一曲销魂：Roberta Flack

《一曲销魂》：Killing me softly with his song

　　很难有这么一首曲子被不下二十位名家翻唱。各家虽然翻唱曲风迥异，却都凭该曲取得了不俗的成绩。

　　老牌黑人歌手Roberta Flac的首次翻唱，让该曲得以走红，Roberta也因此捧走了1973年度三项格莱美大奖；此后，Al B. Sure!凭借“Killing me softly…”获1989年度R&B男歌手最佳新人奖；1996年，嘻哈“流浪三人组”The Fugees的成功翻唱再次让“Killing me softly…”风靡英美……

　　中国歌手中，邓丽君、黄莺莺和李宇春也都曾演绎过“Killing me softly with his song”。

　　我听之我见：这首歌是在最近看一部叫作“About a boy”的电影里听到的。由于年代久远，歌曲不可避免地带上了留声机时代遗留下来的怀旧味道，但这种味道深情而并不陈旧。歌曲一遍遍重复着……（本期投稿人：金月玲四川师范大学法学院05级学生。喜爱音乐和旅游，喜欢到处走走，喜欢观察生活。）

Killing me softly with his song by Roberta Flack

　　Strumming my pain with his fingers,

　　Singing my life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song,

　　Telling my whole life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song.

　　I heard he sang a good song,

　　I heard he had a style,

　　And so I came to see him and listen for a while.

　　And there he was this young boy,

　　A stranger to my eyes

　　Strumming my pain with his fingers,

　　Singing my life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song,

　　Telling my whole life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song.

　　I felt all flushed with fever,

　　Embarrassed by the crowd,

　　I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud,

　　I prayed that he would finish,

　　But he just kept right on

　　Strumming my pain with his fingers,

　　Singing my life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song,

　　Telling my whole life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song.

　　He sang if he knew me,

　　In all my dark despair,

　　And then he looked right through me

　　As if I wasn't there.

　　And he just kept on singing

　　Singing clear and strong

　　Strumming my pain with his fingers,

　　Singing my life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song,

　　Telling my whole life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song.

　　Strumming my pain with his fingers,

　　Singing my life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song,

　　Telling my whole life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song.

　　He was strumming my pain,

　　Here he was singing my life,

　　Killing me softly with his song,

　　Telling my whole life with his words,

　　Killing me softly with his song.

　　他用手指弹奏着我的苦楚，

　　他用歌声吟唱着我的生活，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里，

　　他用歌儿道尽了我的一生，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里。

　　我听他唱过一首动听的歌，

　　极具个人风格，

　　于是我来听他唱会儿歌，

　　那个少年就是他

　　却又恍若陌生人

　　他用手指弹奏着我的苦楚，

　　他用歌声吟唱着我的生活，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里，

　　他用歌儿道尽了我的一生，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里。

　　我满脸羞红，

　　在众人面前局促不安，

　　他发现了我的信，

　　并大声地朗读着每一个字，

　　我祈祷他快停下来，

　　但他却一直往下读。

　　他用手指弹奏着我的苦楚，

　　他用歌声吟唱着我的生活，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里，

　　他用歌儿道尽了我的一生，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里。

　　他唱着，仿佛早就认识我，

　　知道我所有的沮丧绝望，

　　他彻底地看透了我的一切，

　　仿佛我不存在，

　　他继续地歌唱，

　　歌声清晰而响亮。

　　他用手指弹奏着我的苦楚，

　　他用歌声吟唱着我的生活，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里，

　　他用歌儿道尽了我的一生，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里。

　　他用手指弹奏着我的苦楚，

　　他用歌声吟唱着我的生活，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里，

　　他用歌儿道尽了我的一生，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里。

　　他在弹奏着我的苦楚　

　　他在吟唱着我的生活

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里，

　　他用歌儿道尽了我的一生，

　　我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里。