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十七岁

2017-06-05ByAlessiaCara

疯狂英语·新悦读 2017年4期

关键词：奥妙莱西蓝蓝

⊙ By Alessia Cara

翻译、撰稿：蓝蓝

说你·说我

十七岁

⊙ By Alessia Cara

翻译、撰稿：蓝蓝

Seventeen

(Oh…)

My daddy says

That life1)comes atyou fast

We all like2)bladesof grass

We come to3)prime

And in time we just4)wither away

And it all changes

My view with a looking glass

Won’t catch the past

Only photographs remind us

Of the passing of days

Oh, nothing stays the same from5)yesteryears

See I recall being afraid of the dark

And holding on to teddy bears

I’d6)wrapmyself in blankets

Just to cover me from fears

That was then and now I’m here

And the night is mine

So hear me scream

I was too young to understand what it means

I couldn’t wait till I could be seventeen

I thought he lied when he said “take my time to dream”

Now I wish I could freeze the time at seventeen

(Oh…)

I’m seventeen

(Oh…)

Seventeen

(Oh…)

Seventeen

Now I wish I could freeze the time at seventeen

My mother said

Don’t forget where you come from, where you’ve been

Always keep your closest friends

They can’t slip away

They keep yougrounded

Oh, keep yourself surrounded

With good advice

And yeah I guess that sounded nice

When I was ten

Oh, but never were there truer words

In all my days I’ve ever heard

And when she told me

Little girl the answer is love

So those are words that I keep with me

Though the seasons change so quickly

Keep them buried in my heart

And never fought

So hear me scream

*I was too young to understand what it means

I couldn’t wait till I could be seventeen

I thought she lied when she said “take my time to breathe”

Now I wish I could freeze the time at seventeen

(Oh…)

I’m seventeen

(Oh…)

Seventeen

(Oh…)

Seventeen

Now I wish I could freeze the time at seventeen*

I been goin’ on

I been growin’ up

I’m a8)know-it-all

I don’t know enough

See I was racing and waiting for the day

That I would be old enough

Guess I’ll be patient and pace myself

Gotta prepare for when going’s rough

Repeat *

1) come at 攻击，冲向

2) blade [bleId] n. 叶片

3) prime [praIm] n. 最佳时期，全盛期

4) wither away 枯萎，幻灭

5) yesteryear [5jestəjIə(r)] n. 去年，不久以前

6) wrap [ræp] v. 包，裹，卷

7) grounded [5ɡraʊndId] adj. 接地的，有基础的

8) know-it-all <口>自以为无所不知的人

赏析

别看阿莱西娅·卡拉今年才21岁，她可是以一副音域宽广、肺活量大的厚实声线而著称的“铁肺姐”。出道至今仅仅两年，阿莱西娅便以深得其偶像—英国已故歌手艾米·怀恩豪斯（Amy Winehouse）真传的蓝调灵魂风格征服了无数粉丝，在北美流行音乐界打下了良好的事业基础：2015年入选《公告牌》杂志“全球21岁以下最有影响力音乐人”，2016年获得加拿大朱诺奖年度突破艺人奖，2017年入选《福布斯》杂志“全球30岁以下优秀音乐人排行榜”。

如果认真听听阿莱西娅的专辑，你就不难理解为什么人们会被她的歌声所吸引。哪怕抛开充满魅力的唱法与名不虚传的铁肺不提，这个很有想法的姑娘从来不玩无病呻吟那套把戏，言之有物的歌词总能让我们静下心来细细聆听—如何接受自己，如何走出内向，如何面对世界，如何长大成人……都是每个人曾经、正在、将要经历的困惑与烦恼。在一个特别容易故作深沉的年纪，阿莱西娅给乐迷带来的却是一副素面朝天的真挚脸庞，毫无虚饰地洋溢着年轻的活力，叫人怎能不喜欢？