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【Viva la Vida】 帅气歌词中文翻译!谁说英文歌词翻成中文就没有韵味?!中文博大精深呐~™
法国资产阶级革命爆发后,路易十六与王后玛丽•安东尼特以里通外国的反革命罪和阴谋复辟罪被处以死刑。临刑前他对着围观的群众大喊:“我清白死去。我原谅我的敌人,但愿我的血能平息上帝的怒火。”行刑者查尔斯•亨里•桑松曾详细记录了路易十六被处死的前后。
Coldplay用轻快异常的节奏,叙述了一段历史的苍凉,反差强烈,意味十足。
“我”也曾统治世界,也曾令敌人胆寒,而革命者洪水般来袭,致使昨天我还一言九鼎,如今已成阶下之囚。Oh who would ever want to be king? 谁又想当王?我是那么不谙政治。于是我对国家和人民犯下过错,圣人彼得自然不会为我开启天堂之门,而我的侍从们,一旦你们离去,也就再没有诚实可言,国将不国,只有无奈。
从法国的中兴英主路易十四的穷奢极欲到路易十五的变本加厉,年代到了路易十六,国债已达十亿之巨。如此局面,当然不可长保。
本期的冠军作品押韵、简练,无论是语言和对作品的理解都有独到之处。学习历史的Chris Martin给我们出了难题,但如果不对历史和时态多加分析,翻译也只能留于表面,经不起推敲。看来我们的歌词翻译是越来越有些意味了。
下面我们来看本期一等奖获得者Chaosphinx的翻译作品:
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Viva La Vida
生命万岁
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
大千世界曾由我主宰
巨浪也曾因我之命澎湃
而今我却在黎明独自入眠
在曾属于我的大道落寞徘徊
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
凡人生死曾由我主宰
尽情品味惊恐在死敌瞳孔绽开
欣然倾听百姓高歌喝彩:
“先王亡矣!新王万代!”
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
此刻我手握权位经脉
转瞬才知宫墙深似海
恍然发现我的城池
基底散如盐沙乱似尘埃
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
听那耶路撒冷钟声传来
罗马骑兵歌声震彻山海
担当我的明镜,利剑和盾牌
我的传教士屹立边疆之外
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never,
never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world
只因一些缘由我无法释怀
一旦你离开这里便不再,
不再有逆耳忠言存在
而这便是我统治的时代
It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
凛冽邪风呼啸袭来
吹散重门使我深陷阴霾
断壁残垣礼崩乐坏
世人不敢相信我已当年不再
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?
起义大军翘首期待
有朝一日我站上断头台
恰如傀儡随吊线寂寞摇摆
悲哉,谁又曾渴望万人膜拜?
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
听那耶路撒冷钟声传来
罗马骑兵歌声震彻山海
担当我的明镜,利剑和盾牌
我的传教士屹立边疆之外
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
只因一些缘由我无法释怀
我亦知天堂之门不会为我敞开
不再有逆耳忠言存在
但这却是我统治的时代
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