中英文交织到底的 Mirror Song(镜像歌),你见过吗?
最近网上有一种被称为 Mirror Song(镜像歌) 的特殊双语歌曲。它最直观的特点,是 Sustained English–Chinese Alternation(中英文持续交替):一句英文,一句中文,从头到尾一直交织下去。
按照 Medium 上的介绍,成熟的 Mirror Song 还包括 Non-Translational Adjacency、Dual Continuity、Interwoven Continuity、Third Meaning 等特点,也就是中英文不只是互译,而是各自保持连续、彼此接力,并在交织中产生新的意义。
这首歌的歌名和歌词如下:
Wandering Tears
《流浪的眼泪》
[Verse 1]
眼泪如果要来,就让它慢慢走,
If tears must fall, let them wander slow.
滑过安静的颊,洗净旧日忧愁,
Down a silent cheek, to wash away the woe.
此刻什么都好,此刻什么都轻,
All is well tonight, everything is light.
你在自己的海,随那微波安睡,
Drifting in your sea, lulled by waves of white.
[Verse 2]
让那微小的痛,躺在安稳掌心,
Let that tiny ache, rest within your hand.
像个睡着的孩,呼吸轻得透明,
Like a sleeping child, soft as shifting sand.
天地那么辽阔,我们如此渺小,
The world is vast and wide, we are small and slight.
却有一束微光,在体内缓缓绕,
Yet a golden thread, winds through us tonight.
[Chorus]
脚下看不见路,头上只有长天,
The path is out of sight, beneath the endless blue.
你是行走的家,到哪儿都是归返。
You’re a home in motion, returning starts with you.
实际听下来,中英文之间的转换非常自然、顺滑。虽然语言不断切换,整首歌的旋律和情绪并没有明显的割裂感。
有兴趣的话,也可以听听实际演唱效果,链接如下:
