Ella Fitzgerald - These Foolish Things

這首有點慵懶氣味的歌曲，總是讓人憶及戀愛時瞬息萬變的心情，以及揮之不去的情人印象。手上擁有本季米國偶像Paris Bennett的俏皮可愛版，Rod Stewart的嘶啞流連版，Billie Holliday的精簡吟唱版，以及Ella Fitzgerald的深情愛撫版。前兩者的詮釋顯然現代許多，但聽著Billie Holliday的老唱盤磨播，或是Ella Fitzgerald緩慢如無人之時對自己微笑的唱腔。這首大概是我聽過最模擬現實的情歌吧。





A cigarette that bares a lipstick’s traces　香菸上的紅唇印

An airline ticket to romantic places　浪漫行的機票

And still my heart has wings　我心上的翅膀

These foolish things remind me of you.　這些小東西都讓我想起你



A tinkling piano in the next apartment　隔壁公寓琴聲叮咚

Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant　想對你說的欲語還羞

A fairground’s painted swings　馬戲團的鞦韆

These foolish things remind me of you.　這些小東西都讓我想起你



You came, You saw, You conquered me　你來你見你征服

When you did that to me　你征服我的心

I knew somehow this had to be　但我知曉這早該如此



The winds of March that made my heart a dancer　三月微風令我心雀躍

A telephone that rings but who’s to answer　電話響起卻無人接應

Oh, how the ghost of you clings　你的過去依舊盤據不去

These foolish things remind me of you　這些小東西都讓我想起你



First daffodils and long excited cables　初開的黃水仙以及令人震顫許久的電報

And candle lights, A little corner table　燭光與角落桌

And still my heart has wings　我心上的翅膀

These foolish things remind me of you　這些小東西都令我想起你



The park at evening when the bell has sounded　黃昏的公園及晚鐘

The pier in France with all the gulls around it　法國的防波堤與海鷗

The beauty that is Spring　春天的美好

These foolish things remind me of you　這些小東西都令我想起你



How strange, How sweet, to find you still,　多麼奇妙又甜蜜，你就在這裡

These things are dear to me　這些貼近我的東西

They seem to bring you near to me　彷彿將你帶來我身旁



The sigh of midnight trains at empty stations　無人車站，午夜列車輕嘆

Silk stockings thrown aside. Dance invitations　棄置一旁的絲襪與舞會邀請函

Oh, how the ghost of you clings　關於你的記憶縈繞不去

These foolish things remind me of you　這些小東西都令我想起你



Gardenia perfume lingering on a pillow　枕頭上槴子花的香氣

Wild strawberries only seven francs a kilo　一公斤七法郎的野莓

And still my heart has wings,　我心上的翅膀

These foolish things remind me of you　這些小東西令我想起你



The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses　嘉寶的輕笑與玫瑰的香氣

The waiters whistling as the last bar closes　酒吧關門時侍應的口哨

The song that Crosby sings　科羅西比唱的歌曲

These foolish things remind me of you　這些小東西都令我回憶起你



How strange, How sweet to find you still　多麼奇妙又甜蜜，你就在這裡

These things are dear to me　這些親愛的小東西

They seem to bring you near to me　將你帶向我



The scent of smoldering leaves, the wail of steamers　樹葉悶燒的香氣與輪船哀哭

Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers　街道上的佳偶如夢似幻地走著

Oh how the ghost of you clings　你的過去揮之不去

These foolish things remind me of you.　這些愚蠢的小東西都令我想起你