一首委婉淒美的愛情歌曲

 

 

 《十麵埋伏》(House of Flying Daggers) 是由張藝謀執導的他的第二部武俠片，2004年拍攝完成並於中港及美國發行。美國版的片中主題歌《戀人》(Lovers)由梅林茂(Shigeru Umebayash)作曲，美國著名輕歌劇抒情女高音凱瑟琳迪安娜巴特爾(Kathleen Deanna Battle)演唱，是一首委婉淒美的愛情歌曲。

幾年前，美國零零後古典跨界小歌手Jackie Evancho也翻唱了這首歌，並收入她發行的第二張Full length專輯《Dream with Me》(“與我同夢“)。該專輯由獲得過47項提名，最終贏得16項格萊美獎的著名音樂人David Foster製作，曾獲得Billboard 200 Chart 排行榜第二，Billboard’s US Classical Chart排行榜第一。以下是Jackie Evancho 演唱這首歌的視頻，選自她為推介該專輯而舉辦的一次演出活動，David Foster親自為她作鋼琴伴奏。
 

之所以想起推薦這首歌，緣於近日聽一位同事向我提起，十多年前她曾應聘遠赴烏克蘭，在該片的劇組工作過一段時間，與張藝謀，章子怡，劉德華，金城武朝夕相處，劉德華還曾誇她的中文講得很好。正巧在網上看到Jackie Evancho演唱該曲的視頻，聽了覺得很好，又請我這位同事聽了，她也覺得非常好聽，特此推薦給大家。相信大家也會喜歡的。

 

下麵是《戀人》英文版的歌詞，順便也貼在這裏便於對照欣賞：

There was a field in my old town
Where we always played hand in hand
The wind was gently touching the grass
We were so young, so fearless.

Then I dreamt o'er and over,
Of you holding me tight under the stars
I made a promise to my dear lord,
I will love you forever

Time has passed
So much has changed
But the field remains in my heart
Oh, where are you?
I need to tell you I still love you
So I reach out for you,
You fly around me like a butterfly.
Your voice still echoes in my heart,
You are my true love.

There was a field in my old town,
Where in spring all flowers blossomed wide.
We were chasing butterflies
Hand in hand till close of day.
Your voice still echoes in my heart