A Whiter Shade of Pale

我很喜歡這首由 Procal Harum 所唱的Whiter Shade of Pale ，五十年前那一晚的深夜，在Uncle Ray主持的深夜音樂節目中，我第一次聽這首歌，就喜歡了它。歌手的聲音，給我一種無奈及滄桑的感覺，但我最喜歡的，還是歌曲開始時及中段的電子琴獨奏。

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels cross the floor
I was feeling kind of seasick
The crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
But the waiter brought a tray

*And so it was later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
You said there is no reason
And the truth is plain to see
But I wander through my playing cards
And would not let it be
I'm one of the sixteen virgins
Who are leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might just as well been closed

(Repeat*)

THOSE WERE THE DAYS

歡樂的日子

想當年，我和一班好朋友聚會，

Once upon a time there was a tavern

我們沒有上酒館大吃一頓，更沒有舉杯互祝，
Where we used to raise a glass or two

我們雖然在公園的一角，但當時笑逐時光的日子，仍歷歷在目！
Remember how we laughed away the hours

大家都沉醉在日後要創一番事業的夢想！
And dreamed of all the great things we would do

  當年歡樂的日子
  Those were the days my friend

  我們真的不想它們消逝，
  We thought they'd never end

  唱唱歌，跳跳舞又一日，認真開心！
  We'd sing and dance forever and a day

 我們按照自己選擇的人生而活！
  We'd live the life we choose

  我們戰無不勝！
  We'd fight and never lose

  皆因我們仍年輕，可以把握未來要走的道路！
  For we were young and sure to have our way.

  La la la la...

  Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
不過歲月怱怱，日子迅速流逝！

Then the busy years went rushing by us

我們當年星光熠熠的宏願，亦隨著時光而消逝！
We lost our starry notions on the way

假如有機會再見面的時候，
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern

我相信大家會互相嘲笑一番！跟住唱……..
We'd smile at one another and we'd say

今天我舊地重遊，

Just tonight I stood before the tavern

但一切已不復當年的模樣，
Nothing seemed the way it used to be

我在鏡裡看見一個陌生的倒影，
In the glass I saw a strange reflection

真的難以接受，那個禿頭，滿面蒼桑的老人竟然是我！
Was that lonely woman really me

我聽見熟悉的笑聲從門內傳出，
Through the door there came familiar laughter

我看見你的面孔及聽到你叫我的名字，
I saw your face and heard you call my name

老朋友，我們年紀雖然漸大但並沒有變得更加聰明，
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser

不過在我們心中的夢想，依  舊  不  變！
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same

這是我喜愛的另一首歌，歌詞好似為我度身訂造。我當年雖有理想，但沒有付出努力，開吓PARTY，踩吓單車又一日，結果我將理想變成遙不可及的夢想！

我喜歡這首歌以清脆及連綿的結他聲作開端,我對其中的一節歌詞有很大感受: 嘉年華會開始時,有小丑表演, 塗上彩妝的人,互相擁抱,希望高漲,在雲端回響. 歡樂過後,只剩下寂寞的告別聲. 人生都是一樣, 壯年時,充滿活力和希望, 但到晚年的時候, 就像嘉年華會終結一樣, 只餘落寞的告別聲! 這首歌又名 hourglass song. 人生好比沙漏,當沙漏完的時候,我們的一生亦畫上句號!

許冠傑曾唱過這首歌, 雖然唱得不錯, 但跟 Robby Banson 相比較,我覺得還差一點點! 大家認同嗎?

我喜歡這首歌以清脆及連綿的結他聲作開端,我對其中的一節歌詞有很大感受: 嘉年華會開始時,有小丑表演, 塗上彩妝的人,互相擁抱,希望高漲,在雲端回響. 歡樂過後,只剩下寂寞的告別聲. 人生都是一樣, 壯年時,充滿活力和希望, 但到晚年的時候, 就像嘉年華會終結一樣, 只餘落寞的告別聲! 這首歌又名 hourglass song. 人生好比沙漏,當沙漏完的時候,我們的一生亦畫上句號!

許冠傑曾唱過這首歌, 雖然唱得不錯, 但跟 Robby Banson 相比較,我覺得還差一點點! 大家認同嗎?

BLUE BALLOON

I have a blue balloon, a happy tune.
Long enough to last me all thro' the afternoon,
I have the " New York Times", fourteen dimes,
An explanation of the most profound nursery rhymes.

  * Before the rivers run dry, before the last sad goodbye
    Let's be kind to one another we can try.
    So don't just throw your love about it's not too late to find out
    Before the sand has all run out of the hourglass.

The carnival is here, the clowns appear
Plastic painted people hold each other near,
Hopes are always high they echo off the sky, when it's over
There's just the lonely sound of goodbye. *

Too late to hide it now, it's all around us now,
Oh, how I want you girl, to lie beside me now,
While there still is time, and all my poems still rhyme
Let me love you now, we can drink the good good wine.

Before the rivers run dry, before the last sad goodbye
Let's be kind to one another we can try.
So don't just throw your love about you and me,
Hey, let's find out
Before the sand has all run out of the hourglass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6UV8IlYO8g

Circle Game

CIRCLE GAME 繞圈游戲

年少時，我喜歡到山野 間遊玩。

Yesterday a child came out to wonder

補捉蜻蜓是我其中一種喜愛的遊戲。
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar

祖母話我百厭唔聽話， 會激怒雷神，所以一聽到雷聲時，我會十分驚恐。
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder

我相信天上繁星，其中有一粒代表著我的生命。如果命星殞落，意味我生命的完結。故此當我看見流星墬下，恐怕是自己的命星而淚流滿臉。
And tearful at the falling of a star

*季節不停地轉動。
And the seasons they go round and round

正如五色繽紛的木馬繞圈起伏。
And the painted ponies go up and dawn

我被束縛在時光的旋轉 木馬上。
We're captive on the carousel of time

我不能回到過去， 只能回望自己過往的日子。
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came

繼續不停地在生命的旅程上轉圈
And go round and round and round in the circle game.

轉眼間，我已經渡過十個寒暑。

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons

跨過十條結冰的溪流。
Skated over ten clear frozen streams

當我聽 到等你長大時的類似說話時會感到欣慰。
Words like, when you're older, must appease him

對前景充滿期昐成為我的夢想。
And promises of someday make his dreams

眨眼間，又過了十六個寒暑。
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now

街上穿梭的交通工具，已經由馬車變成汽車。
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town

長輩對我說：珍惜你的時間，人生苦短！
And they tell him, take your time, it won't be long now

切勿去到人生的盡頭，你的步伐開始減慢時,才驚覺光陰的寳貴。
Till you drag your own feet to slow the circles down

歲月消逝，一瞬間我已經二十歲了。
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty

雖然我的夢想在人生旅途上失去了部份顏色，但整體 來說都能夠實現。
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true

我還有更多及更好的夢想，
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty

在我生命完結之前。
Before the last revolving year is through.

這是我非常喜愛的一首歌，歌詞十分有意思，以環繞一個圈代表一年，在人生的旅程中，我們不能返回起點，只能回望輕嘆！時間飛逝，珍惜人生！

請注意,中文並非翻譯.只是我憑歌舒懷心中感受.