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夏末,静寂夜。听莎拉·布莱曼(Sarah Brightman)翻唱的六十年代英国怀旧民歌《斯卡布罗集市》(《Scarborough Fair》),天籁之音和韵味无穷的旋律流淌淡淡的忧伤,缓缓渗透知觉。

这首起源可追溯到英国中世纪的古老民谣,被六七十年代的青年代言人保罗·西蒙(Paul Simon)创造性地混入自己写的一首以越战时期为背景的反战歌曲《山坡上》(《The Side of A Hill》)。他把《山坡上》作为《斯卡布罗集市》的副歌部分,主歌中和平时期的爱情故事和副歌中的反战情绪完美结合,将饱受战火摧残的士兵们渴望和平的愿望诠释得淋漓尽致。

原唱保罗·西蒙和阿特·加蓬凯尔(Art Garfunkel),两个男人耳边私语般的吟唱和天衣无缝的和声宛如高山溪流,清冽而纯净,又如清晨迷雾密林中洒落的一米阳光,清新得心痛。

两个版本我都喜欢。

  • 原文:Scarborough Fair
  Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
   Parsley,sage,rosemary & thyme
  Remember me to one who lives there
   She was once a true love of mine
   Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
   (On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
   Parsely,sage,rosemary & thyme
  (Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)
   Without no seams nor needlework
  (Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains)
   Then she'll be a true love of mine
   (Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
   Tell her to find me an acre of land
   (On the side of a hill,a sprinkling of leaves)
  Parsely,sage,rosemary,& thyme
  (Washed is the ground with so many tears)
   Between the salt water and the sea strand
   (A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
   Then she'll be a true love of mine
   Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather
   (War bellows,blazing in scarlet battalions)
  Parsely,sage,rosemary & thyme
  (Generals order their soldiers to kill)
   And togather it all in a bunch of heather
   (And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten)
   Then she'll be a true love of mine
   Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
   Parsley,sage,rosemary & thyme
  Remember me to one who lives there
   She was once a true love of mine

被不少网友极为推崇的诗经体译词,强大啊!据传是扬州才女莲波所译,细节无从得知。

斯卡布罗集市

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