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2014年3月5日 星期三

保羅賽門 - 坦承的孩子 (The Obvious Child)

The Obvious Child - 坦承的孩子


from 1990 album The Rhythm of the Saints
出自 1990 年 《聖者的旋律》(The Rhythm of the Saints)專輯






The Obvious Child

     music and words by Paul F. Simon


Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
I don't expect to sleep through the night
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
But I say why
Why deny the obvious child?
Why deny the obvious child?


And in remembering a road sign
I am remembering a girl when I was young
And we said these songs are true
These days are ours
These tears are free
And hey
The cross is in the ballpark
The cross is in the ballpark


We had a lot of fun
We had a lot of money
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny
Sonny gets married and moves away
Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
Sonny gets sunnier day by day
By day by day...


Well, I've been waking up at sunrise
I've been following the light across my room
I watch the night recede the room of my day
Some people say the sky is just the sky


But I say
Why deny the obvious child?
Why deny the obvious child?


Sonny sits by the window and thinks to himself
How it's strange that some roots are like cages
Sonny's yearbook from high school
Is down on the shelf
And he idly thumbs through the pages
Some have died
Some have fled from themselves
Or struggled from here to get there
Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
Runs his hands through his thinning brown hair


Well, I'm accustomed to a smoother ride
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
I don't expect to sleep the night
Some people say a lie is just a lie
But I say
The cross is in the ballpark
Why deny the obvious child?
想是順遂日子已將我制約了吧
或許我更像失去利齒的狼犬
不希望再被當傻子看待
不妄想能夠一夜好眠
有些人嚷嚷:謊言就是謊言是謊言謊言......
但我說「為什麼呢?」
為什麼要拒絕坦白的孩子?
為什麼要拒絕坦白的孩子?


我試著回憶某個路標
卻驀地憶起年少時,那女孩~~
我們總說:那些歌曲直來直往
那些時光美麗同享
那些脫韁的淚水,奔放
嘿,我說
每人有每人的苦啊
各自有各自的難題得扛


我們盡情玩樂
我們口袋滿滿
我們有個小孩,應該喚他作 Sonny
Sonny 成家後搬了出去
Sonny 有了孩子和帳單一疊
Sonny 變得更加樂觀開朗
日復一日,日復一日


我在日出時醒來
跟著射入的陽光,走到房間那一頭
看著,直到滿溢的光漸漸驅走黑夜
有人說:天空不過就是天空啊。


但我說:
為什麼拒絕坦白的孩子?
為什麼拒絕坦白的孩子?


Sonny 坐在窗口默默的想
有些房間簡直像牢籠,不是很奇怪嗎?
Sonny 的高中紀念冊,從架子掉了出來
他便不經心地一頁頁翻過
有些已經不在
有些總在逃避著自我
或許咬著牙東奔西走
Sonny 在心裡沉澱冥想
手指拂過逐漸稀疏的棕髮


嗯,我大概習慣了這些例行公事
也許更像隻失去利齒的狼犬
不希望再被當個傻子
不妄想能夠一夜好眠
有人爭說:謊言就是謊是謊......
但是我說啊
每人都有各自的難題,
為什麼拒絕坦白的孩子哪?



- - -
* the cross is in the ballpark 是指什麼,在 Songmeanings 莫衷一是
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/107751/

而一個似乎可靠的Quote中,PS表示:
' The cross, the burden that we carry, is in the ballpark, it's doable...'

所以我就翻成「每人有每人的難題」,但其實翻成「各人造業各人擔」...頗違和。

* Yearbook是年鑑,但翻成畢業紀念冊無妨。
- - -

PS 採用了南美曲風譜寫這首歌 (很前衛-以1990年而言),森巴-雷鬼的旋律來自
巴西的表演團體Olodum。但當然,那個撼動人心的打擊樂,說起來根源還是來自非洲。

The Rhythm of the Saints這張專輯非常耐聽,一個重要的原因即其內含豐富多元
的曲風。陳黎在<談藝論樂集>寫過這張專輯的評論可以參考。http://goo.gl/MPqn

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