一曲銷魂(又譯作:輕歌銷魂)
1971年,美國民謠女歌手Lori Lieberman在一次偶然的機緣下,去聽了當時還並不見傳的另一位民謠歌手Don Mclean的現場演唱。Lori Lieberman被Don的一首歌“Empty chair”深深地打動了,她隨後寫下詩歌“Killing me softly with his blues”。這首詩後來被Charles Fox和Norman Gimbel創作成了歌曲“Killing me softly with his song”,並由Lori Lieberman親自演唱。但真正讓這首歌走紅的是美國老牌黑人女歌手Roberta Flack,1973年,Flack碰巧在飛機上聽到這歌,下飛機後立馬找到作者要求錄制這歌,結果一個月裡登上BILLBOARD的冠軍,接下來又收錄在一張專輯裡,獲得當年GRAMMY年度最佳女流行歌手、最佳專輯、最佳歌曲獎。
主唱: Roberta Flack
歌名: Killing me softly with his song
Strumming my pain with his fingers
他用指尖彈奏我心苦楚
Singing my life with his words
他用言語吟唱我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言語道盡我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
I heard he sang a good song
我聽到他吟唱佳曲
I heard he had a style
我聽到他風格迥異
And so I came to see him to listen for a while
我前去一睹其容
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
目中只見翩翩陌生少年
Strumming my pain with his fingers
他用指尖彈奏我心苦楚
Singing my life with his words
他用言語吟唱我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言語道盡我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
I felt all flushed with fever embarrassed by the crowd
我臉頰潮紅羞怯於眾
I felt he found my letters and read each word aloud
我聽到他大聲讀出我信中的每字每句
I prayed that he would finish But he just kept right on
我祈禱這一幕盡快結束但他仍在繼續
Strumming my pain with his fingers
他用指尖撥動我心苦楚
Singing my life with his words
他用言語吟唱我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言語道盡我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
他歌唱 一如懂得我無盡的絕望
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
他洞悉 仿佛我不在場
And he just kept on singing
他兀自吟唱
Singing clear and strong
清晰而響亮
Strumming my pain with his fingers
他用指尖彈奏我心苦楚
Singing my life with his words
他用言語吟唱我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言語道盡我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌聲將我溫柔處死[1]