翻来覆去的听Beatles,回头一看听得最多的还是《Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band》,唱片名字有型不说,最主要是曲曲妙不可言,集大成者的《佩珀中士的孤独之心俱乐部乐队》在唱片史能排上总销量第二位是毫无异议的,再怎么说也是将摇滚“转型”为艺术的经典之作。
单晾出哪一首都可以说上老半天,《Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band》的喧嚣,《Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds》的迷幻,《Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite》的游乐感,《Within You Without You》的异域风情……我最中意的还是《When I'm Sixty-Four》。
自己译了下歌词:
When I get older losing my hair, /当我老得头发都不剩
Many years from now, /很多年后,
Will you still be sending me a valentine, /你还会送我一张情人卡,
Birthday greetings bottle of wine. /一声生日祝福和一瓶酒吗?
If I'd been out till a quarter to three, /如果我直到三点差一刻还没回家,
Would you lock the door, /你会锁上门么
Will you still need me, /你还会需要我吗,
Will you still feed me, /还会做饭给我么,
When I'm sixty-four. /当我六十四岁。
You'll be older too, /那时你也会变老,
And if you say the word, /而只要你说出口,
I could stay with you. /我仍会待在你身边。
I could be handy, mending a fuse, /我随叫随到,为你修保险丝,
When your lights have gone. /当你的灯不亮时。
You can knit a sweater by the fireside. /你可以在炉边织着毛衣,
Sunday mornings go for a ride, /星期天早我们去兜兜风。
Doing the garden, digging the weeds, /整理花园,除去杂草,
Who could ask for more. /不会要求再多了。
Will you still need me, /你还会需要我吗,
Will you still feed me, /还会做饭给我么,
When I'm sixty-four. /当我六十四岁。
Every summer we can rent a cottage, /每年夏季去租间小屋,
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear. /在怀特岛上,只要不是太贵。
We shall scrimp and save. /我们省吃俭用,精打细算。
Grandchildren on your knee /孙儿爬上膝盖,钻到你的怀里,
Vera Chuck & Dave /他们是薇拉,查克和戴维。
Send me a postcard, drop me a line, /给我寄来明信片,一句话就好,
Stating point of view. /说说想法。
Indicate precisely what you mean to say. /把所想的都说出来,
Yours sincerely, wasting away. /签上名字,不要耽误。
Give me your answer, fill in a form, /答复我,填个表,
Mine for evermore. /你就永远是我的了。
Will you still need me, /你还会需要我吗,
Will you still feed me, /还会做饭给我么,
When I'm sixty-four. /当我六十四岁。
当我六十四,会是怎样的一种生活呢?
写这首歌的麦卡特尼顺顺利利的即将迎来他的六十四岁生日,唱歌的列侬把生命永远定格在四十岁,但他说过:“摇滚的孩子永远不会死,他们只会慢慢地远去。”