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

譯者: Yanyan Hong 審譯者: Ziqing Ye

(Piano)

（鋼琴演奏）

(Singing) It was done

（唱）一切已塵埃落定

When the benediction had been sung

當神靈的祈福迴盪耳畔

Firelight gently woke us from our golden night

火光輕柔地 把我們從金色夜晚中喚醒

My surprise

我如此驚訝

I can turn to see your open eyes

我能轉身望見你睜開的雙眸

And I know You are alive

我知道

你還活著

I know that smile

我記得那個笑容

Nothing more

除此外再無其它

In the after

從今往後

There is waking from your sleep

從你的睡夢中醒來

And your lover

而你的愛人

Is the only face you see

是你唯一望見的臉龐

We are after

我們都在追尋

Ever after

永遠在追尋

There is laughter

那裡有歡笑

Afterneath

在心深處

The war

在戰爭中

Nobody ever even asked what for

沒有人曾問過為何而戰

Up above

在一切之上

Nothing matters but the ones you love

沒有什麽比你深愛的人更重要

So get out with me

所以和我一同出去吧

Now you've got enough with me

現在你對我已經足矣

Just the two of us you see

如你所見只有我們兩個

And nothing more

再無其他

In the after

從今往後

There is waking from your sleep

從你的睡夢中醒來

And your lover

而你的愛人

Is the only face you see

是你唯一望見的臉龐

We are after

我們都在追尋

Ever after

永遠在追尋

There is laughter Afterneath

那裡有歡笑 在那心底深處

Oh, we after

哦，我們在追尋

Ever after

永遠在追尋

There is laughter

那裡有歡笑

Afterneath

在心深處

Oh

哦

Oh

哦

Oh

哦

Oh

哦

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Thanks.

謝謝。

I love a depressing song ...

我喜愛傷感的歌曲……

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

you know?

你知道嗎？

到現在為止我已經寫歌 15 年了，

I've been writing them for 15 years now,

and to be honest, over that time,

實話說，這些年以來，

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

我甚至覺得它們 其實一點也不傷感。

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

事實上，我認為它們是 我們擁有的最重要的歌。

Songs that sing of sorrow,

這些歌，歌唱著惋惜、

of grief,

悲傷、

of longing,

渴望、

of the darker side of love,

愛的黑暗面、

the underside of being alive,

活著的另一面，

these are the songs I just never tire of hearing

我從未厭倦聼這樣的歌曲，

and I never tire of writing,

也從未厭倦去寫這樣的歌，

because they make me feel less alone.

因為它們讓我不再感到孤獨。

They speak to a very real part of being human

它們在述說著 作為人非常真實的一部分，

that can often be hidden in fear and shame

這些感情通常藏匿於恐懼和屈辱，

and pushed deep down where it lingers and rots.

被深埋心底，徘徊、腐爛。

But I think in listening to these songs --

但是我相信如果我們用心聼這些歌，

really listening --

真正用心聼，

can allow us to refeel these hard emotions,

能讓我們重新去感受這些艱難的感情，

但是以一種宣洩和療癒的方式。

but in a cathartic and healing way.

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

在我們聆聽的同時，也提醒我們， 黑暗中的我們不孤獨。

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

日語裡有一句話， 「物の哀れ（真情流露）」，

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

可以大致翻譯為 「萬物皆有苦樂參半的心酸」

or the pathos or "ahness" of things.

或是凄楚之情或對事物的「哀嘆」。

It's a valuable awareness of impermanence,

這是對世事無常的一種珍貴的認識，

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

也是一種溫柔、轉瞬即逝， 對生命中擦身而過的事物的感傷，

but also a deeper, softly lingering sadness

但也是一種更深的、 更加纏綿的憂傷，

about the impermanence of all reality.

關於對於現實中一切事物的短暫性。

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

「物の哀れ」顯現在生活中 很多的故事和時刻裡

and songs.

還有歌裡。

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

在日本文化裡有一個例子 就是慶祝櫻花的盛開。

The cherry blossom in and of itself is no more impressive

櫻花盛開的本身並沒有比

than that of an apple or orange tree,

一棵蘋果或橘子樹的盛開更令人驚艷，

but what sets it apart is its brevity.

但它的與衆不同 在於它盛開時間的短暫。

Cherry blossoms fall within a single week --

盛開的櫻花樹會在一周内凋零，

can be whisked away on the gentlest breeze --

落花會被溫和的風兒帶走，

and it's this that makes it more beautiful.

這讓它顯得更美麗。

It's utterly fragile,

它太易碎了，

and fragility gives life its poignancy.

易碎感帶給生命感傷。

Now, being a cheery chap,

我是一個愉快的傢伙，

nothing speaks to me more than this, and --

沒有什麼比這更能說明我了，而且——

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

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

你知道，我覺得這也是 我這些年來創作的精髓，

of what moves me to write,

觸動我去寫，

what inspires me to sing.

鼓舞我去唱出來。

Because pain and grief and doubt,

因為傷痛、悲傷和疑惑，

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

當它們在音樂、歌曲中呈現，

when it's made beautiful in poetry and painting,

由美麗的詩歌和畫面組成，

it can build a community and a kinship

可以建立社區和聯繫，

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

那就是在黑暗中 沒有一個人是孤獨的。

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

我的下一首歌是《殺了我》，

and as the name suggests,

就像歌名說的一樣，

it's not a dance floor favorite.

不適合跳舞。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

But it isn't miserable.

但也沒有那麽痛苦。

It's full of love and hope.

它充滿愛和希望。

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

我覺得它就是 我剛剛所說的一切的最好例子。

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

這是我為一個人而寫的第一首歌，

specifically my grandmother,

這個人就是我的祖母，

as she lives on without my late grandfather,

當我祖父去世後，她獨自生活，

as she experiences new things in her life --

在她的人生中， 她也在經歷新的事情——

her grandchildren getting married,

她的孫子們結婚了，

having their own children,

有了他們自己的孩子，

speaking at TED --

在 TED 演說。

all the while she lives without,

為了那些她獨自生活的時刻，

and all the while she misses her soul mate.

也為了她一直想念的靈魂伴侶。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Piano)

（鋼琴演奏）

(Singing) Sweetheart would you wake up today?

（唱）甜心，今天你會醒來嗎？

I promise you would recognize my faith

我向你保證 你會認出我的信心

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

我想讓你看看 我在此如何長大

In this place I'm not alone

在這個地方 我不再孤獨

And I know I'll be OK

而且我明白我會很好

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

但是當冬天來臨 一切都是那麽艱難

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

而且我情不自禁想起 那些我從未說過的話

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

它正在殺了我，我無法承受 因為你不在我身旁

I'm living happily

我開心地生活著

But I'm feeling guilty

但我卻感到愧疚

And you won't believe The wonders I can see

你不會相信 我所見到的奇蹟

This world is changing me

這個世界正改變著我

But I will love you faithfully.

但我依然會誠心誠意地著愛你。

(Piano)

（鋼琴演奏）

Oh, everything is taller these days

哦，這些日子裡 一切都變得如此高大

Maybe I feel smaller and time rushes away

也許是因為我感到了自己的渺小 而時間正匆匆而逝

So much I could show you

我有那麽多想與你分享

我們所有的曾孫子們是如何

How all the great-grandchildren

Have been laughing like we did when we were young

像我們年輕時一樣歡笑

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

就像我們年輕時一樣歡笑著

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

哦，它正在殺了我，我無法承受 因為你不在我身旁

I'm living happily

我開心地生活著

But I'm feeling guilty

但我卻感到愧疚

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

哦，你不會相信 我所見到的奇蹟

This world is changing me

這個世界正改變著我

I will love you faithfully

而我依然會誠心誠意地著愛你。

Oh

哦

Oh

哦

Oh

哦

Oh

哦

Oh, it's killing me

哦，它正殺了我

That you're not here with me

因為你不在我身旁

I'm living happily

我開心地生活著

But I'm feeling guilty

但我卻感到愧疚

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

哦，你不會相信 我所能見到的奇蹟

This world is changing me

這個世界正改變著我

I will love you faithfully

但我依然會誠心誠意地著愛你。

Oh, it's killing me

哦，它正在殺了我

因為你不在我身旁

That you're not here with me

I'm living happily

我開心地生活著

But I'm feeling guilty

但我卻感到愧疚

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

哦，你不會相信 我所見到的奇蹟

This world is changing me

這個世界正改變著我

But I will love you faithfully

但我依然會誠心誠意地著愛你。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝大家。

(Applause and cheering)

（掌聲和歡呼）