Je ne veux pas travailler / Pink Martini
Paroles et musique : Forbes, Lauderdale, 1996
Ma chambre a la forme d’une cage
Le soleil passe son bras par la fenêtre
Les chasseurs à ma porte
Comme les petits soldats
Qui veulent me prendre
(refrain)
Je ne veux pas travailler
Je ne veux pas déjeuner
Je veux seulement l’oublier
Et puis je fume
Déjà j’ai connu le parfum de l’amour
Un million de roses n’embaumerait pas autant
Maintenant une seule fleur dans mes entourages
Me rend malade
Je ne suis pas fière de ça
Vie qui veut me tuer
C’est magnifique être sympathique
Mais je ne le connais jamais
我不想工作 / Pink Martini
詞曲:Forbes, Lauderdale, 1996
我房間的形狀是一座牢籠
太陽的手臂經窗戶伸進來
穿制服的門房在我門前
像是要逮捕我的
小小士兵
(副歌)
我不想工作
不想吃中飯
只想忘記他
於是我抽煙
我已嚐過愛情的芬芳
一百萬朵玫瑰也沒這麼香
現在只要有一朵花在我周圍
就會讓我受不了
我也不想這樣子
過這種毀滅自己的生活
能討人歡心該有多好
但我從不知這是什麼
這首« je ne veux pas travailler »會成為暢銷曲是因為被Citroën Picasso車系選為廣告歌曲,主唱為美國團體Pink Martini。但別以為這是首不夠法國的香頌,它其實比法國更法國(所以才會在法國那麼紅)。其旋律似取材於法國民間曲調,而歌詞更是擷取法國著名詩人Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918)的短詩 « Hôtel » ( “Le guetteur melancolique”, NRF poésies gallimard, Poèmes divers, page 107) ,原詩如下:
Hôtel Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918
Ma chambre a la forme d’une cage
Le soleil passe son bras par la fenêtre
Mais moi qui veux fumer pour faire des mirages
J’allume au feu du jour
Ma cigarette
Je ne veux pas travailler
Je veux fumer.
Aspettami
Wait for me
I've been lost
Adrift at sea
In your dreams
Dream my way
Someday I'll find my heart
And come back to stay
Do you miss me
My darling
As I miss you
Take my hand
And pull me near
And never let me go again my dear
There was a time
I was safe in your arms
And the stars fell away like diamonds
Then we were young
And our love was younger still
Was it just an illusion
Aspettami
Wait for me
Close your eyes
And you will see
I'm coming home
Every sky in my heart will be blue
On the day I come back to you
I'm coming home
Every sky in my heart will be blue
On the day I come back to you
歌詞
Well the sun’s going down
With its deep amber light
Embracing the town as we fall into night
To the silvery sound as the birds fly away
Getting ready for love
Getting out of the day
It is the city of night
It is the city of night
Leave the worries of day behind
And dream a new dream tonight
All the lands are a glow
All the lids painted red
And you wish you could take
That last thing you said
Well the night is a drum
Singing songs of delight
But when dawn comes along
Love is lost in the light
But in the city of night
Oh, in the city of night
Leave the troubles of day behind
And dream a new dream tonight
又一個懶洋洋的週末,或者比較適合一杯咖啡歐蕾(Café au lait)…
但是一杯粉紅色的馬丁尼,又是什麼感覺呢 ...
I was absolutely bowled over by these five songs. At first I thought they were probably European in origin but boy was I wrong....
I went to their website and saw that they are indeed comprised of many talented but eclectic group of musicians. I was also very surprised to find many core members are from the US ! The lead singer China Forbes is absolutely brilliant.
Thank you again for posting, a truly eye opener for me
This song is a combination of various pop and classic melodies together showing the exotic carefree/relaxing life in splendor grssland and cities iof an old Chinese's happy recall wonderful life in France!
It let you feel the relaxing exotic lifestyle of the Mid-east of Greek the perfect blind of east meeting west, ancient mix with advant grade, amber/colorful night life there!