有人说,动人的歌只是里面有相似的故事。于是,我尝试着从故事性的角度用中文翻译了这首歌的歌词。想看看,有没有相似的故事?
Long Lost Penpal
久违的笔友
Hello
你好
Do you remember me?
你记得我吗?
I am your long lost penpal
我是你久违的笔友
It must have been ten years ago we last wrote
距离上一次我们写信已经十年了
I don't really know what happened
我真的不知道发生了什么事
I guess life came in the way
我想也许这就是生活
Let me know if you're still alive
让我知道你是否还活着
Let me know if you ever used that knife or not
让我知道你是否用了那把刀
Hello Yes, I remember you
你好,是的,我记得你
I've got a husband and two children now
我和丈夫,现在还有两个孩子
I work as an accountant and make fairly good money
我现在是一名会计师,收入还算不错
I still have your letters, you used a pink pen to write them
我还留着你的信,你总是用粉色的笔写来的信
And you would comfort me
你总是会安慰我
When my tears would stain the ink
这时我的眼泪便会晕湿这墨水
And I would send you mix tapes with Kate Bush on
然后我会给你邮寄一些磁带,其中还混着凯特·布什
I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters
我承认,有时候我会说谎
Tried to make life better than it was
尽量把生活说的比从前更好
I still wasn't kissed at sixteen
比那个十六岁时还没有接吻过的自己
And I still need a friend
并且仍需要一个朋友的自己
There was this letter
就是那封信
I never told you this back then
我那时从没告诉你
But it would be fair to say it saved my life
但说实话,它拯救了我
I sat in the window
我坐在窗户上
The only one left out from a party again
又一个聚会结束,最后一个人也走了
Pretty sure I didn't have a single friend
我当时真觉得自己竟然连一个朋友也没有
Then I checked the mailbox
然后,就在我查看邮箱的时候
Dear long lost penpal
亲爱的久违的笔友
I was lying the whole time
其实我过去一直在说谎
I'm really a 46 years old man named Luke
真实的我是一个叫路克的46岁老男人
I have three children
我有三个孩子
And a wife, she doesn't care
还有一个不关心我的妻子
And I hope you don't resent me
我希望你别恨我
And I hope you do not hate me
也希望你不要讨厌我
For trying to find my way back to what it's like to be young
我只是努力想找回自己年轻时的样子
I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters
我不得不承认我有时候也在那些信里撒谎
Tried to make life better than it was
尽量把生活说的比从前更好
I still wasn't kissed at sixteen
比那个十六岁时还没有接吻过的自己
And I still need a friend
并且仍需要一个朋友的自己
Song - Hello Saferide
English lyrics - Google
中文歌词 - 艾