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2026年9月2日 星期三

The sound of silence

 

這一首〈The sound of silence〉在三、四十多年前,筆者駐唱的年代裡,是屬於比較令聽眾或觀眾為之驚艷的歌曲,原因無它~因為它是以吉他伴奏為主的歌曲,只要你彈奏得跟原曲極為相同的節奏共鳴,常常會讓人以為不是現場演唱,而是在播放卡帶或是唱片,當然這最大的因素是歌手的歌聲與原唱極為接近的關係……而在我駐唱的生涯裡,被這樣誤以為的情況,其實相當相當的多……尤其是以「灰狼羅伯」的歌曲演唱時最常發生,當然還有演唱﹝文森‧梵谷﹞時,也是相同的,自然這首〈沈默之聲〉,也同樣被誤會多次,每次被人質疑時,坦白說,心中是蠻自豪的……呵呵。

 

 

The sound of silence /沈默之聲                                Simon & Garfunkel /賽門與葛芬柯


 

Hello, darkness my old friend

嗨!黑暗,我的老友

I've come to talk with you again

我又來找你聊天了

Because a vision softly creeping

只因有個幻象緩緩的爬過

Left it's seeds while I was sleeping

趁我熟睡時灑下種籽

And the vision that was planted in my brain

這個深植在我腦海裡的幻象

Still remains within the sound of silence

依然留存在沈默之聲裡 

 

 

In restless dream

在無盡的夢境

I walked alone the narrow street of cobble stone

我一個人走在圓石鋪成的狹窄街道上

Beneath the halo of a street lamp

在街燈的光暈下

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

我豎起衣領抵擋濕冷的天氣

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

當閃爍的霓虹燈刺痛了雙眼

That split the night and touched the sound of silence

光芒劃破夜空,也觸動了沈默之聲

 

 

And in the naked light

在沒有燈罩的燈光下

I saw ten thousand people may be more

我看到了數以萬計或者更多的人們

People talking without speaking

人們聊天而不談心

People hearing without listening

只用耳朵聽而非用心傾聽

People writing songs that voices never share

人們寫著毫無感情分享的歌

And no one dare disturb the sound of silence

而且沒有人敢去驚擾沈默之聲 

 

 

 "Fools" said I "you do not know"

「愚蠢的人們啊!」我說:「你們不明白-----」

"Silence like a cancer grows

「沈默像癌細胞一樣蔓延

Hear my words that I might teach you

 仔細聽聽我所教你的

 Take my arms that I might reach you"

握住我伸出的手。」

But my words like silent raindrops fell

但我這些話像無聲的雨落下

And echoed in the wells of silence

在沈默的井裡發出回聲------ 

 

 

And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made

人們對著自己創造出來的霓虹神明膜拜禱告

And the sign flashed out it's warning

告示上閃爍著警句

In the words that it was forming, and the signs said

在逐漸顯現的字句中,它說著:

"The words of the prophets

「先知的箴言,

Are written on the subway walls and tenement halls

寫在地下鐵的牆壁和廉價公寓的長廊裡,

And whispered in the sound of silence"

並且在沈默之聲中低迴不已-------」

   


2026年8月3日 星期一

Yesterday, when I was young

 

本篇,要介紹的西洋歌曲是〈Yesterday, when I was young〉,筆者年輕時,有個自言其說的「昨日三系列曲」,呵呵~除了這首歌曲之外,還有披頭四的〈Yesterday〉,木匠兄妹的〈Yesterday once more〉,三首曲中,本曲應該算是人氣相對比較低的……不過,這是有原因的……前兩首演唱者太有名了,叫人難以望其項背,可〈Yesterday, when I was young〉旋律優美,歌詞涵義深遠,常常讓人沉醉其中又思緒飛揚……其實完全不輸另外兩首「昨日」系列~至少,我是這麼覺得的……。



PS.〈Yesterday, when I was young〉原本是一首法文歌曲,詞曲並演唱者為 Charles Aznavour,後來由 Herbert Kretzmer 翻譯為英文,由鄉村歌手 Roy Clark 於 1965 年首度灌唱,在排行榜曾上獲得不錯的成績,而後翻唱版本眾多,本篇介紹的是Glen Campbell (葛倫坎伯)主唱的版本。


 

Yesterday, when I was young      Glen Campbell

昨日當我年輕時                       葛倫坎伯

 

 

Yesterday when I was young

昨日當我年輕時

The taste of life was sweet like rain upon my tongue

生命的滋味甜美,如同舌尖上的雨珠

I teased at life as if it were a foolish game

我嘲笑人生,笑它是個愚蠢的遊戲

The way an evening breeze would tease a candle flame

就像向晚的微風調戲燭火那樣


 

The thousand dreams I dreamed 

那些我做過的千百個美夢

The splendid things I planned

那些我計劃要做的冠冕堂皇的事

I always built to last on weak and shifting sand

總是建築在脆弱而流動的沙土上

I lived by night and shunned the naked light of the day

我活在夜裡,避開白天的陽光

And only now I see how the years have run away

如今只能眼睜睜看著歲月流逝


 

Yesterday when I was young

昨日當我年輕時

There were so many songs that waiting to be sung

有太多的歌等我去唱

So many wild pleasures that lay in store for me

太多狂野的享樂在店裡等我

And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see

太多的痛苦,我那昏眩的雙眼不願正視


 

I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out

我衝得太快,時光與青春終於消逝殆盡

And I never stopped to think what life was all about

我從不曾停下來思考生命的意義

And every conversation that I can recall

如今我記得的每一席對話

Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all

和我有關的都是一片空白


 

Yesterday the moon was blue

昨日,有太多的不可能

And every crazy day brought something new to do

每個瘋狂的日子總有新鮮事要做

And I used my magic age as if it were a wand

我將這段奇幻歲月像魔杖一般耍弄

And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond

卻看不見未來的荒蕪及空虛

 


 The game of love I played with arrogance and pride

在愛情遊戲中,我玩弄著狂妄和尊嚴

And every flame I lit so quickly quickly died

我點燃的火焰很快就灰飛煙滅

The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away

我結交的朋友們最後都遠走他方

And only I am left on stage to end the play

只剩我一個人在舞台上獨自演完這齣戲

 

 

Yesterday when I was young

昨日當我年輕時

There were so many songs that waiting to be sung

有太多的歌等我去唱

So many wild pleasures lay in store for me

太多狂野的享樂在店裡等我

And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see

太多的痛苦,我那昏眩的雙眼不願正視


 

There are so many songs in me that won't be sung

我心裡有太多的歌不能唱

Cause I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue

只因我嚐到了舌尖上淚水的苦澀

The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young

時候到了,我得為過往的青澀歲月付出代價


2026年4月2日 星期四

St. Elmo's fire

 


聖艾摩之火,是1985年的〈七個畢業生〉電影主題曲(註),有關 St. Elmo's Fire,這是一種自古以來就常在航海時被海員觀察到的自然現象,經常發生於雷雨中,在如船隻桅杆頂端之類的尖狀物上,產生如火燄般的藍白色閃光,據悉~聖艾爾摩之火,也會出現在羊牛等牲畜的角尖,或任何尖銳物體上……聖艾爾摩之火的成因是一種電暈放電現象,這在大雷雨中很常見,超越了空氣的擊穿電壓,使得空氣成為了導體,並在導電的過程中放出強光……雖然名稱中有「火」這個字,但其實一點都不熱。


註:電影〈St. Elmo’s Fire〉台灣翻譯成〈七個畢業生〉,這是加拿大籍作曲家音樂製作人 David Foster 所作的第一部電影配樂……電影描述七位大學即將畢業的好友們的成長故事,這七位好朋友來自不同的背景,在畢業前各自面臨了自己的人生與情感抉擇……St. Elmo's Fire 也被用來象徵希望、守護或者神秘的力量,象徵~獻給即將進入人生賽道的畢業生們,希望他們能夠在職場上找到自己,摸索到未來的方向……。



St. Elmo's fire              John Parr

聖艾摩之火              約翰帕爾

Growing up, you don't see the writing on the wall

你已長大,對那牆上的文字應該視若無睹走過去
Passing by, moving straight ahead, you knew it all

大步向前,你早就知道這一切
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain

但也許有時你會感到痛楚
You'll find you're all alone, everything has changed

你會發現自己茫然無助,物事已全非



Play the game, you know you can't quit until it's won

一旦加入比賽,除非獲勝否則不能中途退賽前進
Soldier on, only you can do what must be done

只有你才能完成任務你知道嗎?
You know in some way you're a lot like me

在某些地方你和我很像你是個囚犯
You're just a prisoner and you're trying to break free

努力想獲得自由在那熾烈的蒼穹下



*I can see a new horizon underneath the blazing sky

我看見了嶄新的地平線我將抵達蒼鷹翱翔之處
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher

甚至更高更遠我要成為奮勇前進的人
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels

我需要的只是一雙輪子的聖艾摩之火
Take me where my future's lying, St. Elmo's fire

帶我去向我的未來所在燃燒吧!



Burning up, don't know just how far that I can go

不知自己究竟能到達多遠
(just how far I go)

(到我所能抵達之處)
Soon be home, only just a few miles down the road

家快到了,只剩幾哩的路程
I can make it, I know I can

我做得到,我知道我可以

You broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man (*)

你擊倒了我心中的男孩,但擊不倒我心裡的男子漢
I can climb the highest mountain, cross the wildest sea

我可以攀上最高的山峰,橫越最狂暴的海洋



I can feel St. Elmo's fire burning in me

感覺到聖艾摩之火就在我心底燃燒
Burning in me
在我心底燃燒



Just once in his life, a man has his time

人的一生僅有一次可以擁有光榮時刻
And my time is now, I'm coming alive
我的榮耀就在此刻
I can hear the music playing,I can see the banners fly

讓我神采飛揚我聽見樂聲高唱,看見旗海飄揚彷彿是你再度歸來

Feel like you're back again and hope riding high

盼望大展身手我要成為奮勇前進的人
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels

我需要的只是一雙輪子聖艾摩之火
Take me where my future's lying, St. Elmo's fire (*)

帶我去向我的未來所在,聖艾摩之火



I can climb the highest mountain, cross the wildest sea

我可以攀上最高的山巔,橫越最狂暴的海洋
I can feel St. Elmo's fire burning in me

感覺到聖艾摩之火就在我心底燃燒燃燒
Burning, burning in me, I can feel it burning

在我心底燃燒,我感覺到它在燃燒 

Oooh, burning inside of me......... 

噢!在我心底燃燒..........



The sound of silence

  這一首〈 The sound of silence 〉在三、四十多年前,筆者駐唱的年代裡,是屬於比較令聽眾或觀眾為之驚艷的歌曲,原因無它~因為它是以吉他伴奏為主的歌曲,只要你彈奏得跟原曲極為相同的節奏共鳴,常常會讓人以為不是現場演唱,而是在播放卡帶或是唱片,當然這最大的因素是...