翻聽Bob Dylan的《Desolation Row》湧起一股莫名的觸動,感覺就像走過了一條漫長的荒涼之路。頭兩句不知怎的讓我想到最近的香港:
They’re selling postcards of the hanging
They’re painting the passports brown
他們販售吊刑的名信片
他們把護照髹成啡色
然後我便分外留神聽接下來發生甚麼事:
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner
They’ve got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad they’re restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
From Desolation Row
美髮店擠滿了水手
馬戲團就在城後
然後來了一個特首
他們將他發入吽竇
一隻手綁住走鋼線高手
另一隻插在褲袋裡頭
還有防暴警察全在煩躁無休
他們需要某個地方抖抖
像這位小姐和我遍夜尋求
由荒涼之路口
然後找到哪裡去?似乎是酒館。
Cinderella, she seems so easy
“It takes one to know one,” she smiles
And puts her hands in her back pockets
Bette Davis style
And in comes Romeo, he’s moaning
“You Belong to Me I Believe”
And someone says, “You’re in the wrong place my friend
You better leave”
And the only sound that’s left
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row
灰姑娘,她似乎幾開放
「講嗰個就係嗰個。」佢笑咗
然後將雙手插進後袋
貝蒂戴維斯的風格
然後來了個羅密歐,佢喺度呻吟
「你係屬於我㗎我相信!」
然後有人話:「你來錯地方喇朋友,
你最好離開。」
然後唯一留低的聲音
在救護車走了之後
是灰姑娘的掃地聲
在荒涼之道上
我很喜歡這一種講故事的歌,因為這才叫做「吟遊」。當現在的歌失去了這種吟遊性,就空餘下一堆感質。我們已經不再用灰姑娘來形容負責打掃地方的女人,我喜歡這樣的形容,但設定跟原著是反轉的:掃完地,一到十二點,她就準時穿回自己的玻璃鞋。
然後已經好夜好夜了:
Now the moon is almost hidden
The stars are beginning to hide
The fortune-telling lady
Has even taken all her things inside
All except for Cain and Abel
And the hunchback of Notre Dame
Everybody is making love
Or else expecting rain
And the Good Samaritan, he’s dressing
He’s getting ready for the show
He’s going to the carnival tonight
On Desolation Row
現在月亮就快都看不見
繁星也開始隱淡
占卜未來的女人
甚已將她的所有東西收起
所有除了該隱和亞伯
以及聖母院的鐘樓佗俠
人人都在做愛
或其餘的在等雨
然後有個好撒馬利亞人,他在換裝
他已經準備好出騷
今晚他將會前往嘉年華
在荒涼之道上
突然輪到《哈姆雷特》的女主角奧菲利亞登場:
Now Ophelia, she’s ’neath the window
For her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday
She already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic
She wears an iron vest
Her profession’s her religion
Her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon
Noah’s great rainbow
She spends her time peeking
Into Desolation Row
現在奧菲利亞,她就倚在窗旁
我真為她擔心
在她廿二歲生日時
她已經是一個老女僕
對她,死亡是幾浪漫
她穿了一件鐵的背心
信仰就是她的自白
白活就是她的罪名
雖然她已定睛望着上方
那道挪亞的偉大彩虹
但她仍是費上時間來偷望
那條荒涼之路
而你有沒有聽過愛恩斯坦拉小提琴?這一個卻不是那一個,因為他太潦倒了:
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
With his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago
With his friend, a jealous monk
He looked so immaculately frightful
As he bummed a cigarette
Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
And reciting the alphabet
Now you would not think to look at him
But he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin
On Desolation Row
愛恩斯坦扮成羅賓漢
帶着他車尾廂的回憶
在一小時前才經過這裡
和他的朋友、來自善妒寺的僧侶
他看起來不染得可怕
尤其在他討煙的時候
接着他走去嗅着水喉
叨唸着字母
現在你不會想望到他
但好耐之前他都風光過
奏着電子提琴
在那荒涼之路
從荒涼到荒淫?
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world
Inside of a leather cup
But all his sexless patients
They’re trying to blow it up
Now his nurse, some local loser
She’s in charge of the cyanide hole
And she also keeps the cards that read
“Have Mercy on His Soul”
They all play on pennywhistles
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough
From Desolation Row
猥褻醫生,他將他的世界
藏在一隻皮杯裡
但他所有無性的病人
他們正嘗試吹起它
現在他的護士,某個本地的失敗者
她是山埃孔的話事人
而她亦藏了一張卡片寫着
「願主垂憐他的靈魂」
他們全都玩着尖哨
你可以聽到他們在吹
如果你把頭傾得夠遠
從荒涼之道
卡薩諾瓦是意大利聞名的詩人情聖,這一段特別令我着迷:
Across the street they’ve nailed the curtains
They’re getting ready for the feast
The Phantom of the Opera
A perfect image of a priest
They’re spoonfeeding Casanova
To get him to feel more assured
Then they’ll kill him with self-confidence
After poisoning him with words
And the Phantom’s shouting to skinny girls
“Get Outa Here If You Don’t Know
Casanova is just being punished for going
To Desolation Row”
對面街他們已釘上帷幕
他們已準備好一場盛宴
《歌聲魅影》
牧師的完美形象
他們用湯匙向卡薩諾瓦灌藥
讓他稍為有安全感
然後他們用自信來殺掉他
之前用文字毒害他
然後魅影向瘦削的女孩們喊道:
「如果你不知道就請你們離開
卡薩諾瓦已經受罪因他
前往荒涼之道。」
接下來這一段,我懷疑是在描寫納粹的集中營:
Now at midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see that nobody is escaping
To Desolation Row
現在午夜所有特工
和超人類團隊
出來圍住了所有人
因為知道了不該知道的
然後把他們帶到工廠
那裡有心臟病機器
綁在他們的肩膊上
然之後那煤油
從城堡裡帶下來
有人會以防萬一
檢查一下看看是否無人能逃
逃往荒涼之路
Bob Dylan這首歌可能戲仿了英國詩人ES艾略特的長詩《荒原》,這首詩的一大特色是沒有人能看懂一個字——每個字都懂,湊起來卻不成意思。之前跟大家介紹過的艾茲拉龐德,勉強把《荒原》翻改成可讀的版本,加了很多註腳,務求令世人讀得通它的真意。這個情節,Bob Dylan也收錄在《Desolation Row》第九節裡面:
Praise be to Nero’s Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
And everybody’s shouting
“Which Side Are You On?”
And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot
Fighting in the captain’s tower
While calypso singers laugh at them
And fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea
Where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much
About Desolation Row
讚美歸於尼祿的海王星
鐵達尼啟程於黎明
而每個人都發出喊聲
「你到底站哪一邊?」
而艾茲拉龐和ES艾略
在船長的塔上決鬥
卡利索普歌手取笑他們
漁民手執鮮花
在大海的窗戶之間
那裡有可愛的美人魚流過
此際沒有人想太多
關於那荒涼之路
是的,Bob Dylan是在模仿ES艾略特式的混亂,而在最後一節揭曉了混亂的原因:
Yes, I received your letter yesterday
(About the time the doorknob broke)
When you asked how I was doing
Was that some kind of joke?
All these people that you mention
Yes, I know them, they’re quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces
And give them all another name
Right now I can’t read too good
Don’t send me no more letters, no
Not unless you mail them
From Desolation Row
係呀,我尋日收到你嘅信
(大概在門鎖壞了的時候)
你問我最近過成怎樣
是一個需要笑的笑話嗎?
全部這些你所提及的人
係呀,我知道佢哋,佢哋都幾無趣
我需要重新構建他們的臉容
給他們全都搞混了名字
此際我已經不太擅於閱讀
不要再寄更多的信給我了,不要
除非它們是你寄自
於荒涼之路
聽過這麼多段,就像走完了一段漫長的荒涼的路,有一種想哭的感覺。Bob Dylan的音樂經常都給予的這種荒涼感,只有經歷很多的人才會有這種感覺,寫得出這種詞,流下了這滴淚。
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"The voice of a teacher is so powerful that it can make or break their students!"
Look what popped in the memories today…way back from 21st December 2018, the day when I received my very first KES report! At KES, we have three terms in a school year, and this was not the end-of-year report. This was only my first term report - the Autumn 2018 term.
Reading all the comments from my previous teachers has moved me. But among all those great comments, one of them caught my attention, which was from my French teacher. She is originally from France, and to receive such feedback from not only my teacher but a native French speaker certainly gave me a boost of confidence! And I believe that it was those words of hers that motivated me to be where I am today in my French studies.
I’m currently in my third year of studying French, and I know that I have a lot more to learn, but the teachers have successfully made me fall in love even more with the language and be at the level that I am at today. And this is the same with all my other subjects as well! The words of encouragement from my teachers - not only in my report, but the feedback I received for my work - has shaped me into who I am today. I know I still have a long journey ahead of me, but for today, yesterday, and my past school years, I am grateful towards my motivational teachers and I shall be forever grateful!
That shows the sheer power that a teacher’s words have to motivate their students. Their voice is so powerful that it manages to make or break the students! And I consider myself one of the blessed ones who has the opportunity to be surrounded by such great teachers - Alhamdulillah!
As much as I value all the kind words that you put in your comments, I would like to make this post a dedication to all the noble teachers out there. For me, teachers should be at the top of the hierarchy because from just one noble teacher comes all those doctors, lawyers, engineers and whatnot! So let’s use the comments section to pray for our teachers, tutors, lecturers, professors, ustadzs, ustadzahs, and all the other noble educators around the world! May God bless all our noble teachers and reward them all abundantly…
Blessed,
O. Mukhtar O. Mukhlis
#theomarmukhtar
#ThePowerOfTeachers💪🏻
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🔥🌟 Hôm nay là một ngày đặc biệt, có ý nghĩa vô cùng quan trọng với cả Quân-Den và fandom LighterStar chúng ta. Ngày 30.11.2020 chính là cột mốc đánh dấu tròn một năm chúng mình may mắn có đại gia đình thứ hai đúng nghĩa, những người anh, người chị cùng các em luôn quan tâm, ủng hộ và cổ vũ hai đứa như người thân thật sự.
Khoảng thời gian vắt óc suy nghĩ tên cho fandom nhà mình vẫn in đậm trong trí nhớ của chúng mình, tựa như mới ngày hôm qua. Quyết định thành lập fandom, đặt một cái tên thân thương, từng bước từng bước gây dựng ngôi nhà chung thêm vững chãi, là một quyết định sáng suốt của hai anh em... Rồi chúng ta có dịp tụ họp trong Fan Meeting chính thức đầu tiên, trong những buổi biểu diễn đáng nhớ. Suốt thời gian vừa qua, có rất nhiều gian nan, trắc trở xuất hiện. Gánh nặng và áp lực đè nặng lên vai hai anh em liên tục, nói không mệt mỏi là nói dối. Thật sự đã có lúc đuối sức tưởng chừng muốn gục ngã, nhưng khi nhìn lại những gương mặt tươi cười, những cái ôm ấm áp, những vòng tay chan chứa tình thương, hai anh em lại như được tiếp thêm sức mạnh.
Trải qua muôn vàn sóng gió, vượt lên bão tố phong ba, khi ngoái đầu nhìn lại, chúng mình vẫn thấy mọi người ở đây. Hai anh em chúng mình biết mình không hề cô độc, biết rằng bên cạnh luôn có những người thật sự thấu hiểu và yêu thương mình, đây là một cảm giác rất lạ lẫm, vừa chua xót vừa hạnh phúc, rung động từ tận đáy lòng.
Chúng mình có một căn phòng riêng để lưu giữ những món quà và những tấm thiệp được gửi tặng ở khắp mọi miền đất nước và món quà từ các Lighter Star quốc tế nữa. Đó là thế giới bí mật, là nơi chứa đựng một phần trái tim. Mỗi khi quá mệt mỏi căng thẳng, chúng mình lại trốn vào đó, ngắm nhìn từng món quà, lật giở từng trang giấy. Chúng mình biết và trân trọng tất cả những gì các bạn fan đã làm, dù là những điều nhỏ bé nhất. Có những fan sẵn sàng đặt vé máy bay để tham gia show bất chấp khoảng cách địa lý. Có những fan dành cả ngày lang thang ở sân bay để đợi chúng mình mặc dù không biết lịch trình cụ thể. Có những fan chỉ nhìn từ xa, không dám đến gần vì sợ làm phiền chúng mình, làm chúng mình mệt. Có những fan ở các tỉnh xa, không có điều kiện đi xem show nhưng vẫn luôn dành rất nhiều lời động viên và bày tỏ tình cảm trên mạng xã hội, để chúng mình biết rằng các bạn vẫn ở đó. Có những fan ở nước ngoài, mặc dù khác múi giờ, nhưng luôn cố gắng theo sát các sự kiện và hoạt động thường ngày của hai anh em. Còn cả những fan quốc tế, những người đang cố gắng học tiếng Việt rồi chờ một ngày gặp gỡ có thể nói câu "Xin chào!". Dù tồn tại rào cản ngôn ngữ, dù phải chờ sau khi có phụ đề/dịch thuật, nhưng tình yêu của các bạn dành cho chúng mình vẫn luôn đầy ắp.
Các bạn cùng nhau góp ý, cùng nhau chia sẻ tâm tư tình cảm, cùng nhau hoàn thiện để xây dựng một tập thể văn minh, lịch sự. Dẫu biết đã là gia đình sẽ không thể tránh những lúc có xung đột, giận hờn, tranh luận, cãi vã, căng thẳng nhưng rồi mọi thứ cũng đều qua đi nhường chỗ cho tình yêu thương, thấu hiểu. Qua fandom LighterStar, các bạn cũng đã kết bạn cùng nhau, cùng nhau thành lập những nhóm support, những page support, đã có nhiều tình yêu được kết đôi, nhiều tình cảm chị em bạn bè được kết nối, tất cả đã gắn kết để thành một tập thể lớn đang ngày một lớn mạnh.
Cảm ơn tất cả các bạn. Chúng mình rất biết ơn và xúc động trước tình cảm đáng quý của từng fan đối với mình, coi đó là động lực để ngày càng hoàn thiện bản thân, chứng minh cho fandom mình thấy rằng mọi người đã không đặt niềm tin sai chỗ.
Một năm trôi qua, đã có một số người rời đi nhưng vẫn còn không ít gương mặt thân thuộc ở lại và tiếp tục đồng hành cùng chúng mình, bên cạnh nhiều bạn fan mới xuất hiện trong cuộc đời hai anh em. Fandom ngày càng phát triển và thay đổi tích cực. Chúng ta đã và đang cùng nhau tạo nên những kỷ niệm đẹp đẽ đáng nhớ, cùng chung tay góp sức cho các hoạt động thiện nguyện. Vui, buồn, giận, thương, bất lực rồi lại tràn ngập hy vọng... đủ các cung bậc cảm xúc mà không câu chữ nào có thể diễn tả hết được.
Một năm trôi qua, ngoảnh đi ngoảnh lại cứ ngỡ mọi thứ chỉ là giấc mơ, thật nhanh quá. Chặng đường có phần gập ghềnh ấy không ngắn cũng chẳng dài, nhưng nó là quãng thời gian chúng mình sẽ khắc ghi thật sâu trong tim.
Một lần nữa, cảm ơn tất cả các bạn đã ở bên Quân-Den, cùng hai anh em ngày một trưởng thành và hoàn thiện. Chúc các thành viên của fandom LighterStar ở khắp mọi miền đất nước Việt Nam và ở cả nước ngoài thật nhiều may mắn, mạnh khỏe, bình an và hạnh phúc.
Hãy tiếp tục nắm tay chúng mình trên con đường này, để vào ngày này mỗi năm, chúng ta lại cùng nhau ôn lại những kỷ niệm đẹp, gia đình mình nhé! ❤️💜
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Today is of special significance to Quan-Den and our Lighter Star fan club. November 30, 2020 marks one year since we had the privilege of having a second family with our loving brothers and sisters who have always cared for and stayed by our side, cheering us on like true family members.
It feels just like yesterday when we were still raking our brains for a name of our fan club. Upon reflection, we found that it was such a great decision that we made to open the fan club, give it a lovely name, and step by step build our common home with you all. The first fan meeting and the first shows where we met you were also precious memories.
Over this period of one year, there have been so many challenges, and we would lie if we said we did not feel stressed or exhausted at times. There were moments that we were down and discouraged, but we were both given strength when seeing your smiley faces and having your warm embraces. Weathering through this stormy year, we are deeply moved to see that you guys are still here, that you understand and care for us, and that we are not alone.
We have a room where we keep all the cards and presents sent to us from all the corners of the land and overseas from Vietnamese and international Lighter Stars. It is like the secret chamber where our hearts go. Whenever we are stressed, we will hide ourselves away in the room, going through all the written messages and looking at all the presents. We know and treasure all that you do. There are fans who would book airline tickets to see our shows no matter where we performed. There are fans who would wait for us at airports without knowing our travel schedules. There are fans who would stand in the distance to look at us for fear of bothering us or making us tired. There are fans from distant provinces who did not have a chance to see our shows but were always generous with their encouragement and loving messages for us on social media, letting us know that they are still there. There are fans living overseas on different time zones but always trying their best to follow our events and daily activities. There are also international fans who are trying to learn Vietnamese so they say can “Xin chào!” when we meet. Language differences do not seem to deter them from expressing their love to us.
You have all been working together to share your emotions and thoughts and to build a civilised and polite team. Like any family, there were moments when you conflicted and argued with each other, but they have all passed, giving way to greater empathy and love. Many of you have found new friends when joining Ligher Star fan club. You have gathered together to create and maintain many support groups and support pages, and have gradually built a stronger team.
Thank you everyone. We are really grateful and moved by the care and support of each and everyone of you. We consider that as the motivation for us to improve ourselves and to show you all that you did not trust the wrong person. Some have left us, but many familiar faces are still here and continue to join us in our journey. New fans have also come into our lives. The fan club continues to grow and transform. We have been creating amazing memories together, joining hands in charitable activities. Happiness, sadness, anger, care, helplessness and then hopefulness are all the levels emotions that we have together experienced, so memorable that our words fail to describe.
It feels like a dream that one year has passed. So quickly!! The somewhat bumpy ride is neither short nor long, but it will be a ride that we treasure in our hearts.
Once again sincere thanks to all of you who have sticked by Quan-Den’s side, joining us in our growth and development. We wish Lighter Star fan club members in all areas of Vietnam and overseas good health, good luck, peach and happiness.
Hope you will all continue to hold our hands in this journey so that once a year we can sit down and recall all the beautiful memories we have had together. ♥️💜
great memories other words 在 Stephen Rong榮忠豪 Youtube 的最讚貼文
Ok, so my Mandarin isn't that great because I was born and raised in Virginia, but I am seriously trying!! I really really love this song by Katy Perry. I don't usually get touched by songs, but her song "Thinking of You" is extremely touching (check it out if you haven't). But while listening to it for the 5948th time, I started making up Mandarin words to go with it. Making the Mandarin Version of this was really to practice my lyric writing skills. Please don't sue me, Katy Perry, for using/ruining your song, I love you. haha
The basic idea of the song's lyrics is the guy's response to Katy Perry's original lyrics. I guess it's as if she dated a Chinese guy and he's talking back in Mandarin hahahaha.
**sorry if the audio is a bit soft, I don't know how to solve that problem***
Ok well, below are the lyrics and also the English translations. Let me know what you guys think. I'm sure I probably made a few grammar/word mistakes here and there, or some parts prolly sound a bit awkward.
Verse 1:
好久不見 你最近過的好嗎? 現在我們只像普通朋友
當你牽著他的手會不會想起 我 不太習慣看見 你 和 他
你曾經說你愛過我 看來那曾經已經過期了
Chorus:
愛上他之後 有沒有 想過我 想過我 如果沒有
請坦白的說 我就肯 讓你走 就希望我能懂的怎麼往前走
Verse 2:
還記得那年夏天我們一起旅行 那時 手牽手的溫柔 很難去忘記
晚上躺在濕的草上往著天空 你說 那些星星代表 你 和 我
我現在終於明白了 那兩顆星(心)永遠是分開的
Chorus:
愛上他之後 有沒有 想過我 想過我 如果沒有
請坦白的說 我就肯 讓你走 就希望最後 說無所謂的人是
我 犯了多少錯 才讓你死心的 決定 要離開我
我 沒法選擇了 只能從遠遠的 祝你 永遠 快樂
Chorus:
愛上他之後 有沒有 想過我 想過我 如果沒有
請坦白的說 我就肯 讓你走 就希望最後 說無所謂的人
是我 沒有好好把握 空口白話太多 我只要求你
想起關於我的記憶 是美滿的 然後我就肯 懂得怎麼 往前走
TRANSLATION:
VERSE 1:
It's been awhile
Have you been doing well?
Now, it seems like we are just regular friends
When you hold his hand, do you ever think of me?
I'm not too used to seeing you with him.
You said you once loved me
Seems like that "once" has already expired
CHORUS:
After you fell in love with him do you ever think of me?
think of me? If you don't
just tell me honestly, so I can let you go
I just hope that I will understand how to move on.
VERSE 2:
Do you remember that summer when we traveled together
the warmth of us holding hands, is unforgettable.
At night, we layed on the wet grass facing the sky
and you said those stars represented you and I.
I finally understand what you meant now.
Those two stars (hearts) are forever apart.
CHORUS:
After you fell in love with him do you ever think of me?
think of me? If you don't
just tell me honestly, so I can let you go
I just hope that in the end, the one to say "it doesn't matter" is me
how many wrongs have I committed
to make you give up and decide to leave me?
I have no other choice
but to stand from afar and wish you the best
After you fell in love with him do you ever think of me?
think of me? If you don't
just tell me honestly, so I can let you go
I just hope that in the end the one to say "it doesn't matter"
is me
the one who didn't grasp it
the one who gave too many empty promises
I just ask for one thing:
when you think of memories of me, let them be happy ones
and then I'll be willing to learn how to move on
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