電影第一幕先是留聲機裡傳出莫札特的「單簧管協奏曲Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: Adagio」,如泣如訴,如慕如戀……
緊接著,Meryl Streep飾演的Karen以慵懶的老邁嗓音訴說起她的非洲往事:「I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills.」農莊耕稼要頂著烈日,忍受高溫,汗流浹背,然而,Robert Redford飾演的那位名叫Denys 的男生,讓她的非洲時光不再寂寞無聊。
「出外狩獵時,他會帶著留聲機、三把來福槍,一個月的口糧,還有莫札特(took the gramophone on safari. Three rifles, supplies for a month, and Mozart.)
「What a Wonderful World」 詞曲:Bob Thorpe, George David Weiss 首唱:Louis Armstrong
I see trees of green Red roses too 我看見綠樹、紅花 I see them bloom For me and you 看見他們為你我綻開 And I think to myself What a wonderful world 我想告訴自己,這是多美好的世界
I see skies of blue And clouds of white 我看見藍天白雲 The bright blessed day The dark sacred night 滿是祝福的白天與聖潔的黑夜 And I think to myself What a wonderful world 我想告訴自己,這是多美好的世界
The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky 天上彩虹色彩多嬌 Are also on the faces Of people going by 路上行人也是榮光煥發 I see friends shaking hands Saying, “How do you do?” 我看見人們握手問好 They’re really saying I love you 他們其實在說:我愛你 I hear babies cry I watch them grow 我聽見娃娃在哭 我看著他們成長 They’ll learn much more Than I’ll ever know 他們會學到遠勝過我的知識 And I think to myself What a wonderful world 讓我告訴自己,這是多美好的世界
Yes, I think to myself What a wonderful world 是的,讓我告訴自己,這是多美好的世界 Ooh, yes 噢,真的啊!
於是動手毀掉小強的作品、相機和底片,她是氣到目盲,亦是嫉妒智昏,小房間中還有尾韻飄揚的這首「Smoke gets in your eyes」,同樣說訴著新世代的愛情恩怨。
美國導演史匹柏則是在1988年的《直到永遠(Always)》採用了「Smoke gets in your eyes」,目的在讓心愛的人不要因為他的離世陷入憂傷深谷,敞開心懷,好好繼續未完的人生旅程。 THEY ASK ME HOW I KNEW MY TRUE LOVE WAS TRUE 你要怎麼證明自己的愛是真愛?
愛一個人就要讓她持續幸福,不管你在不在身旁。只要愛人幸福了,你就幸福了。所以,當Holly穿上白色禮服,踩著音符走下樓梯的那一幕,你明白了歌詞: 「WHEN YOUR HEART’S ON FIRE 當心房騰燒時 YOU MUST REALIZE 你確知 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES 煙霧迷漫了你的雙眼 。
「Smoke gets in your eyes(煙霧迷漫了你的雙眼)」的旋律就像煙一般,飄沓浮盪在那個狹小的空間裡: THEY ASK ME HOW I KNEW 人們問我何以知道 MY TRUE LOVE WAS TRUE 我的真愛是真愛 I OF COURSE REPLIED 我如此回答 “SOMETHING HERE INSIDE我心有所感 CANNOT BE DENIED” 無人可否定 THEY SAID “SOMEDAY YOU’LL FIND 人們說總有一天你會明白 ALL WHO LOVE ARE BLIND” 戀愛中人都盲目 WHEN YOUR HEART’S ON FIRE 當心房騰燒時 YOU MUST REALIZE 你確知 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYE煙霧迷漫了你的雙眼 SO I CHAFFED THEM AND I GAILY LAUGHED 我嗤之以鼻地笑他們 TO THINK THEY COULD DOUBT MY LOVE 竟然會懷疑我的愛情 YET TODAY MY LOVE HAS FLOWN AWAY 然而,如今我的愛已遠颺 I AM WITHOUT MY LOVE 愛情已然消逝 NOW LAUGHING FRIENDS DERIDE 朋友縱情訕笑 TEARS I CANNOT HIDE 淚水再難遮擋 SO I SMILE AND SAY 我強顏歡笑地說 “WHEN A LOVELY FLAME DIES 當愛情的火苗熄減時 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES” 煙霧迷漫了你的雙眼
不需要懂歌詞,你可以懂那份情,那是音樂與熱血聯手打造的青春記憶。
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” 作曲:Jerome Kern 作詞:Otto Harbach
音樂本身動人,但是歌詞更是重要。理解歌詞,就更能體會Zbigniew Preisner要在關鍵詞「Ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω ….Οὐθέν εἰμι …Οὐθέν εἰμι …Οὐθέν εἰμι( I have not love…I am nothing)」重複又重複:再三致意,就因為那是核心關鍵。
Though I speak with the tongues of angels 縱使我有天使美音 If I have not love… 但是少了愛 My words would resound with but a tinkling cymbal. 我的話語只如瓦釜雷鳴
And though I have the gift of prophesy… 縱使我有預言天賦 And understand all mysteries…and all knowledge… 洞悉所有奧秘與知識 And though I have all faithSo that I could remove mountains, 縱使我深信自己有移山本事 If I have not love…I am nothing. 如果我沒有愛… 我什麼都不是。
Love is patient, full of goodness Love tolerates all things, Aspires to all things 愛是恆久忍耐,又有恩慈 Love never dies, 愛是永不止息。
while the prophecies shall be done away, tongues shall be silenced, knowledge shall fade… 預言終必歸無,聲音終必寂靜,知識也終必消散。 thus then shall linger only faith, hope, and love… 唯有信念、希望和愛仍會留存 but the greatest of these…is love. 尤其是愛。
All the leaves are brown 樹葉一片枯黃 And the sky is gray 天空一片陰霾 I’ve been for a walk On a winter’s day 我在一個冬日裡,走了許久的路 I’d be safe and warm If I was in L.A. 若我人在洛杉磯 . 會感到舒適又溫暖 California dreamin’ On such a winter’s day 那是這款冬日的加州之夢