当大家在不论职场还是商场抑或宦海的浪潮里翻涌过十数载,必定会经历顺遂的高光,也切身抵御过风雪的冷冽。此时,不妨听一下The Brothers Four这首发行于1965年的《Try to Remember》,歌里的“十二月”便有了具象的重量。
岁月绝非一首轻快的歌。这首歌的歌词里写道:“若未历伤痛,心房空余荒芜”。那些曾经走过的弯路、经历过的起伏,最终都化作了秋日里的焰火,将你我淬炼得温润醇厚(也可能将你我磨得越发粗粝😀)。
因此今天,我分享这首关于时间、关于回望的经典民谣。在纯粹的原声吉他与四重唱中,让我们在这风驰电掣的生活节奏中稍作停顿,一起停下脚步,回忆那个曾经未经世事的自己,以及我们做过的蠢事和傻事,也颇有一番乐趣。

很久没聊歌曲背景了,我稍微讲两句推荐The Brothers Four的这个版本的原因。《Try to Remember》最初是1960年外百老汇音乐剧《异想天开》的开场曲。而在1965年,作为美国民谣复兴运动代表的The Brothers Four对其进行了重新演绎。他们摒弃了华丽的伴奏,仅用原声吉他、班卓琴、曼陀林和低音提琴,配合着极其纯粹的四声部和声,将这首剧场曲目变成了一首治愈人心的民谣。在如今这个一切都在加速的时代,这种不加修饰的纯原声合唱,反而拥有了让人瞬间安静下来的力量。
歌词我翻译如下,给大家做个参考:
Try to remember the kind of September
试着回忆那样的九月
When life was slow and oh, so mellow
当生活从容,岁月温醇
Try to remember the kind of September
试着回忆那样的九月
When grass was green and grain was yellow
当草木青翠,麦穗金黄
Try to remember the kind of September
试着回忆那样的九月
When you were a tender and callow fellow
当你眼眸温柔,未经世事
Try to remember and if you remember
试着去回忆吧,若你已将它唤醒
Then follow
便循迹前行
Try to remember when life was so tender
试着回忆生命中平和顺遂的时光
That no one wept except the willow
除了风中垂柳,世间无人悲泣
Try to remember when life was so tender
试着回忆生命中平和顺遂的时光
That dreams were kept beside your pillow
夜里的美梦,都安稳地栖息在枕畔
Try to remember when life was so tender
试着回忆生命中平和顺遂的时光
That love was an ember about to billow
爱意宛若微暗的余烬,正待热烈翻涌
Try to remember and if you remember
试着去回忆吧,若你已将它唤醒
Then follow
便循迹前行
Deep in December, it's nice to remember
深冬十二月,蓦然回首往昔
Although you know the snow will follow
纵你深知,漫天风雪将临
Deep in December, it's nice to remember:
深冬十二月,蓦然回首往昔
Without a hurt the heart is hollow
若未历伤痛,心房空余荒芜
Deep in December, it's nice to remember
深冬十二月,蓦然回首往昔
The fire of September that made us mellow
那秋日之焰火,将你我淬炼得温润醇厚
Deep in December, our hearts should remember
深冬十二月,我们将过往铭记在心
And follow
继续前行



