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第11章 Snowbird雪鸟

The snowbird sings a song he always sings,

And speaks to me of flowers,

That will bloom again in Spring.

Snowbird

songwriter\composer\singer:Anne Murry

Beneath its snowy mantlemantle n.斗蓬, 覆盖物, 壁炉架 cold and clean,

The unbornunborn adj.未来的 grass lies waiting for its coat

To turn to green.

The snowbird sings a song he always sings,

And speaks to me of flowers,

That will bloombloom v.(使)开花, (使)繁盛 again in Spring.

雪鸟唱起钟爱的歌,

告诉我美丽的花朵,

会在春天时再开放。

雪鸟

作词\作曲\演唱: 安·默里

在白雪覆盖下好清冷,

未生的青草等她的外衣变绿色。

雪鸟唱起钟爱的歌,

告诉我美丽的花朵,

会在春天时再开放。

When I was young, my heart was young then, too

Anything that it would tell me that s the thing,

That I would do.

But now I feel such emptinessemptiness n.空虚, 无知 within.

For the thing that I want most in life s the thing

That I can t win.

Spreadspread v.伸展, 展开 your tinytiny adj.很少的, 微小的 wings and fly away,

And take the snow back with you,

Where it came from on that day,

The one I love forever is untrue.

And if I could,

You know that I would flyfly vi.飞翔, 飘扬 away with you.

青春年少血气方刚,

做任何事情都不在话下。

现在我感到内心空荡荡,

难以赢得生命向往的东西。

张开双翅,远走高飞吧,

把雪花带回往昔飘飞的雪地,

我一直深爱的人对我不忠,

可能的话,

你知道我会和你一起飞走。

The breezebreeze n.微风vi.吹微风, 逃走 along the river seems to say,

That you ll only break my heart again.

Should I decide to stay.

So little snowbird, take me with you when you go,

To the land of gentlegentle adj.温和的, 文雅的 breezes,

Where the peacefulpeaceful adj.和平的, 平静的 waters flow.

Spread your tiny wings and fly away,

And take the snow back with you

Where it came form on that day.

The one I love forever is untrue,

And if I could,

You know that I would fly away with you.

Yeah, if I could,

You know that I would fly away with you.

河上轻风似在说,

如果留下,我又会心碎。

小雪鸟请带我跟你一起走,

到那轻风柔和,

水流涓涓的地方。

张开双翅,远走高飞吧,

把雪花带回往昔飘飞的地方。

我一直深爱的人对我不忠,

可能的话,

你知道我会和你一起飞走。

是啊,可能的话,

你知道我会和你一起飞走。

无论译为“雪鸟”还是“雪鹀”,这种与雪白、洁亮联系在一起的名字都会给人们带来优雅的遐想和情趣。

这首歌的语言似一首优雅的抒情诗。

因此,从歌词中仍然可以看到诗的优美语言和修辞艺术,如“草的衣裳”,“鸟儿唱歌” ,“雪鸟告诉”,“轻风诉说”等。然而,如此美丽的景色,作者安·默里却赋予这景色以“清冷”,使现在的我“内心空虚”,“爱人背叛我”和“心碎”。而且又试图逃避现实“与雪鸟一起飞走”。好在乐曲的前面已经安排了“待生青草等待自己的衣裳在春天变绿”的希望。这首乐曲使人禁不住在优美的感觉下产生凄凉和伤感,逃避却希望新生。这种强烈的对比通过词与乐的结合把景、美、爱、恨、悲等内心感受表现得无比动人而富有内涵。