2012年4月27日

【一首】Niki & The Dove - The Fox (2011)



Whenever she's weary, she climbs uphill
And crosses a dark trail and there she finds the fox
In the wooden glade
She lies by a rock and she's red
She smells of violets and picea
She flicks her ears as I whisper
                 每當感到煩悶,她便爬上山去
                 穿越陰暗小徑,在那林間空地
                       她遇見一隻狐狸
                  她倚著岩石而臥、毛色火紅
                  她帶著紫羅蘭和雲杉的香氣
                    當我細訴,她側耳傾聽
I've grown a handsome tall tree, mother
And I want to bear a fruit for you
And I've carried your fears and your hopes, father
It's so heavy on my back, oh you should know
Catch some sleep
               媽媽,我已拉拔了好俊秀的一株樹
                      我要為妳育實累累
               爸爸,我已背負了您的擔憂和期許
                    您該明白我背上的負累
                          讓我歇會
I wanna find the eagle's nest
Oh take me with you (Oh oh...)
And I've been waiting a lifetime for this
And I'm ready (Oh oh...)
It doesn't leave me, I've been up all night
They call me crazy (Ooh ooh...)
But I wanna see what the sky looks like
From your view (Oh oh...)
                      我要尋覓飛鷹的巢
                        噢請你帶上我
                      為此窮盡畢生等候
                        而我已準備好
                 思緒不善罷甘休,我徹夜未眠
                        人們嫌我瘋顛
                     但我想知道在你眼中
                     看見了怎樣的天空?
But I saw your face carved in clay
And I saw (she saw) it outlined against
A purple sky, it goes loud and deep beneath
Loud and deep
My home is on that cliff
                  我看見泥土中刻著你的面容
                  我看見(她看見)你的輪廓
               襯在紫色天空下,越是喧囂而深刻
                         喧囂而深刻
                      那崖壁上就是我家
I wanna find the eagle's nest
Oh take me with you (Oh oh...)
I've been waiting a lifetime for this
And I'm ready (Oh oh...)
Whenever I wonder what I wanted all my life
They never knew me (No oh oh, no oh oh)
I wanna see what the sky looks like
From your view (Oh oh...)
                      我要尋覓飛鷹的巢
                        噢請你帶上我
                      為此窮盡畢生等候
                        而我已準備好
                   每當我思索此生為何追求
                        人們從未懂我
                     但我想知道在你眼中
                     看見了怎樣的天空?
I've grown a handsome tall tree, mother
And I want to bear a fruit for you
And I've carried your fears and your hopes, father
I'll conquer them for me and you
               媽媽,我已拉拔了好俊秀的一株樹
                      我要為妳育實累累
               爸爸,我已背負了您的擔憂和期許
                    為了我倆我要征服一切


  Niki & The Dove 是來自瑞典的雙人電音組合,入圍「BBC 2012
之聲」,最終取得第五名席次。初聽他們的作品,不難發現跟時下流
行電子音樂有很大的區別,除了女主唱 Malin 充滿生命力與戲劇性的
嗓音外,鍵盤手 Gustaf 信手拈來多種不插電的元素、讓作品俯拾皆是
彷彿民俗樂的原始脈動,更是叫人愛不釋「耳」。
  這首 The Fox 加入了此團深具特色的動物主題,描述一個女孩深
受父母的期盼所壓迫,只有在與林間的狐狸共處、貼近大自然時,才
能說出內心的想法、獲得解脫。在氣氛詭譎的旋律中,歌詞深具詩意
而耐人尋味,再搭配上獨具匠心的影像,正是「完美」的代名詞!

 
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