Sad eyd Lady of the Lowlands 眼神哀戚的低地女郎

Sad eyd Lady of the Lowlands 眼神哀戚的低地女郎 2013-03-02 14:27:20 by semantic nuance via 听 因為 obsession，所以我要把它翻譯出來。 很難理解與翻譯的一首歌。 If you go like : "Ah!...Eh?...Aw...!..." after listening, I know. Ken Navarro--Just Like a Woman / Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (instrumental) With your mercury 1 mouth in the missionary times And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes Oh, who do they think could bury you? With your pockets well protected at last And your streetcar visions 2 which you place on the grass And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass Who could they get to carry you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes My warehouse 3 eyes, my Arabian drums Should I put them by your gate Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? 妳有著傳道年代口若懸河的嘴， 如煙迷茫的眼，說著詩韻般的禱文 妳的銀色十字架，和你如銀鈴般的聲線 啊, 他們認為有誰能埋葬你呢? 妳的口袋最終保存完好 妳那風馳電掣的影像安放在草上 妳如絲般的軀體，如玻璃般的臉龐 他們能找誰來搬抬妳? 眼神哀戚的低地女郎 眼神哀戚的先知預言此地將杳無人至 我偌大如倉棧般的眼，我那阿拉伯鼓 我該把它們留在妳門前 還是，眼神哀戚的女郎，我該等待? With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace And your basement clothes and your hollow face Who among them do they think he could outguess you? With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims And your matchbook songs and your gypsy hymns Who among them would try to impress you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? 妳的床單如金屬，腰帶似蕾絲 妳的那副牌缺了J和 A 妳地下室的衣裳，還有你凹陷的臉龐 他們當中有誰自認可以猜透你的心思? 陽光漸沒，映襯你的身影， 月光在妳的眼波中盪漾 妳那火柴盒上的歌曲和吉普賽的讚詩 他們當中有誰努力想要贏得妳的青睞? 眼神哀戚的低地女郎 眼神哀戚的先知預言此地將杳無人至 我偌大如倉棧般的眼，我那阿拉伯鼓 我該把它們留在妳門前 還是，眼神哀戚的女郎，我該等待? The kings of Tyrus 4 with their convict list Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss And you wouldn’t know it would happen like this But who among them really wants just to kiss you? With your childhood flames 5 on your midnight rug And your Spanish manners and your mother’s drugs 6 And your cowboy 7 mouth and your curfew plugs Who among them do you think could resist you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? 推羅城的諸王們帶著罪犯的清單 正排隊等候著得到天竺葵般的親吻 妳沒料到事情會演變成這樣 但他們當中有誰只是單純想親吻妳? 在午夜時分的地毯上燃起了兒時的愛苗， 妳舉手投足散發著西班牙的風情，加上你母親的藥物(催化) 還有妳那恣意野性的嘴，戴上夜晚禁聲用的耳罩 妳想他們當中有誰能抵擋得了妳? 眼神哀戚的低地女郎 眼神哀戚的先知預言此地將杳無人至 我偌大如倉棧般的眼，我那阿拉伯鼓 我該把它們留在妳門前 還是，眼神哀戚的女郎，我該等待? Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide To show you where the dead angels are that they used to hide But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side? Oh, how could they ever mistake you? They wished you’d accepted the blame for the farm But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms How could they ever, ever persuade you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? 喔! 農人和商賈們，他們的確全都決定 帶你去看以前他們隱藏起來仙逝的天使 可是為何他們揀選妳站在他們左右呢? 喔! 他們怎可錯看妳呢? 他們妄想著你已承擔了農場的過錯 可是大海在妳腳下，加上狼來了的虛驚一場 以及你抱在懷中那無賴所生的孩童 他們怎麼有可能說得動你呢? 眼神哀戚的低地女郎 眼神哀戚的先知預言此地將杳無人至 我偌大如倉棧般的眼，我那阿拉伯鼓 我該把它們留在妳門前 還是，眼神哀戚的女郎，我該等待? With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go And your gentleness now, which you just can’t help but show Who among them do you think would employ you? Now you stand with your thief, you’re on his parole 8 With your holy medallion which your fingertips fold And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul Oh, who among them do you think could destroy you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums Should I leave them by your gate Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? 妳對 Cannery Row 薄如金片般的記憶 妳那辦雜誌的丈夫有一天不得不離去 妳此刻的溫柔，不禁自然流露 妳認為他們當中有誰會僱用妳? 現在妳跟賊站在一起，你加入了假釋的行列 妳的指間握著神聖的圓形飾鍊 妳那如聖的面容，鬼魅般的魂魄 喔! 妳認為他們當中有誰能摧毀妳? 眼神哀戚的低地女郎 眼神哀戚的先知預言此地將杳無人至 我偌大如倉棧般的眼，我那阿拉伯鼓 我該把它們留在妳門前 還是，眼神哀戚的女郎，我該等待? Notes 1. mercury 這個字有多義性，在此，綜合 the missionary times，我解讀為神話裡頭具備信使身分的 Mercury ( Hermes) 。又mercury 這字也是水銀，我取其 silver-tongued 的意義。http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(mythology) 2.streetcar visions : 可參考 Tennessee Williams 的 A Streetcar Named Desire. 這裡我的解讀是這位 lady 腦中浮現的影像如電車般快速轉換，如Williams 劇本裡電車往復於生慾死滅之間。http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_(play) 3. warehouse: 倉庫。這裏使用了warehouse 的意象，倉庫可空蕩 (empty)，可飽滿 (stuffed)，可世俗 (materialized)，可空靈 (eyes--the window to the soul)，端看讀者聽者自己的心領神會。我取倉庫偌大的影像翻譯它。 4. 請參考 舊約聖經--以西結書。內有關於先知、Tyrus 城墮落、上帝如何懲罰墮落的描述，詳文請自行閱讀。 5. childhood flames: 這裡我的解讀是根據 old flames (舊情人)來的。也就是，我把 childhood flames 讀成 puppy loves. 因為這段是在描述 lady 的個性特色。描述她兒時兩小無猜躺在毯子上試探彼此心意的模樣。 6. your mother's drugs: 語意指涉很模糊。但我傾向看成是 lady 借用了母親的 drugs 嗑了一下，讓自己呈現了迷幻的模樣。 7. 請讀連結定義 3. 8. on parole: 假釋的意思。lady 與假釋的 '他' 同站一起，暗指 lady 也認同他所犯的錯，與他站在同一陣線，如同自己也在 on parole.