【好歌回顾之二】: Lori Lieberman -《Killing Me Softly with His Song》

《Killing Me Softly with His Song》




1971年，美国民谣女歌手Lori Lieberman在一次偶然的机缘下，
听了另一位民谣歌手Don Mclean在台上以吉他自弹自唱的动人歌声而为之倾倒，
她随后写下诗歌“Killing me softly with his blues” 描述他第一次听Don Mclean唱歌的情景。
对Don Mclean的介绍详见
blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/57993/201501/38175.html

这首诗后来被Charles Fox 和Norman Gimbel创作成了歌曲“Killing me softly with his song”,
并由Lori Lieberman亲自演唱。


歌词与译文：

I heard he sang a good song 我听说他歌唱得很好
I heard he had a style 极具个人风格
And so I came to see him to listen for a while 於是我特地前来 欣赏他的演唱
And there he was this young boy 他出现了，这位年轻男孩
A stranger to my eyes 我眼中的陌生人
Strumming my pain with his fingers 他用手指轻抚我的伤痛
Singing my life with his words 歌词唱出了我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌温柔得迷死人
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌温柔得迷死人
Telling my whole life with his words 歌词道尽了我的一生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌温柔得迷死人

I felt all flushed with fever 我感到脸红，全身发烫
Embarrassed by the crowd 在群众面前觉得不好意思
I felt he found my letters and read each word out loud 他看到了我写的纸条 大声的读著每一个字
I prayed that he would finish 我祈祷著他能赶快念完
But he just kept right on 但他却一直念著
Strumming my pain with his fingers 他用手指轻抚我的伤痛
Singing my life with his words 歌词唱出了我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌温柔得迷死人
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌温柔得迷死人
Telling my whole life with his words 歌词道尽了我的一生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌温柔得迷死人

He sang as if he knew me 他唱著，彷佛早就认识我
In all my dark despair 在我最阴暗沮丧的时候
And then he looked right through me 然後，他的眼光穿透过我
As if I wasn't there 好像我不存在似的
But he was there the stranger 他继续唱著
Singing clear and strong 清晰而有力的唱著

Strumming my pain with his fingers 他用手指轻抚我的伤痛
Singing my life with his words 歌词唱出了我的人生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌温柔得迷死人
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌温柔得迷死人
Telling my whole life with his words 歌词道尽了我的一生
Killing me softly with his song 他的歌温柔得迷死人

（译文来自网络）

但真正让这首歌走红的却是美国老牌黑人女歌手Roberta Flack。
1973年，Flack凭借“Killing me softly with his song”获得了格莱美三项大奖。
Roberta Flack的曲风为带有流行色彩的“轻柔爵士”，嗓音厚实，略带沙哑，高亢嘹亮，
中气十足，同时也蕴藏多变的真假声技巧。
现在，Roberta Flack虽然隐退歌坛，但像Madonna、Whitney Houston这样的后生巨星，
均曾经拜她为师，学习唱功。她也会应邀偶然出现在白宫，为总统以及国宾表演。

我个人却更喜欢Lieberman的原唱，清新、淡雅却透出深深的情感。
遗憾的是Lieberman不太走红，很无奈，这个世界总是有着太多的遗憾。。。