◎ 赏·译 / 杨熠
当一份感情宣告结束时,被遗弃的一方总是无可避免地要以某种方式来宣泄或表达失意带来的苦闷与伤痛:或呼天抢地、悲痛欲绝,或把难舍的情丝化成幽幽的哀怨。我们都是凡人,面对自己无力改变的悲伤结局,无法做到心静如水。大多数人难免会从心底升发出难于诉说、无处排遣的困惑和惆怅,纵然上天入地、遨游四海也无法解脱。这是人之常情。不过,这种境遇虽不如意,却会带来意想不到的收获。随着时间的流逝,也许有一天,这份感情会慢慢沉淀、升华,甚至拥有了诗意的美丽,而那饱受失恋之苦的人也成为阅尽千帆的诗人。
比利时乐队Mint的“Ah, You Left Me”是一首唱词简单的情歌,歌中唱的就是被遗弃的心情。百转千回、求索不得的苦闷之情被寄予清新流畅的旋律中,再配上主唱那独特的假声唱法,歌曲生动而恰如其分地表现出在人们平静的外表下内心深处的波澜起伏。整首歌词就像一首精美的小诗,简洁而充满情趣。带着些许委屈的一句“Ah, you left me”被反复吟唱,看似没头没脑,却是生活中许多爱恨离别情绪的浓缩。
然而,说“Ah, You Left Me”是一首情歌,也不完全正确。因为那离去的、被想念的可以是一个爱人,也可以是一种精神状态,或是一段神奇的美好时光。从物是人非的小寂寞到似水流年的大怀念,人生中可能遇到的种种变化其实都能在这首简单的歌里得以体现。
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Ah, You Left Me
I took a long, long walk in the forest,
But it didn't stop the buzzing in my brain.
I took a long, long swim in the ocean,
But it didn't wash away the pain.
Ah, you left me.
Why did you leave?
I made a long, long drive
to the mountains,
But it only made me feel more insane.
I did a fast downhill on my skateboard,
But it never blew away the pain.
Ah, you left me.
Why did you leave?
Ah, you left me.
Why did you leave?
Ah, you left me.
Ah, you left me.
Why did you leave?
Ah, you left me.
Why did you leave?
啊,你离我而去
我在森林中久久徘徊,
脑中的烦乱却无法就此消散。
我在大海中漫游,迟迟不肯上岸,
内心的伤悲却没有被海浪冲淡。
啊,你离我而去。
你为何要离去?
我驱车千里,
来到山里,
却只感到更加意乱神迷。
我踏上滑板,顺山势疾驰而下,
心中的伤痛却并未随风而去。
啊,你离我而去。
你为何要离去?
啊,你离我而去。
你为何要离去?
啊,你离我而去。
啊,你离我而去。
你为何要离去?
啊,你离我而去。
你为何要离去?