Sunday, February 10, 2008

With one look

  最近因为在Amazon上帮舅舅买碟,注意到一张叫做《Divas》的唱片,是韦伯几出著名音乐剧中首席女演员的合辑,有个很好的中文翻译——《歌剧女伶》。后来舅舅还让我帮他翻译每一首的歌名和歌手,工整地写在白纸上,嵌到唱片盒。顺便,我们欣赏了一下韦伯五十周岁的庆生晚会,这对于我基本上是个扫盲影音资料。
  在我印象中韦伯应当年事已高且形容清瘦枯槁,原来他如今大概也不过六十岁,并且长得很像伦敦小商店主,穿个围裙卖腊肠的那种……噢噢宽恕我吧。庆生晚会上有韦伯亲爱的前妻Sarah Brightman,韦伯评价极高的最能表现他音乐精神的Elaine Paige,大帅哥Antonio Banderas等等。
  撇去《歌剧魅影》、《猫》和《Evita》的经典曲目不说,引起我注意的是《日落大道》里的一首With one look。Glenn Close唱这首歌的时候,装束与《尼罗河上的惨案》里那位色情小说家雷同……汗。舅舅跟我说,这是老太太在回忆当年自己辉煌的时光,所以表情很得意。我后来查阅了《日落大道》的故事背景,才发觉网上把With one look通译为“只看了一眼”有失偏颇,甚至那个偏文艺化的“惊鸿一瞥”都不正确。《日落大道》改编自五十年代美国的同名黑白电影,女主人公Norma是默片时代的明星,她日后的状态和心情不难想见,基本上跟民国时代的满清遗老类似——时钟对她而言,永恒停止在某一刻。看电影简介,说这是一部揭示人性阴暗面的电影,采批判眼光。然而在韦伯的改编歌剧里,当这首With one look响起,我听到的更多是悲悯。With one look I can break your heart, with one look I play every part...with one smile I'm the girl next door, or the love you've hungered for...听到with one look I put words to shame一句时,我联想到Vivien Leigh和孤独女神Greta Garbo,虽然那不是Norma的时代,一样是花开一簇,各自凋零。
  小时候看《神雕侠侣》,最讨厌的人自然是闯祸胚郭草包同学,看到最后她在千军万马中想自己奇异的心事,我就暗笑:该啊。后来再去读这一段,看到的却是那朵娇纵却笨拙,不知道该如何表达自己心事的玫瑰,忽然就同情起这位郭大小姐来。她少年早慧的家妹早早明白,即使是帝王将相,也不能事事如意。草包却在浑浑噩噩中,闲掷几多青春。
  我发觉我对女人便很容易心软。
  回到《日落大道》,这个故事模式,至少是主角的样式,很容易让我联想到《欲望号街车》。美人迟暮,真的是很悲的。

With one look I can break your heart
With one look I play every part
I can make your sad heart sing
With one look you'll know all you need to know

With one smile I'm the girl next door
Or the love that you've hungered for
When I speak it's with my soul
I can play any role

No words can tell the stories my eyes tell
Watch me when I frown, you can't write that down
You know I'm right, it's there in black and white
When I look your way, you'll hear what I say

Yes, with one look I put words to shame
Just one look sets the screen aflame
Silent music starts to play
One tear in my eye makes the whole world cry

With one look they'll forgive the past
They'll rejoice I've returned at last
To my people in the dark
Still out there in the dark...

Silent music starts to play
With one look you'll know all you need to know
With one look I'll ignite a blaze
I'll return to my glory days
They'll say, "Norma's back at last!"

This time I am staying, I'm staying for good
I'll be back to where I was born to be
With one look I'll be me!
P.S. 近日的aw就这样吧。看网上的经验介绍看到吐,狷介症又开始发作,八股文章老娘是不作的,你们爱评几分评几分去。——为不良学习习惯找借口总是很容易。

1 comment:

沁清 said...

我喜欢【狷介】!