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    July 23

    鸟卜

    今天都在哼着close to you,jy说有仙气,的确如此。说些我的理解吧。因为正巧看了点阿人占卜的文章,歌词前半部分,就很有蛛丝马迹:why do birds suddenly appear,这半句当然和后面的near押韵;在意思上,跟why do stars fall down from the sky是近似的。跟很多民族一样,阿拉伯人既有鸟卜,也会夜观星象。这两句歌词正是描述了这两件事情,情人出现之时便有吉相(好比鹿女步步生莲),就是前半段的仙气。当然也可以和沉鱼落雁一比。后半段的仙气更清楚了,直接点明天使下凡,圣人出世或得道时才如此。有明月,有星光,足以说明她美得超凡。

    心里带着一点怀疑,wiki了词曲作者;果不其然,Burt Bacharach和Hal David都是犹太美国人。就好像前几个月突然想到雅诗兰黛的Estee,实际就是以斯帖。犹太人做药剂师,也是有传统的。《虎豹小霸王》的Rain Drops Fallin’ on My Head也是他俩的手笔,跟close to you后半似的,很统一的节奏。但对记词的要求就严格了,出个错恐怕整句都不能唱完。

    然后又想了,还很喜欢的Skeeter Davis 的the end of the world;在girl interrupted听过,无比悲伤沉重。Why do the birds go on singing? / Why do the stars glow above? / Don't they know it's the end of the world. / It ended when I lost your love. 恋爱时候会注意鸟和星星,失恋时候,为什么世上仍然有象征吉相的鸟鸣和星光呢。当然我也不可以太狭隘,未必是民族传统较深的犹太人,才会用吉相入歌词。

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    Ailinwrote:
    to arrow:开卷有益啊
    to 关:都是aya呢,必需的。
    July 28
    yvonne kwanwrote:
    中国古代不也是每逢圣人出世就有异相么,天有彩光凤鸟来朝什么的。。。。这个歌词我也觉得很像圣人进村布道昂。。。。
    July 28
    Arrow Zwrote:
    hehe, NG现在是我的bed time reading,催眠用,基本上是2个月看三期的速度
    July 28
    Ailinwrote:
    to arrow: 已经没时间看NG了。。呵呵
    to hm:嗯,中文歌词就要问你了,我是倒过来学习的:)
    to jj:跟我们所谓的焚书坑儒差不多吧;翻译一本好书,能学很多东西啊
    July 27
    shu liuwrote:
    前一阵翻译的塔伯里历史奥斯曼卷,提到飞鸽卜卦回潮,哈里发派专人禁止的事。
    July 25
    Ming Hongwrote:
    有悠久文化历史的中国人,也喜欢把这些放进歌词的。。。呵呵。。。
    July 24
    Arrow Zwrote:
    格格巫和黄蓉她爹是犹太人吗?
    对了,国家地理前两期有一篇关于生活在中东地区的阿拉伯基督徒的文章,好像有点意思
    July 24

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