Roberta Flack《轻歌销魂》
《轻歌销魂》(Killing Me Softly With His Song)
演唱:Roberta Flack(罗贝塔·弗莱克)
Strumming my pain with his fingers
用手指弹奏出我的苦楚
Singing my life with his words
用歌词唱出我的生活
Killing me softly with his song
我醉倒在他的歌声里
Killing me softly with his song
我醉倒在他的歌声里
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言语道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
我醉倒在他的歌声里
I heard he sang a good song
听说他唱过一首好歌
I heard he had a style
很有自己的风格
And so I came to see him to listen for a while
于是我前去一睹其容
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
只见翩翩陌生少年
Strumming my pain with his fingers
他用指尖拨动我心苦楚
Singing my life with his words
他用歌词吟唱我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
我醉倒在他的歌声里
Killing me softly with his song
我醉倒在他的歌声里
Telling my whole life with his words
他的歌词就这么道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
我醉倒在他的歌声里
I felt all flushed with fever embarrassed by the crowd
我脸颊潮红羞怯于众
I felt he found my letters and read each word aloud
我感觉是他发现了我的信,大声地在读着一字一句。
I prayed that he would finish, But he just kept right on
我祈祷这一幕尽快结束,但他却没有停下来的意思
Strumming my pain with his fingers
用手指 弹奏出我的苦楚
Singing my life with his words
用歌词唱出我的生活
Killing me softly with his song
用轻歌他销我的魂
Killing me softly with his song
用轻歌他销我的魂
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言语道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
用轻歌他销我的魂
He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
他的歌声,仿佛懂得我无尽的绝望
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
他将我看透,仿佛我并不在那里
And he just kept on singing
他兀自吟唱
Singing clear and strong
清晰而响亮
Strumming my pain with his fingers
用手指 弹奏出我的苦楚
Singing my life with his words
用歌词唱出我的生活
Killing me softly with his song
我醉倒在他的歌声里
Killing me softly with his song
我醉倒在他的歌声里
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言语道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
我醉倒在他的歌声里
使这首《Killing me softly with this song》成为不朽名曲的,是美国流行歌坛前辈级歌后Roberta Flack(罗伯特·弗莱克)。
Roberta Flack于1973年将此曲唱红,并获得第16届格莱美音乐奖最佳单曲和最佳流行女歌手两项大奖。
KillingMeSoftlywithHisSong《一曲销魂》。歌词实际上是根据真实的故事编写的。据说在八十年代,美国民谣女歌手LoriLieberman在一次偶然的机缘下,去听了当时一位名不见经传的民谣歌手DonMclean的现场演唱。LoriLieberman被Don的一首歌“Emptychair”深深地打动了,她随后写下诗歌“Killingmesoftlywithhisblues”。这首诗后来被CharlesFox和NormanGimbel创作成了歌曲“Killingmesoftlywithhissong”,并由LoriLieberman亲自演唱。但真正让这首歌走红的是美国老牌黑人女歌手RobertaFlack。