《A Thousand Kisses Deep》
只感受声音像是沉了入大海，一直下沉，下沉，下沉......
深海里的鱼，没有光，没有方向，迷茫的孤独。
有的只是深蓝色深沉的忧伤，如深海。
他的声音深得令人窒息。
Deep,Deep,Deep...
莱昂纳德.科恩
莱昂纳德.科恩是个诗人，是个僧人，是个歌者。他也是加拿大人，早年写小说出名，后来写诗谱曲，自己唱。一路半红不紫到八十年代末，九二年他跑到一座山上跟和尚参禅， 七年后得悟下山，于二零零一年发行了《Ten New Songs》后，他以古稀之龄开始环球巡回演出。
Leonard Cohen有着抓住听众耳朵直抵人心的嗓音，与其他众多拥有天生磁性的歌者相比，应该用魅力来形容Leonard Cohen的声音、歌词。他的音符就像糖衣药丸... 。科恩在千禧年之前还在民谣音乐的框框里，之后就大大超越了。 Ten new songs里的情绪来自遥远的过去，是迷惘，无奈，离别和沧桑，它承载如此之多，当科恩用低沉的声音唱出来时，以前那个稚幼的诗人真的成熟了，懂得了爱情、生命、浪漫和悲哀。
The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it's done –
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it's real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed,
I'm back on Boogie Street.
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece.
And maybe I had miles to drive,
And promises to keep:
You ditch it all to stay alive,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
Music
And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea:
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me.
I made it to the forward deck.
I blessed our remnant fleet –
And then consented to be wrecked,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed,
I'm back on Boogie Street.
I guess they won't exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep.
And quiet is the thought of you,
The file on you complete,
Except what we forgot to do,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
Music
And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat...
You win a while, and then it's done –
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it's real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
以下是林文淇先生的翻译，希望能有助于理解歌词，虽然我看了汉语还是不完全明白，也许大家可以一起分析一下。
千吻之深
小马疾奔，女孩们正青春
前途充满不定与变数
你才小赢，随即结束
那一点点的好运
你现在受召，必须面对
你如排山倒海的溃败
你汲汲营营，彷佛所活是真
在那千吻之深
我正长袖善舞，越陷越深
又回到滚滚红尘
你失去重心，大意失足
跄踉跌进那部旷世巨著
也许我面对迢迢长路
还有应允过的承诺无数
但为求保身，你得全部舍弃
在那千吻之深
有时，当长夜漫漫
贫苦与软弱的人们
聚拢我们的心，走吧
在那千吻之深
局限在性爱里，我们不断探求
要跨越大海最远的疆界
直到我发觉，再也没有海洋
为我这样一个拾荒者存留
我费力走上前甲板
给我们残破的船队最後的祝福
同意被摧毁击沈
在千吻之深
我长袖善舞，越陷越深
又回到滚滚红尘
我猜他们不会换走
原本属於你的礼物
静谥是我对你的思念
为你建立的档案已经完全
除了我们忘了去做的部份
在那千吻之深
有时，当长夜漫漫
贫苦与软弱的人们
聚拢我们的心，走吧
在那千吻之深
小马疾奔，女孩们正青春
前途充满不定与变数
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