Lemon Andersen performs "Please don't take my Air Jordans"

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Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast
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譯者: Clement Fu 審譯者: Shin-Yuan Tzou
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"My Air Jordans cost a hundred with tax.
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「我的喬丹鞋,連稅要百元一雙。
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My suede Starters jacket says Raiders on the back.
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我的絨毛棒球外套,背後寫明『特別攻擊隊』。
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I'm stylin', smilin', lookin' real mean,
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我有型,笑臉迎人,街頭招搖橫行,
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because it ain't about being heard, just being seen.
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因為不要千里聞名,只要當下有臉示人。
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My leather Adidas baseball cap matches
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我的真皮愛迪達棒球帽,配以
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my fake Gucci backpack. (Laughter)
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我的 A 貨古馳背包,絕不俗套。(眾笑)
00:38
Ain't nobody who looks as good as me,
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世界上有誰,能及我好看,
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but this costs money, it sure ain't free,
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但花費真多,沒一樣從天而降,
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and I gots no job, no money at all,
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但我沒工作,空空錢包一個,
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but it's easy to steal all this from the mall.
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但商場偷竊,也再簡單不過。
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Parents say I shouldn't, but I knows I should.
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父母說我不該,但我休管福禍。
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Got to do what I can to make sure I look good,
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為了外表好看,不惜一切後果,
00:53
and the reason I have to look real good, well, to tell you the truth, man,
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而扮帥哥的原因,老實說,老兄
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I don't know why. Guess it makes me feel special inside.
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我也不知為何。想是一份尊榮感,埋藏心窩。
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When I'm wearing fresh gear I don't have to hide,
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當我穿新貨,再也毋需左閃右躲,
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and I really must get some new gear soon
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而我必須盡快補貨,
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or my ego will pop like a 10-cent balloon.
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不然那份自尊,就要消失千里之外。
01:07
But security is tight at all the shops. Every day there are more and more cops.
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不過店舖嚴密保安,巡警每日漸多。
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My crew is laughing at me because I'm wearing old gear.
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朋友譏諷我,衣衫襤褸不堪。
01:14
School's almost over. Summer is near.
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學期快終結,暑假降臨。
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And I'm sportin' torn Jordans.
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而我仍在磨蹭舊的喬丹球鞋。
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I need something new. Only one thing left to do.
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我急需新貨。選擇只得一個。
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Cut school Friday, catch the subway downtown,
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就是週五蹺課,乘地鐵到市中心一趟,
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check out my victims hangin' around.
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看看有沒有大魚上當。
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Maybe I'll get lucky and find easy prey.
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若幸運之神眷顧,輕鬆就有斬獲。
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Got to get some new gear. There's no other way.
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以入新貨之名,惟有如此境況。
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I'm ready and willing. I'm packing my gun.
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我準備就緒。手槍裝妥。
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This is serious business. This ain't no fun.
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要來真的一趙。不是隨便開玩笑。
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And I can't have my posse laughin' at me.
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小弟真槍出馬,不容輕視利害。
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I'mma cop something dope, just wait, you'll see.
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必定斬獲而歸,旁人拭目而待。
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Come out of the station, West 4th near the park,
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步出車站,西邊四街公園附近,
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brothers shooting hoops and someone remarks,
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一班小混聚集,某人驚云:
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'Hey homes, where you get them Nik's?'
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「哪兒弄來的耐吉球鞋?羨急旁人」
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I says to myself, 'Yeah. I likes 'em, I likes.'
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我心想,「我就喜歡,做我囊中物。」
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They were Q-tip white, bright and blinding my eyes.
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球鞋純白可愛,耀目光彩迷人。
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The red emblem of Michael looked as if it could fly.
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麥可喬丹紅色標誌,簡直栩栩如生。
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Not one spot of dirt. The Airs were brand new.
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一塵不染。一對全新球鞋。
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Had my pistol and knew just what to do.
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手槍握緊,知道隨後計劃。
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Waited until it was just the right time, followed him very closely behind.
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我緊隨其後,伺機而行。
02:09
He made a left turn on Houston, I pulled out my gun,
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那人在侯斯頓街左轉,我拔槍示人,
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and I said, 'Gimme them Jordans!'
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高呼:「喬丹球鞋給我!」
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And the punk tried to run.
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那傢伙拔足而逃。
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Took off fast, didn't get far. I fired,'Pow!'
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跑得快,但走不遠,我開槍,「嘭!」
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Fool fell between two parked cars.
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傢伙中槍,躺在兩車停泊之間。
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He was coughing, crying, blood spilled on the street.
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喘氣、哭叫,血濺在街。
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And I snatched them Air Jordans off of his feet.
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而我就從他腳上奪走球鞋。
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While laying there dying, all he could say
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當他垂死掙扎,只顧口中唸道:
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was, "Please man, don't take my Air Jordans away."
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「求你,不要奪走我的喬丹鞋。」
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You'd think he'd be worried about staying alive.
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你可以想見他怕活不過來。
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As I took off with his sneakers, there was tears in his eyes.
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當我取着球鞋逃走,他眼淚盈眶。
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Very next day, I bopped into school
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翌日,我如常上學,
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with my brand new Air Jordans, man, I was cool.
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穿着全新的喬丹鞋,老兄,我至酷。
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I killed to get 'em, but hey, I don't care,
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我以別人的性命換取回來,我不在意,
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because now I needs a new jacket to wear."
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因為現在要為新外衣張羅。」
02:55
Thank you. (Applause)
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多謝。(掌聲)
03:04
For the last 15 years that I have been performing,
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在過去十五年,我一直在表演,
03:09
all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world.
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我一直想做的,就是將詩詞傳達世界。
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See, it wasn't enough for me to write a book.
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看,讓我寫一本書,並不足夠。
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It wasn't enough for me to join a slam competition,
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參加一個比賽,對我而言也不足,
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and while those things hold weight,
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雖然這些事情有其份量,
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it wasn't the driving force that pushes the pen to the pad.
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它們並不是將筆桿推向筆記本的推動力。
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The hunger and thirst was, and still remains:
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心中推動的一份飢渴,由始到終,都是;
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How do I get people who hate poetry
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我怎樣才能夠讓討厭詩詞的人
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to love me?
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喜歡我?
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Because I'm an extension of my work,
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因為我的創作延伸自我,
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and if they love me, then they will love my work,
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倘若他們愛我,他們也會愛我的作品,
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and if they love my work, then they will love poetry,
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倘若他們愛我的作品,他們也會愛詩詞,
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and if they love poetry, then I will have done my job,
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倘若他們愛詩詞,我也完成了我的工作,
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which is to transcend it to the world.
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就是將詩詞傳達世界。
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And in 1996, I found the answer in principles
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在 1996 年,我找到原則上的答案,
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in a master spoken-word artist named Reg E. Gaines,
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是來自一位說唱藝術家大師 瑞格·伊·坎尼斯 (Reg E. Gaines),
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who wrote the famous poem, "Please Don't Take My Air Jordans."
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他寫了著名的詩: 《請不要奪走我的喬丹鞋》。
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And I followed this guy everywhere until I had him in the room,
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之後我到處跟蹤他,直到一次相會,
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and I read him one of my pieces,
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我讀了其中一篇拙作給他聽,
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and you know what he told me?
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你知道他怎麼說嗎?
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"Yo' wack.
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「怪咖。
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You know what the problem is with you, homie?
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你知道你的問題出在哪裏嗎?小弟。
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You don't read other people's poetry,
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你不閱讀他人的詩詞,
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and you don't got any subordination for verbal measures
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並且欠缺從節拍到音調的協調。」
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to tonal consideration." (Laughter)
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(眾笑)
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Now he kept on rambling
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然後他繼續嘮叨,有關詩詞、風格
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about poetry and styles and Nuyorican Friday nights.
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以及黎各 (Nuyorican) 詩人咖啡室的週五夜。
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Now I could have quit. I should have quit.
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此時我可以退出。我應該輟筆。
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I mean, I thought poetry was just self-expression.
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當時我想,我以為詩詞只是表達自我。
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I didn't know you actually have to have creative control.
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我當時不知道,詩詞原來要有創意規範。
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So instead of quitting, I followed him everywhere.
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所以我沒有退出,卻到處跟隨他。
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When he was writing a Broadway show, I would be outside of the door.
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當他在為百老匯音樂劇寫劇本時,我會在房門外伺候。
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I would wake him up at, like, 6:30 in the morning
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我會在早上約六時半就吵醒他,
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to ask him who's the best poet.
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問他誰是最棒的詩人。
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I remember eating the eyes of a fish right out of the sea
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我記得我吃過新鮮海魚的魚眼,
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because he told me it was brain food.
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因為他說補腦。
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Then one day I told him,
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然後有一天,我問他,
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"Reg E., what is subordination for verbal measures to tonal consideration?" (Laughter)
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「瑞格·伊,甚麼是從節拍到音調的協調?」 (眾笑)
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And he handed me a black-and-white printed out thesis
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然後他遞給我,一份黑白打印的論文,內容是
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on a poet named Etheridge Knight
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關於一位名叫艾瑟裏奇·奈特 (Etheridge Knight) 的詩人
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and the oral nature of poetry,
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以及詩詞的口誦性質,
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and from that point,
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而自此之後,
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Reggie stopped becoming the best to me,
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瑞格伊不再是我心目中最棒的,
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because what Etheridge Knight taught me
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因為艾瑟裏奇·奈特教曉我,
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was that I could make my words sound like music,
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原來我可以將詩語,變得像音樂一樣,
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even my small ones, the monosyllables,
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即使微細的部分,單音節詞,
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the ifs, ands, buts, whats,
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那些「如」、「若」、「及」、「但」,
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the gangsta in my slang could fall right on the ear,
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匪幫俚語原來可以字字鏗鏘,
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and from then on, I started chasing Etheridge Knight.
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而自此之後,我開始追隨艾瑟裏奇·奈特。
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I wanted to know which poet he read,
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我想知道他閱讀哪位詩人的作品,而我適逢其會,
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and I landed on a poem called ["Dark Prophecy: Sing of Shine"],
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接觸到一篇 名為 ["Dark Prophecy: Sing of Shine"] 的詩,
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a toast signifying that got me on the biggest stage
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這是個轉捩點,那詩篇將我帶上
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a poet could ever be:
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一位詩人能夠踏上的最大舞台:
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Broadway, baby.
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百老匯,寶貝。
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And from that point, I learned how to pull the mic away
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而自此,我學會怎樣拉遠麥克風
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and attack the poetry with my body.
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並將身體投入詩詞中。
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But that wasn't the biggest lesson I ever learned.
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然而那不是我學會的最大一課。
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The biggest lesson I learned was many years later
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我學會的最大一課是在多年後,
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when I went to Beverly Hills and I ran into a talent agent
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當我去比佛利山 (Beverly Hills),並遇上一名星探,
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who looked at me up and down
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他將我全身打量一番後說,
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and said I don't look like I have any experience
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我看來不像是有過任何
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to be working in this business.
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在這個行業工作的經驗。
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And I said to him, "Listen, punk fool,
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然後我回敬道:「聽好了,笨蛋,
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you're a failed actor who became an agent,
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你演藝事業失敗,才轉行做星探,
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and you know why you failed as an actor?
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而你知道你為何幹不成演員嗎?
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Because people like me took your job.
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就是因為有我這種人,搶了你的飯碗。
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I've traveled all the way from Cleveland and Essex
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我千里迢迢.從紐約東部出發, 走過克里夫蘭 (Cleveland)
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in East New York, took the local 6 line up to the hookers of Hunt's Point
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和雅息士郡 (Essex),乘搭六號綫 到亨茨波恩特 (Hunt's Point),
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who were in my way on my way to master the art of space,
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沿途妓女一群,為正在掌握 空間藝術到半途的我,添困,
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and the one-to-infinite amount of man, woman and child
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而一班男女小孩,我一個人 彷彿對着無窮人海,
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you can fit in there only so I can push them
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你可以置身其中, 好讓我可以使出混身解數,
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to the back of the wall with my experience.
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讓你們驚嘆, 由我的經驗,帶來的體驗。
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People have bought tickets to my experience
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人們買票,就是為了 來看我的過往所堆砌出來的經驗,
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and used them as refrigerator magnets to let them know
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並像雪櫃門的磁石貼一樣, 提醒他們,
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that the revolution is near, so stock up.
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新一輪革命, 勢將開創,準備好了。
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I'm so experienced that when you went
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我的經驗何其豐富, 當你到高尚學府,仍在學習
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to a privileged school to learn a Shakespearean sonnet,
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莎士比亞十四行詩 (Shakespearean sonnet) 的一課,
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I was getting those beats kicked and shoved into me.
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我已將這些節拍, 深深收入腦海。
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I can master shock of "The Crying Game" with the awe
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我能掌握“亂世浮生” (The Crying Game) 錯愕的神髓,七情上臉
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of a child being called an AIDS victim by a bully who didn't know
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演繹一個小孩,被人欺負說 是愛滋病孩,那小霸王卻不知
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that it was his father who gave it to my mother,
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那是他爸爸,把愛滋病 傳給我的媽媽,
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and that's a double entendre.
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而那 叫做語帶雙關。
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I'm so experienced that when you went to the Fell School
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我的經驗何其豐富, 當你到訪 Fell School,而那裏那些
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and all the rich little fairy boys decided to sponsor a child
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不吃人間煙火的富家哥兒, 說要助養貧困小孩,
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in it, that was me, but kicked me out when I was caught
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我就是待考慮的一個,但 最終不果,因為我被發現帶壞
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teaching the fairy boys how to rob the PATS off a pair of Lee Jeans
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富家哥兒,教他們怎麼除去一對 Lee 牛仔褲上的 PATS 防盜標貼,
07:39
and bring them to VIM. Let me see Chekhov pull that off.
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並拿到 VIM 變賣。 還是讓契訶夫 (Chekhov) 妙筆作罷。
07:42
Sanford Meisner was my Uncle Artie yelling silently to himself,
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史丹佛·梅斯納 (Sanford Meisner) 是 我的阿蒂叔叔 (Uncle Artie),他心裏大喊:
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"Something's always wrong when nothing's always right."
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「諸事不順,就是有些不妥。」
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Method acting is nothing but a mixture
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所謂,方法演技 (Method acting) ,說穿了,豈非
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of multiple personalities, believing your own lies are reality,
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就是混合多重人格, 相信謊話真實不假,
07:53
like in high school cool Kenny telling me he wanted to be a cop.
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就像高中時代, 酷爆的 Kenny 對我明志想做警察。老兄,
07:56
Dude, you go to Riker's Island Academy.
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你入里克斯島 (Riker's Island) 監獄學校,倒更有資格。
07:58
I could make David Mamet
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我能讓 大衛馬密 (David Mamet)
08:00
psychoanalyze my attack on dialogue,
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心理分析 我對白中的激宕起跌,
08:02
Stanislavski be as if he were Bruce Lee
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讓史坦尼斯拉夫斯基 (Stanislavski) 猶如李小龍上身.
08:06
kicking your roster of talentless students up and down Crenshaw.
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對你一班,毫無天賦的學生, 出拳踢腳,在克倫肖 (Crenshaw) 街頭糾結。
08:09
So what, your actors studied guerrilla theater at the London Rep?
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你的演員,在倫敦劇院的短期輪演 (London Rep) , 研習街頭諷刺短劇 (guerrilla theater),又有何噱頭?
08:12
Let me tell you an ancient Chinese Saturday afternoon
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讓我為你道出, 在古代中國,每逢週六,
08:15
kung fu secret.
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午後苦練功夫的秘密解構。
08:17
Boards don't hit back.
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板面出拳頭, 板子不還手。
08:19
You think black entertainers have it hard finding work
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你以為黑人戲子 很難在這行吃飯?
08:21
in this business? I'm a suspicious mulatto,
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我是個穆拉託人 (黑白混血兒),人看我相貌離奇,
08:24
which means I'm too black to be white and too white to be doing it right.
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說我做黑做白, 也難以黑白雙煞。
08:27
Forget the American ghetto. I've cracked stages in Soweto,
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美國的黑人聚集區就別記。 我曾在索維托 (Soweto) 登台做戲,
08:30
buried abortion babies in potter's field and still managed to keep a smile on my face,
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將墮胎遺骸 葬在公墓,仍臉掛笑容,
08:34
so whatever you curse at me to your caddyshack
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所以, 當我走出房門時,你怎樣向我咀咒,
08:36
go-for-this, go-for-that assistant when I walk out that door,
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對着你那個唯唯諾諾的 窩囊隨從饒舌,心裏暗爽,
08:39
whatever slander you send my way,
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你怎樣在我背後誣衊我, 彼此相同,我將一切
08:42
your mother.
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回敬你令堂。
08:45
Thank you. (Applause)
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多謝。(掌聲)
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