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《Only Time》 感受Enya

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[歌词大意]

Only Time                                唯有时光

Who can say where the road goes                谁能说出道路伸向何方,
Where the day 1)flows                          岁月流逝何处,
Only time...                                   唯有时光...
And who can 2)say if your love grows           又有谁能说出爱之成长,
As your heart chose                            是否如心之所愿,
Only time...                                   唯有时光... 

Who can say why your heart 4)sighs             谁能说出,当爱已飞走,
As your love flies                             你的心何以叹息,
Only time...                                   唯有时光...
And who can say why your 3)heart cries,        又有谁能说出,当爱已不再,
When your love dies                            你的心为何哭泣,
Only time...                                   唯有时光...

Who can say when the 5)roads meet              谁能说出,路在此交汇,
That love might be                             爱,或许,
In your heart                                  已生于你心。
And who can say when the day sleeps            又有谁能说出,当白昼睡去,
If the night keeps all your heart              夜晚是否占据你的心灵,
Night keeps all your heart...                  夜晚占据你的心灵。

Who can say if your love grows                 谁能说出爱之成长,
As your heart chose                            是否如心之所愿,
Only time...                                   唯有时光...
And who can say where the road goes            谁能说出道路伸向何方,
Where the day flows                            岁月流逝何处,
Only time...                                   唯有时光...
Who knows                                      谁能明了,
Only time...                                   唯有时光... 
Who knows                                      谁能明了,
Only time...                                   唯有时光...

      

[歌手介绍]

    With her blend of folk melodies, synthesized backdrops, and classical motifs, Enya created a distinctive style that more closely resembled new age than the folk and Celtic music that provided her initial influences.

    Enya is from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland, which she left in 1980 to join the Irish band Clannad, the group that already featured her older brothers and sisters. She stayed with Clannad for two years, then left, hooking up with producer Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, with whom she recorded film and television scores. The result was a successful album of TV music for the BBC. Enya then recorded Watermark (1988), which featured her distinctive, flowing music and multi-overdubbed trancelike singing; the album sold four million copies worldwide. Watermark established Enya as an international star and launched a successful career that lasted well into the '90s.

    Enya was born into a musical family. Her father, Leo Brennan, was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band, a popular Irish show band; her mother was an amateur musician.

    Most importantly to Enya's career, was her siblings, who formed Clannad in 1976 with several of their uncles. Enya joined the band as a keyboardist in 1979, and contributed to several of the group's popular television soundtracks. In 1982, she left Clannad, claiming that she was uninterested in following the pop direction the group had begun to pursue. Within a few years, she was commissioned, along with producer/arranger Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, to provide the score for a BBC-TV series called The Celts. The soundtrack was released in 1986 as her eponymous solo album.

    Enya didn't receive much notice, but Enya and the Ryans' second effort, Watermark, became a surprise hit upon its release in 1988. "Orinoco Flow," the first single, became a number one hit in Britain, helping the album eventually sell eight million copies worldwide. Enya spent the years following the success of Watermark rather quietly. She finally released Shepherd Moons, her follow-up to Watermark, in 1991. Shepherd Moons was even more successful than its predecessor, eventually selling over ten million copies worldwide; it entered the U.S. charts at number 17 and remained in the Top 200 for almost four years.

    Again, Enya was slow to follow up on the success of Shepherd Moons, spending nearly four years working on her fourth album. The record, entitled Memory of Trees, was released in December of 1995. Memory of Trees entered the U.S. charts at number nine and sold over two million copies within its first year of release. 1997 saw the release of a greatest-hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, which featured two new songs. Enya's first album of new material in five years, Day Without Rain, was released in late 2000.

    1961年5月17日,恩雅出生在爱尔兰西北部的Gaeltact。恩雅的父母亲在自组乐团中担任萨克斯风手及钢琴演奏,巡回爱尔兰,苏格兰,英格兰等地演出,表演五六十年代的歌曲。恩雅自小修习古典钢琴,在充满音乐气息的环境中成长。

    1980年Enya打消进入音乐大学的念头,而加入由姐姐,两个哥哥及双胞胎叔叔所组成的家族乐团 Clannad担任键盘手。将爱尔兰传统民谣予以重新编曲为特色的 Clannad,由其强烈突出的特色在爱尔兰,英国及欧洲等地拥有权威的地位。

    恩雅在才华洋溢的家族成员压力下,欲寻求更自由的创作空间,1982年她离开了 Clannad 另觅发展。她离开 Clannad 后与乐队经理人Nicky Ryan(制作人)及其妻Roma Ryan(作词人)组成三人创作组,继续开创个人事业。

    恩雅的音乐生涯真正开始于为 David Puttnam 的电影《青蛙王子》写配乐。虽然那一次在电影中并没有出现她自己演奏的乐曲,但在电影原声带中却收录了两首恩雅自己演奏的乐曲。  

    1986年,英国BBC-TV开拍一部有六部分反映历史、文化的变革对凯尔特人冲击的纪录片。该片力邀恩雅为其配乐。后来,一部分精选的乐曲以“Enya”为专辑名发行,这是恩雅的第一张专辑,不过当时几乎没人注意到。

    呼之欲出的个人才情嬴得国际性唱片公司WEA的一张合约。1988年正式推出首张个人专辑[Watermark],仍由默契搭挡 Nicky Ryan 担任制作。这时恩雅就真正步入其发展的快速期,先后发行了[Shepherd Moons],[The Celt],[The Memory Of Trees],[Paint The Sky With Stars]。她曾接受多家电台的采访。

    恩雅的音乐被乐迷所喜爱。1993年2月,第35届葛莱美奖揭晓,Enya的[Shepherd Moons]专辑无庸置疑地拿下最佳New Age专辑奖。Enya推出的专辑[The Memory Of Trees],在第39届葛莱美奖第二次获得最佳New Age专辑奖。

Enya歌曲欣赏---Orinoco Flow 

               Anywhere Is 

             China Roses 

[歌词讲解]

1. 是一贯的“恩雅式唱腔”,节奏舒缓却非常有震撼力。这首歌出现在老友记第8季第13集当中,Chandler在洗泡泡浴的时候。 这里把road 和day都拟人化了,特别是flow这个词,用得特别好,一个词就道出了时间悄悄流逝的感觉。flow表示“液体的流动”,比如说,Her tears flowed freely down her cheeks. 她眼泪止不住地顺着脸颊往下流。Blood suddenly started flowing out. 突然流出血来。flow 还可以表示“畅通无阻;流通;流传”,Keep the traffic flowing. 保持交通畅通无阻。In convection, hot currents flow upwards. 在对流中热气流向上运动。

2. say 在这里可以用 tell 来替换,表示“判断,决定”,比如说,I just can't tell the difference between these two colors. 我就是不知道这两种颜色有什么区别。How do you tell when to change gear? 你怎么确定何时换档?

3. 这里也把heart拟人化了,心在叹息,即是说心灵收到了创伤。

4. sigh表示“叹息,叹气”,She sighed as she lay back on the couch. 她在沙发上向后一躺,长叹了一声。He sighed with pleasure after the meal. 他饱餐了一顿之后,满足地叹了一口气。sigh 还可以表示“叹息地说,叹息地表示”,比如说,"I wish I didn't have so much to do," she sighed. 她叹着气说:“但愿我没有这么多事情做。”

5. the roads meet 就是指两条路交汇,这里也是指两个人相遇,爱就开始在彼此的心里生根发芽。

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