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2016年11月15日星期二

Leonard Cohen - Closing Time



歌詞翻譯︰
Ah we're drinking and we're dancing
And the band is really happening
And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
And my very sweet companion
She's the angel of compassion
She's rubbing half the world against her thigh
And every drinker every dancer
Lifts a happy face to thank her
The fiddler fiddles something so sublime
All the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It's closing time
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
我們舉杯痛飲牽手跳舞
樂隊樂韻響遍舞池四周
Johnny Walker正在腦中翻滾
我婀娜多姿的性感舞伴
甜美得猶如天使巴比爾
香柔的大腿揉遍了眾人
在場的每一位飲者舞者
都在向她投以微笑致酒
提琴手在拉出美妙音樂
場上女仕都在鬆開上衣
男士們則在舞池轉着圈
男男女女都在跳廣場舞
音樂停下時卻發現已經
是打烊時間

Yeah the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It's closing time
場上女仕都在鬆開上衣
男士們則在舞池轉着圈
男男女女都在跳廣場舞
音樂停下時卻發現已經
是打烊時間

Ah we're lonely, we're romantic
And the cider's laced with acid
And the holy spirit's crying, where's the beef?
And the moon is swimming naked
And the summer night is fragrant
With a mighty expectation of relief
So we struggle and we stagger
Down the snakes and up the ladder
To the tower where the blessed hours chime
And I swear it happened just like this
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
The gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
But closing time
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
我們孤單但如斯浪漫
蘋果酒的杯緣裙上酸
聖靈問舞會意義何在
然月亮赤裸高掛天上
夏夜傳來誘人的香氣
還帶一縷安然舒息味
所以我們蹣跚着掙扎
在棋盤之上上上落落
前往響起鐘聲的聖堂
我發誓事情如此發生
一聲嘆息哭泣加親吻
眾使力挪移愛的大門
可惜之後再沒事發生
因為打烊時間已經到


I swear it happened just like this
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
The gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
(I can't say much has happened since)
We're closing time
Closing time
我發誓事情如此發生
一聲嘆息哭泣加親吻
眾使力挪移愛的大門
可惜之後再沒事發生
咱的打烊時間已經到
打烊了

I loved you for your beauty
But that doesn't make a fool of me
You were in it for your beauty too
And I loved you for your body
There's a voice that sounds like god to me
Declaring, (declaring) declaring,declaring that your body's really you
And I loved you when our love was blessed
And I love you now there's nothing left
But sorrow and a sense of overtime
And I missed you since the place got wrecked
And I just don't care what happens next
Looks like freedom but it feels like death
It's something in between, I guess
It's closing time
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
我愛你是因你的美貌
我同樣也愛你的胴體
但這並不表示我膚淺
因為你也因美貌自愛
腦中響起如神的聲音
宣告你的身體是你物
當我們起誓時我愛你
即使只餘哀傷和逾時
其餘皆消失我也愛你
這地荒廢後就掛念你
也不管會發生什麼事
貌似自由卻似是頹廢
我猜是在中間的混合
就是關門時間

Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
Looks like freedom but it feels like death
It's something in between, I guess
It's closing time
此地荒廢後就掛念你
吹起大麻和性的氣味
貌似自由卻似是頹廢
我猜是在中間的混合
就是關門時間

Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing
But there's nothing really happening
And the place is dead as heaven on a Saturday night
And my very close companion
Gets me fumbling gets me laughing
She's a hundred but she's wearing
Something tight
And I lift my glass to the awful truth
Which you can't reveal to the ears of youth
Except to say it isn't worth a dime
And the whole damn place goes crazy twice
And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
We're busted in the blinding lights
Of closing time
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
我們舉杯痛飲牽手跳舞
但其實都是在虛渡光陰
死寂的舞池如周六教堂
而我最親近喜愛的伴侶
與我喝醉酒並引我發笑
她已半百但仍穿得性感
我擦拭好眼鏡看清真實
都是年輕時不願聽到的
一堆不值一提陳舊教化
整個舞池的人都發狂了
是惡魔一次聖靈再一次
上頭卻不喜歡這高興貌
把我們踢出了舞廳大門
曬在赤裸的光和現實下
因為是關門時間了

The whole damn place goes crazy twice
And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
We're busted in the blinding lights
(Busted in the blinding lights)
Busted in the blinding lights
Of closing time
Closing time
整個舞池的人都發狂了
是惡魔一次聖靈再一次
上頭卻不喜歡這高興貌
把我們踢出了舞廳大門
曬在赤裸的光和現實下
曬在赤裸的光和現實下
因為是關門時間了
打烊了

Oh the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
It's closing time
And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It's closing time
I swear it happened just like this
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
It's closing time (closing time)
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
場上女仕都在鬆開上衣
男士們則在舞池轉着圈
是打烊時間
男男女女都在跳廣場舞
音樂停下時卻發現已經
是打烊時間
我發誓事情如此發生
一聲嘆息哭泣加親吻
打烊了

The gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
But closing time (closing time, closing time, closing time)
眾使力挪移愛的大門
可惜之後再沒事發生
因為打烊時間已經到

I loved you when our love was blessed
I love you now there's nothing left
But closing time
I miss you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
當我們起誓時我愛你
一切盡消失我也愛你
但打烊了
此地荒廢後就掛念你
吹起大麻和性的氣味

2016年11月4日星期五

Leonard Cohen - Waiting for the Miracle


歌詞翻譯︰

Baby, I've been waiting,
I've been waiting night and day.
I didn't see the time,
I waited half my life away.
There were lots of invitations
and I know you sent me some,
but I was waiting
for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
寶貝我一直都在等待
日與夜我都在等待着
我沒有留意時間流過
我花了半生都在等待
曾經有過很多次邀請
我也知其中有些是你
但我推開仍然在等待
等那奇蹟踏進門來到

I know you really loved me.
but, you see, my hands were tied.
I know it must have hurt you,
it must have hurt your pride
to have to stand beneath my window
with your bugle and your drum,
and me I'm up there waiting
for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
我是知道你很喜歡我
但你看到我雙手被綁
我知道這事很傷你心
我知拿着號角和皮鼓
站在我家門前窗下時
是如何傷透你的尊嚴
而我就只在樓上房內
等待着奇蹟敲響我門

Ah I don't believe you'd like it,
You wouldn't like it here.
There ain't no entertainment
and the judgements are severe.
The Maestro says it's Mozart
but it sounds like bubble gum
when you're waiting
for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
我知道你不喜歡這樣
你並不會喜歡在這裏
這兒沒有任何好娛樂
而評價嚴苛也不好聽
在你等待時響起伴樂
等待着奇蹟輕步而來
指揮說這首是莫札特
聽來卻像破潰口香糖

Waiting for the miracle
There's nothing left to do.
I haven't been this happy
since the end of World War II.
沒有任何其他事可做
一直等待着奇蹟來臨
自從二次大戰結束後
我從沒有這麼快樂過

Nothing left to do
when you know that you've been taken.
Nothing left to do
when you're begging for a crumb
Nothing left to do
when you've got to go on waiting
waiting for the miracle to come.
當你知道你已有所屬
就沒任何其他事可做
當你在乞討餘食殘羹
就沒空做任何其他事
當你要等那奇蹟前來
就沒心做任何其他事

I dreamed about you, baby.
It was just the other night.
Most of you was naked
Ah but some of you was light.
The sands of time were falling
from your fingers and your thumb,
and you were waiting
for the miracle, for the miracle to come
我在夢中見到你寶貝
就是在隔天那個晚上
你身上沒掛多少衣服
但餘下的幾處也薄透
在你指間隙縫的時間
緩緩地從砂漏內瀉下
而你仍然坐着在等待
那奇蹟慢慢走來找你

Ah baby, let's get married,
we've been alone too long.
Let's be alone together.
Let's see if we're that strong.
Yeah let's do something crazy,
something absolutely wrong
while we're waiting
for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
啊寶貝我們來結婚吧
我們孤獨太長時間了
讓我一起感到孤獨吧
來看看我們是多堅強
當我們在一起等待那
那奇蹟找上我們之時
就來做點瘋狂的事吧
一些絕對錯的瘋狂事

Nothing left to do ...
當沒任何其他事可做……

When you've fallen on the highway
and you're lying in the rain,
and they ask you how you're doing
of course you'll say you can't complain --
If you're squeezed for information,
that's when you've got to play it dumb:
You just say you're out there waiting
for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
當你在公路上倒下時
而你躺在路上被雨灑
他們問你過得如何時
你當然會說你沒怨言
當你被盤問知道什麼
你就要裝傻詐作無知
你就說在外面等待着
那份奇蹟到來找上你

2016年10月29日星期六

DragonForce - Three Hammers


歌詞大意翻譯︰

Lost long ago through the ages of time
Once ruled immortal, the guardians of light
Bonded together, they stood side by side
Storm winds brought darkness, the world in decline
失落傳說的故事
光明的守護者們
在崩壞的世界前
肩並着肩面對那
隨風暴而來的闇

Quest for their hammers to reclaim the throne
Three brought together by warriors unknown
United to vanquish all hell from the earth
Conquering glory, the kingdom's rebirth
無名戰士高舉三錘
立志誓要奪回王國
合眾消滅所有的邪惡
帶着榮光迎來新王國

Raise your swords, sound the final war cry
Stand, fight, fight for your lives
Thousands will die but their deaths not in vain
Now reunited our world may be free once again
高舉武器高嘶戰吼
勇敢戰鬥至死方休
縱死傷千計卻非白費
集眾聚起王國將復興

[A]
Three hammers high, in the burning red sky
Forged in the fire, protectors of mankind
Three hammers high, for the world we unite
Fight for our lives, as we hold up the three hammers high
赤紅的天空下舉高的三錘
是烈焰鑄出的人類保衛者
為了奪回世界而高舉重錘
向三錘起誓為了命運而戰
[/A]

Long have we travelled through forgotten lands
From coldest valleys to burning red sands
Restless we ride through the depths of all hell
Triumph and agony, death will prevail
在無盡的大陸上勇敢前進
由冷原峽谷走至赤紅沙地
無休止在如地獄中戰鬥
以勝利蓋過死亡的恐怖

Raise your swords, sound the final war cry
Stand, fight, fight for your lives
Strike back with vengeance, 'til death we defend
Until the day that the dragons will rise once again
高舉武器高嘶戰吼
勇敢戰鬥至死方休
重錘回擊死守到底
至龍們再飛揚那天

[A]

Strike down the unbelievers
March on for justice we now stand
Once more the path for glory
Take back the power in our hands
攔下所有的非信徒
朝我們的正義進發
走在榮耀的道路上
重奪我們的力量

Long years of terror and the long years of pain
Still marching onwards 'til victory's ours once again
Victory's ours once again
渡過長年的恐怖和痛苦
忍耐前進直至緊握勝利
直到雙手能夠抓住勝利

[A]

2016年9月4日星期日

國定殺戮日 The Purge

圖片@Wikipedia

這就是這個社會。

一開始電影故事的格局很大,美國三億多的人口,全國性的法律,每一個人不論貧富身體狀況都被納入這個全國性的鬼捉人遊戲。但或許立即就從大入小比較難明瞭,就,先從家庭來出發。

主角一家四口,就是常見到的,「事不關己,己不勞心」的態度。殺人節來了,怎辦?不用怎辦,我們是良好市民,有好好工作賺錢,這晚上不殺人乖乖躲家中就好。

只少父母是這樣。

正值青春期的女兒,標準為戀人盃迷糊。而兒子,天啊,這一切事端的始作俑者。在學校知道殺戮的歷史,卻不知就裡放入了一位陌生人。這陌生人要殺光全家是誘餌什麼都可以,但恍惚人性的光輝就是一切,或者,這兒子就代表社會上那種,無知的善良,會害人被殺死的那種,在這故事下,兒子間接害死了自己爸爸,也促成了最後一家滅門的事件。

陌生的男子,受傷了,需要幫忙。這放眼四海,每天都有上百萬人扮演着這個角色。但許多時候,我們無暇多想伸出援手的後果,即使救助的代價有時候如此龐大,我們是要遵循性本善的本質不顧後果地救人,還是掩着良知,無視眼前的一切?

這連繫到這個家的保全設備。牆關下來了,看似安心了。看似,因為這些牆是給自己安心用的,是一種道具和膚淺的表達方式,就像身上的昂貴電話,鑽飾或財物。,一遇上殺人團的絞鏈,卻又不堪一拉,紛紛倒下。劇初爸爸還對鄰居說這是最好的東西,但卻被輕易拉下。保護自己的東西,就這麼輕易被擊破,而爸爸也心中明白,面對只是汽車絞鏈級數的力量,這保護的力道是不堪一擊,是如此可笑。

殺人團一伙,就是那群因應社會法規而正當化自己的人。是壞人嗎?好像是,但行使這法例權力的,也就只是不人道而已。而也正是我們都在無視的一群。在這個世界和時間下,他們不是壞人,也因為行之多年的特法,變得漸漸是正常人。就像毒品一樣,當你跳進去後,就不能抽身出來,萬劫不復的糖衣陷阱。

最後,鄰居。一群偽君子,圍繞在我們身旁的那一群人。機會主義者,平常寒暄問候就不會想多接觸的人。

故事離奇古怪,最後沒有看到兒子悲傷自責有點可惜。

70/100

2016年8月28日星期日

地獄 Inferno

圖片@Wikipedia

就算是沒看過前作也很好上手的一本小說。

基本的偵探故事,纏上藝術宗教和歷史的絲,加上不退流行的大規模恐慌事件作為炸藥燃料,時效的危急性讓人放不下書來。作者對各場景生動的描述,彌補了我對各場景腦中的空想建築群,雖然未能親歷其景,但也感受到各偉大藝術品的氛圍。

故事的主旨,人口過餘引致的多種問題,大多數人都如男主角一般,視若無睹。這問題的規模太過龐大,一般人的生活圈子又是如此的小,小得未能可以好好掌握其中的重要性和嚴重性,只能無視,無力應對。撇開道德的枷鎖,到底世界上的偉人會怎樣解決這個問題?

7.5/10