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2009/05/01 13:21
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台北愛樂凌晨2點到7點的音樂水龍頭,有時候DJ會偷跑放一些還不是古典音樂的曲子,不多,也都還蠻配臺性的。其中有一首歌,是我每次做實驗時聽到心情都會變得很平靜的不好:

以前我從來沒有仔細聽Janis Ian這首出自專輯Billie’s BonesI Hear You Sing Again在唱什麼,今天才知道原來歌詞是這樣的:

If I could only hear my mother sing again (如果我能再聽到母親的歌聲)
If I could close my eyes and hear your voice as then (如果我能闔上眼就能聽到您的聲音一如往昔)
All the friends and family
would sing along with me,
(所有的親朋好友都跟我一起唱著)
and set your spirit free (放您的靈魂自由)

In my heart I hear you sing again (如果我能再聽到母親的歌聲) 
Every note as natural as then (每個聲調自然一如往昔)
and when I sing those songs
for family and friends, (當我爲親朋好友唱這些歌時)
in my heart I hear you sing again (您的歌聲又在我心裡響起)

I know the troubled times that turned your hair to grey (我知道所有讓您頭髮轉為灰白的挫折)
And all the tears and sorrows followed to your grave (及那些被隨您長眠地下的眼淚和悲傷)
But deep within the heart of hunger, (但是在渴求的心底深處)
there were always melodies
passed from you and me
(旋律總是流瀉在妳我之間)

In my heart I hear you sing again (您的歌聲又在我心裡響起)
Every note as natural as then (每個聲調自然一如往昔)

and when I sing those songs
for family and friends,
(當我爲親朋好友唱這些歌時)
in my heart I hear you sing again (您的歌聲又在我心裡響起)

And it's a long, long road I've come
since my mother's songs were heard
(從聽到母親唱的歌起,我走在人生路上直到今日)
But the child I can't outrun
still hangs on every word (我無法擺脫的屬於孩子的那個部份,仍清楚記得歌裡每一個字)

In my heart I hear you sing again (您的歌聲又在我心裡響起)
Every note as natural as then (每個聲調自然一如往昔)
and when I sing those songs
for family and friends,
(當我爲親朋好友唱這些歌時)
in my heart I hear you sing again (您的歌聲又在我心裡響起)
In my heart I hear your voice again (您的聲音又在我心裡響起)

歌詞很明顯是在說女兒對過世母親的思念,這背後其實有個小故事:Janis Ian的母親有多發性硬化症,Janis和他弟弟(也許是哥哥?)眼睜睜看著母親生命裡最後的10年,從靈活到僵硬,從肌膚光滑到身上有著跌倒的坑坑疤疤,從充滿活力到最後只能卧床與他們相對無言,他們想爲母親做些什麼卻不知從何作起,只能在母親48年人生的最後一天陪伴她。

母親走後,她做了2個夢。一個,是她夢到母親能再度自由的伸展軀體,另一個,是母親對她伸出雙臂將她擁進懷裡。

她知道,母親走得很安祥。

這樣就夠了。

這樣就夠了。

這是Janis Ian在紐約B.B. King Club說上面那段故事跟演唱的影音。我覺得,她現場歌聲裡內斂的哽咽,比mp3的乾淨版本更動人。(如果最後沒有中斷聆聽情緒的手機鈴聲就太完美了……orz

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