〈舞一曲華爾茲〉(Take This Waltz) –加拿大詩人Leonard Cohen向西班牙詩人Federico García Lorca致敬之作

加拿大詩人歌手李歐納柯恩(Leonard Cohen)以歷盡滄桑卻又不忍棄絕塵世的的沙啞嗓音，如智者般娓娓敍述著一首首美麗的詩歌。這首〈舞一曲華爾茲〉(Take This Waltz)是李歐納柯恩像西班牙詩人羅卡(Federico García Lorca,1898-1936)致敬之作，收錄再1998年我是你的男人(I'm Your Man)專輯中。柯恩憶起初次閱讀這首詩時的心靈悸動，他說「宛若千年前，我信步走入蒙特婁北部耶路撒冷小城的一家二手書店，我隨手拿本書看，在字裏行間跨越了世紀，看到你的嘆息，開始啜泣，動人的詩詞，燃燒的生命，深深烙印我心中…這首詩毀了我一生，他就是羅卡(Federico García Lorca)。」
李歐納柯恩的〈舞一曲華爾茲〉(Take This Waltz) 改譯自羅卡的詩〈小維也納華爾茲〉(Pequeño Vals Vienés)。在原詩架構下柯恩做了些小更動，如女孩換成女人。詩中的意像充滿政治、性向、愛慾與死亡，例如「在百合花尖的洞穴裏，在情侶未曾到過的廊道」詩句中的性暗示。其中尤以這句「與那些被鉗制的言論起舞」，明指西班牙佛朗哥元帥的獨裁專制，但也暗喻羅卡被壓抑的性向。

這句「肩膀上攀出的風信子」(The hyacinth wild on my shoulder)典故源自希臘神話，希臘神話中最多才多藝、最俊美的神祇，也象徵著男性之美的阿波羅使出了力氣和技術把鐵餅高高地拋到空中，他的玩伴少年海新瑟斯(Hyacinthus)迫不及待地也要一展身手，朝著飛來的鐵餅奔去，伸手去接時，鐵餅著地後又反彈起來，恰恰擊中海新瑟斯的前額，他暈倒在地。阿波羅的面容頓時失了血色，變得和海新瑟斯的一樣慘白。他托起了海新瑟斯的身軀，想盡辦法止血，但都沒有奏效，沒能留住飛逝的生命。就剛剛流在地上染紅了草木的鮮血消失了，從地裡開出一朵花。這種花─風信子─就以海新瑟斯為名。每逢春回大地的時節，它就盛開怒放，以紀念這少年的遭遇。詩人柯恩以風信子(Hyacinthus)象徵洛卡(Lorca)對畫家薩爾瓦多達利(Salvador Dali)的迷戀，在倆人分手後，洛卡變得嚴重抑鬱。

Take This Waltz - Leonard Cohen

Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women 維也納十個最美的女人
There's a shoulder where Death comes to cry 死神靠著哭泣的肩膀
There's a lobby with nine hundred windows 九百個窗戶的大廳
There's a tree where the doves go to die 白鴿群聚死亡的樹
There's a piece that was torn from the morning 早晨撕裂的那篇殘簡
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost 都掛在冰封的畫廊

Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay 噯﹐噯﹐噯﹐噯
Take this waltz, take this waltz 跳這只華爾滋﹐這只華爾滋
Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws 與那些被鉗制的言論起舞

Oh I want you, I want you, I want you 噢我要你，要你，要你
On a chair with a dead magazine 在放著無人翻閱雜誌的椅子上
In the cave at the tip of the lily在百合花尖的洞穴裏
In some hallways where love's never been 在情侶未曾到過的廊道
On a bed where the moon has been sweating 在月光傾瀉的床上
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand 在充滿腳印和沙的呼喚裏

Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay 噯﹐噯﹐噯﹐噯
Take this waltz, take this waltz 跳這只華爾滋﹐這只華爾滋
Take its broken waist in your hand 以你的手扶著這破碎的腰際吧

This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz 這華爾滋﹐華爾滋﹐華爾滋
With its very own breath of brandy and Death 帶著混合白蘭地和死亡的獨特氣息
Dragging its tail in the sea 落寞地沉入海底

There's a concert hall in Vienna 維也納的音樂廳
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews 你嘴裡大放厥詞
There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking 酒吧裡男孩們噤聲
They've been sentenced to death by the blues 他們被憂鬱判了死刑
Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture 啊，是誰爬上了你的圖像
With a garland of freshly cut tears? 帶著新鮮淚水做成的花環﹖

Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay 噯﹐噯﹐噯﹐噯
Take this waltz, take this waltz 跳這只華爾滋﹐這只華爾滋
Take this waltz it's been dying for years 隨這支死去多年的華爾滋起舞

There's an attic where children are playing 孩子們嬉戲的閣樓
Where I've got to lie down with you soon 讓我和你在此躺下
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns 在匈牙利燈籠一樣的夢裡
In the mist of some sweet afternoon 在某些美好午后的迷霧中
And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow 我將體認你悲傷的鍊結
All your sheep and your lilies of snow 你所有的羊隻與雪百合

Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay 噯﹐噯﹐噯﹐噯
Take this waltz, take this waltz 跳這只華爾滋﹐這只華爾滋
With its "I'll never forget you, you know!" 和“你知道，我永不忘記你！”的擁舞

This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz ... 這華爾滋，華爾滋，華爾滋，華爾滋

And I'll dance with you in Vienna 我將在維也納與你共舞
I'll be wearing a river's disguise 會戴上一條河流的假面
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder, 肩膀上攀出的風信子
My mouth on the dew of your thighs 我餟飲你腿間的甘露
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook, 我將靈魂埋葬在塗鴉本裡
With the photographs there, and the moss 與照片和苔癬為伴
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty我將屈服在你洋溢的美麗
My cheap violin and my cross 我的十字架和廉價的提琴
And you'll carry me down on your dancing 用你的舞征服我
To the pools that you lift on your wrist 在你彎身行禮的舞池

Oh my love, Oh my love 我的愛，哦我的愛
Take this waltz, take this waltz 跳這只舞吧，這只華爾滋
It's yours now. It's all that there is 全是你的了，全在這裡了。

Federico García Lorca: Pequeño Vals Vienés羅卡的原詩

En Viena hay diez muchachas,
un hombro donde solloza la muerte
y un bosque de palomas disecadas.
Hay un fragmento de la mañana
en el museo de la escarcha.
Hay un salón con mil ventanas.

¡Ay, ay, ay, ay!
Toma este vals con la boca cerrada.

Este vals, este vals, este vals, este vals,
de sí, de muerte y de coñac
que moja su cola en el mar.

Te quiero, te quiero, te quiero,
con la butaca y el libro muerto,
por el melancólico pasillo,
en el oscuro desván del lirio,
en nuestra cama de la luna
y en la danza que sueña la tortuga.

¡Ay, ay, ay, ay!
Toma este vals de quebrada cintura.

En Viena hay cuatro espejos
donde juegan tu boca y los ecos.
Hay una muerte para piano
que pinta de azul a los muchachos.
Hay mendigos por los tejados,
hay frescas guirnaldas de llanto.

¡Ay, ay, ay, ay!
Toma este vals que se muere en mis brazos.

Porque te quiero, te quiero, amor mío,
en el desván donde juegan los niños,
soñando viejas luces de Hungría
por los rumores de la tarde tibia,
viendo ovejas y lirios de nieve
por el silencio oscuro de tu frente.

¡Ay, ay, ay, ay!
Toma este vals, este vals del "Te quiero siempre".

En Viena bailaré contigo
con un disfraz que tenga
cabeza de río.
¡Mira qué orillas tengo de jacintos!
Dejaré mi boca entre tus piernas,
mi alma en fotografías y azucenas,
y en las ondas oscuras de tu andar
quiero, amor mío, amor mío, dejar,
violín y sepulcro, las cintas del vals.

Little Viennese Waltz -Pequeño Vals Vienés原詩英譯

In Vienna there are ten little girls
a shoulder for death to cry on
and a forest of dried pigeons.
There is a fragment of tomorrow
in the museum of winter frost.
There is a thousand-windowed dance hall.

Ay, ay, ay, ay!
Take this close-mouthed waltz.

Little waltz, little waltz, little waltz,
of itself, of death, and of brandy
that dips its tail in the sea.

I love you, I love you, I love you,
with the armchair and the book of death
down the melancholy hallway,
in the iris's dark garret,
in our bed that was once the moon's bed,
and in that dance the turtle dreamed of.

Ay, ay, ay, ay!
Take this broken-waisted waltz

In Vienna there are four mirrors
in which your mouth and the echoes play.
There is a death for piano
that paints the little boys blue.
There are beggars on the roof.
There are fresh garlands of tears.

Aye, ay, ay, ay!
Take this waltz that dies in my arms.

Because I love you, I love you, my love,
in the attic where children play,
dreaming ancient lights of Hungary
through the noise, the balmy afternoon,
seeing sheep and irises of snow
through the dark silence of your forehead.

Ay, ay, ay ay!
Take this "I will always love you" waltz.

In Vienna I will dance with you
in a costume with a river's head.
See how the hyacinths line my banks!
I will leave my mouth between your legs,
my soul in photographs and lilies,
and in the dark wake of your footsteps,
my love, my love, I will have to leave
violin and grave, the waltzing ribbons.

Federico García Lorca (1898 – 1936)

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