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Forever young by Various artists
Let's dance in style Let's dance for a while Heaven can wait We're only watching the skies Hoping for the best But expecting the worst Are you going to drop the bomb or not
Let us die young or let us live forever We don't have the power But we never say never Sitting in a sandpit Life is a short trip The music's for the sad men
Can you imagine When this race is won Turn our golden faces into the sun Praising our leaders We're getting in tune The music's played by the madmen
Forever young I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever Forever and ever Forever young I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever Forever young
Some are like water Some are like the heat Some are a melody and some are the beat Sooner or later They all will be gone Why don't they stay young
It's so hard to get old without a cause I don't want to perish like a fading horse Youth's like diamonds in the sun And diamonds are forever
So many adventures couldn't happen today So many songs we forgot to play So many dreams swinging out of the blue We'll let them come true
Forever young I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever Forever and ever
1. in style:so as to cause admiration by being fashionable and spending a lot of money,由英文释义,我们可看出in style有两层涵义:“赶时髦、讲气派”,请看下面两个例句: ** This year, short skirts are in style. 今年,短裙很流行。 ** He is living in style. 他一向生活奢华。
在歌中,dance in style可以理解为“舞步时尚或流行”。
2. Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst :其实这句话我们一点都不陌生,汉语中常说,“抱最大的希望,做最坏的打算”,其相应的英文表达就是:We'd better hope for the best, but expect the worst.
3. Are you going to drop the bomb or not :这句牵涉到一点历史背景,这首歌的原唱是Alphaville(阿尔发村合唱团),乐队于1982年立于西柏林,单曲“Forever young”发行于1984年。
源于冷战,刻上鲜明时代印记的柏林墙建立于1961年,一堵墙,不仅隔开了资本主义和社会主义,还使很多柏林家庭分裂成两半。这种状况直至持续到1990年,伴随着东西德的统一,柏林墙才不复存在。但在这之前的几十年,有关柏林墙以及东德西德之间的故事却充满着“相互的敌对、相互的猜疑以及相互的思念”,无论是墙的东边还是墙的西边,人们从不怀疑战争随时爆发的可能。所以这句“are you going to drop the bomb or not”体现了当时的时代特点——缺乏安全感的德国人多么渴望和平和统一。
4. never say never :这是一句习惯用语,其英文释义是nothing is impossible, anything can happen(没有不可能的),请看例句: Mary said Tom would never call her again, but I told her, "Never say never." 玛丽说,汤姆再也不会给她打电话了,但我告诉她,“这是不可能的事儿”。
其实,汉语中我们常常挂在口边的“有志者事竟成”,其内蕴的真谛就是“Never say never”。
在歌中,依据歌词意境——个体的生杀大权掌握在上帝手中,或存在于冥冥中的未知——Never say never可以理解为“(我们虽无力违抗天意),却决不愿放弃个体的努力来顺从天意。”
5. swinging out of the blue :原意指from an unexpected or unforeseen source(出乎意料的、没有想到或没有预测到的”,如:criticism that came out of the blue(突如其来的批评)。
在歌中,out of the blue用来形容“远方不可知的梦”,理解时可与席慕蓉《初相遇》中那句美丽的诗行相联系——“美丽的梦和美丽的诗一样,都是可遇不可求的,常常在最没能料到的时刻里出现……”,所以,dreams swinging out of the blue可以翻译为“未知的梦在远方召唤”,译文里为了上下句对应,省掉了“未知
永远年轻 摇滚童话
让我们跳起最流行的舞步 让我们只跳一小会儿 就让死神慢慢等待 我们只须仰望蓝天 心怀最大的期望 却做最糟的打算 你会不会扔下炸弹?
让我们英年早逝,或让我们永生于世 我们无力违背天意 但我们从不愿自我放弃 坐在沙坑里 生命如短暂的旅程 音乐为悲伤的人而弹奏
你能想象吗? 当我们赢得这场比赛 以满脸的热情迎接朝阳 并赞美上帝 我们唱得还蛮搭调 这首歌是疯子唱的
永远年轻 我想永远年轻 你真的想韶华永驻吗? 永远,永远…… 永远年轻 我想永远年轻 你真的想韶华永驻吗? 永远年轻
有人柔情似水 有人炽热如火 有人像旋律般美妙 有人如节拍般有力 总有一天 他们都会老去 为什么青春不能永驻?
终其一生而无所作为是多么可怕 我不想如衰老的马儿一样颓废 青春就如阳光下的钻石 如钻石般永恒
还有好多奇遇我不曾经历 还有好多歌曲我忘了弹唱 还有好多梦想在远方召唤 我们要让一切成真
永远年轻 我想永远年轻 你真的想韶华永驻吗? 永远,永远……
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