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这首乐评写于大约2年前。今天早上去对门实验室看到摆了好几束玲珑剔透的玫瑰花,忽然想起今天是闰七月初七,十九年一遇的第三个情人节,我没有情人,只好唱着单身情歌,跳着孤单芭蕾。确认了这片贴子以前没有在博客上发表以后,也就偷偷懒,并聊以自慰罢。 3 n1 u) J2 u7 z3 D' ?6 X0 ?
——蜡笔小溪( T- c/ A0 G. }9 I3 z, ^ z
玫瑰玫瑰最娇美! }2 P2 c: E2 S" `
玫瑰玫瑰最艳丽
2 c6 u6 `% f* ^春夏开在枝头上
: o" r7 _$ ]7 k$ r# x$ v玫瑰玫瑰我爱你
' D4 F8 q+ w' f& |* Z- }0 w玫瑰玫瑰情意重
0 x; f2 Q4 L/ f" h- c玫瑰玫瑰情意浓& E* ^$ u4 ?5 y% M: i) T5 L: A
春夏开在荆棘里
8 R+ A5 I. ?/ K; f$ a- L玫瑰玫瑰我爱你
3 H; [5 x' b( N, G+ b; P3 r心的誓约,新的情意
% j B. C; j" |( P5 C% h0 A圣洁的光辉照大地3 f$ [# |; M2 E# m
玫瑰玫瑰枝儿细
$ N; e& w5 L. z# s! r玫瑰玫瑰刺秀锐
_. ]3 S/ G8 t# h伤了嫩枝和娇蕊( \: I. U) Y% M% B: L
玫瑰玫瑰我爱你
/ i% q! I; g! f. K1 E玫瑰玫瑰心儿坚& |5 q5 p0 d1 f# S, L" n$ Q% x
玫瑰玫瑰刺儿尖
1 b- ~+ z3 q/ `3 J2 V$ a5 L毁不少并蒂枝连理7 V0 [: J$ \, {3 A0 d) z& u
玫瑰玫瑰我爱你
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“翻译”成英语之后就成了这个样子
- n$ R: y) I' U) U Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart1 v/ J" D$ D: g* Q j" ^. ~# a
What is your future?, now we have to part. J2 N* q$ Y8 Y; {# K' e
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away$ u; p! s, r) w. h2 r: }2 {& r
Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay v6 E# }* U0 b
Make way, oh, make way for my Eastern Rose
' M- e% X* i3 I# ?, n% |8 d Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes% ]; g2 r: U3 e9 I/ b! @% l* t
In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret
0 z2 o0 ~1 x8 r1 j8 V6 E5 L$ e4 ~ \"Please make way for Rose\" you can hear them say
( e$ b9 s6 n; @+ \6 h All my life I shall remember
+ E' p ^, V% D Oriental music and you in my arms6 H0 V0 b3 u5 b+ D g/ k
Perfumed flowers in your tresses' Q2 s% _- s& f3 [& b4 e
Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms
* m. V0 q* ~- J Rose, Rose I love you with your almond eyes
) C/ H, z7 Q# x0 c4 t3 R Fragrant and slender \'neath tropical skies% c: }* m, [/ n0 b9 C* H; U
I must cross the seas again and never see you more
5 B6 B7 W, u( F+ Z9 U f \'way back to my home on a distant shore1 P9 j1 c t: h( ^7 z: ~
(All my life I shall remember)2 k# M: J7 @4 V" w
(Oriental music and you in my arms)
1 c e' ~ Y+ u* C (Perfumed flowers in your tresses)
" ~6 I8 L! P) | ^0 M9 {' L (Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms)' s( j$ r3 ^6 \, X4 `
Rose, Rose I leave you, my ship is in the bay
# t+ g' d+ T3 m& [ Kiss me farewell now, there\'s nothin\' to say! Y# r( E- V* w7 ]" W. ]
East is East and West is West, our worlds are far apart
6 o5 i, s; {0 m6 G: z: F$ v& w I must leave you now but I leave my heart q" j( z3 p* o8 @$ b$ m" m) s' M5 u; @
Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
x! p( H' R4 ~ What is your future?, now we have to part: \4 t( T4 `% o7 f7 Z
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
- `4 I5 v2 D8 s: _, f2 d# l Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay
: m& h* a1 @8 c8 F (Rose, Rose I love you, I cannot stay)
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9 s# r( `. Q; q! Q" Q在美国的乡村音乐中,至少有一首歌是十分特殊的。相信许多中国人一听到曲调就不禁莞尔:因为它带着太多的中国民歌烙印了。日前一位网友发给我的凤飞飞演唱的国语版更加证实了我的猜想。如果说这首歌词是直接从汉语翻译成英语的,那么这首歌也没有介绍的必要,因为翻译的永远赶不上原文。严格说来这个英文歌词完全不是翻译。和中文含蓄规范的歌词比起来。英文的歌词是在Love上做足了文章。讲了一个故事,和中文绝口不提Rose具体的所指大异其趣9 Q4 v* r0 k4 r: y
从字面上看,这首歌也许是作者去东亚采风的结果。Rose是一个马来西亚姑娘,是当地的“一枝花”,人们甚至纷纷为她坐的黄包车让路。而作者是北美过去的士兵(或商人?反正这不重要),和这位女孩生出情愫,在分别的时候,还整出一个挺好玩的歌词,不是么?你看全文三段,大有“阳关三叠”的韵味。第一段:闺房初别。第二段:相伴行车。第三段:登船话别。真让人怀疑是不是偷师了北宋大词人周邦彦著名的送别词《兰凌王》。
( ]' g" e/ g* j0 r- Y另外用词上也不错。至少我学会了一些课本上学不到的常用表述。比如第二段Rose, Rose I love you with your almond eyes, Fragrant and slender \'neath tropical skies。形容一个人的确很传神。首先,“杏眼圆睁”的说法就是从中国流传过去的,芳香、苗条也是对一个女孩的合适评价。# R- ?9 e' \& e: _/ |. ?( S
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