想必你也知道了,今年的诺贝尔文学奖颁给了Bob Dylan,这个奖项于Bob Dylan应该一点都不意外,这个得到过格莱美、金球奖、奥斯卡、普利策奖的人,其实早在多年前就预言自己的诺贝尔奖。
他如何能抱着吉他摘下诺贝尔文学奖?来听他的经典歌曲,读他的经典歌词。
Blowin' In The Wind
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (1963)
How many roads must a man walk down
一个男人要踏过多少的路
Before you call him a man?
你才能称他为真正的男子汉?
How many seas must a white dove sail
一只白鸽要翱翔过多少片海域的上空
Before she sleeps in the sand?
才足以安然长眠于沙中?
Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly
是啊,无情的炮弹还要划过天际多少次
Before they're forever banned?
才会永不出现在我们的视野中?
Yes, how many years can a mountain exist
是啊,一座山能屹立多少年月
Before it's washed to the sea?
才会被冲刷腐蚀,与沧海融为一体?
Yes, how many years can some people exist
是啊,一些人要坚忍地在世上生存多久
Before they're allowed to be free?
才能重获他们本就该拥有的自由?
Yes, how many times can a man turn his head
是啊,一个人能多少次回头望去
Pretending he just doesn't see?
却只是假装自己什么都没看见?
Yes, how many times must a man look up
是啊,一个人必须抬头仰望多少次
Before he can really see the sky?
才能真正看到那片明亮的天空?
Yes, how many ears must one man have
是啊,一个人必须有多少只耳朵
Before he can hear people cry?
才能听见人们的啜泣?
Yes, how many deaths will it take till he knows
是啊,死神需要带走多少生命,他才会醒悟
That too many people have died?
已经有太多的人死于非命?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
那答案,我的朋友,正随风而逝
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
那答案,正随风而逝
21岁时,迪伦已写下平生最著名的歌曲。人要经过多少修途,才能成为真正的男子汉?山能屹立几年,在它溶入大海之前?人要多少次昂首,才能面对苍天?究竟要有几只耳朵,才能听见人民的哭喊?人要活多久,才能重获自由?……一连问了12个没人能答上的问题。许多人看来,他把民谣变为犀利的抗议诗和揭示现实的寓言诗,写出了60年代,甚至整个音乐史上最伟大的数首诗篇。
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (1963)
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
你看见了什么,蓝眼睛的小孩?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
你看见了什么,我亲爱的小孩?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
我看见初生的婴儿,被恶狼团团围住
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it,
还有空无一人的,钻石修成的路
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin',
我看见黑色的树枝,鲜血从上面滴落
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin',
我看见挤满了人的屋子里,人们手里的铁锤在流血
I saw a white ladder all covered with water,
我看见白色的梯子,水覆盖在上面
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
我看见无数人在怒吼,却听不见他们的声音
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children,
我看见钢枪和利剑,握在少年的手里
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
我感到,那大雨,那大雨
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
那大雨就要落下来
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall是那个时代最伟大的抗议歌曲,一首近七分钟的民谣史诗。迪伦写下这首歌的时间与古巴导弹危机的时刻相近。7座悲伤的森林、12片垂死的海洋、被狼群包围的婴儿、不断滴血的树枝、上千个没有舌头却仍在讲话的人……一系列叫人喘不过气来的超现实象征,撕开一部核战过后的黑暗启示录。正如迪伦本人所说,“每一句诗行都可以成为一首独立诗篇的开始”。而每组诗节都洋溢着一种生命的紧迫感和恐惧情节。
The Times They Are A-Changin'
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1964)
The line, it is drawn, the curse, it is cast
界限已划清,诅咒已显效,
The slow one now will later be fast
今日踟蹰不前者,他日迅如疾风。
As the present now will later be past
世界当前,转眼明日黄花,
The order is rapidly fadin'
眼下秩序,日渐消融。
And the first one now will later be last
今朝最是风流,他日沦落末流,
For the times they are a-changin'
因为这时代正在变革当中。
《The Times They Are A-Changin' 》借用了大量《圣经》中的意象:毁灭世界的“洪水泛滥”(the flood tide)、“命运的转轮”(fate’s spinning wheel)、以及“暴风骤雨”(the storm of battle)等等。歌词中迪伦警告父母,不要批评自己不了解的东西,儿女已不为你所掌控;他警告政客,要倾听人们的呐喊;他大声宣告,时代正快速变迁,没人能挡住历史前进的步伐,迪伦很清楚:“我想要写出一首伟大的歌曲,一种主题性的歌。”
Like a Rolling Stone
"Highway 61 Revisited" (1965)
Now you don't talk so loud
现在呢, 现在你说话不那么大声了吧?
Now you don't seem so proud
现在你不再那么傲慢地笑话
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
那些沿街行乞, 为了下一顿饭挣扎的人们了吧?
How does it feel?
你觉得怎么样?
To be without a home
没家的滋味
Like a complete unknown
一无牵挂、也没人认识
Like a rolling stone ?
像个流浪汉。
浮华的过去、荒诞的现实、彻底的背叛,整个世代的沉沦……在《Like a Rolling Stone》中Bob Dylan发出振聋发聩的警报,压抑的愤慨。那是种什么感觉?你孤立无援,你无家可归,你默默无闻,像一块滚石……
Don't Think Twice It's All Right
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (1963)
I once loved a woman,
我曾爱上一个女人,
a child I am told
但人们告诉我她还是个孩子,
I gave her my heart
我给了她我的爱,
but she wanted my soul
她却索要我的灵魂。
Bob Dylan曾说,“在我的歌里,痛苦确实是爱情不可少的一部分。痛苦、性、谋杀、家庭,它们都有一席之地,当然还有仁慈、荣誉、宽容,这些也都包括在内。”《Don’t think Twice, It’s All Right》中预示了他同女友苏琪之间的爱情冲突。“我曾爱上一个女人,但人们告诉我她还是个孩子,我给了她我的爱,她却索要我的灵魂。”
“Visions of Johanna”
Blonde On Blonde, 1966
Lights flicker from the opposite loft
对面的阁楼里 灯火摇曳
In this room the heat pipes just cough
在这个屋子里 温热烟斗才开始咳嗽
The country music station plays soft
乡村乐才刚缓缓奏出
But there’s nothing, really nothing to turn off
但是其实什么也木有 也没有什么可以被关掉
Just Louise and her lover so entwined
只有露易丝和她男人如此缠绵
And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind
只有乔汉娜幻象占领我的脑海
《Visions of Johanna》用了很长的篇幅详细描绘了纽约城的一个令人眩晕的夜晚,歌词的有着极强的画面感。五段长的歌词中包括了迪伦对一个女人和Louise的敏锐分析,以及他对一个根本不存在的完美人物的渴望。Johanna可能根本不存在,但她却使迪伦沉溺。
Just Like A Woman
"Blonde On Blonde" (1966)
she takes just like a woman
她像个女人一样打扮自己
she makes love just like a woman
她像个女人一样恋爱
and she aches just like a woman
她像个女人一样受伤
but she breaks just like a little girl
但她心碎时却还是像个小女孩一样
迪伦最优秀的抒情歌曲,《Just Like a Woman》描述了一种喜欢与失望相结合的复杂情感,带有几分懊悔。通常认为,迪伦在这里指的这个女人就是沃霍尔女郎Edie Sedgwick。无论是说谁,这首歌在另一方面更像是迪伦自己在感情方面上的一堂必修课 - 付出,索取,离开。
“Tangled Up In Blue”
Blood on the Tracks, 1974
Then she opened up a book of poems
然后她打开一本诗集
And handed it to me
伸手递给了我
Written by an italian poet
那是一个意大利诗人所著
From the thirteenth century.
来自十三世纪
And every one of them words rang true
每一个词语都那么真实
And glowed like burnin' coal
如同赤红的煤块一般的火热
Pourin' off of every page
通过书页传来
Like it was written in my soul from me to you,
就像它写在你我共享的灵魂之上
Tangled up in blue.
这纠结的抑郁
“我用了十年的生活经验和两年时间来创作这首歌,”迪伦在现场演唱这首《Tangled Up in Blue》之前经常这么说。1974年,迪伦婚姻破裂,他将这段时间的个人经历写成了这首《Blood On The Tracks》的开场曲。迪伦悲凉的唱腔与如清风一般纯净的木吉他结合的天衣服缝。
Forever Young
"Planet Waves" (1974)
May God bless and keep you always,
愿上帝的庇护与你同在
May your wishes all come true,
愿你能够梦想成真
May you always do for others
愿你为永远帮助别人
And let others do for you.
也接受别人的恩惠
May you build a ladder to the stars
愿你可以造一把采摘繁星的云梯
And climb on every rung,
然后摘下属于你的那颗
May you grow up to be righteous,
愿你长大后正直无私
May you grow up to be true,
愿你懂事时真实善良
May you always know the truth
愿你永远了解真理的方向
And see the lights surrounding you.
所到之处都有高灯明照
May you always be courageous,
愿你永远勇敢无畏
Stand upright and be strong,
坚韧不拔,意志坚强
May your hands always be busy,
愿你总是忙碌充实
May your feet always be swift,
愿你的脚步永远轻盈敏捷
May you have a strong foundation
愿你有一个坚强的信念,屹立不倒
When the winds of changes shift.
当暴风骤雨来临时
May your heart always be joyful,
愿你的心总是充满快乐
May your song always be sung,
愿你的歌曲能够永远被人传唱
May you stay forever young,
愿你永远年轻
Forever young, forever young,
永远年轻,永远年轻
May you stay forever young.
愿你永远年轻
当暴风骤雨来临时,愿你的心总是充满快乐,愿你的歌曲能够永远被人传唱,愿你永远年轻,永远年轻,永远年轻,愿你永远年轻。
诺贝尔文学奖委员会常任秘书萨拉·达尼乌斯(Sara Danius)说,75岁的迪伦是“英语文学传统中的伟大诗人”,她将迪伦的作品与古希腊两位诗人荷马和萨芙(Sappho)相提并论。达尼乌斯说,“迪伦诗歌创作已经有很多年。但是更主要的一点,把他作词的歌曲念出来,就像是朗读诗歌一样。”
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