歌曲《真愛(ài)玫瑰》背后的故事

“ Some say love， it is a razor That leaves your soul to bleed I say love， it is a flower And you， its only seed”

Track 6

by Amanda McBroom

翻譯：小狐

文字難度·

I was driving down the1）freeway one afternoon， sometime in 1977.

I was listening to the radio when the song Magdalena by Danny O’Keefe， sung by Leo Sayer，came on. I liked it immediately. My favorite line was “Your love is like a2）razor. My heart is just a scar.”

As I continued to drive down the road the thought came， I don’t agree with the3）sentiment. I was younger then. I didn’t think love is like a razor. What， then， did I think love is？ Suddenly， it was as if someone had opened a window in the top of my head. Words came pouring in. I had to keep4）reciting them to myself as I drove faster and faster towards home， so I wouldn’t forget them. I5）screeched into my drive way， ran into the house， and sat down at the piano. Ten minutes later， The Rose was there.

1） freeway ［'fri?we?］ n. 高速公路

2） razor ［'re?z?］ n. 剃刀

3） sentiment ［'sent?m?nt］ n. 觀點(diǎn)，傷感情緒的表達(dá)

4） recite ［r?'sa?t］ v. 背誦

5） screech ［skri?t?］ v.（剎車時(shí)輪胎）發(fā)出尖銳刺耳的聲音

I called my husband， George， into the room and played it for him， as I always did with my new songs. He listened， and quietly said to me， “You’ve just written a6）standard.” I7）protested that no one but my pals would ever hear it. He said， “Mark my words， something is going to happen with this song.”

現(xiàn)如今，市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈，為了提高建筑企業(yè)的市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力就要求建筑企業(yè)在保證工程質(zhì)量的同時(shí)也要做好工程施工的成本管理。房屋工程施工的成本管理是一項(xiàng)系統(tǒng)化的工作，并且滲透到了建筑施工的各個(gè)方面，主要是通過(guò)施工前要對(duì)施工中產(chǎn)生的費(fèi)用進(jìn)行預(yù)算，并根據(jù)實(shí)際情況進(jìn)行調(diào)整，編制計(jì)劃，最終進(jìn)行核算等。這樣做既能增強(qiáng)市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力，還能夠有效的控制成本，從而大大提高建筑企業(yè)的經(jīng)濟(jì)效益和社會(huì)效益。因此，做好房屋建筑工程施工的成本管理是建筑企業(yè)的重要手段，建筑企業(yè)不僅要充分認(rèn)識(shí)到成本管理的重要性，而且還要學(xué)會(huì)合理的掌控，只有這樣才能夠使得企業(yè)立于不敗之地，長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的發(fā)展下去。

A year or so later， a great young songwriter named Michele Brourman， who became my8）primary musical partner and best friend， said， “Listen. There is this movie coming out called The Rose注. They are looking for a title9）tune. Do you want me to10）submit this to them？” I had never really tried to submit this song to anyone. But I said， “Sure.”

She submitted the tune to the producers， who HATED it. They thought it was dull and a11）hymn and NOT rock and roll and totally wrong. But Paul Rothchild， who was the music12）supervisor on the film， asked them to reconsider. They again said no. So he mailed it to Bette Midler. She liked it， and that’s how it got into the film and changed my life forever.

I like to think it was the window that happened to be open when those thoughts needed to come through. I am13）eternally grateful to Bette， to Paul Rothchild， to the person who wrote the screenplay，to my friend who submitted it for me， and to the Universe for showing me what I truly believe.

參考譯文

1977年的某天下午，我正開(kāi)車行駛在高速公路上。

我正聽(tīng)著收音機(jī)，突然響起了由丹尼·歐基夫創(chuàng)作、利奧·塞亞演唱的《瑪格達(dá)麗娜》，我立刻就喜歡上了它。我最喜歡的歌詞是：“你的愛(ài)就像一把剃刀。我的心只是一道傷痕?！?/p>

我繼續(xù)沿著道路開(kāi)下去時(shí)，一個(gè)念頭浮現(xiàn)，我并不認(rèn)同這種傷感的觀點(diǎn)。那時(shí)候我還年輕。我并不認(rèn)為愛(ài)就像一把剃刀。那么，當(dāng)時(shí)我認(rèn)為愛(ài)情是什么呢？突然間，好像有個(gè)人在我的頭頂上打開(kāi)了一扇窗戶，詞句傾瀉而入。我不得不一直對(duì)自己反復(fù)念誦，把車開(kāi)得越來(lái)越快，想盡快趕回家去，唯恐自己將那些詞句忘卻。我嘎地一聲將車剎停在了車道上，跑進(jìn)家里，坐到了鋼琴前。十分鐘之后，《真愛(ài)玫瑰》就一氣呵成了。

大約一年之后，一位年輕的、名叫米歇爾·布魯爾曼的優(yōu)秀詞曲創(chuàng)作人成為了我主要的音樂(lè)搭檔和最好的朋友，她說(shuō)：“聽(tīng)著，有一部叫做《歌聲淚痕》的電影開(kāi)拍了。他們正在尋找一首主題曲。你想讓我把這首歌提交給他們嗎？”我從未試過(guò)將這首歌提交給任何人。不過(guò)我說(shuō)：“當(dāng)然了?！?/p>

她把這首曲子交給了那些制片人，他們討厭它。他們覺(jué)得它沉悶，是一首圣歌而非搖滾樂(lè)，完全不對(duì)路。但電影的音樂(lè)指導(dǎo)保羅·羅斯柴爾德讓他們?cè)倏紤]考慮。他們依然說(shuō)不。于是保羅將這首歌郵給了貝特·米德勒。她喜歡這首歌，于是它就這么進(jìn)入了電影之中，并且永遠(yuǎn)改變了我的人生。

我愿意相信，正是當(dāng)那些想法需要涌入時(shí)，恰巧我腦海的那扇窗戶被打開(kāi)了。我將永遠(yuǎn)對(duì)貝特、對(duì)保羅·羅斯柴爾德、對(duì)編劇、對(duì)幫我提交歌曲的朋友，還有這個(gè)幫助我建立愛(ài)的信念的世界，心懷感激。

6） standard ［'st?nd?d］ n. 模范作品

7） protest ［pr?'test］ v. 斷言，抗議

8） primary ［'pra?m?r?］ adj. 主要的，首要的

9） tune ［tju?n］ n. 曲調(diào)，歌曲

10） submit ［s?b'm?t］ v. 提交

11） hymn ［h?m］ n. 圣歌，贊美詩(shī)

12） supervisor ［?su?p?'va?z?］ n. 指導(dǎo)者，監(jiān)督者

13） eternally ［?'tз?n?l?］ adv. 永遠(yuǎn)地，常常

注：《歌聲淚痕》（The Rose）（1979）是一部關(guān)于搖滾樂(lè)史上最偉大的女歌手詹妮斯·喬普林（Janis Joplin，1943-1970）的傳記片，由外形與詹妮斯相似的歌手貝特·米德勒（Bette Midler）來(lái)?yè)?dān)綱演出。

The Story Behind "The Rose"