難忘舊時光---30多年前聽到的一首歌

  看到一位網友的帖子， 談到他喜歡的歌， 其中一首" yesterday once more” 卻勾起我難忘的回憶。

  這首歌大概是88 年左右 在英語培訓班上首次聽到的。 當時就被那優美的旋律 震動了。就覺得音樂棒極了，甚至有些銷魂， 歌詞沒怎麼理解記憶， 感覺就是有些惆悵和略有傷感，課堂上 一邊聽歌， 腦子裡卻在幻想美國是個什麼樣子，腦海里顯現電影裡的田園風光。

  如今再聽， 卻又有更深的感受， 時光飛逝， 一晃30 年過去了， 那時候的理想， 報負， 奮鬥精神基本已 所剩無幾， 激情只是留在回憶中了，不覺又添了一點惆悵。

  今天又聽了聽這首歌，才弄清楚是一個叫木匠（Carpenter）的著名歌手唱的， 娓娓動聽的女中音非常帶有磁性，使人忍不住一遍遍回聽。

竟然感覺歌曲就是在寫自己， 或自己想寫的，想唱的。 

我試着把歌詞翻譯了一下，

年輕的時候

常用收音機聽歌

面帶微笑

等我喜歡的歌

常常一邊聽着一邊唱

那些幸福時光

似乎並不遙遠

歲月飛逝，迷茫彷徨

那些我喜歡的老歌

重現腦海

就像久久未見的老朋友

每一首sha-la-la-la

每一首 wo-wo-wo 仍然閃耀

每一首shing-a-ling-a-ling 都那麼好聽

每一個音符都唱的那麼動人

多好的時光啊

當他們唱到動情時

穿透她的心

就像從前一樣也使我哭泣

舊日時光重現

那些我喜歡的歌

Shooby-do-lang-lang

Shooby-do-lang-lang

回首想想從前

那是我最幸福的時刻

就那麼流失了

變化太大了啊

這使我現在感到沮喪

那些我喜歡的歌

我還會再唱

我會想起每一句歌詞

那些老歌

聽起來仍就如此美好

融化了我多年的憂傷

所有我的回憶

清晰地重現

像從前一樣

有些歌又使我悲傷

像從前一樣

舊日時光令我難忘

Lyrics:

Yesterday once more

 When I was young I'd listen to the radio

 Waitin' for my favorite songs

Waiting they played I'd sing along

 It made me smile

Those were such happy times

And not so long ago

How I wondered where they'd gone

But they're back again Just like a long lost friend

 All the songs I loved so well (*)

 every sha-la-la-la

Every wo-wo-wo Still shines

 Every shing-a-ling-a-ling

That they're starting to sing's So fine

When they get to the part

Where he's breakin' her heart It can really make me cry

 Just like before It's yesterday once more

Lookin' back on how it was In years gone by

 And the good times that I had

 Makes today seem rather sad So much has changed

It was songs of love that I would sing to then

And I'd memorize each word

Those old melodies Still sound so good to me

As they melt the years away Repeat (*)

All my best memories

 Come back clearly to me

 Some can even make me cry

Just like before

It's yesterday once more

2018年7月隨筆