"Afterneath" / "Killing Me" | Luke Sital-Singh

翻译人员: jiyang liu 校对人员: Simon Wang

(Piano)

（钢琴声）

(Singing) It was done

（歌声）它完成了

When the benediction had been sung

当祝福的歌声响起

Firelight gently woke us from our golden night

火光温柔地将我们从美梦里唤醒

My surprise

像个惊喜

I can turn to see your open eyes

我转身就看到你的睁开的双眸

And I know You are alive

于是我知道 你尚在人间

I know that smile

我熟悉那个笑容

Nothing more

我别无所求

In the after

只求在此以后

There is waking from your sleep

你从睡梦中醒来

And your lover

你的爱人

Is the only face you see

是你眼前的唯一

We are after

我们向往

Ever after

一直向往

There is laughter

到处欢声笑语

Afterneath

从此以后

The war

战争来了

Nobody ever even asked what for

甚至没有人过问缘由

Up above

在此之上

Nothing matters but the ones you love

没有什么比你爱的人更重要

So get out with me

所以和我一起逃离吧

Now you've got enough with me

现在你有足够的时间和我在一起

Just the two of us you see

你看 就我们两人

And nothing more

从此以后

In the after

再无所求

There is waking from your sleep

从你的睡梦中醒来

And your lover

你的爱人

Is the only face you see

是你眼前的唯一

We are after

我们向往

Ever after

从此以往

There is laughter Afterneath

一片欢声笑语

Oh, we after

我们向往

Ever after

一直向往

There is laughter

一片欢声笑语

Afterneath

从此以后

Oh

噢~

Oh

噢~

Oh

噢~

Oh

噢~

Thank you.

谢谢大家！

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you very much.

非常感谢大家。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thanks.

谢谢大家。

I love a depressing song ...

我喜欢压抑的歌曲，

(Laughter)

（笑声）

you know?

你知道吗？

我已经写了15年的压抑歌曲了。

I've been writing them for 15 years now,

and to be honest, over that time,

实话说，这么长的时间过去了，

I've come to kind of believe that they're not really depressing at all.

我已经几乎觉得这些歌曲 一点也不压抑了。

In fact, I think they're kind of the most important songs we have.

它们甚至成为我们最重要的歌曲。

Songs that sing of sorrow,

歌曲表述悲伤，

of grief,

表述哀思，

of longing,

表述渴望，

表述爱的黑暗面，

of the darker side of love,

the underside of being alive,

表述活着的另一面，

these are the songs I just never tire of hearing

我听不厌，

and I never tire of writing,

也写不厌，

because they make me feel less alone.

因为它们减轻了我的孤单。

They speak to a very real part of being human

这些歌曲告诉我们 生为人类最真实的部分

that can often be hidden in fear and shame

通常可以隐藏在恐惧和羞耻中，

and pushed deep down where it lingers and rots.

并深深地推向它徘徊和腐烂的地方。

But I think in listening to these songs --

但是我觉得在听这些歌曲的时候——

really listening --

认真聆听 ——

can allow us to refeel these hard emotions,

可以让我们重新感受这些深刻的感情，

但是是通过一种宣泄而治愈的方式，

but in a cathartic and healing way.

In a way that reminds us, as we listen, that we're not alone in darkness.

在我们听的时候，会感受到 我们并非在黑暗中孤身一人。

There's a Japanese phrase known as "mono no aware,"

有一句日本的俗语叫“mono no aware”，

which roughly translates as "the bittersweet poignancy of things,"

可以大致翻译为“苦乐参半的苦恼”，

or the pathos or "ahness" of things.

或者可以理解为事情的痛苦和快乐交织。

It's a valuable awareness of impermanence,

这是一种对于世事无常的宝贵的意识，

both a kind of gentle, transient sadness as things pass by in life,

是当每件事情在生命中逝去时 产生的一种轻柔而又短暂的忧伤，

but also a deeper, softly lingering sadness

也是一种更深刻的，缓慢消逝的悲伤，

about the impermanence of all reality.

所指向的是所有现实事物的短暂和非永久性。

"Mono no aware" can be manifest in lots of life stories and moments

“Mono no aware”体现在 很多生活故事和瞬间

and songs.

和歌曲中。

一个日本文化中的例子 就是对樱花的歌颂。

One example in Japanese culture is the celebration of the cherry blossom.

The cherry blossom in and of itself is no more impressive

樱花本身并不比

than that of an apple or orange tree,

苹果树或者橘子树更特别。

but what sets it apart is its brevity.

让樱花区别于 其他东西的是它的短暂。

Cherry blossoms fall within a single week --

樱花在短短一周内就会落下——

can be whisked away on the gentlest breeze --

也许一阵最轻柔的微风都能将它吹走——

and it's this that makes it more beautiful.

这也是让它变得更加美丽动人的原因。

It's utterly fragile,

樱花是那么的脆弱，

and fragility gives life its poignancy.

正是这种脆弱为它的生命增添了磨难。

Now, being a cheery chap,

作为一个活泼的小伙子，

nothing speaks to me more than this, and --

没有什么比这个更能说服我了，并且——

(Laughter)

（笑声）

you know, I think it's been the essence of my songwriting for years,

我觉得这就是我这些年写歌的动力，

of what moves me to write,

支撑着我继续写作，

what inspires me to sing.

鼓舞着我继续歌唱。

Because pain and grief and doubt,

因为疼痛，悲伤和怀疑，

when it's made manifest in music, in song --

当它在音乐，在歌曲中被阐明时——

when it's made beautiful in poetry and painting,

当它在诗歌和绘画中被精美描绘时——

it can build a community and a kinship

它可以制造出一个集体和一种亲切感，

in the knowledge that we are none of us alone in darkness.

因为我们知道， 我们在黑暗中都不是孤身一人。

My next song is one that I call "Killing Me,"

我的下一首歌曲叫“让我痛苦”。

and as the name suggests,

顾名思义，

it's not a dance floor favorite.

这可不是欢快的舞曲。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But it isn't miserable.

但是它不是描述痛苦的，

It's full of love and hope.

这首歌中充满了爱与希望。

And I think it exemplifies everything I've been talking about.

我觉得它为我今天讲的 所有事情都做了很好的例证。

And it's the first song I've written from the perspective of somebody else,

这也是我第一次从他人的角度来写歌，

specifically my grandmother,

特别是从我的祖母这一角度，

as she lives on without my late grandfather,

她在我祖父离开之后独立生活，

as she experiences new things in her life --

依然乐于体验生活中的新鲜事物——

her grandchildren getting married,

她的孙子孙女结婚了，

having their own children,

有了他们自己的孩子，

speaking at TED --

在TED上演讲——

all the while she lives without,

她独自生活的日子，

and all the while she misses her soul mate.

还有她用来怀念灵魂伴侣的日子。

Thank you.

谢谢各位。

(Piano)

（钢琴声）

(Singing) Sweetheart would you wake up today?

（歌声）小甜心 今天会起床吗？

I promise you would recognize my faith

我敢肯定你会认出我的脸

I want to show you how I've grown in this place

我想向你展示我在这个地方成长了多少

In this place I'm not alone

在这里我并不是一个人

And I know I'll be OK

我知道我会过得很好

But it's always harder When the winter comes to stay

但是当冬天来临的时候 生活总会变得更艰难

And I can't help remember all the words I never said

我不由自主地想起 那些我从未说过的话

And it's killing me That you're not here with me

这让我太痛苦了 因为你不在我的身边

I'm living happily

我生活得很快乐

But I'm feeling guilty

但我经常感觉内疚

And you won't believe The wonders I can see

你不会相信的 我可以看到很多奇迹

This world is changing me

这个世界在改变着我

But I will love you faithfully.

但我会一直忠贞地爱着你。

(Piano)

（钢琴声）

Oh, everything is taller these days

噢 这些天一切都长大了一点

Maybe I feel smaller and time rushes away

但是我却觉得自己更渺小了 时光匆匆流逝

So much I could show you

有太多我能告诉你的事情

我们最棒的孙子孙女们

How all the great-grandchildren

Have been laughing like we did when we were young

是如何开心地大笑 就像我们年轻时一样

I've been laughing like we did when we were young

我也一起笑着 就像我们年轻时那样

Oh, it's killing me that you're not here with me

噢 这真的让我很痛苦 因为你不在我的身边

I'm living happily

我生活得很快乐

But I'm feeling guilty

但我时常觉得愧疚

Oh, you won't believe The wonders I can see

噢 你不会相信的 那些我能看到的奇迹

This world is changing me

这个世界在改变我

I will love you faithfully

但我将一直忠贞地爱着你

Oh

噢

Oh

噢

Oh

噢

Oh

噢

Oh, it's killing me

噢 这真的让我很痛苦

That you're not here with me

因为你不在我的身旁

I'm living happily

我生活得很快乐

But I'm feeling guilty

但是我时常觉得内疚

Oh, you won't believe The wonders I can see

噢 你不会相信的 那些我看到的奇迹

This world is changing me

这个世界改变着我

I will love you faithfully

但我将一直忠贞地爱着你

Oh, it's killing me

噢 这真的让我很痛苦

因为你不在我的身边

That you're not here with me

I'm living happily

我生活的很快乐

But I'm feeling guilty

但是我感觉到愧疚

Oh, you won't believe The wonders I can see

噢 你不会相信的 我所看到的奇迹

This world is changing me

这个世界在改变我

But I will love you faithfully

但是我依然忠诚地爱着你

Thank you very much.

非常谢谢大家。

(Applause and cheering)

（掌声和喝彩声）