斯卡布罗集市---读高中的时候,在早期疯狂英语的磁带里面听到了这首歌,它如天籁如梦幻般的旋律给我留下了很深的印象。
后来查了一些资料得知这首曲子原是非常流行的可追溯到中世纪的英国民谣,后被六七十年代的保罗.西蒙改了词并被以越战为背景的电影《毕业生》中选为插曲,由此也给这首歌赋予了更宏大的背景和更深刻的含义,原本熟悉的歌名似乎也变了面目:SCAR-BORROW-FAIR,昭示了歌者的本意——战争与和平(ANTI-WAR)。
这一首歌眼是parsley,sage,rosemary and thyme“欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香”,歌者在SAGE与THYME上有意延长似乎是在提醒我们注意:SAGE既指鼠尾草,同时又有“贤明/圣哲”之意;而THYME则与TIME谐音。
这首歌现在网上流传最多的是莎拉布莱曼版本,还有卡洛尔的,吉他独奏版的,等等,但我最喜欢的还是当初我听到的也是最原始的Simon&Garfunkel的原唱版,有着丰富的人声和声,而吉他伴奏变调夹在第七品格把音调抬高,很有创意!
Scarborough Fair(斯卡布罗集市)
From the Film"The Graduate" By Paul Simon&Garfunkle
Are you going to Scarborough Fair
Parsley,sage,rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine*
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
(Oh the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
Parsley,sage,rosemary and thyme
(Tracing of sparrow on the snow crested brown)
Without no seams nor needle work
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)
Then she`ll be ture love of main
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
Tell her to find me an acre of land
(On the side of a hill a sprinkling of leaves)
Parsley,sage,rosemary and thyme
(Washes the grave with silvery tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strand
(A soldier cleans and publishes a gun)
Then she`ll be a true love of mine
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
(War bells blazing in scarlet battalion)
Parsley,sage,rosemary and thyme
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
(And to fight for a cause they`ve long ago forgotten)
Then she`ll be a true love of mine
问尔所之,是否如适。 Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
蕙兰芫荽,郁郁香芷。 Parsely sage rosemary and thyme.
彼方淑女,凭君寄辞。 Remember me to one who lives there.
伊人曾在,与我相知。 She once was a true love of mine.
嘱彼佳人,备我衣缁。 Tell her to make me a cambric shirt.
蕙兰芫荽,郁郁香芷。 Parsely sage rosemary and thyme.
勿用针砧,无隙无疵。 Without no seams nor needle work.
伊人何在,慰我相思。 Then she will be a true love of mine.
(伴唱)
彼山之阴,深林荒址。 On the side of hill in the deep forest green,
冬寻毡毯,老雀燕子。 Tracing of sparrow on snow crested brown.
雪覆四野,高山迟滞。 Blankets and bed clothers the child of maintain
眠而不觉,寒笳清嘶。 Sleeps unawafe of the clarion call.
嘱彼佳人,营我家室。 Tell her to find me an acre of land.
蕙兰芫荽,郁郁香芷。 Parsely sage rosemary and thyme.
良田所修,大海之坻。 Between the salt water and the sea strand,
伊人应在,任我相视。 Then she will be a true love of mine.
(伴唱)
彼山之阴,叶疏苔蚀。 On the side of hill a sprinkling of leaves
涤我孤冢,珠泪渐渍。 Washes the grave with slivery tears.
惜我长剑,日日拂拭。 A soldier cleans and polishes a gun.
寂而不觉,寒笳长嘶。 Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.
嘱彼佳人,收我秋实。 Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather.
蕙兰芫荽,郁郁香芷。 Parsely sage rosemary and thyme.
敛之集之,勿弃勿失。 And gather it all in a bunch of heather.
伊人犹在,唯我相誓。Then she will be a ture love of mine.
(伴唱)
烽火印啸,浴血之师。 War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions.
将帅有令,勤王之事。 Generals order their soldiers to kill and to fight for a cause.
争斗缘何,久忘其旨。 They have long ago forgoten.
痴而不觉,寒笳悲嘶。 Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.
《斯卡布罗集市》的第二句唱到了四种花朵,香芹、鼠尾草、迷迭香和百里香(Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme),分别代表爱情的甜蜜,力量,忠诚和勇气。而目前《斯卡布罗集市》最著名的版本,也就是西蒙和加芬克尔(Simon and Garfunkel)为电影《毕业生》所创作的主题曲(当年曾超过了披头士乐队的白色专辑,登上了1968年畅销歌曲排行榜的榜首),主要使用了“原版”中“Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”这一小部分。