辞九门回忆
Farewell to Nine-gate Memories
一曲定重楼
One song had anchored many a tower
一眼半生筹
One glance costed half a life to scheme
看的全都是那诡谲云涌
All were plots and deceits like surging clouds
入得此门不回首
I never looked back after I stepped into this gate
无需宣之于口
No need to say
我对案再拜那风雨瓢泼的残陋
I bowed again to the ruins by winds and rains
再聚首
We gathered again
戏子多秋
People say players suffer in many falls (2重含义:1.秋天;2.落魄)
可怜一处情深旧
Pity my love wore old here
满座衣冠皆老朽
And turned all audience old
黄泉故事无止休
People died with their stories unfinished
戏无骨难左右 (柔弱无骨,取“柔弱”义;左右为难,取“为难”义)
Fragile players caught in dilemmas
换过一折又重头
Scenes changed and started afresh
只道最是人间不能留
It’s the human world that linger not
误闯天家(不知道是皇帝的“天家”,还是天上的“天家”。根据二月红进入陨铜世界复活丫头,这里取“天上”义,转义“非人间”。但是后面怎么又出现了“御街打马”这个皇家意象?)
I broke into the unworldly gate only to be
劝余放下手中砂
Told to let go of the sands in my hands
张口欲唱声却哑
I heard hoarseness as I was about to sing
粉面披衣叫个假
Powered face capped in colors, somehow fake
怜余来安座下
Pity me to sit under the Buddha
不敢沾染佛前茶
Dare not touch the tea before
只作凡人赴雪月风花
Might as well be someone seeking the worldly romance
绕过胭脂楼
Bypassing the Rouge Building
打散结发扣
I loosened my hair-tied knots
唱的全都是那情深不寿
All that in the songs are laments for the summer love
(重复的部分不翻译)
送那人御街打马
Seeing off the one to take a royal ride through streets
才子佳人断佳话
Fairy ladies parted with scholars and left no tales behind
怜余来苦咽下
Pity me swallow the sorrows down to the heart
求不得佛前茶
Beg not the tea bestowed by the Buddha
只留三寸土种二月花
Only sands three inches deep to bury February seeds
译后记:
如果真的是二月红的故事,那个御街打马哪里能对得上,说他在戏台上扮演女驸马“打马御街前”?
算了,写歌的人为了押韵,真是什么事情都能干得出来。
由于二月红以男身扮演女角,里面的性别都用中性词替代,如someone, the one。
作者《辞·九门回忆》是妙语清歌原创音乐团队制作的一首,以南派三叔的短篇小说集《老九门》之《二月红篇》为题材的原创音乐作品。 《辞·九门回忆》灵感来自老九门短篇集,二月红篇,文中正值二月红丧妻两年的大寿之日,身处欢笑之地,却仍是只想吃一口熟悉的面汤,若过些年、再过些年,身边的友人渐渐离散,那些悲伤已不是似乎散落在房间角落,而是连呼吸都要带动着过往。
作者下面我只解释这首歌词中的两句 歌词句一,“不敢沾染佛前茶,只作凡人赴雪月风花”。 个人理解这句话。 不敢,不能够,没资格沾染佛前茶。只能作个凡人赴进尘世间的雪月风花里面,另外一种意思是对恋人的不舍的意思。 歌词最后一句,求不得佛前茶,只留三寸土种二月花。 翻译,看不破红尘,忘记不了自己曾经深爱已逝去的妻子。 二月花,的意思是,首先二月龙抬头,万物复苏,春暖花开。三寸土的意思是,失去深爱的妻子后只剩三寸土地,怎样才能种出二月龙抬头万物复苏春暖花开春意盎然的二月花来呀,甚至现在连三寸土都没有,要知道在爱妻还活着的时候,我可是用有整个世界。