这首歌曲出自克里斯蒂娜的同名专辑《瓶中精灵》( Genie In A Bottle ),发行于1999年8月。歌曲旋律轻快,朗朗上口,完美展现了歌手高亢宽阔的嗓音特色,表达了她期待心爱人到来的迫切心情。
I feel like I've been locked up tight
For a century of lonely nights
Waiting for someone to release me
You're licking your lips
And blowing kisses my way
But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away ①
Baby, baby, baby (baby, baby, baby)
Ooh (my body is saying let's go)
Ooh ( but my heart is saying no)
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay ②
I'm a genie in a bottle ③
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
You gotta make a big impression
I gotta like what you do
I'm a genie in a bottle baby ④
You gotta rub me the right way honey ④
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come on and let me out
The music's playing
And the lights down low
Just one more dance
And then were gonna go
Waiting for someone
Who needs me
Hormones racing at the speed of light ⑤
But that don't mean it's gotta be tonight
Baby, baby, baby (baby, baby, baby)
Ooh (my body is saying let's go)
Ooh (but my heart is saying no)
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle (I'm a genie in a bottle)
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me (ooh)
I can make your wish come true
Just come and set me free baby
And I'll be with you
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
You gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come on and let me out
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
You gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come on and let me out
Ooh (my body is saying let's go)
Ooh (but my heart is saying no)
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true (ooh)
You gotta make a big impression
I gotta like what you do (oh yeah)
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way
(You gotta rub me the right way)
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
Just come and set me free baby
And I'll be with you
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come on and let me out
我感觉被紧紧封锁
长达一个世纪的孤独之夜
等待有人放我走
你舔了舔你的唇
向我送来一个飞吻
但不意味着我要随你而去
宝贝,宝贝,宝贝(宝贝,宝贝,宝贝)
哦(我的身体说让我们一起走)
哦(但我的心却说不)
如果你想和我在一起
宝贝,那要付出代价
我是瓶中精灵
你要讨我的欢心
如果你想和我在一起
我会让你美梦成真
让你终生难忘
我会喜欢你的所为
我是瓶中精灵,宝贝
你要讨我的欢心,亲爱的
我是瓶中精灵,宝贝
来吧,来吧,来吧,让我解脱
音乐响起
灯光黯淡
再跳一曲舞
然后就离开
等待那个人
那个需要我的人
荷尔蒙极速分泌
但并不意味一定在今晚
宝贝,宝贝,宝贝(宝贝,宝贝,宝贝)
哦(我的身体说让我们一起走)
哦(但我的心却说不)
如果你想和我在一起
宝贝,需要付出一些代价
我是瓶中精灵(瓶中精灵)
你要讨我的欢心
如果你想和我在一起(噢)
我会让你美梦成真
来吧,释放我吧,宝贝
我会与你在一起
我是瓶中精灵,宝贝
你要讨我的欢心,亲爱的
我是瓶中精灵,宝贝
来吧,来吧,来吧,让我出去
我是瓶中精灵,宝贝
你要讨我的欢心,亲爱的
我是瓶中精灵,宝贝
来吧,来吧,来吧,让我解脱
哦(我的身体说让我们一起走)
哦(但我的心却说不)
如果你想和我在一起
宝贝,需要付出一些代价
我是瓶中精灵
你要讨我的欢心,亲爱的
如果你想和我在一起
我会让你美梦成真(哦)
使你终生难忘
我会喜欢你的所为(哦耶)
如果你想和我在一起
宝贝,那要付出代价
我是瓶中精灵
你要讨我的欢心
(你要讨我的欢心)
如果你想和我在一起
我会让你美梦成真
快来释放我,宝贝
我将和你在一起
我是瓶中精灵,宝贝
来吧,来吧,让我解脱
genie n. 妖怪;鬼
release v. 释放
lick v. 舔
blow kisses 送飞吻
rub (sb.) the right way 迎合(某人);使……高兴
come true 成真;变为现实
impression n. 印象;效果
down adv. (强度)由强到弱
low adj. (光线)暗淡的,微弱的
hormone n. 荷尔蒙;性激素
① But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away.
gonna相当于going to,常用于美语口语中。
give away意为“放弃;抛弃”;it指代“a bottle”,即“歌者封闭已久的感情世界”。歌者虽接受了心上人爱的表白,但还需他付诸实际。此句可意译为“但不意味着我要随你而去”。
② Baby there's a price to pay.
不定式to pay作a price的后置定语。pay a price,意为“付出代价”。
③ I'm a genie in a bottle.
运用了隐喻的修辞方法,将a genie in a bottle比喻现实生活中渴求爱情的人。
④ I'm a genie in a bottle baby; You gotta rub me the right way honey.
baby和honey都有相同的辅音[i],运用了尾韵的修辞方法,增加了歌曲的韵律感。本歌词表达了歌者期待心上人快来到身边,并带来真挚爱情的强烈愿望。
⑤ Hormones racing at the speed of light.
at the speed of light指“光速”,形容速度极快。此句歌词生动地表现了歌者对心上人强烈的爱恋之情。
You gotta rub me the right way, I can make your wish come true. 这句歌词出自阿拉伯民间传说“阿拉丁神灯”。主要讲述了一位叫阿拉丁的少年,机缘巧合之下得到一盏神灯,只要他摩擦灯身,就会出现一位神仙来帮他实现愿望。
① locked up连读为[lɔktʌp];give it away连读为[ɡivitəwei]。heart is,there's a,I'm a,in a,make a,come on and,big impression,speed of也连读。
② up tight中,up的[p]只做出发音姿势不发音,tight的[t]发音。类似的有And blowing,that don't。
③ For a中,元音[ɔ:]与[ə]相邻,连读时应加入辅音[r],读作[fɔ:rə]。
④ But that中,But的[t]只轻微发音,再发that的[ð]。don't mean,but my,rub me,and let,And then,at the也是类似情况。
⑤ what you中,what的[t]与you的半元音[j]连读,读作[wɔtju:]。