(2) Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head....

老式情歌(2)

“Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”

這首曲子是電影主題曲，片名 “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”，中譯：『虎豹小霸王』，由Paul Newman, Robert Redford與Katherine Ross三人主演，前兩位是演技精湛的小生。本曲仍與Rain有關，但曲調活潑、輕快。它是以快樂、樂觀(optimistic) 的曲子聞名。在1970年一月在前100首熱門歌曲排行榜中名列第一。並連續四周蟬連冠軍(and stayed there for four weeks straight.)。本歌詞、曲由Hai David & Burt Bacharach所作，由B.J. Thomas唱紅。本曲另一特色為押韻，在下列歌詞中特以紅色標出。

A.    Lyrics: 歌詞：

Raindrops keep falling on my head, 雨滴落在我頭上

(註：raindrops= drops of rain；類似用法：a drop of dew/drops of dew露珠= dewdrops；drops of tear= teardrops淚珠)

And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed.就像這傢伙脚太長，床鋪不够他躺卧 (head與bed押韻)

Nothing seems to fit.沒有一樣合身(對勁)

Those raindrops keep falling on my head, they keep falling.那些雨點斷落在我頭上，不停地

So I just did me some talking to the sun,因此我就親自向太陽說些話 (do me some talking= do some talking myself)

And I said I didn’t like the way he got things done我說我不喜歡他處事的方法 (sun與done押韻)

Sleeping on the job. 他工作時睡覺(不敬業)

Those raindrops keep falling on my head 那些雨点斷落在我頭上

They keep falling.不停地

But there’s one thing I know,可是我知道一件事

The blues they send to meet me won’t defeat me.那些帶給我的傷心事打敗不了我. (blues=sad things)

*It won’t be long till happiness steps up to greet me(pause-間奏)不久幸福就會走近來迎接我《not…until(正式用法，應用before；sets up=comes near= approaches走近)

Raindrops keep falling on my head.雨滴不斷落在我頭上

But that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning red. 但它並不意謂我的眼睛就快就會轉紅(眼眶快紅=about to cry將哭出來)

Crying’s not for me,我該哭 (比I should not cry純真)

Cause I’d never gonna stop the rain by complainin’因為我將永遠靠抱怨來阻止下雨 (Cause =because；gonna= go to；complainin =complaining)

Cause I’m free因為我無憂無慮(free= carefree= free of care無所牽掛)

Nothing’s worrying me (pause-間奏)沒事讓我牽掛 (=I am worried about nothing.)

B.    歌詞評論:

a.      全首內容含『自我激勵』的信心。雖然雨滴不斷落在頭上，我仍不停工作，不似別人工作不力，工作時還打瞌睡，還抱怨一切。我向天公表明，不認同偷懶者，我不會被過去傷心事所擊敗，相信快樂即將到來，我哭也不抱怨雨水的打擊，因為只有努力向前而別無牽掛……. 。

b.     本歌韻律全照英詩iambic(揚抑格詩行) 的讀法即两字一組，如：raindrops/ keep fall/ ing in/ my head/共四組八個字，重讀在第二音節。又如：

but that /doesn’t mean/ my eyes/ will soon /be turn/ing red. 共六組十二字，唱起來，如同朗讀詩歌，短、易懂、易學、有力、又生動!

c.      本曲的舞步比blues(慢四步) 快，比fox trot(狐步舞或快四步) 稍慢，又叫jitterbug台語叫吉路巴)。

C.    Music: (enjoy) 請欣賞音樂

D.    Comment: 現代聽眾的感受與反應：

“I listen to this song whenever I am feeling down and want to be cheered up.” 每當我心情低落，需要鼓勵時，就聽此歌來振作自己。(feeling down= feeling downcast；cheer up高興起來)

“What kind of asshole would thumb this down?” 那位笨蛋說這首歌不好聽? (asshole n. 笨蛋；thumb(v.) down喜歡/thumbs n. up喜歡)

“I am playing this while standing in the rain annoying people around me!” 我邊播放這首歌，邊站立在雨中而惹火了周圍的人們。(體會雨點打在頭上的感覺?) annoying= and annoy…=make….angry使人生氣

“. I heard this song 8 years ago. I can’t help but tear up a little bit hearing this.” 八年前首次聽到本歌，忍不住落淚。(can’t help but忍不住；tear up流淚)

d.     “Life is not waiting for a storm to pass.  It is about learning to dance in the rain.” 暴風雨來襲時，並非逃避它，等待它過去。而是要敢面對它，敢在雨中舞蹈。比喻『面對困難/挑戰』。

e.      "I sincerely love this song, it always makes me feel happy and positive about life even though life hits you hard I always get back up."

     我真心愛這首歌，因為即使遭受生活的重擊，它總會使我『快樂並肯定人生』。聽了本曲使我『重新站起來面對人生』。(hit hard重力打擊；positive about.. 對…樂觀；even though = even if即使..)

Justin Lai, 06/15/2013

jlai77168@gmail.com.