经典英文歌词 1. Lonely (3) 2. Hero (4) 3. yesterday (5) 4. yellow (6) 5. Complicated (7) 6. My love (9) 7. All Rise (11) 8. Thank You (12) 9. One Love (13) 10. Casablanca (15)
11. Baby One More Time (20) 12. Here I am (21) 13. Because of you (22) 14. Yesterday once more (23) 15. Right here waiting (24) 16. Seasons in the Sun (27) 17. We will rock you (28) 18. Hotel california (29) 19. God Is A Girl (30) 20. Far away from home (32) 21. Without you (33) 22. Wonderwall (34) 23. When you believe (35) 24. As Long As You Love Me (36) 25. Pretty boy (37)
26. Shape Of My Heart (38) 27. My Heart Will Go On (38)
28. Loving you (39) 29. Close to you (41) 30. Only Time (42) 31. Affirmation (43) 32. you raise me up (44) 33. Dying In The Sun (45) 34. No Matter What (46) 35. Never say goodbye (47) 36. Anyone Of Us (48) 37. Just one last dance (49) 38. The Day You Went Away (50) 39. To be with you (51) 40. I Want It That Way (52) 41. The Power Of Love (53) 42. I don t wanna cry (54) 43. The call (55)
44. I Will Always Love You (56) 45. Better man (57) 46. heal the world (58) 47. Take Me To Your Heart (60) 48. Top of the world (62) 49. Say You, Say Me (62)
50. Rhythm Of The Rain雨的旋律 (64) 51. Larger Than Life (64) 52. I believe I can fly (65) 53. Only love (66)
54. Unchained melody (67) 55. Around the World (68) 56. Mirror mirror (69)
57. Tonight I Celebrate My Love (70)
58. All at once (71)
59. when I dream at night (72) 60. I want to know what love is (72) 61. Now and Forever (73) 62. Yesterday once more (75) 63. Careless whisper (76) 64. Everything I Do (77) 65. All Out Of Love (78) 66. take me away (80)
67. When a man loves a woman (82) 68. Can You Feel the Love Tonight (83) 69. Another Day In Paradise (84)
70. Wherever You Will Go The Calling (84) 71. We have Got Tonight (86)
72. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (87) 73.Another Day in Paradise (天堂里的另一天) (88) 75. I'm Already There (91) 76. 25 Minutes (92) 77.Tears In Heaven (93) 1. lonely 歌手:Nana
I am lonely lonely lonely I am lonely lonely in my life I am lonely lonely lonely
God help me help me to survive! Bridge
Remember first time we met day one Kids in the garden playin games heaven fun Excitin and amazin havin a real friend of mine Face to face and eye to eye
Usin our hands to buy and supply Chillin is cool from January to June And we still stiked together like the glue And know the rules
Forever you and I and believe it was clear
If I ever should fall I could count on you with no fear Runnin out of time I see whos fake
Alone without protection from all them snakes All for one one for all I was told
Black white yellow no matter if your young or old Nanas in the house to let you know
What I see is how I feel and damn Im alone
I am lonely lonely lonely I am lonely lonely in my life I am lonely lonely lonely
God help me help me to survive! Bridge
Everybodys trippin on me Oh lord come help me please I did some bad things in my life
Why cant you rescue me cause youve got all I need I know I got to pay the price
Lonely (2x)
Cheepin thru the streets at night after a fuss and fight Tears in my eyes Im a man lookin for the light
Dark is the path I know he will rescue me
The lord is my shephard Im cool despite emergency Whom shall I fear exept the god
Thank you for the blessin and the skils on the mic Five years
we know theres no diggity
Free at last see the light in me What goes up must come down
Ill be around while you heading towards deathtown Always look forward hardly never look back
So many tears and the snakes on my jock Now Im riding in my big fat ride Your ass is late so look for the line Nana in the house to let you know What I see is how I feel so leave me alone Lonely (3x)
Knock on my door whom you lookin for A dream or reality enemies at my door Eyes I realize its fantasize I must be high So let me live before I die
Once again grab the bottle twist the cap To survive your life is yours my life is mine No emotions in this world full of lies Step my step and be versatile
Love peace and crash thats what its all about
Alone by yourself than you lack theres no doubt about Im always into something making moves to improve What would you do if you where in my shoes
Boom a letter oops another suicide Meet me for a ride at the boulevard Nanas in the house to let you know What I see is how I feel and damn Im alone 2. hero
歌手:iglesias enrique Would you dance
if I asked you to dance? Would you run and never look back? Would you cry if you saw me cry?
And would you save my soul, tonight? Would you tremble if I touched your lips? Would you laugh? Oh please tell me this. Now would you die for the one you loved? Hold me in your arms, tonight. Iglesias Enrique
I can be your hero, baby. I can kiss away the pain. I will stand by you forever. You can take my breath away. Would you swear
that you'll always be mine? Or would you lie? would you run and hide? Am I in too deep? Have I lost my mind? I don't care... You're here tonight. I can be your hero, baby. I can kiss away the pain. I will stand by you forever. Oh, I just want to hold you.
I just want to hold you. Am I in too deep? Have I lost my mind? I don't care... You're here tonight. I can be your hero, baby. I can kiss away the pain. I will stand by your forever. You can take my breath away. I can be your hero. I can kiss away the pain. And I will stand by you forever. You can take my breath away. You can take my breath away. I can be your hero. 3. yesterday 歌手:beatles the
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh I believe in yesterday
Beatles, The
Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go? I don't know she wouldn't say I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday Yesterday love was such an easy game to play Oh I believe in yesterday
Why she had to go? I don't know she wouldn't say I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday Yesterday love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away
Oh I believe in yesterday
Hm hm hm hm hm hm hm 4. yellow 歌手:coldplay Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you, And everything you do, Yeah, they were all Yellow. I came along,
I wrote a song for you, And all the things you do, And it was called Yellow. So then I took my turn, Oh what a thing to have done, And it was all Yellow. Your skin
Oh yeah, your skin and bones, Turn into something beautiful, You know, you know I love you so, You know I love you so. I swam across,
I jumped across for you, Oh what a thing to do. Cos you were all Yellow, I drew a line, I drew a line for you, Oh what a thing to do, And it was all Yellow. Your skin,
Oh yeah your skin and bones, Turn into something beautiful,
And you know,
For you I'd bleed myself dry, For you I'd bleed myself dry. It's true,
Look how they shine for you, Look how they shine for you, Look how they shine for, Look how they shine for you, Look how they shine for you, Look how they shine. Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you, And all the things that you do. 5. complicated 歌手:lavigne avril Thanks
lil_rockergurl@http://www..com/doc/3c7395764.html, rockerbaby291@http://www..com/doc/3c7395764.html, these lyrics. Uh Huh
Life's like this Uh Huh Uh Huh
That's the way it is Cause life's like this Uh Huh Uh Huh
That's the way it is Chill out
What you yellin for? Lay back
to and for
It's all been done before And if you could only let it be You will see
I like you the way you are When we're drivin in your car And you're talkin to me one-on-one But you become Somebody else Round everyone else Watchin your back Like you can't relax You tryin to be cool You look like a fool to me Tell me
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else Lavigne Avril Gets me frusterated Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get And you turn into
Honestly, you promised me I'm never gonna find you fake it No no no
You come over unannounced Dressed up like you're somethin else Where you are and where it's at you see You're makin me Laugh out
When you strike a pose
Take off
All your preppy clothes You know
You're not foolin anyone When you become Somebody else Round everyone else Watchin your back Like you can't relax You tryin to be cool You look like a fool to me Tell me
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else Gets me frusterated Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get And you turn into
Honestly, you promised me I'm never gonna find you fake it No no no (no no no) (no no no) No no (no no no) No no Chill out
What you yellin for? Lay back
It's all been done before
And if you could only let it be You will see Somebody else Round everyone else Watchin your back Like you can't relax You tryin to be cool You look like a fool to me Tell me
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else Gets me frusterated Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get And you turn into
Honestly, you promised me I'm never gonna find you fake it No no
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? (yeah yeah)
I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else Gets me frusterated Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get And you turn it into
Honestly, you promised me I'm never gonna find you fake it No no no 6. My love 歌手:west life
An empty street ,一条空街 An empty house, 一间空房
A hole inside my heart; 一个伤口在我心里 I'm all alone and the rooms are getting smaller. 我完全陷入孤独,感觉房子越来越小 I wonder how,我不明白怎么了 I wonder why, 我不明白为什么
I wonder where they are;我不知道它们都去了哪儿 The days we had; The songs we sang together. 那些我们在一起的日子和共同唱过的歌 And oh! my love!哦,我的爱 I'm holding on forever, 我将永远坚持
Reaching for a love that seems so far.为一个看似很远的爱情而坚持不懈So I say a litter prayer, 所以我默默做了一个祈祷
No my dreams will take me there, 希望我的梦把我带到那个地方
Where the skies are blue to see you once again , my love. 就在那个有蓝天的地方,我再次见到你,我的爱人 Overseas from coast to coast, 跨越大海穿越海岸 Find a place I love the most; 找到我最喜欢的地方
Where the fields are green to see you once again, My love. 就在那个绿树成荫的地方,我再次见到你,我的爱人 I Try to read , 我努力读书 I go to work, 我每日工作
I'm laughing with my friends;我和朋友们说笑
But I can't stop to keep myself from thinking;但我不能让自己停止想念你I wonder how ,
I wonder why,
I wonder where they are.
The days we had, The songs we sang together.
And oh! my love. I'm holding on forever,
Reaching for a love that seems so far. So I say a litter prayer(祷告) , No my dreams will take me there,
Where the skies are blue to see you once again, my love Overseas from coast to coast, 跨越大海穿越海岸
Find a place I love the most. 找到我最喜欢的地方 Where the fields are green to see you once again. 就在那个绿树成荫的地方,我再次见到你,我的爱人 To hold you in my arms, 把你抱在怀里 To promise you my love, 向你承诺我的爱 To tell you from my heart. 发自内心的告诉你 You are all I'm thinking of你是我想要的全部
Reaching for a love that seems so far为一个看似很远的爱情而坚持不懈So I say a litter prayer,
No my dreams will take me there;
Where the skies are blue to see you once again , my love. Overseas from coast to coast, Find a place I love the most;
Where the fields are green to see you once again, My love. And hope my dream will take me there
Where the skies are blue to see you once again . Overseas from coast to coast,
Find a place I love the most
Where the fields are green to see you once again . My love. 7. All Rise 歌手:Blue Yo, yo
Yo, yo
Your honour please
Gotta believe what I say (say) What I will tell (tell)
Happened just the other day (day) I must confess (confess)
'Cos I've had about enough (enough) I need your help (help)
Got to make this here thing stop (stop) Baby I swear I tell the truth (uhuh)
About all the things you used to do (come on) And if you thought you had me fooled (come on) I'm tellin' you now objection overruled Here we go (oh baby)
One for the money and the free rides It's two for the lie that you denied All rise (all rise) All rise (all rise, all rise)
Three for the calls you've been making It's four for the times you've been faking All rise (I'm gonna tell it to your face) All rise (I rest my case) You're on the stand (stand)
With your back against the wall (wall) Nowhere to run (run)
And nobody you can call (call) oh no I just can't wait (wait)
Now the case is open wide (wide) You'll try to pray (pray)
But the jury will decide (decide)
(oh baby)
So step back 'cos you don't know this cat
I know deep down that you don't want me to react I lay low leaving all my options open
The decision of the jury has not been spoken
Step in my house you find that your stuff has gone (gone) But in reality to whom does the stuff belong
I bring you into court to preach my order
And you know that you overstep the border, uhuh All rise
It's two for the lie that you denied (ooooh) All rise (all rise) All rise (all rise, all rise)
Three for the calls you've been making (yeah) It's four for the times you've been faking All rise (all rise, all rise) All rise (all rise, all rise)
One for the money and the free rides (what you say) It's two for the lie that you denied (can't you pay) All rise (what you've done) All rise
Three for the calls you've been making (what you say) It's four for the times you've been faking (can't you pay) All rise (what you've done)
All rise (where you've gone)
One for the money and the free rides It's two for the lie that you denied (ohhh) All rise (ohhh) all rise (uhuh uhuh) Three for the calls you've been making It's four for the times you've been faking
I said all rise
I'm gonna tell it to your face All rise, I rest my case (uhuh uhuh) 8. Thank You 歌手:Dido Thank You
My tea's gone cold,
I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all
the morning rain clouds up my window and I can't see at all And even if I could it'd all be grey,
but your picture on my wall it reminds me that it's not so bad it's not so bad
I drank too much last night, got bills to pay
my head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there'll be hell today I'm late for work again and even if I'm there,
they'll all imply that I might not last the day and then you call me and it's not so bad it's not so bad and
I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life Push the door,
I'm home at last and I'm soaking through and through then you handed me a towel and all I see is you
and even if my house falls down now, I wouldn't have a clue because you're near me and
I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life 9. One Love 歌手:Blue It's kinda funny How life can change
Can flip 180 in a matter of days Sometimes love works in Mysterious ways One day U wake up Gone without a trace I refuse to give up I refuse to give in You're my everythin' I don't wanna give up I don't wanna give in So everybody sing
One love for the times we cried
One love gotta stay alive...I will survive One love for the city streets
One love for the hip hop beats One love oh I do believe One love is all we need
Late at night I'm still wide awake Feelin' this is one more than I can take I thought my heart could
Never break
Now I know that's one big mistake I refuse to give up I refuse to give in
You're my everythin' I don't wanna give up I don't wanna give in Everybody sing
One love for the mother's pride One love for the times we cried
One love gotta stay alive...I will survive One love for the city streets
One love for the hip hop beats One love oh I do believe One love is all we need
Baby just love me love me love me Baby just hold me hold me hold me Ooooh love me love me love me
Oh yeah..one love
Baby just love me love me love me Baby just hold me hold me hold me Ooooh love me love me love me
One love for the mother's pride One love for the times we cried
One love gotta stay alive...I will survive One love for the city streets
One love for the hip hop beats One love oh I do believe One love is all we need
One love for the mother's pride One love for the times we cried
One love gotta stay alive...I will survive One love for the city streets
One love oh I do believe One love is all we need 10. Casablanca
歌手:Bertie Higgins 《Casablanca 》
Sung By \"Bertie Higgins\" I fell in love with you Watching Casablanca Back row at the driven show In the flickering light
Pop-corn and cokes beneath the stars Became champagne and caviare
Making love on the long hot summer's night I thought you fell in love with me
Watching Casablanca
Holding hand beneath the paddle fan In Rick's candle lit cafe
Hiding in the shadows from the spots A rocky moon light in your arms Making magic in the movies In your old Chevrolet
Oh'a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
A kiss in not a kiss without your sigh Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day As time goes by (music)
I guess there are many broken hearts In Casablanca
You know I've really been there So I don't know
I guess our love story will never be seen On the big wide silver screen
But it hurt as bad
When I had to watch you go The End.
Bertie Higgins —— Casablanca(卡萨布兰卡)
Casablanca是一部在电影史上永垂不朽的影片,中文名译作《卡萨布兰卡》或者《北非谍影》。“卡萨布兰卡”本来是北非国家摩洛哥(Morocco)的一个著名港口,因为电影里面的故事就发生在这里,所以就用Casablanca来作为名字了。这部影片自从1942年公映以来,便以它那惊险的故事情节、浪漫的异国情调、怀旧的感伤气氛以及背后的反法西斯意义征服了世界各地的观众,历经几十年长盛不衰,直至今日,成为好莱坞的经典奇迹之一。当年它就获得了奥斯卡奖八项提名,并最终囊括了最佳影片,导演和剧本三项大奖。而在历年来为数众多的评选中,这部作品更是始终跻身于最伟大电影的前三名之列。可以说,《卡萨布兰卡》这部影片,早已深深地镌刻在观众的心中,成为了那个时代的银幕象征。
歌曲《卡萨布兰卡》(Casablanca)是由贝蒂?希金斯(Bertie Higgins)创作并演唱。这首歌的歌词如下:
I fell in love with you watching Casablanca
Back row of the drive-in show in the flickering light
Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars became champagne and caviar
Making lov e on a long hot summer’s night
I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablanca Holding hands beneath the paddle fans in Rick's Candle-lit cafe
Hiding in the shadows from the spies, Moroccan moonlight in your eyes
Making magic at the movies in my old Chevrolet Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by I guess there're many broken hearts in Casablanca You know I've never really been there, so I don't know I guess our love story will never be seen on the big wide silver screen
But it hurt just as bad when I had to watch you go Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by 在歌曲的一开头,歌者追忆了这样一个情节:一个夏夜的晚上,男女主人公坐在汽车里观看《卡萨布兰卡》这部老电影。夜色和灯光闪烁不定,营造出了一个浪漫的氛围,令他情不自禁地坠入了爱河中去。
I fell in love with you watching Casablanca
Back row of the drive-in show in the flickering light
Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars became champagne and caviar
Making love on a long hot summer’s night
有几个词需要解释一下:drive-in show,到过美国的朋友应该知道,指的是“免下车电影”。美国人追求生活的方便和简单,很多事情都考虑得十分充分周到。汽车对于美国人来说是生活中必不可少的一部分,然而整天开着车来来去去,想要下车买个什么东西就比较麻烦,必须要先找停车的地方。针对这一点,许多店家就推出了“drive-in”的服务,可以让顾客们不用下车就买到东西或者得到服务,这其中包括快餐店、银行、
电影院等等。汽车电影院通常在小城市比较常见,人们在一片开阔的地方架起大银幕,前来的观众让汽车停在前面的广场上,自己就坐在车子里看电影。这种电影一般没有大喇叭广播,声音是通过无线
电传送的。观众会被告知这部电影的频率,然后他们就通过汽车里的收音广播来接收。“汽车电影院”通常都会放映些老片子,就比如歌里所提到的旧日经典《卡萨布兰卡》。
Popcorn(爆米花)和Coke(可乐)是美国人在看电影时最喜欢吃的“影院零食”(Movie Snack),是一种大众化的食品。而Champagne(香槟)和Caviar(鱼子酱)则是典型的烛光晚餐(Candle-Light-Dinner)上的佳肴。在西方,情人们约会的时候,很多时候都是通过烛光晚餐的形式,渲染一种浪漫柔情的气氛。歌手在这里的意思是说,在老电影那摇曳的(flickering)光线和满天的繁星下,汽车里的氛围变得如此浪漫,以致爆米花和可乐看起来像是鱼子酱和香槟,我们似乎在享受烛光晚餐的约会呢。最后一句里的Making love,在这里解释为“表现出爱意”。
* 在看《卡萨布兰卡》的时候,我爱上了你 * 那时我们在汽车影院的后排,光线闪烁而又迷离 * 满天的星光熠熠
* 爆米花和可乐似乎变成了鱼子酱和香槟 * 在这漫长的仲夏夜里,对你的爱意如潮水般决堤 接着是第二段,歌手进一步回忆当时的浪漫情景:
I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablanca Holding hands beneath the paddle fans in Rick's Candle-lit cafe
Hiding in the shadows from the spies, Moroccan moonlight in your eyes
Making magic at the movies in my old Chevrolet
Rick's Candle-lit cafe,指的是《卡萨布兰卡》这部电影里面的男主角Richard Blaine 开的小酒吧(Rick是Richard的昵称)。Paddle fan,指的是Rick酒吧里的那种有着长叶片的吊扇,看过《卡》片的朋友们也许还记得它在电影里也经常出现。Holding hands beneath the paddle fans in Rick's Candle-lit café这句有一个双关的意思,一方面指电影里的男女主角在酒吧的吊扇下牵手(这是电影里的一个情
节,应该是当Ilsa 向Rick倾吐衷肠的时候);另一方面则指在现实中,高处的银幕正在放映电影,而我们(歌手和那个女孩)却在底下的汽车里牵手。关于Rick的酒店,还有一种特殊的意味,不知道大家还记不记得Rick的那句著名台词“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine(世界上那么多的城镇里有着那么多的酒店,可她偏偏走进了我的店里)”?这句脍炙人口的台词广为流传,使得“Rick的酒店”有一种冥冥间奇妙缘分的味道,也就是歌手想在这里想要暗示的东西吧。
再接下去,Spies是电影里的特工(也就是女主角和她的丈夫);至于摩洛哥(Morocco),则是指卡萨布兰卡的北非背景。这句的意思是说,我们躲在银幕上人物所投射下的阴影里,你的眼睛里还倒映着银幕上那“摩洛哥的月光”(联系电影情节,应该象征着浪漫)。到了这里,两个人显然已经“醉翁之意不在酒”了。
关于最后那句Making magic at the movies in my old Chevrolet,Chevrolet(雪弗莱)是美国最有名的汽车之一,为通用公司出产,以大众化的型号为多。它是如此普及,几乎已经成了美国的象征之一。汽车影院、爆米花和旧雪弗莱车,可以让我们体会到歌曲里浓厚的美国风味,也能够勾勒出那个“我”的轮廓——似乎是美国小城市的一个普通市民。Movies in my old Chevrolet,是说在现实里我们也在上演一场“爱情电影”。* 在看《卡萨布兰卡》的时候,我想你也对我着迷
* 在烛光酒馆的吊扇下,我们把对方的手儿牵起 * 躲在银幕的阴影里,北非的月光照耀你的眼睛 * 我的旧雪弗莱中,也演出了一场富有魔力的传奇 随后歌曲进入了第一个高潮部分。 Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
这里有必要提一下在原声电影中的那首著名的曲子As time goes
by(逝者如斯),那是男主角Rick和女主角Ilsa当初在巴黎相遇相爱时,钢琴师弹的乐曲。当两人在卡萨布兰卡再度相遇时,虽然琴师还是原来的那位,却早已物是人非了。这首曲子优美动人,有很浓的怀旧感伤意味。“A kiss is still a kiss”正是来自于这首As time goes by,原来的歌词是这样的:
……
You must remember this:
A kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh, the fundamental things apply, As time goes by…… 你要记牢这句: 一个吻始终将是一个吻 而一声叹息却仅仅是一声叹息 虽然时光流逝
但那些基本的东西却常驻不徙
本歌的创作者巧妙地借用了这句歌词,写了一段非常精彩的高潮段落。A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca,but a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh这句又是一个双关:一方面是说在电影里有这样的一句歌词,但是我的身边现在却没有了你为那些情景感动叹息,我也不再会为它所打动。另一方面暗示当年我们一起看电影的时候,a kiss is still a kiss,我还拥有你的爱情。但如今你却终于离开了我,你的爱情不在了。纵然我还能去吻别人,那也不能算作真正的吻了,因为我的心还在系你的身上啊。所以歌手马上接着呼唤:Please come back to me in Casablanca,I love you more and more each day as time goes by。请你回到当初和我同看《卡萨布兰卡》的时光吧,我无法忍受这些没有你的日子,思念与日俱增。同时也是承诺:我将随着每一天更加地爱你。最后一句又提到as time goes by,再度巧妙地联系到了电影本身,也算是最后的点题。
* 哦,在卡萨布兰卡,每个吻都是一个奇迹 * 然而它们现在却黯然失色,当我失去了你的叹息
* 请回到我身边,重拾旧日的记忆 * 纵然时光流逝,我却只会更加地爱你
歌曲的第二部分,重复最初的旋律。但第一部分是回忆当年的情景,这里讲的则是歌手如今的感受:
I guess there're many broken hearts in Casablanca You know I've never really been there, so I don't know I guess our love story will never be seen on the big wide silver screen
But it hurt just as bad when I had to watch you go
电影《卡萨布兰卡》的结局是男主角无法拒绝旧日情人的请求,原谅了她。并且帮助她和她的丈夫拿到了通行证,摆脱纳粹的追捕飞往自由世界。影片的最后一幕,是Rick怅然地看着Ilsa和她的丈夫的飞机消失在远方,并说出了可能是片中最有名的
一句台词“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship(路易斯,我想这是一段美好友谊的开始)”。电影中的爱情是有一些惆怅和悲剧意味的(虽然Rick 捍卫了荣誉),所以在歌中也引用了这一场景。最后一句的意思是说“虽然我们的故事不会被搬上银幕,但当你离去的时候,我也像电影里的男主角一样心中怆然,凝眸处又添一道伤痕啊”。
* 我猜在卡萨布兰卡,也有着许多破碎的心 * 但你知道我从未去过那儿,所以无从说起 * 也许,我们的故事不会在银幕上演绎 * 但当我目送你离去,心中同样会痛楚凄凄。 最后重复高潮两次而结束全曲: Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by * 哦,在卡萨布兰卡,每个吻都是一个奇迹 * 然而它们现在却黯然失色,当我失去了你的叹息
* 请回到我身边,重拾旧日的记忆 * 纵然时光流逝,我却只会更加地爱你
这首歌的作者贝蒂?希金斯(Bertie Higgins)是德国著名大诗人歌德(Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)的后裔。他生长于佛罗里达州,体内却有着德国、葡萄牙和爱尔兰等多种血统。从创作上来看,这位歌手似乎的确从他的诗人先祖那里继承了一些才华。《卡萨布兰卡》这首歌的文词出众,曲风怀旧缠绵,令人不禁追忆起似水年华以及那些失落的爱情片断来。关于它的创作,还有希金斯本人亲身的体会在里面。当时他和他的情人Beverly分手已经近两年,然而希金斯本人却未能对旧日的女孩忘情。当初他们还在一起的时候,Beverly会开玩笑地说:“当我厌倦你的时候,我就会离开你。”希金斯则回答说:“当你离开我的时候,我就会写出一首成功的歌曲了”。
果然,在没有Beverly的日子里,希金斯因为痛苦和思念而引发的灵感如泉水般不断涌出,创作了大量的关于失恋的情歌。终于在1981年的某一天,他登上了亚特兰大Beverly所居住的那所公寓,敲开了门,问他昔日的女友:“你有收音机或者Hi-Fi没有?”Beverly说有,于是希金斯让她把频道调到某个频率,不久里面就传来了优美的歌声,那就是希金斯的成名曲Key Largo(拉戈暗礁)。希金斯对她说:“这是我为你写的,回到我身边吧”(见于Pause and Play 1994年对Higgins一家的采访)。Casablanca也是在同样的背景下创作的。这首单曲在1982年紧随着Key Largo和Just Another Day in Paradise出版,随即就引起了轰动。希金斯那忧伤而又富有磁性的嗓音使得这首歌曲显得格外醉人,同时仿佛又带着许许多多的无奈和伤感,飘零和沧桑。与老电影的联系,更在它里面加进了怀旧和追忆的成分,使得其中的内涵大大丰富起来。唱片获得了巨大的成功,发行量突破双白金(200万张),而该歌曲也成了当年太平洋区域的年度最佳歌曲。随后希金斯又出版了另一张单曲Pirates and Poets。也许真的是他的才华和真情感动了对方,Beverly最终回到了他的身边:两人于1983年结婚,并快乐生活至今。
Casablanca这首歌问世以来,以其独特无双的魅力征服了无数听
众。或许是因为那部电影的名声太盛,人们容易误解这就是电影的主题曲或者插曲。其实Casablanca 写作时期晚于电影将近40年,与它没有太大的关系,倒是曾作为另一部并不很知名的爱情片的插曲放映过。但是在今天,歌曲Casablanca也已经成为了经典的老歌了,在世界各地,人们对它的旋律耳熟能详。已经很难说,究竟是电影为歌曲带来了声名,
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