＂Somewhere in Time＂

2016/05/10 08:41:21 網誌分類: 生活

10 May

        A good friend of mine who lives and works on the mainland is feeling down in the dumps. This slang expression means feeling sad, depressed, or gloomy. His young and pretty mainland girlfriend has dumped him. The word “dump” has several meanings but to dump someone is a slang word that means to break up with or leave someone. His girlfriend?dumped?him to go back to her hometown to get married. That’s why he is feeling?down in the dumps. I tried to?console?him. To console someone means to comfort or cheer him up. He did not want to be consoled and went to a bar to get drunk.

        　　It is partly my friend's fault that his girlfriend has dumped him. He doesn't want to marry her because he is much older. Also, he is divorced and has two children in school. A few days before my friend's girlfriend dumped him, I heard a song with beautiful lyrics (words of a song) on internet radio called “Somewhere in Time”. I had never heard this song before. A Google search showed the song is from a 1980 movie with the same name. I told my friend the song's lyrics would console him. The song’s music was composed（written, created） by John Barry. A Google search also showed there are two versions of lyrics for the same song.

        　　The lyrics in one version say：“Where there is time there is tomorrow. Somewhere in time, all sorrows pass to memories. And so the end is the beginning”. This means time will bring a new tomorrow, sadness will become just a memory as time passes, and the ending of something will bring the beginning of something new. The other version says：“You'll always be inside of me. And I know when love is true it's always with you.Somewhere in time I came to realize love never goes”. This means true love will never go away. It will always be in your heart. I told my friend time will help him forget his sadness and if his mainland girlfriend really loves him, she will always remember him.

        　　我有一位在內地生活和工作的好朋友is feeling down in the dumps，這個俚語解作沮喪、抑鬱或是垂頭喪氣。他那又年輕又漂亮的內地女友拋棄（dumped）了他。 Dump有幾個意思，to dump someone是俚語，解作與某人分手或離開某人。他的女友拋棄（dumped）他，回到家鄉結婚去，因此他感到很沮喪（down in the dumps）。我嘗試安慰（console）他。To console someone即是去安慰或令某人振作。他不肯受安慰（consoled），去了酒吧買醉。

        　　他的女友拋棄（dumped）他，一部分是我朋友的錯。他不想和她結婚，因為他比她年紀大得多。而且，他已經離婚，有兩個還在學的子女。我朋友的女友拋棄（dumped）他的前幾天，我在網台聽到一首歌詞（lyrics）很美的歌曲叫“Somewhere in Time”，我從前未曾聽過。谷歌搜索顯示，這首歌是來自1980年一齣同名的電影。我跟朋友說，這首歌的歌詞（lyrics）可以慰藉（console）他。這首歌的曲韻由約翰．巴瑞所創作（composed）。谷歌搜索也顯示，同一首歌有兩個版本的歌詞（lyrics）。

        　　其中一個版本的歌詞（lyrics）有一句是這樣的：“Where there is time there is tomorrow. Somewhere in time, all sorrows pass to memories. And so the end is the beginning”，它的意思是說，時間會帶來新的明天，當時間過去，憂傷將會化成回憶，而一件事的結束，會換來一些新事物的開始。另一個版本則道：“You'll always be inside of me. And I know when love is true it's always with you. Somewhere in time I came to realize love never goes”，它是說，真愛永不消逝，它將永存心底。我告訴我的朋友，時間可以幫助他淡忘傷感，而若他的內地女友真的愛他，她將會永遠記得他。

        mickchug@gmail.com

        中譯:七刻

        Michael Chugani 褚簡寧

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