不知道有多少朋友和我一樣喜歡Sinatra的這首歌,事實上不知道有多少人喜歡Sinatra。 有一次偶然在網上讀到一篇文章,說Sinatra同誌是自私的典型,而且點名道姓批判“My Way” 是他自私自利的極端泛濫。 看過以後好久緩不過勁兒來,沒想到美國也有人喜歡上綱上線,而這個上綱上線得實在離譜太遠,老Frank最多就是自由散漫隨心所欲,沒有損人利己,如何能叫“自私”呢?真是怪胎。
這首歌, 喜歡它的歌詞,幾乎喜歡歌詞裏的每一句 (謝謝 Paul Anka)。 感覺歌詞是為Sinatra 定身度作,精確到位地表達了他的人生態度與言行軌跡, 同時也道出了我自己的人生期望:在不compromise 正直,善良,高尚等為人處事基本原則的前提下,當我的人生快到盡頭時,再回首,希望自己可以毫無遺憾地對自己對大家說這幾句:
Regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention. I've lived a life that is full. I've loved, I've laughed and cried, I've had my fill, my share of losing. And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing. When I bit off more than I could chew.....I faced it all and I stood tall. I took the blows and did it my way.
此生無憾!
附歌詞
And now, the end is near, And so I face the final curtain. My friends, I'll say it clear; I'll state my case of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full - I've traveled each and every highway. And more, much more than this, I did it my way. Regrets? I've had a few, But then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do And saw it through without exemption. I planned each charted course - Each careful step along the byway, And more, much more than this, I did it my way. Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew, When I bit off more than I could chew, But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out. I faced it all and I stood tall And did it my way. I've loved, I've laughed and cried, I've had my fill - my share of losing. But now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing. To think I did all that, And may I say, not in a shy way - Oh no. Oh no, not me. I did it my way. For what is a man? What has he got? If not himself - Then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels And not the words of one who kneels. Let the record show I took the blows And did it my way. Yes, it was my way. |