克里斯蒂娜于1998年演唱。歌曲旋律婉转宽阔,配以克里斯蒂娜高亢的音域,使之呈现出一种磅礴大气的风格,展现了歌者内心深处的纠结情绪以及战胜自我的坚强决心。
Look at me
You may think you see who I really am
But you'll never know me
Every day
It's as if I play a part
Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart
Who is that girl I see ①
Staring straight back at me ①
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside ③
I am now in a world
Where I have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
Have been beloved for whom I am
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me
Why is my reflection someone
I don't know
Must I pretend that I'm someone else for all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
There's a heart that must be free to fly ②
That burns with a need to know the reason why ②
Why must we all conceal what we think how we feel
Must there be a secret of me
I'm forced to hide
I won't pretend that I'm someone else for all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
看着我
你也许以为看到了真正的我
但你永远不会了解我
每一天
我似乎在扮演一个角色
现在我明白了
如果我戴着面具
我能愚弄整个世界
但无法欺骗自己的内心
我看见的那个女孩是谁
她凝视着我
何时我的倒影才能显现
真正的我
我身处这样一个世界
不得不隐藏我的内心
还有我的信念
但无论怎样
我将向这个世界展示
在我的内心
我喜欢真正的我
我看见的那个女孩是谁
她凝视着我
为何我自己的倒影
我却不认识
我一直要假扮别人吗
何时我的倒影才能显现
真正的我
我有一颗自由翱翔的心
急切地想知晓原因
为何要隐藏我们所想
我们所感
定有一个
我被迫隐藏的秘密
我不愿一直假扮别人
何时我的倒影才能显现
真正的我
何时我的倒影才能显现
真正的我
reflection n. 映象;倒影
play a part 扮演角色
fool v. 欺骗;戏弄
for all time 永远;永久
conceal v. 隐藏;隐瞒
① Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me?
定语从句I see和现在分词短语staring straight back at me都修饰that girl。that girl指代“现实生活中内心纠结的自己”。
② There's a heart that must be free to fly; That burns with a need to know the reason why
There's a heart是句中主干,that must be free to fly和that burns with…reason why是that引导的两个定语从句,修饰先行词heart。burns with sth.意为“渴望”。fly和why都有相同的元音[ai],运用了尾韵的修辞方法,使歌曲充满韵律的美感。这两句歌词表现出歌者希望摆脱现实生活的禁锢,却又无法展现真正自我的矛盾纠结的心理状态。
《倒影》是动画电影《花木兰》( Mulan )的主题曲。《花木兰》( Mulan )于1998年6月上映,由迪士尼公司制作发行。故事改编自中国古代女英雄花木兰的事迹。因不忍年迈残疾的父亲征战沙场,她女扮男装代父从军。从军过程中,木兰凭着坚强的意志,通过了一关又一关的艰苦训练,她的精神也感动了所有的战友。
① It's as if连读为[itsəzif]。Look at,back at,in a,what I,believe in,Must I,someone else,There's a,with a,secret of也连读。
② at me中,at的[t]只轻微发音,再发me的[m]。类似的有cannot fool,inside my,beloved for,don't know,pretend that,heart that must,Must there,secret me。
③ think you中,think的[k]与you的半元音[j]连读为[θiŋkju:]。同样But you'll连读为[bʌtju:l]。
④ wear a中,元音[εə]与[ə:]相邻,连读时应加入辅音[r],读作[wεərə]。
⑤ that girl中,that的[t]只做出发音姿势不发音,girl的[ɡ]发音。straight back,That burns,need to,forced to,won't pretend也是类似情况。
⑥ Staring中,s后面的清辅音[t]浊化,读成对应的浊辅音[d]。Straight中,s后面的清辅音[tr]浊化,读成对应的浊辅音[dr]。