一些英文歌曲的歌词
Apologize 抱歉
I'm holding on your rope,
努力回忆着你那句话语
Got me ten feet off the ground
我的心似在空中悬起
I'm hearing what you say but I just can't make a sound
听懂了你的言意我却只能绝望沉默
You tell me that you need me
爱我要我曾是你山盟海誓
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
伤心于你的离去我却只能空虚等待
You tell me that you're sorry
不说你的歉意是那么苍白无力
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...
可你不会想到我要重新向你致意
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
你说的对不起已是太迟，真的太迟
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
我说过现在已是太迟，真的太迟
I'd take another chance, take a fall
我想我还会努力，宁愿再次被你伤害
Take a shot for you
也再给你一次让我接受你的机会
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
我需要你就像我的心要跳动得一次又一次
But it's nothing new
其实这并无新意
I loved you with a fire red-
曾经对你炉火样的热情
Now it's turning blue, and you say...
现已变得那么纯青，可你还在迟疑
"Sorry" like the angel heaven let me think was you
你天使般的道歉对我而言恰似来自天堂的妙音
But I'm afraid...
于是我想
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
对不起你说得太迟，真的太迟
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
我说过现在为时太迟，真的太迟
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
你的道歉来得太迟，真的太迟
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
我说过现在为时太迟，真的太迟
It's too late to apologize, yeah
对不起你说得来得太迟，真的太迟
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-
我说过现在为时太迟，真的太迟
I'm holdin on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground...
让你每句话语留在我的记忆，让我的心向你飞驰...
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o'② lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak'③ a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
We twa ha'e run about the braes④
And pu'd⑤ the go wans fine;
But we've wandered mony⑥ a weary foot
Sin' ⑦ auld lang syne.
We twa ha'e paidled i' the burn
Frae ⑧ morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid ha'e roared
Sin' auld lang syne.
And here's a hand, my trusty fiere
And gie's⑨ a hand of thine,
We'll tak'a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne;
We'll tak'a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne…
[参考译文]
友谊地久天长
怎能忘记昨日朋友，
心中能不怀想？
昨日朋友岂能相忘，
友谊地久天长。
友谊万岁，
友谊万岁！
举杯痛饮，同声歌颂，
友谊地久天长。
我们曾经终日游荡，
在故乡的青山上；
我们也曾历尽苦辛，
到处奔波流浪。
我们也曾终日逍遥，
荡浆在碧波上；
但如今却劳燕分飞，
远隔大海重洋。
我们往日情意相投，
让我们紧握手，
让我们来举杯畅饮，
友谊地久天长。
友谊万岁，
友谊万岁！
举杯痛饮，同声歌颂，
友谊地久天长。
……
[语言点解析]
1．曲中的歌词保持了原貌，从下面可找到它们对应的部分：
①auld lang syne=long long ago.
Auld =old; lang syne =long since ,long ago
②o':of ③tak':take
④We twa ha'e run about braes =We two have run about the small hills.
⑤pu'd: pulled ⑥mony: many
⑦sin': since ⑧frae: from ⑨gie's: give us
2．Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?
auld acquaintance:老朋友
nodding acquaintance:点头之交
bring…to mind:想起……
例如：The picture brought his fond memory of the past to mind.这张照片勾起了他对过去时光的美好记忆。
第一节有两个不需回答的修辞问句，加重了这首歌的主题思想：无论时间过了多久，无论彼此相隔多远，老朋友永远也不能忘掉。
例如：Should we so hurry as to kill a hen in order to get more eggs?我们应不应该为获取更多的蛋而
急于把母鸡杀死呢？
3．for auld lang syne:为了过去的好时光
for our friendship:为了我们的友谊
4．tak'a cup o' kindness: take a cup of kindness喝一杯友谊的酒
5．run about the braes: wandered around the small hills.
run about:跑遍
例如：We ran about many places to look a kind of bird that could talk.为寻找一种能说话的鸟儿，我们曾跑遍许多地方。
6．wandered mony a weary foot: wandered to many places and our feet got weary.
意思是说历尽辛苦、四处奔波，表明人生沧桑、去日苦多。
7．sin' auld lang syne: since long long ago, 自从很久以前，意思是说离过去的好时光已很久远。
8．i'the burn :in the rivulet(small stream)
the burn与下几行中的seas between us braid形成对照；一边是儿时的小溪，一边是汹涌澎湃的海洋。这个对照很重要，如今朋友们各在一方，远隔重洋，更知过去友谊之珍贵，更加怀念过去的好时光。
9．frae morning sun till dine: from morning till noon自早晨到中午，形容以前曾无忧无虑，乐不知疲。
10．But seas between us braid ha'e roared: But the seas broad between us have roared.
指我们之间大海大洋咆哮不止，说明我们彼此远离，与以前趟水而过的小溪形成对比。
11．here's a hand:我已伸出我的手。有的版本为there's a hand。
12．trusty fiere: trusty friend可以信赖的老朋友
13．gie's a hand of thine: give us your hand给我们你的手。
[注释与赏析]
这首歌原本是苏格兰诗人罗伯特·彭斯（Robert Burns, 1759-1796）的一首诗，歌唱真挚持久的友谊。后被人谱曲。1940年美国电影《魂断蓝桥》（Waterloo Bridge）采用这首歌作主题曲。随之，这首歌传遍世界各地。
《魂断蓝桥》描写了英国青年军官洛伊上尉和芭蕾舞演员玛拉的爱情故事，故事发生在第一次世界大战期间。一天，英国军官洛伊为躲避空袭，在防空洞中认识了玛拉。两人一见钟情。夜渐深，酒店乐队领班向客人们宣布演奏最后一支曲子并祝人们回家时一路平安。在徐缓、优美的“Auld Lang Syne”乐曲中，大厅里的蜡烛一支支熄灭。这支曲子在影片中反复出现，始终把洛伊与玛拉的爱情连在一起。当天晚上，洛伊奉命出征。玛拉因私自离开剧团与洛伊会面而被解雇。后因贫困交加，被迫沦为妓女。一天，她正在滑铁卢桥上拉生意，不料突然看见洛伊，原来洛伊并没有阵亡。洛伊带玛拉回家，准备结婚。婚礼前夕，玛拉悄然离去，来到滑铁卢大桥上，带着美好的回忆和遗憾，投身车轮下自尽。这个善良的、不愿给洛伊家族带来耻辱、渴望幸福又不愿把不幸强加给自己心上人的姑娘，就这样结束了自己的生命。
这首歌名也被译为“过去的好时光”、“一路平安”和“友谊万岁”等。在国外，朋友聚会结束时常演唱这首歌，作为最后一个节目，甚至在国内的许多大学里，大学生们在毕业时，大都选唱这首歌曲，作为纪念以前美好时光的怀旧歌曲以及对未来时的美好祝愿。
彭斯这首诗原本已很出名，经配曲传唱后更加受人喜爱。可以说，《魂断蓝桥》用它作主题曲后更把它推向世界各地，使它家喻户晓，传唱于全球。这首歌歌唱人类最美好的事物之一——友谊。随着人们年龄的增长，生活中的各种艰辛尽已尝遍，人们四处奔波，疲惫不堪，有的甚至远隔重洋。想一想过去的好时光，这种想象、回忆本身便是一种享受。这首歌令人产生一种怀旧感。但伤感过后，人们更加珍视现在和将来，更知友谊在人生中的作用。
and in ur eyes i see ribbons of color.我看到你两眼熠熠生辉。
i see us inside of each other.我看到我心心相印。
i feel my unconscious merge with urs.在你的怀里我有眩晕的感觉。
and i hear a voice say.我听到一个声音说到。
"what's his is hers !"他所拥有的都属于她！
i'm falling into u ! 我迷恋你！
this dream could come true.这个梦想能够实现。
and it feels so good falling into u.我迷恋于你我感到如此美好。
i was afraid 2 let u in here.我甚至害怕让你在这里停留。
now i have learned love can't be made in fear.我终于明白爱是无所畏惧的。
the walls begin 2 tumble down.我的防火墙开始崩溃。
and i can't even see the ground.我甚至不能看到我的落点。
falling like a leaf.如落叶般落下。
falling like a star.如流星般坠落。
finding a belief.寻找一个支柱。
falling where u are.让自己有个着落。
catch me,don't let me drop ! 抓住我,不要让我堕落！
love me,don't ever stop ! 爱我,永不停息！
so close ur eyes & let me kiss u.所以闭上你的眼,让我吻你。
and while u sleep i will miss u.当你睡着时,我会想念你！
falling into u ! 迷恋你！On a dark desert highway,
Cool wind in my hair,
Warm smell of calyptus
Rising up through the air.
Up ahead in the distance,
I saw a shimmering light.
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,
I had to stop for the night.
There she stood in the doorway,
I heard the mission bell.
I was thinking to myself:
This could be heaven or this could be hell.
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way.
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say:
“Welcome to the Hotel California.
Such a lovely place,
(Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face.
Plenty of room at the Hotel California,
Any time of year,
(Any time of year)
You can find it here.”
Her mind is tiffany twisted,
She got the Mercedes Benz,
She got a lot of pretty pretty boys
That she calls friends.
How they dance in the courtyard.
Sweet summer sweet.
Some dance to remember some dance to forget.
So I called up the Captain,
“Please bring me my wine.”
(He said)
“We haven't had that spirit here
(Since)
Nineteen sixty-nine.”
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night,
Just to hear them say,
“Welcome to the Hotel California.
Such a lovely place,
(Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face.
Living it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
(What a nice surprise)
Bring you alibis.
Mirrors on the ceiling and pink champagne on ice.(She said)
“We are all just prisoners here of our own device.”
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast.
They stabbed it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast.
The last thing I remember (I was) running for the door,
I had to find the passage
Back to the place I was before.
“Relax,”said the night man,
(“We are programmed to recieve,)
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave.”
【参考译文】
加州旅馆
在黑暗的沙漠公路上，
清风吹拂我的头发，
空气中充满桉树宜人的芳香。
我看见远处夜空灯光闪亮，
我感到头重视线也朦胧，
我只好驻足投宿。
她就站在前边的门廊旁，
我听到使命般的钟声。
我心里在暗暗揣想：
这是地狱还是天堂。
她点亮了蜡烛为我引路，
忽听到有声音来自走廊尽头，
似乎听见他们在说：
“欢迎到加州旅馆来。
多么可爱的地方，
（多么可爱的地方）
多么可爱的面庞。
加州旅馆有足够的客房，
一年中任何时间
（一年中任何时间）
你都能在此逗留。”
她心里只想贵重的东西，
她有豪华的奔驰轿车，
她结识许多男孩子做朋友。
他们在院子里纵情跳舞，
美好的夏季多么甜蜜。
记住了这些舞友，
忘掉了那些舞伴，
因此我唤侍者，“请拿酒来”。
（他说）
“（自从）1969年到现在我们没有那兴致”。
这时从远处又传来那声音，
半夜把你唤醒。
似乎听见他们在说：
“加州旅馆欢迎您，
多么可爱的地方，
（多公可爱的地方）
多公可爱的面庞。”
他们在加州旅馆纵欲欢乐。
多么令人惊喜，
（多么令人惊喜）
你有来此的理由。
玻璃天花板锃亮，
冰块冰镇的粉红香槟。
（她说）
“我们愿意做这儿的囚犯。”
他们聚集在豪华的房间，
盛宴款待，纵情欢乐。
钢制的餐刀刺向兽肉，
却不能杀死自己心中的兽性。
我只记得最后快步奔到门口，
我必须找到回去的路。
值夜的服务员说：“别紧张，
我们将接受您再来。
您想什么时间付帐都可以，
但您却难忘这经历”。
【语言点解析】
1、On a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair. =On a dark desert highway, cool wind was blowing in my hair. 在黑暗的沙漠公路上，清风吹拂着我的头发。
desert一词重音不同，有不同的词性和含义
①['dez+t]（名词和形容词）意为：沙漠、不毛之地；沙漠的，荒芜的，无人居住的
②[di'z+:t]（及物动词）意为：丢弃，舍弃
③[di'z+:t]（名词）意为：功过；［常用复数］应得的赏罚；美德。
2、Warm smell of calyptus rising up through the air. = The air is filled with the fresh and warm smell of calyptus. 空气中充满了桉树宜人的芳香。
3、Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light. = I saw a shimmering light in the distance above the night sky. 我看见远处夜空灯光闪亮。
4、There the stood in the doorway. = She stood there in the doorway. 她站在前边的门廊口。
there或here这两个词放在句首时，表示强调。
例如：There they come. 他们来了。
Here (There) comes a bus. 公共汽车来了。
注意：当there和here出现在句首，主语是代词时，用正常语序；如果主语是名词时，主谓必须倒装，如上面例子。
5、I was thinking to myself: This could be heaven or this could be hell. 我心里暗暗揣想：这会是地狱还是天堂。
think to oneself暗想 say to oneself自言自语。
6、Welcome to the Hotel California. 欢迎到加州旅馆来。
welcome to + n. =welcome to do 欢迎
例如：Welcome to our school. 欢迎到我们学校来参观。
7、Her mind is tiffany twisted.
Tiffany n: 上浆亚麻薄布；［美国］昂贵的珠宝店。
twisted adj: 扭曲的、歪曲的。此处引申为：昂贵的、贵重的，
例如：She thinks about the twisted things in jewelry stores. 她心里只想着珠宝店里贵重的东西。
注：这句话说明在当时“反主流文化”一代人放纵的一种表现，只注意到物质的东西，而思想变得畸型。
8、So I called up the Captain “please bring me my wine”. =So I asked the service man to get me my wine. 我叫侍者给我拿酒来。
Captain大写，此处不指船长、上校；而是指旅馆服务员的领班。
9、Living it up at the Hotel California. =They had more than a good time at Hotel California. 他们在加州旅馆纵情欢乐。
live it up［俚语］意为：狂欢一场；（反常的）纵欲欢乐。
10、Bring you alibis. =Hotel California gave you a good feeling, which you have your reason to come. 在加州旅馆尽兴成为你来的理由。
alibi['$libai]n.［法律］不在犯罪现场；［口语］借口，托辞
例如：What's your alibis for being late this time, Jones? 琼斯，你这次迟到的借口是什么？
11、We are all just prisoners here of our own device. = We become guests of the Hotel California willingly. 我们都自愿成为加州旅馆的囚犯。
device n: 计划，设计，方法，心愿
one's own device 是词组，意为：某人自己的计划，方法或意愿；自便。
注：由于加州旅馆如此吸引人，我们大家都计划或自愿做旅馆的囚犯。prisoners此处仅是虚指。
12、And in the master's chambers. =And they are in the best room of the Hotel California. 他们住在加州旅馆最豪华的房间。
【注释与赏析】
二战后，美国经济迅速发展，进入空前的繁荣阶段。但在这表面辉煌的背后也滋生出各种社会问题。60年代至70年代间，在美国出现了被称为“反主流文化”（Counter culture）的一代人。这部分人大都以青年人为主，反对越南战争，反对父辈的传统文化和价值观念，不满于当时社会上存在的一些诸如人权、自由等社会问题；他们崇尚个性，追求自由，欲争取更多的社会权利，却又找不到出路。因此，他们逐渐自我放纵，寻欢作乐：酗酒、吸毒、纵欲、留长发、穿奇装异服、癖好摇滚、参加一些反传统的活动。这首《加州旅馆》正是这一背景时代的作品，它在讽刺美国社会、鞭笞时弊的同时，也描绘出美国青年颓废的一面。
《加州旅馆》是当时把乡村摇滚、民摇音乐珠联壁合的鹰乐队的代表作品，也是他们艺术生涯中的旷世之作，受到了全球众多歌迷的喜爱，曾获得全美排行榜第一名和1977年美国的葛莱美大奖。
加州旅馆是比喻是象征，作者把加州比拟为整个美国，描写美国人的心理，反映出美国梦的写实状态。一个在沙漠艰难旅行的人，停下来住进加州旅馆（即美国），前面有（上帝的）钟声在召唤，又有蜡烛引路。“是天堂还是地狱”，是任何一个做美国梦的人常常发出的疑问。美国欢迎你来，那么到底美国是一个什么样的地方呢？虽然在歌中叙说的是在加州旅馆发生的事情，但却是美国社会的一个缩影。美国有足够的空间迎接你，可向你提供一切，甚至会有人出卖灵魂和肉体。接着歌中叙述了旅馆的夜生活：杂乱无章、纵欲作乐和虚度时光。但又欲罢不能，找不到出路。
Introduction
Whitney Houston was born in August 1963 to singer Emily Drinkard, who performed under the name of Cissy, and her husband and manager, John Houston. Whitney grew up listening and learning from her legendary cousin Dionne Warwick and her mother's close friends, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, and Roberta Flack. All of these excellent female singers of the 60's, 70's, and 80's had a profound influence on young Whitney.
By the age of 11, Whitney was a soloist at the church where her mother Cissy served as the music minister. Cissy firmly gave high quality vocal lessons to Whitney. This training, combined with the strong religious convictions in her talented family, provided the security and support Whitney needed to develop her natural singing ability. In her mid-teen years, Whitney had began singing with Cissy, Chaka Khan and Lou Rawls.
Her voice, looks, and determination led the Rock magazine Rolling Stone to call her,“an earth-shattering performer. ”Whitney also found work as model and in 1981 appeared on the covers of“Glamour”and “Seventeen. ”Modeling led to acting roles on TV and in movies. Whitney also continued to sing and released her first album in 1985. On it were the hits,“You Give Good Love,”and“The Greatest Love of All. ”
Recognizing all the many people who contributed to her fame and wanting to assist others who needed help,in 1989 Whitney established a non-profit organization called“The Whitney Houston Foundation For Children, Inc. ”
This organization encourages self-empowerment for young people, provides help for homeless children and for children with cancer or AIDS. This foundation recognizes that we all need to help one another if we are serious about building a quality future for humans.
In 1992,“The Bodyguard”movie earned over 400 million dollars and was a hugely successful showcase for Whitney's acting and singing talents. The Grammy Award winning music from the movie sold well over 33 million copies and is considered to be one of the best selling soundtracks of all time. Two of these songs are featured here.
In“The Bodyguard,”Whitney plays the role of Rachel Marron, a singer that someone is trying to kill. The singer's manager hires a tough professional guard, Frank Farmer, played by Kevin Costner, to protect her.
In this scene at the Fountain Blue Hilton Hotel, Farmer happens to meet another guard, named Greg Portman. Both are now private guards, but at one time they used to work for the Secret Secret Service and guard the President.
Portman: Hello Frank.
Frank: Hello Portman, it's been a long time. You're on the job?
Portman: Yeah. Well, technically I'm off duty, but the Governor might show up here later. So I thought I'd give it a light check. Someone else is covering him now.
Frank: How old is she?
Portman: Maybe 18.
In this very quick conversation Frank has accurately guessed that the“Someone”“covering”the Governor is not another guard providing security cover, but is in fact a naked young woman who is covering the Governor with her body. Or at least she is covering the Governor's penis with some part of her anatomy. Portman confirms this and implies that she is 18, or less, years old.
This is one of innumerable American movie sexual conversations that are difficult to translate and thus are either poorly translated or simply ignored. A similar problem is that nude and sex scenes are often cut when movies are shown outside of America.
For instance, in the movie“Starship Troupers,”the translated Chinese version omitted the nude scene where male and female soldiers are talking while sharing a shower room together. Since in the Chinese version you don' t get to“meet”and listen to one of the naked woman soldiers, a later scene where she silently decides to leave the army, has very little importance and you are left wondering who she is. Yet in the uncut original movie, you can clearly understand the seriousness of her decision.
Let's return to Frank Farmer, Greg Portman, and the entrance of Rachel into the scene.
Rachel: I need a drink. Oh, it's orange juice. So who are you?
Portman: Greg Portman.
Rachel: I take it you met my bodyguard.
Portman: We used to work together.
Rachel: Oh, so well, well. So what do you do now?
Portman: Same thing as Farmer.
Rachel: Two samurais , huh? So are you working now?
Portman: Not right now.
Rachel: Good, because I'm the only person in this room that needs protection. Come on, let's go and get a drink, a real one. (Rachel seductively takes a clinging hold on Portman's arm. )
(The next morning, Rachel and Frank are sitting at a table while being waited on by a maid. )
Rachel: What are you looking at? Probably never had a heavy night in your whole damn disciplined life.
Maid: Coffee?
Rachel:(Nodding) You know, Farmer, you're a selfrighteous son of a bitch. And don't laugh at me. Don't you dare judge me!
Frank: Give me a break, will you? I didn' t tell you to fuck everybody in the hotel.
Rachel: Fuck this. I don't need this shit from you.
From this friendly conversation you understand that Frank is somewhat annoyed with Rachel for having sexwith Portman, and perhaps a few other gentlemen, during the previous night. Rachel, via her promiscuous sexuality, and the bodyguard through his meticulous attention to the details of his job, are initially effective in resisting their mutual attraction. But that persistent desire to get closer, due to lust. respect, love, or some combination, continues to grow. Paradoxical and improbable as it may seem from the above scene, both Rachel and Frank soon end up having sex. Yet both are unwilling to make a longterm commitment.
In“I Have Nothing,”you realize that despite great wealth, Rachel has nothing if she can't have Frank, the man she loves. Can their passionate love survive? Both the guard and the singer have extremely demanding careers that would require them to be separated for long periods of time. Rachel's easy promiscuity and Frank's zealous commitment to being a perfect bodyguard, might preclude a lasting love.
By the end of the movie,it turns out that Portman,Rachel's temporary sex partner and Frank's former colleague, is the person trying to assassinate her. Is the morality message that you really can't trust even those you have sex with? Is this morality idea often repeated in different American movies? Is Rachel's world a tough place? Does she encourage her chances of having problems by the choices she makes?
What do you prefer, lust, love, or a lusty loving friendship? If these questions befuddle you, how prepared are you for an abortion, motherhood and divorce? Life begets life. If words beguile you, can you take a close and hard look at your potential partner's past behavior? Can people ever really change much?
I Have Nothing
Vocal: Whitney Houston
Share my life.
Take me for what I am,
'Cause I'll never change
All my colors for you.
Take my love,
I'll never ask for too much,
Just all that you are
And everything that you do.
I don't really need to look
Very much further.
I don't want to have to go
Where you don't follow.
I don't hold it back again,
This passion inside.
Can't run from myself.
There's nowhere to hide.
Don't make me close one more door.
I don't want to hurt anymore.
Stay in my arms if you dare.
Must I imagine you there?
Don't walk away from me.
I have nothing, nothing, nothing,
If I don't have you,
You, you, you, you, you.
You see through right to the heart of me,
You break down my walls,
With the strength of your love.
Mmm, I never knew
Love like I've known it with you.
Will the memories survive
Ah, one that I can hold on to?
I don't really need to look
Very much further.
I don't want to have to go
Where you don't follow.
I'm holding back again
This passion inside.
I can' t run from myself.
There's nowhere to hide.
Your love I'll remember forever!
Oh, don't make me close one more door.
I don't want to hurt anymore.
Stay in my arms if you dare,
Or must I imagine you there?
Don't walk away from me.
I have nothing, nothing, nothing.
Don't make me close one more door.
I don't want to hurt anymore.
Stay in my arms if you dare,
Must I imagine you there?
Don't walk away from me, Yeah!
Don't walk away from me.
Don't you dare walk away from me.
And I have nothing,
nothing, nothing, If I don't have you, you
If I don't have you
Oh, oh.
[参考译文]
一无所有
共享我的生活，
接受我本来的面目吧，
因为我绝不会为了你
而改变我的本性。
接受我的爱吧，
我决不会过分要求，
我只要你本来面目
以及你做的一切。
我没必要，
高瞻远瞩。
我没必要，
去你不愿跟随的地方。
我不想再压抑，
内心的激情，
我不可能逃避自我，
无处可躲。
不要让我再关一扇门，
我不想再受伤害。
如果你有胆量就留在我的怀里。
非要我想象你在我怀里吗？
不要离开我，
我一无所有，一无所有，一无所有，
如果我没有了你。
你，你，你，你，
你看穿了我的内心深处。
用你爱的力量，
你拆毁了我的城墙。
哎，在爱你之前，我全然不知道爱。
那些记忆会继续存在，
我能抓牢那难忘的往事吗？
我没必要，
高瞻远瞩，
我没必要，
去你不愿跟随的地方。
我再次压抑内心的激情，
我不可能逃避自我，
无处可躲。
我将永远不会忘记你的爱！
啊，不要让我再关一扇门，
我不想再受伤害。
如果你有胆量就留在我的怀里，
非要我想象你在我怀里吗？
不要离开我。
我一无所有，一无所有，一无所有。
不要让我再关一扇门。
我不想再受伤害。
如果你有胆量就留在我的怀里。
非要我想象你在我怀里吗？
不要离开我，
是的，不要离开我。
你竟敢离开我。
我一无所有，一无所有，一无所有，
如果我没有了你，
如果我没有了你。
噢。
[语言点解析]
1．Share my life
share：同享、共享
例如：We shared one room．我们共用一个房间。
2．'Cause I'll never change all my colors for you
1）'Cause＝Because
2）colors：面目，个性，特色
例如：reveal something in its true colors 还其本来面目
show one's true colors 显出真面目
3．I don't hold it back again, this passion inside.
“it’＝this passion inside
hold back＝suppress 抑制，压抑
hold back one's feelings 压抑感情
hold back one's anger 抑制怒火
4．Don't make me close one more door
make sb do sth 让某人做某事
例如：Her sad story made me cry. 她凄凉的经历令我流泪。
5．Must I imagine you there?
1）Is my imagination the only way I can keep you in my arms?
2）there = in my arms
6．Will the memories survive, one that I can hold on to?
hold on to 抓牢
这里指记住往事，也指抓牢她的爱人，让他留在她的怀里。
Don't you dare walk away from me
＝I really don't want you to walk away from me.
＝Please don't walk away from me.
Dare：胆敢
例如：He dares to insult me．他竟敢侮辱我。
Don't you dare to touch me! 你敢碰我！
歌名：It might be you
演唱:Stephen Bishop
Time
I've been passing time watching trains go by
All of my life
Lying on the sand, watching seabirds fly
Wishing there would be
Someone waiting home for me
Something's telling me it might be you
It's telling me it might be you
All of my life
Looking back as lovers go walking past
All of my life
Wondering how they met and what makes it last
If I found the place
Would I recognise the face
Something's telling me it might be you
Yeah it's telling me it might be you
So many quiet walks to take
So many dreams to wake
And we've so much love to make
Oh, I think we've gonna need some time
Maybe all we need is time
and it's telling me it might be you
All of my life
I've been saving love songs and lullabies
And there're so much more
No one's ever heard before
Something's telling me it might be you
Yeah, it's telling me it must be you
And I'm feeling it'll just be you
All of my life
it's you
it's you
I've been waiting for all of my life
Maybe it's you (it's you)
Maybe it's you (it's you)
I've been waiting for all of my lifeDashing through the snow,
In a one-horse open sleigh,
O'er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtail ring,
Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
Jingle bells, Jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh! What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
A day or two ago,
I thought I' d take a ride,
And soon Miss Fannie Bright
Was seated by my side.
The horse was lean and lank,
Misfortune seemed his lot,
He got into a drifted bank,
And we, we got upset.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way,
Oh! What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, Jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh! What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Dashing through the snow,
In a one-horse open sleigh,
O'er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtail ring,
Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
Jingle bells, Jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh! What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh! What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
[参考译文]
铃儿响叮
冲破大风雪，
坐在单马雪橇上，
奔驰过田野，
一路笑声多欢畅。
马铃响叮，
令人精神爽。
坐在橇上唱滑雪歌，
今晚多快活。
叮叮，叮叮，
铃儿一路响！
（哦，） 坐在单马雪橇上，
精神多爽朗！
叮叮，叮叮，
铃儿一路响！
（哦，） 坐在单马雪橇上，
精神多爽朗！
一两天前，
我想坐雪橇，
范妮·布莱特小姐很快坐在我身旁。
那匹马瘦又长，
命运不怎么样，
掉进了漂流的河塘，
我们黯然神伤。
叮叮，叮叮，
铃儿一路响！
（哦，） 坐在单马雪橇上，
精神多爽朗！
叮叮，叮叮，
铃儿一路响！
（哦，） 坐在单马雪橇上，
精神多爽朗！
冲破大风雪，
坐在单马雪橇上，
奔驰过田野，
一路笑声多欢畅。
马铃响叮，
令人精神爽。
坐在橇上唱滑雪歌，
今晚多快活。
叮叮，叮叮，
铃儿一路响！
（哦，） 坐在单马雪橇上，
精神多爽朗！
叮叮，叮叮，
铃儿一路响！
（哦，） 坐在单马雪橇上，
精神多爽朗！
[语言点解析]
1．dash：move quickly 急冲
例如：His wife dashed into his office. 他妻子冲进他的办公室。
2．a one-horse open sleigh: 一个由一匹马拉的无棚的雪橇
one-horse 是一个合成词，指由一匹马拉的。
a one-horse中one前边用a而不用an，是因为one读作[w)n][w] 不是元音音素。
3． o'er the fields we go: 我们在田野上奔驰。
o'er是over 的省音形式，用o'er是为了省去一个音节。这种现象在诗歌中常见。
4．laughing all the way : 一路上笑个不停
前四行的正常语序应是 Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh, we go over the fields laughing all the way.
dashing 和 laughing 都是现在分词，作谓语动词go的伴随状语。
例如：They came talking and laughing. 他们边说边笑地走来。
all the way 是“一路上”的意思。
例如：She came to the capital begging all the way to look for her husband. 她沿路乞讨到京城找她的丈夫。
5． Bells on bobtail ring: 挂在短尾马上的铃儿叮作响。
bobtail 是短尾巴的动物，尤指马和狗。
ring: 响
例如： The telephone is ringing. 电话铃在响。
6．making spirits bright: 令精神欢快
making 是个现在分词，作谓语动词ring 的伴随状语，也可以说表示结果。
sprits 指坐在雪橇上的人们的精神。
bright = high
例如：They are in high spirits. 他们情绪高昂。
She is in low spirits. 她情绪低落。
7．What fun it is ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.
今晚坐在雪橇上唱一支滑雪歌，这多么好玩呀！
What fun 相当于how interesting (funny).
例如：What fun it is to ride on a donkey. 骑驴真好玩！
8． a day or two ago: 一天或两天以前， 也可以译成“一两天以前”。
ago 表示从说话时算起； before表示“以前”时，指截止到过去某一时间。
例如：He came three days ago. 他是三天以前来的。
（从今天算起往前推）。
He came here yesterday. But he had been here before.
他是昨天来这儿的，但他以前曾来过这里。（这一句中before是昨天以前。）
9．I thought I' d take a ride: I thought I would take a ride.
我想我要坐雪橇兜一圈。
I would 表示过去将来时。
take a ride 指乘某种交通工具兜一圈。
例如：He took a bus ride in the city. 他乘公共汽车在市里兜了一圈儿。
10．was seated by my side: sat beside me
be seated 表示状态，指已坐好；sit表示动态。
例如：Please sit down.请坐下。
by my side: beside me
例如： Come and sit by my side if you love me. 如果你爱我就过来坐在我身旁。
11．lean and lank: 又瘦又长，也指又瘦又高。
12．Misfortune seemed his lot. 不幸似乎就是他的命运。
lot 是“命运”的意思。
13．got into a drifted bank: fell into a drifted bank.
14．We got upset: We got sad and unhappy.
[注释与赏析]
这首歌是由约翰·皮尔庞特（1805-1880年）创作的。约翰·皮尔庞特毕业于耶鲁大学， 当过教师、律师、推销商。这首歌已成为圣诞节不可缺少的部分。歌中虽没有耶酥、圣诞老人等，但歌中的风雪、雪橇、小马拉车、铃声、歌声令人欢快不已。这首歌原本是作为圣诞礼物送给邻居孩子们的。
这是一首十分欢快的呈诞歌曲，有不同的版本，所以有不同的唱法。有时不唱中间一段，只唱一、三段（见前边曲谱），有时演唱者只唱前两段，不唱第三段。本书所选只唱前两段。歌中所唱（除瘦马掉入泥塘令人伤心外）尽是欢乐情景。在浓浓的圣诞气氛里，年轻人充分领略大自然的美丽及其给人带来的欢乐。他们坐着雪橇，冲破风雪，驰骋在田野上，一路上笑声朗朗，好不快活，好不逍遥！与歌声同时飘扬的是系在短尾马上的铃铛发出的叮声。“叮叮，叮叮，令人精神爽”。坐着雪橇，唱着滑雪歌，风声、笑声、铃声，伴着雪橇的滑动声，这一切汇于一起，使得这个晚上非常快活，然后四行迭唱加重了这种欢乐的气氛。
Love me tender, love me sweet;
Never let me go.
You have made my life complete.
And I love you so.
Love me tender, love me true;
All my dreams fulfill,
For my darling, I love you,
And I always will.
Love me tender, love me long;
Take me to your heart,
For it's there that I belong.
And we'll never part.
Love me tender, love me true;
All my dreams fulfill,
For my darling, I love you,
And I always will.
Love me tender, love me dear;
Tell me you are mine.
I'll be yours through all the years,
Till the end of time.
Love me tender, love me true;
All my dreams fulfill,
For my darling, I love you,
And I always will.
[参考译文]
温柔地爱我
温柔地爱我，甜蜜地爱我，
永不让我走。
你使我的生活美满，
我是如此爱你。
温柔地爱我，真心爱我，
我的梦想都实现，
因为亲爱的，我爱你，
我永远会爱你。
温柔地爱我，永远爱我，
带我到你心中，
因为我属于那里，
我们永不分离。
温柔地爱我，真心爱我，
我的梦想都实现，
因为亲爱的，我爱你。
我会永远爱你。
温柔地爱我，深情地爱我；
告诉我你属于我。
我也永远属于你，
直到世界末日。
温柔地爱我，真心爱我，
我的梦想都实现，
因为亲爱的，我爱你.
我永远爱你.
[语言点解析]
1． Love me tender,love me sweet;
=Love me tenderly,love me sweetly.
tender和sweet两个形容词被用作副词。建议初学者不要这样使用。
2．You have made my life complete.
=You have made my life full.
make sth+形容词:使…怎么样
例如：Reading makes life interesting. 读书使生活有趣.
3． All my dreams fulfill.=All my dreams come true.
fulfill:履行；实现；使应验
例如：They did not fulfill the contract.他们没有履行合同。
4．And I always will.=And I always will love you.
5． Love me long.=Love me for a long time.
6． For it's there I belong.
=For I just belong there(to the heart).
belong to:属于
例如：This bag belongs to our teacher.这个包是我们老师的。
belong后若是副词，就不需要to．
7．And we'll never part.
=And we'll always stay together.
part:告别；分手，分别；中断联系，断绝关系
例如：When we parted, you were a little girl.当初我们分别时，你还是个小姑娘。
She and her boyfriend partep all because of his mother.她与男友分手完全是由于他母亲的缘故。
8．Love me true=Love metruly.
truly:真正地；确切地；真诚地；忠实地
例如：I'm truly sorry to have told you about this.跟你讲这事真是抱歉。
Do you love her truly? 你真地爱她吗？
9．Love me dear=Love me dearly.
10．I'll be yours through all the years.
=I'll belong to you in all my life.
through:经过
例如：After he joined the army,his wife worked hardand led a hard life through about ten years. 他参军后,他妻子苦苦劳作,生活艰辛达十年之久.
[注释与赏析]
一般说来,一首电影插曲,大都是“对号入座”，即归宿于某部特定的影片。但这首《温柔地我》歌曲却是例外，它是1956年美国影片《兄弟情仇》的插曲，并由“猫王”普莱斯利担任配角和主唱。而197年美国影片《情暖童心》上映时，又采用了这首歌作为该片的主题曲。
埃尔维斯·普莱斯利（Elvis Presley）被誉为乐坛上“摇滚乐第一偶像”，是美国迄今为止最有影响的摇滚歌星。他1935年出生在美国一个贫寒的家庭，自幼喜爱音乐。他18岁时到一家录音室，准备花4美元录首歌作为献给母亲的礼物，他的歌唱才华被“太阳”唱片公司的老板发现，从此由一个卡车司机涉入乐坛。1956年他凭着这首歌闯入电影界，担任影片《兄弟情仇》的配角并唱了四首歌。他将黑人音乐和南方的乡村音乐融合为一种节奏感很强的摇滚形式，深受青年们的喜爱。“猫王”凭借与生俱来的天赋，从一个默默无闻的乡下歌手奋斗成一个国际摇滚超级巨星，一生中获奖无数。唱片销售总量达十亿张之巨，这个记录恐怕永远也不会被后来者打破。1977年8月16日，被认为是一个美国神话的“猫王”普莱斯利由于心脏病突发而遽然去世，年仅42岁。后人在评价“猫王”时，称他“在张扬欲望，解放生活方式这条路上开出了第一片阳光。”甚至“成为了一代叛逆青年的先驱！”然而唱片公司的老总们可不管这些，他们从不考虑“猫王”这种叛逆方式对青年们的反文化传统有着多么无可替代的影响，也不关心这种叛逆方式则诱导青年们进入“叛逆”之路的举足轻重的催化作用，他们唯独注意的是这种叛逆是多么地大受欢迎以及因而带来的滚滚不尽的财源。唱片公司的怂恿和策划，厂大歌迷的疯狂爱戴，促就了“猫王”事业上的辉煌业绩。至1977年他去世时，这位英年早逝世的歌星共有106首歌曲荣登美国流行歌曲排行榜，38张金唱片和80多张销售超百万的唱片，令后人望其项背，叹为观止，恐怕从今以后，再也不会出现第二个“猫王”式的人物了。
《温柔地爱我》共四节（段）歌词，其中一段又重复两遍。每节的句法结构基本相同。此歌突出的特点是，每节首行都有两个love me，四节中每个第一行的第一个love me后边都是tender,之后这四节每个第一行的后一个love me分别用不同的词来描写这种爱，它们分别是sweet, true, long, dear。
在这首歌四段歌词六遍演唱中，love me 出现12次，love you 出现四次，实际上不带这些字眼的歌词部分都表达了这种柔情蜜意。四段歌词高度概括了爱应有的基本特征：温柔、甜密、真诚、长久、深情。当然，爱还包括其他一些特征，如互相忍让、互相关心、互相理解、互相尊重等。可以说，在某种程度上《温柔地爱我》给爱下了个定义。
爱常见于日常生活，有时需要誓言，更多时需要付之于行动。
Where do I begin to tell the story
Of how great a love can be,
The sweet love story
That is older than the sea?
The simple truth about the love
She brings to me.
Where do I start?
With her first hello,
She gave a meaning
To this empty world of mine.
There'll never be another love
Another time.
She came into my life
And made the living fine.
She fills my heart.
She fills my heart
With very special things,
With angel songs,
With wild imaginings.
She fills my soul with so much love
That anywhere I go I'm never lonely.
With her along, who could be lonely?
I reach for her hand.
It's always there.
How long does it last?
Can love be measured
By the hours in a day?
I have no answers now,
But this much I can say:
I know I'll need her
Till the stars all burn away,
And she'll be there.
How long does it last?
Can love be measured
By the hours in a day?
I have no answers now,
But this much I can say:
I know I'll need her
Till the stars all burn away,
And she'll be there.
[参考译文]
爱情故事
从何讲述这个故事，
细说爱情是多么伟大，
这甜蜜爱情故事
比大海还古老。
她给我带来爱情的
朴素真理。
我从何说起？
用第一声“哈罗”
她把情义
注入我这空虚的世界。
再也没有另一个爱人
没有另一次。
她走入我的生活，
使我生活快乐。
她充满我心窝。
她充满我心窝，
用很特殊的方式，
用天使之歌，
用丰富想象。
她用这么多爱充满我心灵，
不论走到哪里，我从不寂寞。
与她在一起，谁会寂寞？
我拉她的手
它总在那里等候。
这爱会持续多久？
爱能否按一天的
小时计算？
我现在没有答案，
但我可以说这么多：
我知道我需要她，
直到天荒地老，
她会仍在那里。
这爱持续多久？
爱能否按一天的
小时计算？
我现在没有答案，
但我可以说这么多：
我知道我需要她，
直到天荒地老，
她会仍在那里。
[语言点解析]
1．Where do I begin to tell the story Of how great a love can be…?
where do I begin:从何说起
tell the story of:讲述……的故事
a love:一次爱情。用a把love具体化。
begin to tell:开始讲述
例如：Where do I begin to tell the story of how I fellin love with her?我从何说起我是怎样爱上她的呢？
2．The simple truth about the love she brings to me.
=She brings to me the simple truth about the love.
the simple truth:朴素的真理，真谛
bring…to:把……带给……
例如：She brings to me the simple truth about friendship.她给我带来有关友谊的朴素真理。
3．There'll never be another love another time:这样的爱只有一次，没有另一次，也没有另一人。
4．She came into my life and made the living fine.
come into one's life:走入某人的生活
例如：She came into my life and I felt that even the whole world was smiling.她进入我的生活，我感到整个世界都在微笑。
make the living fine:使生活快乐
例如：Reading is one of the ways to make the living
file.读书是使生活快乐的方式之一。
5． With angel songs, with wild imaginings.
这两行都是She fills my heart 的继续。
angel songs: 天使们唱的歌
wild imaginings:丰富的想象
6． She fills my soul with so much love that anywhere I go I'm never lonely.
=Her love fills my heart to such an extent that no matter where I go I never feel lonely.
soul:灵魂，实指heart
heart and soul:全心全意
例如：We still need to serve the people heart and soul.我们仍须全心全意地为人民服务。
7．I reach for hand.
=I extend (hold out) my hand to take her hand.
reach for : 伸出手去够（拿）
例如：He reached for the book. 他伸手去够书。
She fell into the river when she reached for a beautiful flower. 她伸手去够一朵漂亮小花时掉进了河里。
8． can love be measured by the hous in a day?
=Love cannot be measured by the hours in a day.
measure…by:用……测量
例如：We cannot measure a classroom by kilometers.我们不能用千米仗量一间教室。
9．I know I'll need her till the stars all burn away, = I know I'll love her till the end of the world.
stars all burn away是不可能实现的事情，这与I'll
love you still till the seas go dry（我要爱你爱到大海干枯。）异曲同工。“要想不让我爱你，除非是高山夷为平地，”也表达同一意思。这样的用法在中外诗歌中还有许多例子。
[注释与赏析]
这是美国影片《爱情故事》（1970年）的同名主题歌，由卡尔·西格曼作词，弗朗西斯·莱依作曲。这部电影传入中国后深受欢迎，主题音乐家喻户晓。《爱情故事》于1971年获“金球”奖。该主题歌曲贯穿全片，旋律优美动听，歌词真挚感人。
《爱情故事》的内容梗概如下：大银行家之子奥利佛与面包师之女詹妮弗相爱，遭到父亲的坚决反对。奥利佛情笃意深，与家庭脱离关系，毅然与詹妮弗结婚；靠打短工度日，生活清苦，但爱清甜蜜。詹妮弗放弃了自己喜爱的音乐事业，支持奥利佛攻读法律。奥利佛以优异的成绩受聘为律师，生活开始好转。奥利佛的父亲也要回心转意时，詹妮弗却患上了血癌。奥利佛悉心照料詹妮弗。最后，詹妮弗在奥利佛怀中安然告别人世。
《爱情故事》的情节也摆脱不了流行套路，影片在基本大团圆的情况下结束，在人类情感恢复和谐之之时给观众一个伤感却合理的结局。从一个侧面也告诉人们，对待爱情不应有门第之见，否则爱情悲剧便会迭出，人类美好情感遭到破坏。
《爱情故事》的同名主题歌的歌词十分感人，它告诉人们，伟大爱情的作用是多么无与伦比，其强大的威力能让任何事物、任何艰难险阻瞬间变得十分渺小，不足称道。男女的结合，爱神的降临，会赶走生活上的空虚，精神上的压抑，世界从此变得幸福而甜蜜。驰骋的想象，天使的歌声互相充盈着对方的心灵。无论何时、无论何地，只要爱相随，谁会感到寂寞？即使人的肉体可以化去，但人的灵魂不灭，真挚的爱情永恒。即使一人升入天堂，另一方仍会认为其存在，分分秒秒将其铝刻在心底。这就是真爱，它让你生生死死相爱，岁岁年年相守。
《Pretty Woman》
Sung By "Roy Orbison"
Pretty woman, walking down the street.
Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet.
Pretty woman, I won't believe you're not the truth.
No one could look as good as you. (Mercy)
Pretty woman, won't you pardon me.
Pretty woman I couldn't help but see.
Pretty woman, that you look lovely as can be.
Girl, are you lonely just like me. (Mercy)
Pretty woman, stop a while.
Pretty woman, talk a while.
Pretty woman, give your smile to me.
Pretty woman, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Pretty woman, look my way.
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me.
Coz I need you.
I'll treat you right.
Come with me baby, be mine tonight.
Pretty woman, don't walk on by.
Pretty woman, don't make me cry.
Pretty woman,don't walk away Okey
If that's the way it must be,okey
I guess I'll go home,it's late
There will be tomorrow night,but wait
What do I see?
Is she walking back to me?
Yeah she's walking back to me.
Oh,pretty woman!Listen to the rhythm
Of the falling rain,
Telling me just what a fool I've been.
I wish that it would go
And let me cry in vain,
And let me be alone again.
The only girl I care about
Has gone away,
Looking for a brand-new start.
But little does she know
That when she left that day,
Along with her she took my heart.
Rain, please tell me now,
Does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away,
When she don't care?
I can't love another
When my heart's somewhere far away.
The only girl I care about
Has gone away,
Looking for a brand-new start.
But little does she know
That when she left that day,
Along with her she took my heart.
Rain, won't you tell her
That I love her so.
Please ask the sun
To set her heart aglow.
Rain in her heart,
And let the love we know
Start to grow.
Listen to the rhythm
Of the falling rain,
Telling me just what a fool I've been.
I wish that it would go
And let me cry in vain,
And let me be alone again.
Oh, listen to the falling rain.
DE LE DA LA, DE LE DA LA.
Oh, listen, listen to the falling rain,
DE LE DA LA, DE LE DA LA.
Oh, listen, listen to the falling rain,
DE LE DA LA, DE LE DA LA.
[参考译文]
雨中的节奏
听那雨倾盆落下
时的节奏，
告诉我一直是个傻瓜。
希望它能走，
让我徒劳地哭，
留下我独自一人。
我唯一喜爱的姑娘'
已离去，
去寻找崭新的生活，
但她却不知道，
她离开我的那一天把我的心也带走了。
雨啊，请告诉我，
她不在乎时
偷走我的心
这是否公平合理？
我不能爱另一人，
因为心在很远的某地。
我唯一喜爱的姑娘
已离去，
去寻找崭新的生活，
但她却不知道，
她离开的那一天，
把我的心也带走了。
雨啊，你能否告诉她
我是如此地爱着她。
请让那太阳
使她的心发点光。
把雨洒在她心上，
让我们已有的爱
再开始成长。
听那雨倾盆落下
时的节奏，
告诉我一直是个傻瓜。
希望它能走，
让我徒劳地哭，
留下我独自一人。
哦，听那落下的雨，
滴沥嗒拉，滴沥嗒拉。
哦，听，听那下落的雨，
滴沥嗒拉，滴沥嗒拉。
哦，听那落下的雨，
滴沥嗒拉，滴沥嗒拉
[语言点解析]
1．rhythm of the rain: 雨中的节奏
the rhythm of a poem: 一首诗的节奏
2．listen to: 听（指“听”这一动作）
hear: 听到（指“听”后的结果）
例如：I listened to their talk, but I could not hear them clearly. 我听他们谈话了，但听不清他们说什么。
3．falling rain: 下落的雨
falling 是一个现在分词，指雨正在落下。
fallen 是一个过去分词，指“已落下的”。
例如：Look at the falling snow. How beautiful it is!
看那纷纷落下的雪。真漂亮！
Fallen leaves gather and disperse. 落叶聚又散。
4．I wish that it would go. 但愿它能走开。
wish 后的从句表示一种主观愿望，用虚拟语气，因为这雨不是随人的愿望而决定是走还是留。
例如：I wish that you( should) come to see me every day. 我希望你能天天来看我。
5．in vain: 徒劳，徒然
例如： I tried in vain to sleep.我想睡，但没睡着。
6．let me be alone: leave me alone.
7． care about: 在乎，喜欢
例如：You're the girl I really care about.你是我真正喜欢的姑娘。
8．little does she know….
这是一个倒装结构。有些副词或短语放在句首时句子主谓结构要倒置。
例如：Never can I forget such a person. 我永远忘不了这样一个人。
Seldom did he come alone. 他很少独自一人来。
Only in this way can we really learn some English songs. 只有这样我们才能真正学几首英文歌曲。
9．take…along with…:随身带走
例如：She took many hearts along with her.她将许多人的心随身带走了。
10．When she don't care?
don't: 按语法规则讲，这里应是doesn't，但演唱者唱的是don't，可能是为了节奏和音长的缘故而作了改动。
11．set her heart aglow : 让她的心发点光
aglow: glowing; shining with warmth and colour 发光，发热；发光彩
例如： His appearance set her face aglow. 他的出现使她容光焕发。
12．rain in her heart: 把雨洒到她的心田
[注释与赏析]
这首歌以雨起兴，诉说衷肠。落雨的节奏给主人公带来哀愁，是雨的节奏勾起心中往事，仿佛在告诉他他一直是傻瓜。所以他愿让雨离开，留下他一人哭，尽管是徒劳的哭泣。雨水与泪水紧紧连在一起。主人公说他唯一爱着的姑娘离他而去，带走了他的心，使他无法爱别人。满腹衷肠，诉与谁听？只有那滴沥嗒拉、滴沥嗒拉的雨似在倾听，又似不过问。但主人公还是恳请落雨帮他恢复那个离他而去的女孩的爱心，让她的心重放光彩，雨洒在她心田，这是主人公的心声。心声、雨声，就这样融合在一起。不知是主人公让我们听到滴沥嗒拉的落雨，还是滴沥嗒拉的落雨在让我们听到主人公发自内心的哭泣？
Mm... Mm...
Ah... Ah...
By the river of Babylon,
There we sat down.
Yeah we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
By the river of Babylon,
There we sat down.
Yeah we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
For there they that carried us away in captivity,
Requiring of us a song.
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song,
In a strange land.
For there they that carried us away in captivity,
Requiring of us a song.
Now how shall we sing the Lord's song,
In a strange land.
Ah... Ah...
Ah... Ah...
Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our
hearts be acceptable in thy sight here tonight,
Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our
hearts be acceptable in thy sight here tonight,
By the river of Babylon,
There we sat down.
Yeah we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
By the river of Babylon,
There we sat down.
Yeah we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Ah... Ah...
Ah... Ah...
By the river of Babylon,
There we sat down.
Yeah we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
【参考译文】
巴比伦河
呣……，呣……
啊……，啊……
来到巴比伦河边，
我们坐在你身旁。
耶，我们哭泣又悲伤，
当我们想起了家乡。
来到巴比伦河边，
我们坐在你身旁。
耶，我们哭泣又悲伤，
当我们想起了家乡。
是凶狠的敌人把我们虏掠到这里，
还强迫我们把歌唱，
我们怎能唱得出圣歌来，
在陌生的异国他乡。
是凶狠的敌人把我们虏掠到这里，
还强迫我们把歌唱，
我们怎能唱得出圣歌来，
在陌生的异国他乡。
啊……，啊……
啊……，啊……
让我们心里的话儿和期望
在今夜向你倾叙。
让我们心里的话儿和期望
在今夜向你倾叙。
来到了巴比伦河边，
我们坐在你身旁。
耶，我们哭泣又悲伤，
当我们想起了家乡。
来到巴比伦河边，
我们坐在你身旁。
耶，我们哭泣又悲伤，
当我们想起了家乡。
啊……，啊……
啊……，啊……
来到了巴比伦河边，
我们坐在你身旁。
耶，我们哭泣又悲伤，
当我们想起了家乡。
【语言点解析】
1、By the River of Babylon there we sat down=We satdown there by the river of Babylon．我们坐在巴比伦河岸边。
by the river of...在……河旁边。 Babylon巴比伦（古代巴比伦王国的首都）
2、Yeah we wept when we remembered Zion．= Yeah wewept when we thought of our homeland．耶，我们哭泣又悲伤，当我们想起了家乡。
weep（不及物动词）意为：哭泣，流泪。Zion锡安山（在耶路撒冷）
表示哭泣的词有weep，cry，sob，但它们分别表示不同的概念。
weep—流着眼泪哭泣。cry—出声哭泣。sob—抽泣。
3、For there they that carried us away in captivity，requiring of us a song．= For there they who carriedus away by force and also forced us to sing a song．
是凶狠的敌人把我们虏掠到这里，还强迫我们把歌唱。
in captivity 被监禁，束缚
例如：Many animals breed better when they are freethan they do when in captivity．许多动物不圈要比圈起来的好饲养。
require（及物动词）意为：需要，要求，命令。
例如：These children will require looking aftercarefully．这些孩子需要悉心照料。
require后跟宾语从句时，通常使用虚拟语气，
省去should．这类词还有：propose，suggest，order，demand，request等。
4、Sing the Lord's song 唱圣歌
5、Let the words of our hearts and meditations of ourhearts be acceptable in thy sight here tonight．＝ Letour words and our deep thought from the bottom ofour hearts be known by you．让我们的心里话儿和期望在今夜向你倾叙。
meditation（名词）意为：深思，沉思；反省；冥想；沉思录。
【注释与赏析】
《巴比伦河》是由波尼·M作词作曲，具有迪斯科风格的一首英文老牌经典歌曲，在我国广为流传。在首段歌词中，有一个英文单词“Zion”，其含义是锡安山（在耶路撒冷）、天堂、天国、基督教，象征意为：犹太人的家乡、理想之城、乌托邦。因此，从歌词的历史含义上译为“家乡”更为合适。作者本人是否是个犹太人我们不得而知，但歌中描写的情景与历史、宗教和地域有一定的联系。一方面这些人被虏掠至陌生的地方，被迫唱歌而思念故乡；另一方面这也涉及到犹太民族的历史问题。公元一、二世纪，罗马帝国统治期间，绝大多数犹太人被赶出国域，分散到世界各地。但潮起潮落，岁月荏苒，流离他乡的犹太人总是怀念自己的故乡，具有很强的凝聚力，导致了后来的犹太复国运动等国际问题。
这首歌的旋律优美流畅，节奏明晰奔放。我们可随着那轻松、恬静、安祥、流水般的乐曲，回味着家乡的小溪，绿野，田埂和稻谷。特别是身处逆境、漂泊异国他乡的伤心人听到这首歌曲，更能引起他们的思乡之情。歌中作者运用天堂，理想国和离乡的人们作比较，与人们的悲伤形成鲜明的对比。坐在巴比伦河畔，伤心的人们似乎在泣诉：巴比伦河啊，你静静地流淌，夜色是多么安祥，可是你哪里知道，就在你的身旁，我们被迫害的异乡人有多么的凄凉，愿圣上也能知道我们的心声，我们的祈祷和冥想……
Introduction
Benjamin Earl Soloman, better known as Ben E. King, was born on September 28,1938 in Henderson, North Carolina. At age of 11 he moved with his family to Harlem in New York City. King sang in church choirs during his youth and formed his own band in high school. His father's restaurant in Harlem was the site for his first professional performances.
In 1956 King joined the singing group known as the “Crowns”, which in 1959 changed their name to the “Drifters”. King then sang and co-wrote his first hit song,“There Goes My Baby. ” King went on to sing the popular “Save the Last Dance for Me,”“I Count the Tears,”and “Spanish Harlem. ”
In 1961 King worked with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to compose the soulful“Stand By Me,” which King then sang and turned into an immediate hit song. King has a versatile blend of Rhythm and Blues songs and smooth vocal style that also appeals to Pop fans. During the 1960's King kept busy with many exciting concert hall and TV performances, both in America and abroad.
Later he went on to record the hits,“Don't Play That Song,”“That's When It Hurts,”“I(Who Have Nothing)”and “Supernatural Thing-Part I. ”
With the 1986 re-release of“Stand by Me”as the theme song of the movie with the same title, King's popularity again rose as younger audiences began to sing along with the stark melody that had previously captivated their parents a quarter of a century earlier.
The Columbia movie “Stand by Me,” with fledgling director Rob Reiner, tells the story of a group of young teen-age boys trying to grow up. What should you believe in and be willing to stand up for in America during the early 1960's? Do you need to have a difficult time in finding your own answers to these questions, or can we help each other out as we travel down the bumpy road of our lives? Does a shared private space go a long way to make your life more enjoyable, and problems smaller?
Stand by Me
Vocal: Ben E. King
When the night has come,
And the land is dark,
And the moon is the only light we'll see,
No, I won't be afraid.
Oh, I won't be afraid.
Just as long as you stand, stand by me.
So darling, darling, stand by me.
Oh, stand by me.
Oh, stand, stand by me, stand by me.
If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea,
I won't cry; I won't cry.
No, I won't shed a tear,
Just as long as you stand, stand by me.
And darling, darling, stand by me.
Oh, stand by me.
Whoa, stand now, stand by me
Stand by me.
Darling, darling, stand by me,
Oh, stand by me.
Oh, stand now, stand by me, stand by me.
Whenever you're in trouble,
Just stand by me.
Oh, stand by me, whoa!
[参考译文]
与我站在一起
夜幕降临，
大地一片漆黑，
月亮是我们唯一的光。
不，我不会害怕，
哦，我不会害怕，
只要你与我站在一起。
所以，亲爱的，与我站在一起，
啊，与我站在一起，
啊，与我站在一起，
与我站在一起。
即使我们头上的天空塌下来，
即使大山崩坍在海里，
我也不会哭，
我也不会哭。
不，我不会掉一滴眼泪，
只要你与我站在一起。
亲爱的，亲爱的，与我站在一起，
啊，与我站在一起。
啊，现在与我站在一起吧，
与我站在一起。
亲爱的，亲爱的，与我站在一起，
啊，与我站在一起。
啊，现在与我站在一起吧。
任何时候你遇上麻烦，
请与我站在一起，
啊，与我站在一起吧。
[语言点解析]
1．Stand by:
1）站在一起、帮助、援助
例如：I always stand by my friend. 我经常支持我的朋友。
2）遵守，维持
例如：You should stand by your promise. 您应该信守诺言。
2．Just as long as = as long as只要在as long as引导的从句中，习惯用现在时态表示将来的概念．
例如：I'll stay with you as long as there is a room free. 只要有房子，我就和你住在一起。
As long as is often used to make conditions. As long as常用来表示条件。
例如：You can borrow my car as long as you don't smash it up. 只要你不碰坏我的车，你就可以借用。
Almost heaven,
West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains,
Shenandoah River.
Life is old there,
Older than the trees:
Younger than the mountains,
Growing like a breeze.
Country roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia,
Mountain mamma,
Take me home, country roads.
All my memories
Gather round her,
Miner's lady,
Stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty,
Painted on the sky,
Misty taste of moonshine,
Teardrop in my eye.
Country roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia,
Mountain mamma,
Take me home, country roads.
I hear her voice in the morning hours,
She calls me.
The radio reminds me of my home
Far away,
And driving down the road,
I get a feeling
That I should have been home
Yesterday, yesterday.
Country roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia,
Mountain mamma,
Take me home, country roads.
Country roads, take me home, To the place I belong,
West Virginia,
Mountain mamma,
Take me home, country roads.
Take me home，country roads.
Take me home, country roads.
[参考译文]
乡村路，带我回家
西弗吉尼亚，
简直像天堂，
有蓝岭群山，
山纳多河流。
那里生活久远，
比树木要悠久；
比群山年轻，
像轻风般成长。
乡村路，带我回家，
去我属于的地方，
西弗吉尼亚，
大山妈妈，
乡村路，带我回家。
我所有的记忆，
全是关于她，
矿工的太太，
连海也没见过。
又黑又多尘，
似画在天上，
似月有薄雾色。
眼泪涌上我眼窝。
乡村路，带我回家，
去我属于的地方，
西弗吉尼亚，
大山妈妈，
乡村路，带我回家。
清晨我听见她的声音，
是她在呼唤我。
收音机使我想起
遥远的家，
开车沿着公路走，
我感觉到
我昨天就该回家，
该回家。
乡村路，带我回家，
去我属于的地方，
西弗吉尼亚，
大山妈妈，
乡村路，带我回家。
乡村路，带我回家，
去我属于的地方，
西弗吉尼亚，
大山妈妈，
乡村路，带我回家。
带我回家，乡村路
带我回家，乡村路。
[语言点解析]
1．Almost heaven west Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
=West Virginia where there are mountains and Shenandoah River is almost heaven.
2．Life is old there, older than the trees; younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze.
这几行在说：那里生活久远，指很早便有生命存在，与树比，比树老，与山比，则比山年轻，徐徐生长如清风。
like a breeze:像微风一样
例如: Smile is like sunshine and like a breeze. It makes others happy.微笑如阳光，又如微风，令人高兴。
3．to the place I belong:
=take me to the place where I belong.
belong to 属于
例如:This book belongs to me.这本书是我的。
belong还可以跟表示地点的介词短语。
例如: Put the chair back at the corner. It always belongs in the corner.把椅子放回到墙角处。它总是放在那儿的。
4．all my memories gather round her:
=All my memories center on her.
例如: All his memories gather round the years when he was in the countryside.他所有的记忆全是关于他在农村时的那些岁月。
5．miner's lady =a miner's wife 矿工的太太
6．stranger to blue water =a person who has not been seas stranger to:对…陌生的人
例如: I am a stranger to art.我是个不懂艺术的人。
7．The radio reminds me of my home far away.
the radio可能是汽车上的收音机可能是收音机里
放的音乐或歌曲使他更怀念家乡。
reminds sb of sth:使人想起
例如: This song reminds me of my hometown too.这首歌也使我想起故乡。
This picture reminds me of my college life.这张照片使我想起我上大学时的生活。
far away: in a remote place在很远的地方
例如: My home is far away from here.我的家离这儿很远。
8．driving down the road: while I was driving along the road.
9．I get a felling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
should have done sth表示“本当做……”
例如: You should have gone there.你本应当去那里。
[注释与赏析]
这首歌是约翰·丹佛(John Denver,1943-1997)的成名作。此歌创作于1971年，使丹佛一跃成为著名乡村音乐歌星。他创作的其它著名歌曲还有《乘喷气机远去》、《上海的微风》、《阳光照在我肩上》、《安妮之歌》、《又一次回家》。
乡村路，带我回家。多么深挚的乡恋情！是啊，天堂般的西弗吉尼亚，那里有崇山峻岭，有清澈的河流；那里生命常在，树木参天，青山不老，一切都缓缓生长，如徐徐微风，吹拂着浓浓的乡情。是啊，这天堂般的家乡，怎能使人不怀恋？
乡村路，带我回家。鸟恋旧林，人思故乡，这是有史以来难以抹掉的乡情。游子思归，欲归之处不仅是那西弗吉尼亚，更重要的是回到山里的妈妈身旁。还家路上，汽车奔驰，所有的记忆全是围绕自己的生母亲娘。这山里的妈妈，一个矿工的太太，从未走出深山，从未见过大海，皮肤黝黑，尘土沾襟，清楚的记忆，模糊的印象，似隐似现。这便是养育自己成人的山里母亲。想起这山里纯朴的母亲，怎不令人潸然泪下？
这乡村路非同寻常，它连接了山村与外边的世界。它把游子送出深山，又把游子带回家园。外边的世界很精彩，但怎能令游子留恋不归？难怪几位外国朋友听见这首歌顿起归思，难怪有那么多人对它深深地喜爱。
Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven.
Would you hold my hand if I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand if I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way through night and day,
'Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven.
Time can bring you down, time can bend your knee;
Time can break your heart, have you begging please,
Begging please.
Beyond the door there's peace,
I'm sure and I know there'll be no more tears in heaven.
Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?
Would you be the same if I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven.
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven.
[参考译文]
天堂泪
假如在天堂相遇，你是否会认得我？
假如在天堂重逢，一切是否依旧？
我必须坚强，必须继续，
因为我知道，这天堂不属于我。
假如在天堂相遇，你是否会握住我的手？
假如在天堂重逢，你是否会扶我站起？
我要日复一日，找寻方向，
因为我知道，这天堂不属于我。
时间会使你潦倒，时间会让你屈服，
时间会使你心碎，时间会让你乞求。
跨过那道门，那里有安宁，
我知道天堂里不再有更多的眼泪。
假如在天堂相遇，你是否会认得我？
假如在天堂重逢，一切是否依旧？
我必须坚强，必须继续，
因为我知道，这天堂不属于我。
因为我知道，这天堂不属于我。
[语言点解析]
1．Tear in heaven：天堂泪或泪洒天堂。
heaven：天堂在西方社会有两重含义。其一，是指上帝与众神居住的地方。其二，好人死后灵魂归去的极乐世界。
2．Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? 假如在天堂相遇，你是否会认得我？
would：要是，假使，（表示虚拟，假设，条件等）
例如：If you had come earlier, you would have seen him. 假若你早来一些，就会看到他了。
3．Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven? 假如在天堂相遇，一切是否没改变？
句中it应指everything包括you和me。
4．I must be strong and carry on. 我必须坚强，必须继续。
carry on：继续发展，进行下去，坚持下去。
5．Would you hold my hand if I saw you in heaven? 假如在天堂相遇，你是否会握住我的手？
6．I'll find my way through night and day. 我要日夜不停地找寻方向。
through：从头到尾，（指时间）经过
例如：He works hard all through the year.他整年都在努力工作。
7．Time can bring you down, time can bend your knee.时间会使你潦倒，时间会让你屈服。
down：（在情绪、健康状况等方面）处于低落状态。
例如：He is badly down, we'd better have a heart to heart talk with him. 他情绪很不好，我们最好跟他谈谈心。
He is down on health. 他身体不好。
8．Time can break your heart, have you begging please.时间会让你心碎，时间会让你乞求。
break one's heart：使……心碎，使……极为伤心
例如：The bad boy broke his mother's heart. 这坏孩子使他妈的心伤透了。
9．Beyond the door, there's peace. 那扇门之外，那里有安宁。
beyond：超过，在……那一边。
例如：The river is beyond the hill.山的那一边有条河。
The quesion is beyond my power. 那个问题是我力所不及的。
10．I'm sure and I know there'll be no more tears in heaven. 我知道天堂里不再有更多的眼泪。
[注释与赏析]
《天堂泪》是埃里克·克莱普顿（Eric Clapton）在1992年为电影《泪洒天堂》而创作并演唱的一首歌曲。这首歌及本集所选的《蕾拉》“Layla”被称作是他的两首经典巨作。
埃里克·克莱普顿1945年3月30日生于美国。在他15岁时，祖母送给了他第一把吉他。在他听了布鲁斯吉他高手的唱片后，由此开始了其终生对布鲁斯音乐的钟爱。
克莱普顿曾多次摘取葛莱美大奖的桂冠。尽管他已不是青春一族的歌手，尽管七十年代也曾吸毒、沉沦，但他最终还是重塑自我，重新获得了事业上的成功。如今，克莱普顿又以一曲《父亲的眼睛》（My Father's Eyes）摘取葛莱美最佳男歌手奖，重新站到了世界歌坛的颠峰。
克莱普顿是一位纯粹的布鲁斯音乐的追求者。他对布鲁斯音乐中那种深沉凄凉的精神内涵有着深刻的理解和体会。在他所作歌曲的曲调中溶进了布鲁斯音乐的成份。音乐曲调中的忧郁色彩和演唱时哀婉忧伤的嗓音，使人不由自主地为隐藏于淡泊之中的巨大悲痛所吸引，所感动。
歌中唱道：“假如在天堂相遇，你是否会认得我？假如在天堂相遇，一切是否依旧？”“假如在天堂相遇，你是否会握住我的手？假如在天堂相遇，你是否会扶我站起？”在克莱普顿缓慢、沙哑、疲惫的嗓音中流露出他无比苍凉的心声。人们似乎可以听出他对死去的儿子所寄托的无限的深情。1991年，克莱普顿4岁的儿子爬上了窗台，从纽约曼哈顿一座大楼的第53层楼上不幸坠楼身亡。《天堂泪》这首歌无疑饱含着他心酸的泪水，铭刻着他心灵上巨大的创伤。
Hello, darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again.
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain,
Still remains within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone,
Narrow streets of cobblestone.
’Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp.
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light,
That split the night and touched the sound of silence.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share,
But no one dare disturb the sound of silence.
“Fools,”said I,“you do not know,
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.”
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed in the wells of silence.
And the people bowed and prayed.
To the neon God they made,
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said:“The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls and tenement halls,
And whispered in the sound of silence.”
【参考译文】
寂静之声
你好，黑暗，我的老朋友，
我又来和你把天聊。
因为有个幻影悄悄来临，
在我熟睡时留下了它的种子。
植入我脑海的正是那幻影，
仍然萦绕在这寂静之声中。
在无尽的梦里我独自散步，
走在狭窄的鹅卵石街道上。
在昏黄晕光的街灯下，
我翻起衣领抵御寒冷与湿潮。
霓虹灯闪烁刺蜇我的眼睛，
也划破夜空触动了寂静之声。
在无遮挡的灯光下我看见
成千上万的人们。
人们无需语言即可交谈，
人们无需倾听即可领悟，
人们创作出歌曲却无人同唱，
谁也不敢扰乱这寂静之声。
我说：“傻瓜，你真不知道，
寂静像癌症一样扩散。
请听听我教你的话语，
请抓住我伸给你的手臂。”
但我的话像寂静的雨滴落下来，
在沉寂的井中回响。
人们在膜拜与祈祷，
请求他们制造的霓虹灯偶像。
偶像的招牌闪烁出警言，
用独具的形式把人们来规劝，
“先知们的预言写在地铁墙与公寓的走廊上，
也在那寂静之声中绕耳回荡。”
【语言点解析】
1、Hello, darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again. 你好，黑暗，我的老友，我又来与你聊天了。
这首歌一开始就用拟人的手法（personification）把黑暗赋于人性，要与黑暗老朋友交谈一下。因此，作者以黑暗引出主题，因为黑暗是寂静的代表，黑暗与夜的来临即是寂静的降临。
2、Because a vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping. = A vision softly crept and left its seeds inside me while I was sleeping. 因为我熟睡时，幻影悄悄爬来，在我心中播下种子。
在此句中作者仍采用了拟人手法，这一手法贯穿了整个歌曲，此处把幻影拟人化，来扰乱我的睡眠和思想的宁静。
vision:（作名词）幻影、视觉、幻想、眼光。
例如：I was haunted by her vision. 她的幻影萦绕着我的心。
3、plant: （作动词用）种植、播种，（作名词用）植物、草木、工厂。（plant在句中仍然是比喻的修辞用法，说明vision像种植一样，深深地播在我的脑海中，扰乱了我的平静。）
例如：Elm trees were planted along the road. 沿着道路种植榆树。
4、’Neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp. =Beneath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to protect myself against the cold and damp air in a night. 在街灯的昏光下，我翻起衣领抵御潮湿和寒冷。
’neath = beneath（介词）在……之下。在诗歌和歌曲中，为了押韵或者顺口，常常使用省略首写字母或音节的形式，而以符号“，”来代替一个字节，
如：’til= until, ’cause = because等等。
halo:（名词）（指环绕日、月等的）晕，晕圈；（绘于神像头上的）光环；（赋于理想化人物或事物的）光辉，光荣。
例如：The halo of the moon tonight is bright. 今晚月亮周围的光晕非常明亮。
5、neon light = coloured light 彩色霓虹灯
neon sign:（作广告用的）霓虹灯
flash:（用作名词）闪光、闪烁 如：a flash of lightning闪电；
split（用作动词）劈开、割裂、使分离
例如：Tom spit the wood with an ax. 汤姆用斧头劈柴。
6、People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening, people writing songs that voices never share. = People talking quietly with their heart, people hearing with their sense and singing songs in their heart without being heard by others.
人们无需言语即可交谈是一种心灵的默契与和谐；
人们无需倾听却能听见是一种意识的理解与交流；
人们创作的歌曲不能分享倾听是一种心灵之歌，别的人不能与之分享，皆源于无人敢扰乱这神圣的寂静之声。
7、No one dare disturb the sound of silence.
dare:（作助动词用，后面接不带to的不定式，主要用于疑问、否定或条件句中）敢、竟敢。
例如：Who says he dare not do it? 谁说他不敢做这事？
（dare作动词用时，常用于肯定句中，dare随主语人称变化而变化）如：Much to my surprise, he dares to try it. 令我大吃一惊的是，他竟敢做这种尝试。
8、Silence like a cancer grows. = Silence can develop like a kind of disease. 寂静会像癌症一样发展扩散。（该句也是一种比喻用法。）
9、Hear my words that I might teach you, take my arms that I might reach you. = Please listen to my words so that I might teach you, please hold my arms so that I might lead you. 请听我的话，让我教导你，请握住我的手，我为你引路。
10、But my words like silent raindrops fell, and echoed in the wells. 我的话像寂静的雨滴落下，在沉寂的井中回响盘旋。
echo:（作名词）回声、回音、回响。
例如：I heard an echo in the woods. 我在森林里听到一种回声。
echo:（作动词用）回声、发回音、共鸣、附和。
例如：The mountains echoed with my shouts. 大山回应我的呼喊声。
11、And the sign said:“The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls and whispered in the sound of silence.”（霓虹的）招 牌说：“先知们的话写在地铁墙与公寓的走廊上，也在寂静之声中轻轻回荡。”
prophet = person who knows in advance 先知，预言家
tenement:（作名词）地产、住宅、廉价公寓。
【注释与赏析】
这首《寂静之声》是保罗·西蒙和加蓬格尔创作并演唱的歌曲。俩人多次合作，多次获奖，在六十至七十年代的流行乐坛上曾名噪一时，被认为是男声二重唱的“黄金搭档”。此歌是1966年初时荣登美国排行榜首的冠军歌曲，两年后被用作《毕业生》的插曲，再一次广为流传。
《寂静之声》也有人译为《沉默之声》。这首歌蕴含着深刻的思想内含和哲理，表现了沉默寂静之中无声的喧啸。其中主要的意象为第一段中的“幻影”，第二段中的“霓虹灯光”，第三段中的“心的交融”，第四段中的“雨滴井声”和第五段中的“先知哲言”等。
西蒙和加蓬格尔的这首歌曲是在向自己、向世人发问，冷静而大胆地提出社会中无声的灯光、霓虹对人们的影响，表现出某种反传统反现实的思维观念。那流畅抑扬的节奏，珠落玉盘般晶莹圆润的音符伴着霓虹的意象柔顺地流淌，也不时出现一些轻音符的跳跃和闪动，在强拍上空半拍起唱的运用更增加了某种心理情感的迫切性、感受力和自然不断的绵续。“寂静”真的存在吗？黑暗之中有梦幻、梦幻之中有幻影，使得大脑思维难以平静。幻影扰乱了梦的平静，灯光打破了黑色的单调，无语的交流，沉默雨滴在井中的回响，霓虹招牌的警示等等，均描绘出一个动中有静，暗中有明，静中有声的彩色世界。只要有活动，就会有思想，只要你是个真正的人，就会存在于寂静的思维之中。让我们在多维的空间里纵横畅游吧！
名称： -- - Up where We Belong
Who knows what tomorrow brings. In a world, few hearts survive. All I know is the way I fell. And it's real, I keep it alive. The road is long. There are mountains in our way. But becomes the stair every day. Love lifts us up where we be- long. Where the eagles cry, on a mountain high. Love lifts us up where we belong. But the world below, where the clear winds blow. Some hand on to us to be. Live their lives looking behind. All we had is here and now. All our lives out there to find. The road is long. There are mountains in our way, but we climh the step every day. Love lifts us up where we belong. Where the eagles cry, on a mountain high. Love lifts us up where we belong. But the world we know, where the clear winds blow. Time goes by. No-time to cry. Like you and I, alive, baby. **(Repeat twice)
when a child is born
When a child is born
演唱：Johnny Mathis约翰尼．马蒂斯
A ray of hope flickers in the sky A tiny star lights up way up high
All across the land dawns a brand new morn", This comes to pass when a child is born.
A silent wish sails the seven seas The winds of change whisper in the trees
And the walls of doubt crumble tossed and torn, This comes to pass when a child is born.
A rosy dawn settles all around You got to feel you"re on solid ground
For a spell or two no one seems forlorn This come to pass when a child is born.
(Spoken) and all of this happens bacause the world is waiting.waiting for one child
black,white,yellow,no one knows, but a child that will grow up and turn tears
to laughter,hate to love,war to peace, everyone and everyone"s name, and suffering will be words to be forgotten forever.
It"s all a dream, an illusion now. It must come true some time soon somehow
All across the land dawns a brand new morn This comes to pass when a child is born.
中文歌词:
当孩子诞生时
一道希望之光，在空中闪耀
一颗微星照亮了天上的路
横跨整个大地，开展了一个崭新的黎明
这都是因为一个小孩的诞生
无声的愿望航过七海
转向的风在树梢呢喃
猜忌之墙崩塌倾圮
这全是因为一个小孩的诞生
到处都充满了红光
你感觉到了，你站在坚硬的土地上
在这段期间，似乎没有人孤单
这全是因为一个小孩的诞生
这些事情所以发生，是因为全世界都在等待
等待一个孩子，是黑是白还是黄？没有人知道
但小孩会长大，将泪水化为欢笑
将仇恨化成爱，战争化为和平
使四海成一家悲痛与苦难将被遗忘，永远被遗忘
那是一个梦想，一个幻象
但未来很快就会实现
横跨整个大地，开展了一个崭新的黎明
这全是因为一个小孩的诞生When I was young,
I'd listen to the radio,
Waiting for my favorite songs.
When they played I'd sing along,
It made me smile.
Those were such happy times,
And not so long ago.
How I wondered where they'd gone.
But they're back again,
Just like a long lost friend.
All the songs I love so well.
Every sha-la-la-la
Every wo-wo still shines,
Every shinga-linga-ling,
That they're starting to sing so fine.
When they get to the part
Where he's breaking her heart,
It can really make me cry,
Just like before,
It's yesterday once more.
Looking back on how it was
In years gone by,
And the good time that I had
Makes today seem rather sad.
So much has changed.
It was songs of love
That I would sing to them,
And I'd memorize each word.
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me,
As they melt the years away.
Every sha-la-la-la
Every wo-wo still shines,
Every shinga-linga-ling,
That they're starting to sing so fine.
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me.
Some can even make me cry,
Just like before,
It's yesterday once more.
Every sha-la-la-la
Every wo-wo still shines,
Every shinga-linga-ling,
That they're starting to sing so fine.
Every sha-la-la-la
Every wo-wo still shines,
Every sha-la-la-la,
Every wo-wo still shines……
[参考译文]
昔日重来
当我年轻时，
常听收音机，
等待心爱的歌曲。
听到播放便随声歌唱，
这使我欢畅。
那是多么快乐的时光！
就在不久之前，
我想知它们曾去何处，
但我所有深爱的歌曲
它们现在又回来，
正如老友失散又重逢。
每一句沙啦啦啦
每一句喔喔仍闪烁，
每一句兴厄灵厄灵，
它们又开始唱得如此动听。
当他们唱到一个地方
令女子伤心断肠，
这真能叫我哭出来，
正如从前一样，
仿佛昔日又重来。
回头看
岁月如何消逝。
这些过去的好时光
使今天显得令人哀伤。
变化多大啊！
我愿向他们唱
爱的歌曲，
我会记住每一句歌词。
那些古老的曲调，
在我听来还是那么好，
好像它们把岁月融消。
每一句沙啦啦啦
每一句喔喔仍闪烁，
每一句兴厄灵厄灵，
他们又开始唱得如此动听。
我所有美好记忆
清晰地重现。
有一些仍能使我哭出来，
正如从前一样，
仿佛昔日又重来。
每一句沙啦啦啦
每一句喔喔仍闪烁，
每一句兴厄灵厄灵，
他们又开始唱得如此动听。
每一句沙啦啦啦
每一句喔喔仍闪烁，
每一句兴厄灵厄灵，
他们又开始唱得如此动听。
[语言点解析]
1．When they played I'd sing along: What they sang I would sing along.
在这里，played的意思是sang；
sing along:随收音机唱。
2．Those were such happy times, and not so long ago =Those were such happy times of not so long ago.
Those指“随收音机唱”的快乐时光。
3．wonder: want to know.注意不要与wander弄混。wander是“徘徊”、“随便走”，而wonder是“不知道”、“想知道”。
例如：I wonder why he went there.我不明白他为什么去了那儿。
I wandered lonely as a cloud.我独自漫游，像一朵孤云。
4．All the songs I love so well :=I love all the songs so well.我如此钟爱（深爱）所有这些歌曲
so well:如此深，如此好
例如：He speaks English so well!他的英语说得这么好！
5．when they get to the part:当他们唱到那一部分。
get to是“唱到”的意思。
6．breaking her heart:使她伤心
break one's heart:令……伤心断肠
例如：The news broke her heart.那条消息使她肝肠寸断。
7．make me cry:使我哭
make sb. do sth. 令某人做某事
例如：The story made us laugh.那个故事使我们大笑。
He made her sing a Japanese song.他逼她唱一支日本歌曲。
8．Just like before:就像从前一样。
like是个介词，意为“像……一样”。
例如：My love is like a red, red rose,我的爱人像一朵红红的玫瑰。
9．look back on:回顾。
例如：When I look back on my years there, I think I was lucky to be one member of that place.当我回顾在那儿度过的岁月时，我认为，能成为那个地方的一员，我还是很幸运的。
10．rather sad:颇为伤感
rather表示“颇……”“很……”
例如：The weather is rather cold.天气很冷。
11．sound so good:听起来动听。
sound是个系动词，后接形容词，构成系表结构。
例如：Your story sounds untrue.你的故事听起来不真实。
12．come back clearly to me.又清清楚楚地回到我身旁。
[注释与赏析]
卡伦·卡彭特（Karen Carpenter，1950-1983）出生于美国的康涅狄克州，在世界歌坛上享有崇高的声誉。她的嗓声优美自然，略带伤感，擅长演唱经典怀旧歌曲，我们这套《英文金曲赏析》已选用多首由她演唱的英文歌，包括其成名作及代表作。这首“昔日重来”也有人译成“昔日重现”、“昨日重现”、“昨日重来”。
卡彭特也是我国青年最喜爱的外国歌星之一。这首歌传唱于全球，广受欢迎，在大学校园里更为风靡，几乎成为大学生们英文歌曲演唱比赛的必选曲目。很多学生就是通过这首歌才熟知卡彭特的。当您外出散步、购物、娱乐时，会常常听到附近从收音机或录音机里飘出这首熟悉的歌声或据此而改编成的轻音乐，可见其流传之广。
这是一首非常优美动听的歌曲，正因为其特别出众，编者不敢妄加评断。或许最高明的评论家写出的最经典的评语在此，都会黯然失色，苍白无力。我想还是把这语言的空白和跳跃的思维留给读者自己去体会吧。如果有一天您静下心来，伴着这熟悉的旋律，沉浸在对昔日的无限怀念之中，那过去的美好岁月、恩恩怨怨及沧桑变化都会令您无语凝噎、潸然泪下，您就会体会到另一种心境，这恰恰正是语言的力量所达不到的。
