讴歌大自然 Vanessa Williams — Colors of the Wind
收听歌曲:
初秋。
湛蓝的天空,火红的枫叶,金黄的大地。绚烂的风。
无拘无束地躺在草地上,闭上双眼,张开双臂,聆听风之彩。
让心随着风的轨迹,自由自在地远行。
歌曲背景
曾获得第六十八届奥斯卡最佳电影歌曲的“Colors of the wind”(《风之彩》)是迪士尼动画片Pocahontas《风中奇缘》的主题曲。歌手范妮莎·威廉姆斯成熟而低沉的歌声在优美柔和的旋律中,似乎也被渲染了一层悠远的色彩,娓娓动听,勾起点点风色的回忆。
公元17世纪,北美弗吉尼亚州那片古老富饶的净土上,人与自然和谐共处,万物繁衍,生生不息。在瀑布旁的那棵大树下,开朗聪颖的印第安公主,对着英俊高傲的英国侵略者,诉说着一个悠远美丽的故事,诉说着生命的真谛。
“你能否随着群山的回响而歌唱?”
“你能否绘出风的色彩?”
歌词赏析
Lyrics
2)Think you own whatever land you land on 你觉得你拥有你所驻足的每一方土地,
Earth is just a dead thing you can 3)claim 大地只不过是你能占有的死物。
But I know every rock and tree and creature 但我知道每块石头、每棵树、每个生物,
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name 都有生命,有灵性,有名字。
4)Think the only people who are people 你以为外表与思考方式与你同出一辙的
Are the people who look and think like you 才称之为人类,
But if you 5)walk the footsteps of a stranger 但假如你跟随陌生人的脚步,
You learn things you never knew 你就会有意想不到的收获。
You never knew
Have you ever heard the wolf cry 你可曾听到,野狼向着冷月哀嚎?
to the blue corn moon?
Or ask the 6)grinning bobcat why he grinned 可曾询问,山猫为何咧嘴而笑?
Can you sing with 7)all the voices 你能否与大山的声音彼此唱和?
of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? 你能否绘尽风的万种颜色?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? 你能否绘尽风的万种颜色?
Come run the hidden pinetrails of the forest 来吧,在隐秘的林间小路上尽情奔跑,
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth 来吧,尝尝自然生长的浆果甘甜滋味,
Come roll in all the 8)riches all around you 看吧,丰腴的大自然簇拥在你周围,
And for once never wonder what they’re worth 但这一次请不要计算它们的价值。
The rainstorm and the rivers are my brothers 暴雨河流是我的兄弟,
And the heron and the otter are my friends 苍鹭水獭是我的朋友。
And we are all 9)connected to each other 大千万物,皆彼此紧紧相连,
In a 10)circle in a hoop that never ends 造物的链条往复循环,生生不息。
How high does the 11)sycamore grow 如果你坎掉枫树
If you cut it down, then you’ll never know 你永远不会知道它能长多高
And you’ll never hear the wolf cry 你将永远听不到野狼向着冷月哀嚎,
To the blue corn moon
Or whether we are white or copper-skinned 不论我们的皮肤是黑是白抑或黄,
We need to sing with 我们需要与万籁的萧声彼此唱和,
All the voices of the mountains
To paint with all the colors of the wind 绘出风中的七彩。
You can own the Earth 当你绘出风中的七彩,
And still all you’ll own is earth
Until you can paint with 才可以真正拥有地球。
All the colors of the wind
1. 从歌词中大家就可以看出来,这首歌绝对不是一首情歌。这段歌词单刀直入,精确描写出征服者的默认心态,人们想的就是占有再占有。大地是什么?在人们看来不过是死物,是与人自身极不同的无足轻重的外在物。土地,对于人类,只要沾上边,只要踏上脚,就成了私有物。
2.第一句省略了主语you,whatever land you land on是一个完整的定语从句,注意不要丢了on,因为它和land着陆这个词一起出现在句子的末尾,比较容易被忽略,这也是定语从句的一个特点,重要的借此要保留。例如:That’s what I was looking for. 这就是我一直在找的东西。
3. claim 这里有“要求,认领”的意思,例如:I claimed the coat that the teacher found. 我认领了老师找到的外套。Does anyone claim this umbrella? 有没有人认领这把伞?那么claim one’s attention,就表示引起了某人的注意,例如:There are several matters that claim my attention.有好几件事值得我注意。
4.包含了两个定语从句,一个是the only people who are people,另一个是Are the people who look and think like you,联系起来就好理解了。
5.walk the footsteps of a stranger,其实就是说要人类换一个角度来思考,跟另一个短语的意思比较像,就是stand in other people’s shoes, 处于某人的境地来思考,就是我们经常说的换位思考。
6.grinning bobcat,列嘴笑的山猫,有点拟人化了。grin,咧嘴笑,露出牙齿那种,但不是大笑。
7. all the voices of the mountains 大山里所有的生物发出的声音,树木,动物等等,接指大自然的声音。跟大自然的声音唱和,就是说人类应该和大自然和谐相处,而不应该破坏和大自然之间的平衡。
8. the riches,这里表示“丰富的大自然资源”。
9. be connected to something or someone,跟某人某物有关系,有联系。它的名词形式connections, 关系,联系,也就是我们平常说的“托关系,走后门”。例如:She used her connections to land a job. 她托关系走后门才找到了一份工作。
10. circle 和hoop都指“圆环,圆圈”,但是篮球架上的球栏则要用hoop来表示。
11. sycamore是枫树的一种,这句话正常的顺序是You’ll never know how high the sycamore grows if you cut it down.
12.这首歌具有非人本主义的色彩,目的是呼吁全人类要保护大自然,人类的梦想才能继续。
Words and phrases
1.blue corn moon:在美洲印第安部落文化中,指“8或9月的满月”
2.earth:本段前后两个“earth”含义不同,前者指“泥土、泥巴”,后者指“大地、自然”
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July 10th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
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