是什麼樣的心情會讓一個人在寒冷的冬夜,起身寫信給一位曾經深深傷害你的好朋友? 這是一首以信的形式寫的歌,兩個同是好友的男人跟一個女人曾經糾纏不清的故事,非常動聽也非常有畫面的一首歌。多才多藝的詩人、詞曲作家兼歌手Leonard Cohen的作品。 這首歌有好幾個人唱過,我最喜歡Jennifer Warnes的版本,比較像以局外人的角色來詮釋這封信,所以歌詞跟原版本略有出入。有趣的是,所有我看到對歌詞的翻譯都翻成"有名的藍雨衣",但在瞭解 故事背景 跟原始歌詞之後,我自作聰明的把它改成"熟悉的藍雨衣"了,小弟不才中文歌詞就根據Cohen的版本依我理解的翻譯了,未完全照字面,可能有誤。附上Jennifer唱的影片如下,在剛好符合這首歌的意境,12月有點涼意的夜晚,聽一首好歌吧! Famous Blue Raincoat 此英文歌詞為Jennifer唱的版本(括弧內則為原版本) It's four in the morning The end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold But I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening I hear that you're building your house deep in the desert Are you living for nothing now (You're living for nothing now) Hope you're keeping some kind of record Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her The night that you planned to go clear Did you ever go clear The last time we saw you Y