這首詩後來被Charles Fox 和Norman Gimbel創作成了歌曲“Killing me softly with his song”,並由Lori Lieberman親自演唱。
Killing Me Softly with His Song -- 一曲消魂
Strumming my pain with his fingers, 他用手指輕撫我的傷痛
Singing my life with his words, 歌詞唱出了我的人生
Killing me softly with his song, 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
killing me softly with his song, 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
Telling my whole life with his words, 歌詞道盡了我的一生
Killing me softly with his song. 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
I heard he sang a good song, 我聽說他歌唱得很好
I heard he had a style, 極具個人風格
And so I came to see him and listen for a while. 於是我特地前來 欣賞他的演唱
And there he was this young boy, 他出現了,這位年輕男孩
a stranger to my eyes, 我眼中的陌生人
Strumming my pain with his fingers, 他用手指輕撫我的傷痛
Singing my life with his words, 歌詞唱出了我的人生
Killing me softly with his song, 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
killing me softly with his song, 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
Telling my whole life with his words, 歌詞道盡了我的一生
Killing me softly with his song. 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
I felt all flushed with fever, 我感到臉紅,全身發燙
Embarrassed by the crowd, 在群眾麵前覺得不好意思
I felt he found my letters and read each word out loud. 他看到了我寫的紙條 大聲的讀著每一個字
I prayed that he would finish, 我祈禱著他能趕快念完
But he just kept right on 但他卻一直念著
Strumming my pain with his fingers, 他用手指輕撫我的傷痛
Singing my life with his words, 歌詞唱出了我的人生
Killing me softly with his song, 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
killing me softly with his song, 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
Telling my whole life with his words, 歌詞道盡了我的一生
Killing me softly with his song. 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
He said as if he knew me 他唱著,彷佛早就認識我
In all my god's spaer 在我最陰暗沮喪的時候
And then he looked right through me 然後,他看向我這邊來
as if I wasn't there. 好像我不存在似的
And he just kept on singing 他繼續唱著
singing clear and strong 清晰而有力的唱著
Strumming my pain with his fingers, 他用手指輕撫我的傷痛
Singing my life with his words, 歌詞唱出了我的人生
Killing me softly with his song, 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
killing me softly with his song, 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
Telling my whole life with his words, 歌詞道盡了我的一生
Killing me softly with his song. 他的歌溫柔得迷死人
但真正讓這首歌走紅的是美國老牌黑人女歌手Roberta Flack,1973年,Flack憑借“Killing me softly with his song”獲得了格萊美三項大獎。
Roberta Flack的曲風為帶有流行色彩的“輕柔爵士”,嗓音厚實,略帶沙啞,高亢嘹亮,中氣十足,同時也蘊藏多變的真假聲技巧。現在,Roberta Flack雖然隱退歌壇,但像Madonna、Whitney Houston等後生巨星,均曾經拜她為師,學習唱功。她也會應邀偶然出現在白宮,為總統以及國賓表演。