Scarborough Fair
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,
(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green,)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
(Tracing of sparrow on snow crested brown.)
Without no seams nor needle work,
(Blankets and bed clothes the child of the mountain,)
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.)
Tell her to find me a 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 polishes a gun.)
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather,
(War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions,)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
(Generals order their soldiers to kill,)
And gather it all in bunch of heather,
(And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten.)
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
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.
[歌词剖析]
听歌重在听"歌眼"正如文章标题题旨的"文眼".这一首Sacrborough Fair是大家在熟悉不过的老歌了;然而,迄今在国内出版界尚未见过对此歌透彻精当的剖析(但愿我是孤陋寡闻).译本颇为畅销的流行歌曲书中竟这样写道:"歌中Parsley Sage Rosemary Thyme四种芳香类的花草反复插入,将琐碎的问话和旧事重提截断,引向一种弥散着甜蜜气氛的悠远画境中."牵强的叫人哑然失笑,但也不经意的道破了此歌的歌眼,即Parsley Sage Rosemary Thyme 这一句在歌中反复萦绕的衬词.歌者在Sage 与 Thyme上的有意延长似乎是在提醒我们注意:Sage既指鼠尾草,同时又有"贤哲/圣哲"之意;而Thyme则与Time谐音.为何如此?
带着这样的疑问我们在度回头审视歌名,原本熟悉的歌名似乎也变了面目:Scar-Borrow-Fair.Scar与Fair昭示了歌者的本意---战争与和平(Anti-War).
歌曲以一位在战火中亡故的士兵的口吻唱出,他在不能回到那朝思暮想的家乡,在不能与心上人一同享受生活的甘甜了.心中的悲愤化作一声声催人泪下的控诉:Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme.成千上万的普通士兵如野花一般被战火摧毁在沙场上,那些战争的作俑者们最终难逃时间的淘洗.野花自在芳香;然而,唯有时间才能检验出谁是真正的贤明圣哲;或许,更鼓的时间才是真正的圣哲!Time Is Fair!
歌曲作于六十年代末,是奥斯卡将影片"毕业生"的插曲之一,联系当时的时代大背景(越南战争),不难领会歌曲的内涵,作者保罗.西蒙是六,七十年代的青年的代言人.他曾在英国修习英国文学,文学功底深厚,因而其歌词文字意境深遂.本歌歌词改变于一首十七世纪的英格兰民谣.演唱上西蒙和加丰科的配合可谓天衣无缝.在往来寂静的清夜里,让歌声流入你的心田,Touch The Deep Of Your Heart!