Westlife - Seasons In The Sun

一首好听的英文歌...但是这首歌的背景相当惊人...


歌词：
Goodbye to you, my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of Love and ABC's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees

Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I’ll be there

We had joy, we had fun, we had Seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just Seasons out of time

Goodbye Papa, please pray for me
I was the Black Sheep of the Family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along

Goodbye Papa, it's hard to die
When all the bird's are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little Children everywhere
When you see them I'll be there

We had joy, we had fun, we had Seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the Seasons have all gone

We had joy, we had fun, we had Seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time

Goodbye Michelle, my little one
You gave me Love and helped me find the sun
And every time when I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground

Goodbye Michelle, it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there

we had joy, we had fun, we had sesons in the sun
but the hills that we climbed,are just seasons out of time

We had joy, we had fun, we had Seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song, like the Seasons, have all gone

Fin


这首歌的背景是一个真实事件...
It's a true story which taken placed in 1950's. And the meaning of the original name of the poetry was "Le Moribond" (the dying man).

It is really an old story. Three persons, we call them A、B、C for the moment. In the countryside in the 1950s, they were classmates of a high school. A and C were good friends from the Childhood. B was a beautiful girl. It's easy to guess what happened in this kinda story. A and C fell in love with B at the same time. A was that kind of sunny, active, handsome boy. He was a jock, beloved by many young girls.
He lived a happy and simple life. And the other way around, C was coy, withdrawn, good at drawing. He had been in loved with B for a long time before A & B were together. But nobody knew. It was be hidden deeply into his heart. After graduation, A joined the army, and C became a carpenter. One day after war, A came back to marry B, and then he was a cargo driver ... Of course A often went out for living. B ran the grocery store left by her grandma, so much need to be done. Naturally, C loaded the responsability of taking care of the mother and daughter. After a long time, it was just like what we imagined. A knew nothing about it because of his character, in addition to his love to wife, trust in friend. Until one snowy day, A went home on the half way, all came out in the wash. The whole things came to obvious ... Facing the betray, A was out of control and killed them. Deep into night, A gave himself up to police. Two months later, he was sentenced to first-degree murder. The death penalty would be done in early spring the next year. On the 3rd day before death, A wrote 3 passages, one for his best friend C, one for his father, the last for his four-year-old daughter. At the last minute of his life, he still regarded C as his best, believable friend.

华文版
三个人，我们姑且称他们为A、B、C。在50年代的法国乡村，他们是同一所高中的同
学。A和C是从小一起长大的、最要好的朋友，B是漂亮的女孩。通常在这种故事里，
我们很容易想象发生了什么事情，A和C同时爱上了B。A是那种很阳光、很乐观、很拉
风的男孩，是学校的运动明星，是很多情窦初开的少女仰慕的对象。生活对于A来说
充满的只是快乐和单纯。而C害羞、内敛，画得一手好画。早在A和B相爱之前，C已经
默默的爱了B很久，但是没有人知道。这份爱被藏在心底，直到毕业后A参军、C成为
一名木匠，直到战后A返回家乡和B结婚，直到婚后A找到工作当上一名货车司机……
A经常离家工作很长时间，B打理着外婆留下的乡村杂货店，有太多的事情需要男人的
帮忙，C就这样担负起了照顾年轻的母女的责任。天长日久，大家都想象得到的事情
就那样发生了。A乐观的天性加上对妻子的爱、对挚友的信任使他对此茫然无知。直
到一个大雪封路的冬天，A在出车的半夜折返家中，发现了一切……面对骤然被生命
中最重要的两个人出卖这个难以接受的事实，A失去控制杀死了他们。当天深夜，A向
警察局自首，两个月后被判一级谋杀罪名成立，于第二年初春执行死刑。在死刑执行
前的第三天，A在狱中写了三段话，分别写给他最好的朋友C、他的父亲和他四岁的女
儿。在即将离开人世的时刻，他仍然将C看作最好的、生命中最值得信赖的朋友。
这个A，叫做Jacques Brel。他写下的这段话最初的名字叫"Le Moribund"，直译的意
思是"the dying man"。Rod McKuen将之翻译成英语，并套上一首法语歌的旋律，这
就是最初的"seasons in the sun"。十年后，Terry Jacks无意中听到了这首歌，经
过他的演绎，歌曲从此红遍全球，被很多很多人翻唱，其中最著名的就是westlife。
只要稍稍想到那个三天后就要离去的人是以怎样的心情在怀念活着的幸福、告别自
己年迈的父亲和四岁的女儿，只要稍稍想到他的父亲和女儿在看到这些话时心中剧烈
的激荡……我无言。Jacques Brel用美好的笔调歌颂生命的多彩和绚烂，却让聆听的人
更加忍不住潸然泪下。对比Terry和westlife的版本，显然westlife的音乐制作要好
很多，但从表现一个真正面临死亡的人的心境来说，我喜欢Terry，也更能理解为什
么歌中反复强调：It's hard to die.

哇。。。。
文鸿为什么会喜欢这首歌呢？？？

在今天补习的时候老师让我们听了这首歌（当时老师在教我们listening）...
然后叫我们猜这首歌的秘密...
原本我觉得这是一个这首歌是作者得了重病要死了的时候写的...
后来老师才告诉我们这是一个suicide note....
我回家就查了一下...结果是真的...所以就放上来咯...
不过最基本的原因是因为这首歌好听吧...

原來～默契不說～都不知道背后有這樣一個故事也～
一直以為～這首歌～是很愉快～沒想到～～～是這樣～

謝謝默契哦～你很久都沒來～一來就帶來了很好的歌曲～哈哈～

据说这首歌不能在西方国家的公共场所唱...
好像是说别人会以为你想自杀...

默文ミく 写道:在今天补习的时候老师让我们听了这首歌（当时老师在教我们listening）...
然后叫我们猜这首歌的秘密...
原本我觉得这是一个这首歌是作者得了重病要死了的时候写的...
后来老师才告诉我们这是一个suicide note....
我回家就查了一下...结果是真的...所以就放上来咯...
不过最基本的原因是因为这首歌好听吧...

我的英文补习老师也是这么跟我们说。。是首commit suicide的歌。。。
当时就吓了一跳。。。因为这首歌还蛮好听的。。。
没想到却是。。。
好巧哦，你是补"潜能"的吗？

对对~~
我是补“潜能”，呵呵~~
这个世界真是小啊~~

哈哈，现在的补习中心的名字都很。。。。
感觉应该是补了可以有安心感吧。。。

会咩？没什么安心感...
那里的名字原本是潜能艺术中心...
不过在那里补习可以有很多笑声，但是上课的时候要用心听。
老师只要求我们用心学习，偶尔开开玩笑大家笑一笑没关系~~