趁午饭的空暇把昨晚的作品贴出来供各位一笑。昨天从坛子里下线以后，在音响里放一盘《Sgt. Pepper》，开始随手翻看那本巨大的《The Beatles Anthology》（沉死我了！），忽发奇想：何不试试英译大佑！于是立即着手从我的最爱《恋曲80》开始，历两小时完工，至定稿时已逾凌晨一时，洋洋自得，欣然入睡：）

翻译的原则是译文要可以入调，虽然绝不指望除我之外的任何人会尝试用这歌词：）自己捧着手稿，配着大佑的歌声唱新“填”的词（这时候音响里已经换成了《之乎者也》），感觉似乎以Shefield矿工的口音来唱最为传神，如果哪位感兴趣可以参考电影《The Full Monty》：））

歌名的英文是CD上原有的，而自认为译文里最传神的是：

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　　每段的la la la la la la ：）

书归正传：

Love Song of the 80's

　　You once said to me, My love you'd always be;
　　Love is something known to me, But "always" I can't see.
　　Don't cry my sweet, together still are we;
　　Happiness o' today, sorrow o' tomorrow will it be.
　　La la la la la la, La la la la la la,
　　Happiness o' today, sorrow o' tomorrow will it be.

　　Everything can be let go, But can't forget a thing;
　　Whatever you can say is just a brave face of yours.
　　Drzzle of autumn, and breezes of the spring;
　　Endless pledge of love is gone away with the wind.
　　La la la la la la, La la la la la la,
　　Oh my sweet don't say to me we will never be apart.

　　You aren't part of me, and you don't belong to me;
　　Sweet, no one can be possessing another soul on earth.
　　May be we say goodbye, and never look aback;
　　No need to fabricate a reason whate'er it might be.
　　La la la la la la, La la la la la la,
　　Oh my sweet don't say to me we will never be apart.
　　La la la la la la, La la la la la la,
　　Oh my sweet don't say to me we will never be apart.
　　La la la la la la, La la la la la la,
　　Oh my sweet don't say to me tomorrow will we part.

【斗十千】整理旧信件，翻出一封去年九月得知一大学同学去看罗大佑杭州演唱会时自己的贺信。当时由衷地替他高兴，并回忆学校生活及引用《闪亮的日子》歌词。因写信时无法输入中文，试着将词译为英文。或者有些意思，见笑：

Brilliant Days

　　Let me sing a song for you, a song from old, old days.
　　I shall sing it gently, and join me, you may.
　　Do you still remember, our past, our dreams?
　　Those were days full of hope, those brilliant days.

　　We went through the darkness, to pursue our way.
　　Tears we shared, and laughter we made.
　　May you still remember, and forget never,
　　those sunny days, those brilliant days.