如何才能让昨日的时光重现?在时间机器还没有发明出来之前,回到昨日只有依靠我们的记忆。回忆是春天的微风,温柔地拂过脸庞可以吹走你的烦忧;回忆是夏天的骤雨,倏然而来,蓦然离去,不给你做准备的时间;回忆是秋天的明月,萧瑟寂寥,明静清朗,是每个孤独者最后的伙伴;回忆是冬夜无声的雪,在我们没有察觉的夜里落下,早上起来,世界已经一片洁白。

二十年前经典英文歌曲(七首最喜爱的英文歌曲之一昨日重现)(1)

《昨日重现》,我非常喜欢这首歌,每次听到它,心里就有说不出的激动,总使我想起过去的美好时光,仿佛昨日真的就在眼前。有时怀旧也是一种美,虽然第一次听这首歌的日子已过去很久,但这熟悉的旋律再次想起时,依然能让人觉得恍如昨天。以前总是忙,也没有闲下来的心情去好好听这首歌,现在,幽静的周末,独自一个人听起这歌其味道确实不同于往昔,毕竟这些年间有太多的点点滴滴……

二十年前经典英文歌曲(七首最喜爱的英文歌曲之一昨日重现)(2)

曲名:Yesterday Once More 昨日重现

歌手:Carpenters 卡朋特

when i was young i'd listen to the radio (年轻时我喜欢听广播)

waiting for my favorite songs (等待我最喜爱的歌)

when they played i'd sing along (歌曲播放时,我会随之一同吟唱)

it made me smile (它总会让我开心地笑)

those were such happy times and not so long ago (那是如此快乐的时光,就在不久以前)

how i wondered where they'd gone (不知失落在何处)

but they're back again just like a long lost friend (而今它们又重现,就像久违的老朋友)

all the songs i love so well (我是多么地喜爱这些歌)

every sha-la-la every wo-wo (每个sha-la-la-la,每个wo-wo)

still shines (依然闪亮)

every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing (每个shing-a-ling-a-ling)

so fine (都是如此美妙)

when they get to the par (当歌中唱到)

where he's breaking her heart (他让她心碎时)

it can really make me cry (我真的会哭出声来)

just like before (就像从前那样)

it's yesterday once more (犹如昨日重现)

(shoo-bee-do-lang-lang shoo-bee-do-lang-lang)

looking bak on how it was in years gone by (回首当年情景,往事历历)

and the good times that i had (美好时光一去不返)

makes today seem rather sad (让我今天更感悲伤)

so much has changed (变化实在太大了!)

it was songs of love that i would sing to them (我愿把情歌唱给他们听)

and i'd memorize each word (我要记住每句歌词)

those old melodies still sound so good to me (那些熟悉的旋律仍然悦耳动听)

as they melt the years away (仿佛可以将岁月熔去)

every sha-la-la every wo-wo still shines (每个sha-la-la-la,每个wo-wo 依然闪亮)

every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing (每个shing-a-ling-a-ling)

so fine (都是如此美妙)

all my best memories come back clearly to me (所有最美的回忆,都清晰地重现在眼前)

some can even make me cry (有些甚至叫我落泪)

just like before (就像从前一样)

it's yesterday once more (犹如昨日重现)

(shoo-bee-do-lang-lang)

every sha-la-la every wo-wo still shines (每个sha-la-la-la,每个wo-wo 依然闪亮)

every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing (每个shing-a-ling-a-ling)

so fine (都是如此美妙)

every sha-la-la every wo-wo still shines 每个sha-la-la-la,每个wo-wo (依然闪亮!)

Carpenters 是美国 70 年代商业上最成功的柔情音乐团体之一,这是来自康涅狄格州黑文市的一支兄妹二重唱组合。哥哥Richard(生于1946年10月15日,键盘手兼歌手)和妹妹Karen(生于1950年3月2日,歌手兼鼓手)。1993年2月4日Karen 因神经性厌食症引起心力衰竭而突然逝世。《Make Believe It's Your First Time》则成为她身后留下的英国当年热门歌曲。

二十年前经典英文歌曲(七首最喜爱的英文歌曲之一昨日重现)(3)

这首歌是卡朋特的哥哥Richard写的,歌大意如是:第一段写作者大人/卡朋特年少时很喜欢听一首歌曲,而且喜欢这首歌曲中的所有章节。中间写的是歌中之歌,描写作者所喜欢的那首歌的故事,一个缠绵悱恻的故事:一对男女相恋到分手,但是又不甘心,两人又做一对朋友,就像一见如故的那种。后来两人又在朋友和恋人之间挣扎,一会儿是朋友,一会儿是恋人,反反复复……后来,终于有一天,男孩还是又跟女孩分手了。历史重演,这伤透了女孩的心,作者听到这里,自己也哭了,原因是作者本人也有类似经历。所以应该明白作者为什么对那首歌用情之深了吧。末尾所写是作者的感受,一切就如历史在重演……

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