【自翻歌詞】Don McLean--Empty Chairs

半夜打著小說，MP3撥放到這首我已經很久沒有仔細聆聽的舊歌，不自覺的就放棄了未完的小說。

但是一種難掩的情緒湧上心頭，輾轉悱惻之際，還是爬起來打這一篇文。

歌詞翻譯不是重點，只是想要用重新理解歌詞，找到使我情緒崩裂的缺口.....

Empty Chairs(空椅)

Words：Don McLean
Music：Don McLean

(Album - American Pie)

I feel the trembling tingle of a sleepless night    /失眠的夜晚我感受到輕羼
Creep through my fingers and the moon is bright   /爬行過我的指頭，這月亮如此明亮
Beams of blue come flickering through my window pane/ 穿透我的床格，閃爍憂鬱的笑靨
Like gypsy moths that dance around a candle flame /宛如吉普賽的飛蛾圍繞著火焰舞動

And I wonder if you know / 而我疑惑著你是否知道
That I never understood / 其實我從未明瞭
That although you said you'd go / 縱使你已坦言自己將要離開
Until you did I never thought you would / 直到你當真離去，我仍沒想過你會

Moonlight used to bathe the contours of your face / 月光曾沐浴你面旁的輪廓
While chestnut hair fell all around the pillow case / 當你栗色的髮散落在枕頭的周圍
And the fragrance of your flowers rest beneath my head /而屬於你花朵的芬芳，在我的頭下休憩
A sympathy bouquet left with the love that's dead/ 在愛情死去時，遺留下來憐憫的花束

And I wonder if you know /而我始終疑惑你是否知曉
That I never understood / 關於我從未理解
That although you said you'd go / 縱使你已坦言自己離去
Until you did I never thought you would / 直到你當真離去，我仍沒想過你會

Never thought the words you said were true /從沒想過你所言為實
Never thought you said just what you meant / 從沒設想你說的就是字面意義
Never knew how much I needed you / 從不知道自己有多麼依賴你
Never thought you'd leave, until you went / 從未想過你真會離去，直到你已然離去

Morning comes and morning goes with no regret / 白晝流轉，毫無悔意的流逝
And evening brings the memories I can't forget / 而夜晚則總帶來我無法遺忘的記憶
Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs / 空洞的房間回聲蕩蕩如同我正攀爬階梯
And empty clothes that drape and fall on empty chairs / 而空蕩的衣物也墜下，掉落在無人的椅子上

And I wonder if you know /而我始終疑惑你是否知曉
That I never understood / 關於我從未理解
That although you said you'd go / 縱使你已坦言自己離去
Until you did I never thought you would / 直到你當真離去，我仍沒想過你會

歌手介紹：

這位自美國六O年代活耀至今的鄉村創作型歌手，

在葛萊美獎獲獎無數，亦是我父親那一代人心目中，美國鄉村音樂的代表性人物。

相信不少我們這一代的台灣人，對於他的記憶都是源於這一手：文森(Vincient)

在Don McLean一首首膾炙人口的音樂中，

總是迴盪著歌者略帶感傷、繾綣悱惻的情懷，他看似明瞭人生百態，卻也始終因此困惑著人生真相因此只好喃喃低語，一面感念世間的美麗，一邊冷靜地審視著無法完美的現實。

個人相當喜歡他溫柔、平淡卻深情的唱腔與曲風，

每一個音符都像在告訴你，他理解你用平靜，甚至愉悅所掩飾的哀戚，

他知道你未解的迷惑總在夜晚將你驚醒

他知道你總在懷疑，這世界是否早已將美麗的事物流放邊疆.......

然而這世界仍是美麗的，因為那些曾經的時刻，世界如此美麗......