的审讯
The same old questions asked 不变的质疑
The same denial 既定的否认
The shadows close me round 彷佛是陪审团
Like jury members 暗影包围使我无路可逃
I look for answers in 在余烬之间
The fire's embers 我企图寻找答案
Why was I missing then 那时我怎会迷失呢
That whole December? ──整个十二月
I give my usual line, 检视着日常细碎的线索
I don't remember 却不复记忆
Another winter comes 接着冬季又来
His icy fingers creep 他冰冷的触手缓慢
Into these bones of mine 潜进我的骨底
These memories never sleep 这些回忆与反差
And all these differences 不曾睡去
A cloak I borrow 我借来的斗篷
We kept our distances 我们总保持的距离
Why should it follow 可是为何这该被遵从
I must have loved you? 我怎麽会爱你?
What is the force that binds the stars? 什麽力量约束了星辰?
I wore this mask to hide my scars ──为了隐藏疤痕我戴上面具
What is the power that pulls the tide? 什麽权能引领了潮汐?
Never could find a place to hide ──却始终无法找到躲藏的地方
What moves the Earth around the sun? 什麽使地球绕日周旋?
What could I do but run and run and run? ──除了不断奔逃,我还能做些什麽?
Afraid to love, afraid to fail 畏惧言爱,畏惧失败
A mast without a sail 如无帆之桅
The moon's a fingernail 指甲月亮
And slowly sinking 缓缓地降下
Another day begins 另一日将启
And now I'm thinking 现在我想起了
That this indifference 如此的漠不关心
Was my invention 出自我的编造
When everything I did 而当时的那些措举
Sought your attention 只为了引你注意
You were my compass star 你是指南星
You were my measure 我计量的规矩
You were a pirate's map 你是那海盗地图
Of buried treasure 标记我的宝藏
If this was all correct 如果这一切都是事实
The last thing I'd expect 那我无法期待
The prosecution rests 指控能够驳回
It's time that I confess 而现在是时候该我自白了:
I must have loved you 我必定爱你
I must have loved you 我一直都爱着你
某些原文描写的很模糊的地方
我依照所认知的翻了出来
譬如不明的主词、受词、破折号、连词以及某些句子的顺序
否则单看中文可能会有点莫名其妙
因此,尽管我希望尽量贴近原文,却仍多少加油添醋了
以上文很长,谢谢收看:)
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1F:推 hecticgem:最近才想起他 原po就PO了关於他的文haha 02/10 13:23
2F:→ airily2:本来就蛮喜欢他的,某天听了Englishman in New York的live 02/10 18:19
3F:→ airily2:就冲去买了他的Live in Berlin,这张超推荐! 02/10 18:20
4F:→ airily2:不过我听的Englishman in New York不是Live in Berlin版本 02/10 18:20
5F:推 LegacyEskimo:一直很喜欢他 02/10 23:48
6F:推 LegacyEskimo:翻得很好 推~ 02/10 23:55
7F:推 booksweet:歌词很美 好好听喔 推~ 02/11 01:09
8F:→ airily2:谢谢收看XD 02/12 01:35