“Killing Me Softly with His Song” is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel and is originally sung by Lori Lieberman. Among all the versions of this song, the one of Roberta Flack is definitely the most famous. Released in January 1973, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in a total of five non-consecutive weeks in February and March. It won Grammys in 1974 for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal. In 1999, Flack’s version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It ranked No. 360 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and No. 82 on Billboard’s Greatest Songs of All Time.
Roberta Flack is an American singer and is hailed as one of the greatest songstresses of this age. Her songs traverse a broad musical landscape from pop to soul to folk to jazz. She is the only solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for two consecutive years: “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” won at the 1973 Grammys as did “Killing Me Softly with His Song” in 1974. “Killing Me Softly with His Song” has been performed by many household Chinese singers, such as Teresa Teng, Cheng Fangyuan, Karen Mok, and Coco Li. It became a hit in China when British singer Jessie J sang it in the Chinese TV show “I Am a Singer 2018”, beating all the other performances on that day.
《一曲销魂》的众多版本中，最出彩的莫过于美国女歌手罗贝塔·弗莱克的演绎。歌曲于1973年1月正式发行，随即5周在公告牌百强单曲榜登顶，并于1974年一举拿下格莱美年度制作、年度歌曲、最佳流行女歌手三项大奖。弗莱克曲风多变，涉及流行音乐、民谣、爵士等各个领域，并凭借《当我第一次见你》和《一曲销魂》于1973和1974年连续两年斩获格莱美年度制作奖，纵观世界乐坛，仅此一例。1999年，弗莱克荣登格莱美名人堂。许多中国歌手都翻唱过此曲，包括邓丽君、成方圆、莫文蔚、李玟等。2018年，英国歌手Jessie J在《我是歌手》第三期节目中凭借对此曲的精彩演绎夺下当晚第一，这首歌也因此在中国再度走红。
Killing Me Softly with His Song
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
Killing me softly with his song.
Telling my whole life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
I heard he sang a good song.
I heard he had a style.
And so I came to see him.
To listen for a while,
And there he was this young boy,
A stranger to my eyes.
Strumming my pain with his fingers.
Singing my life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
Killing me softly with his song.
Telling my whole life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
I felt all flushed with fever,
Embarrassed by the crowd.
I felt he found my letters,
And read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish,
But he just kept right on.
Strumming my pain with his fingers.
Singing my life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
Killing me softly with his song.
Telling my whole life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
He sang as if he knew me,
In all my dark despair.
And then he looked right through me,
As if I wasn’t there.
And he just kept on singing,
Singing clear and strong.
Strumming my pain with his fingers.
Singing my life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
Killing me softly with his song.
Telling my whole life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
Strumming my pain with his fingers.
Singing my life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
Killing me softly with his song.
Telling my whole life with his words.
Killing me.
He was strumming my pain.
Yeah, he was singing my life.
Killing me softly with his song.
Killing me softly with his song.
Telling my whole life with his words.
Killing me softly.
With his song.
一曲销魂
他手指敲击着我的痛苦，
他的歌倾诉我的一生。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
他用歌声讲述着我的一生，
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
我觉得他唱的不错，
我听他的歌很有风格。
所以，我来见他。
倾听了一会儿，
他是这样一个年轻男孩。
看上去如此陌生。
他手指敲击着我的痛苦。
他的歌倾诉我的一生。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
他用歌声讲述着我的一生。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
我感到面颊似火烧，
在人群中感到如此尴尬。
我觉得他发现了我这些举动，
并大声说出，
我祈祷，他赶紧说完吧。
但他却一直不停。
他手指敲击着我的痛苦。
他的歌倾诉我的一生。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
他用歌声讲述着我的一生。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
他唱的歌，仿佛早就认识我，
了解我最黑暗的绝望。
然后，他仿佛目光穿越了我，
就好像我不存在。
他只是不停地唱。
唱的如此清晰响亮。
他手指敲击着我的痛苦。
他的歌倾诉我的一生。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
他用歌声讲述着我的一生。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
他手指敲击着我的痛苦。
他的歌倾诉我的一生。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
他用歌声讲述着我的一生。
我沉醉在他温柔的歌声里。
我如此沉醉...
他弹奏出我的痛苦，
歌唱我的生命。
我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里。
我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里，
他用歌声讲述着我的一生。
我醉倒在他温柔的歌声里。
（复旦大学章逍然整理自网络，重光会王暖流审订）
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