<I am always thinking of a song> 我總想起一首歌
我總想起
一首給恩賈妮唱的歌(註)
歌裡有關我們在一起的生活
很輕盈或很深刻
但其中什麼都沒有
我會填詞
她會寫曲
我不能唱
因為曲調升的太高
她將唱得漂亮
我會修正她的唱法
她會修改我的歌詞
直到成為不只是美麗而更好的歌
接著我們聽歌
不常聽
不總是一起聽
在往後的人生中
偶爾聽聽歌
I am always thinking of a song
For Anjani to sing
It will be about our lives together
It will be very light or ver deep
But nothing in between
I will write the words
And she will write the melody
I won’t able to sing it
Because it will climb too high
She will sing it beautifully
And I will correct her singing
And she’ll correct my writing
Utill it is better than beautiful
Then we will listen to it
Not often
Not always together
But now and then
For the rest of our lives.
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註: Anjani Thomas 科恩的合作好夥伴
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjani
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Everyman’s Library pocket poets:Leonard Cohen p 241