<I am always thinking of a song> 我总想起一首歌
我总想起
一首给恩贾妮唱的歌(注)
歌里有关我们在一起的生活
很轻盈或很深刻
但其中什么都没有
我会填词
她会写曲
我不能唱
因为曲调升的太高
她将唱得漂亮
我会修正她的唱法
她会修改我的歌词
直到成为不只是美丽而更好的歌
接着我们听歌
不常听
不总是一起听
在往后的人生中
偶尔听听歌
I am always thinking of a song
For Anjani to sing
It will be about our lives together
It will be very light or ver deep
But nothing in between
I will write the words
And she will write the melody
I won’t able to sing it
Because it will climb too high
She will sing it beautifully
And I will correct her singing
And she’ll correct my writing
Utill it is better than beautiful
Then we will listen to it
Not often
Not always together
But now and then
For the rest of our lives.
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注: Anjani Thomas 科恩的合作好伙伴
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjani
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Everyman’s Library pocket poets:Leonard Cohen p 241