山丘上的城堡
2017-07-31Track10
Track 10
by Ed Sheeran
from ÷
翻译&撰稿:小狐
山丘上的城堡
Track 10
by Ed Sheeran
from ÷
翻译&撰稿:小狐
Castle on the Hill
When I was six years old I broke my leg
I was running from my brother and his friends
And tasted the sweet1)perfume of the mountain grass as I rolled down I was younger then
Take me back to when
I found my heart and broke it here
Made friends and lost them through the years
And I’ve not seen the2)roaring felds in so long I know I’ve grown
I can’t wait to go home
*I’m on my way driving at 90 down those country3)lanes
Singing to Tiny Dancer
And I miss the way you make me feel, and it’s real
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill*
Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes
Running from law through the backfelds
And getting drunk with my friends
Had my frst kiss on a Friday night I don’t4)reckon that I did it right
But I was younger then
Take me back to when
We found weekend jobs, when we got paid
We’d buy cheap5)spirits and drink them straight
Me and my friends have not6)thrown up in so long, oh how we’ve grown I can’t wait to go home
Repeat*
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
One friend left to sell clothes
One works down by the coast
One had two kids but lives alone
One’s brother7)overdosed
One’s already on his second wife
One’s just8)barely9)getting by
But these people raised me and I can’t wait to go home
And I’m on my way, I still remember these old country lanes
When we did not know the answers
And I miss the way you make me feel, and it’s real
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
在我六岁那年,我摔伤了腿
当时我正从我哥哥和他朋友身旁跑开
当我滚下山坡时,我闻到了山坡绿草的甜蜜芬芳那时我尚年幼
把我带回到那个时候吧
我找到了自己的真心,又在这里心碎
这些年来交过许多朋友,又逐渐失去
我已太久没见到那片喧嚣的原野,我知道我已长大我等不及想要回到家乡
*我在回乡的路上,车速90英里,行驶在这些乡间小径哼唱着经典老歌《小舞者》
而我想念你曾经给我的感受,如此真切
我们在山丘的城堡上静看夕阳*
15岁那年,我抽起了手卷香烟
从后场躲过警卫的巡逻
和朋友们喝得烂醉如泥
在某个周五的夜晚献上了我的初吻
我认为自己那晚的表现并不理想
但那时我尚年幼
把我带回到那个时候吧
我们找到了周末兼职,领到了薪水
我们会买来便宜的烈酒,然后直接喝光
我和我的朋友们已经很久没有喝吐了,噢我们都已长大我等不及想要回到家乡
重复*
在山丘的城堡上在山丘的城堡上
一个朋友离开家乡去售卖服装
一个去了海滨工作
一个有了两个孩子却独自生活
一个的兄弟嗑药过量
一个已经再婚,娶了第二任妻子
一个的收入勉强度日
但这些人伴我成长,而我等不及想要回到家乡
我在返乡的路上,我仍然记得这些老旧的乡间小径当我们还不知道答案的时候
而我想念你曾经给我的感受,如此真切
我们在山丘的城堡上静看夕阳
在山丘的城堡上
在山丘的城堡上
有一种情感叫做“nostalgia”,相当于中文里的“怀旧”或者“乡愁”,那是对过去美好时光的眷恋,对亲朋故友的思念,或许并不常占据你的内心,却总在某个不经意的时刻,涌上心头。或许是因为终有一天,我们会长大,会漂泊四方,离老家亲朋越来越远。白日的忙碌喧嚣反衬出黑夜的孤单寂寞,才想起,曾经的欢笑和昔日的伙伴都去哪儿了呢?
Ed Sheeran(艾德·希兰),1991年出生的英国创作型歌手,虽然外型并不酷帅,却凭借惊人的创作才华和富有感染力的演唱,一出道就广受歌迷追捧。自2005年发行第一张EP以来,他便各种大奖拿到手软,巡演亦是火爆异常。或许如今的社会是颜值当道,然而歌迷的心中自有分寸,因为能打动人心的美才最为珍贵。
艾德·希兰的歌词是他的一大特色,就如这首歌的歌词,质朴又具有极强的叙事性,让听者像是亲身经历了歌里的故事一般。现实和过去的交替呈现,使往日的欢乐与今日的孤独形成对比,增强了怀乡怀旧之感。同学们在写作中不妨借鉴这种对比的写法,会有意想不到的收获哦!
1) perfume ['pзːfjuːm] n. 香味,香气
2) roaring ['rɔːrɪŋ] adj. 喧嚣的
3) lane [leɪn] n.(乡间的)小路
4) reckon ['rekən] v. 估计,认为
5) spirits ['spɪrɪts] n.(常复)烈酒
6) throw up 呕吐
7) overdose ['əʊvədəʊs] v. 过量服用
8) barely ['beəlɪ] adv. 仅仅,勉强
9) get by 勉强过活