She was a silent white rose
Who lived in a tall iron tower
Barefoot she wandered in her room
Dreaming of a life and a lover
And in the nights she threw a net
Into the ocean wide and deep
Some of the things she caught in there
Made her sad and made her weep
A fiery warmth embraced her heart
When sunrays caught her hair
And as she looked upon the world
Her longing got hard to bear
She was locked in an iron tower
With windows but no doors to be found
Often she listened hard at night
For a voice in the ocean’s sound
And voices were mingling with her own
Waves were singing, flee the tower
By the stairway that takes you down
Follow the ocean’s song my flower
And silently the rose went down
She was shivering in the dark and the cold
Through an opening in the wall
The ocean sang as foretold
Floating upon the warm blue sea
By the waves to a shore she was led
Among the trees red roses grew
And the white rose turned to red...
她是一朵沉默的白玫瑰
住在一座高高的铁塔里
她赤着脚在自己房间里徘徊
梦想着某种生活,梦想拥有一个情人
一天夜里,她往海里
撒下一张宽而深的网
从中收获的一些东西
让她哀伤,让她哭泣
当阳光照射在她的头发上
她的心充满了火一般的热情
而当她仰望世界时
她的渴望变得让她难以忍受
她被锁在一座铁塔里
里面有窗却找不到门
夜晚,她常常努力聆听
来自大海的一个声音
而那些声音和她的声音混合在了一起
海浪在吟唱,从那带你下去的楼梯
逃离铁塔
一路追随大海的歌声,我的花儿
玫瑰静静地走下去
她在黑暗和寒冷中颤抖着
透过墙上的一个缺口
大海像先前预示的那般吟唱着
飘浮在温暖的蓝色海洋之上
她被海浪带到了岸边
树丛间,红玫瑰绽放着
而那白玫瑰也变红了……
Shine Dion是挪威的一个二重唱组合,成立于1993年,其中Janne Hansen是主唱兼歌词创作者,Per Selor则负责作曲和吉他弹奏。他们喜欢在音乐中加入多种乐器演奏,如小提琴、风笛、萨克斯、曼陀林、三角铁、木吉他等。他们的音乐结合了挪威和爱尔兰的民谣曲调,而他们的创作灵感主要源自挪威当地的神话传说及风土人情。目前他们已发行了Berkana、Killandra和Wyn三张专辑。
这首“Ocean Rose”有种令人无法抗拒的忧郁气质,极少人听过后不为之动容。那唯美的意象,干净的旋律,苍凉而悠远的嗓音,让听者仿佛置身于故事的发生地,专注于那朵孤独白玫瑰的茫然若失,感慨于“沧海无涯”。某种说不清道不明的伤感哽咽在喉间,几近窒息,直到和她一同飘浮在蓝色海洋之上,直到目送她安然到达岸边,心才安稳下来……
这首歌曲适合在深夜里闭上眼睛细细体味,将每一个乐符和歌者的每一声呼吸都一丝不漏地听进内心,反复听,直到进入梦乡,遇见那朵在风中翩然起舞的快活红玫瑰……