[繞樑] The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell

[jurian0101 (小維)]

無趣的前言:

　Joni Mitchell的歌，雖然得益於她的極高演奏/演唱/寫曲的才華因而旋律動聽，
裡頭的故事往往還是集合sensitivity / thoughtfulness / melancholiness於一身的。

　例如說這首 The Circle Game (from 1970 "Ladies of the Canyon" album)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTVjCWekS1Q&feature=related#t=3m50s
(→請撥放再往下看)

  U管有人留言說這是他童年最喜歡的旋律，常常在嘴邊唱。連蔣爸蔣國男都常在當兵站哨
時讓自己的內建iPod(是顳葉某處的皮質吧)不斷的"放"著這首歌
( http://www1.iwant-pop.com/a-d0012/?sn=a-d0012_20021102_01 )

  但是我實在無法把整首歌聽完，副歌嚴重戳中了我的Sad點。跟 Those Were the Days
(1968 Mary Hopkins)這首老歌有異常相似，這是deja vu感啊啊~~~

另外就是聽心之谷的鄉村路
        僕は行かないさ　行けない　contry road  總會有莫名的感動 ∥u∥

  總之便聽邊看看The Circle Game 的歌詞，是蔣爸翻譯，竊小修：

Circle Game
        ----- Joni Mitchell

Yesterday a child came out to wander
昨日 一個孩子來到世上漫遊
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
捕一隻蜻蜓 裝在廣口瓶中
Fearful, when the sky was full of thunder
天空的雷聲隆隆 使他感到恐懼
And tearful at the falling of a star
而流星的殞落 則使他泫然欲泣

*And the seasons, they go round and round
*而季節 它們不停的轉了又轉
And the painted ponies go up and down
五彩繽紛的木馬 上下起伏
We're captive on the carousel of time
我們被困在時光的旋轉木馬上
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
我們不能回去了 只能回首眺望來時路
And go round and round and round in the circle game
繼續不停的 不停的往前轉了又轉
In the circle game
在這回旋的遊戲裡

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
然後這個孩子 度過了十個寒與暑
Skated over ten clear, frozen streams
滑過了十次清澈的 結冰的溪流
Words like "when you're older" must appease him
「等你長大些」之類的話 一定使他感到滿意
And promises of someday make his dreams
而未來的期望 組成了他的夢想

(Repeat *)

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
如今十六個春天 十六個夏季已經過去
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
穿梭在鎮上的 已經從馬車變成了汽車
And they tell him, "take your time, it won't be long now"
而人們則告訴他 慢慢來 那一天很快就會到來
Till you drag your feet to slow the circle down
你會拖著你的腳步 減緩圈圈轉動的速度

(Repeat *)

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
歲月就這樣流去 而今這個男孩已經二十
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
雖然他的夢想 在實現的過程中失去了些許的顏色
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
但是在那輪迴的最後一年轉完之前
Before the last revolving year is through
他還會有更新 甚至更好、更多的夢想出現

(Repeat *)
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  以Joni的文采，難怪被譽為20世紀創作歌手中足以匹敵Bob Dylan(怪怪的大叔一名)
的神級人物。但說真的，講到演唱、演奏技巧的話，後者會被電爆、瞬殺吧。

  然後是天籟般的童聲合唱版                      筆記:::本篇重點在此
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmJ_nGOBV-w

  某福音男與462兒童版。耳尖可發現有一段中文歌詞 = =
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJYB2jB8vis #t=3m48s

 「來看季節復來又復去，看小馬也繽紛轉呀轉。你我也為了時間而訝異。」→大概吧



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