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    Caged Bird

    籠中鳥

The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.

乘坐在風的肩背，

順著下氣流末端，

這隻自由的鳥跳躍著，

飄浮著；

它的翅膀揮入橘色的陽光中，

勇敢地宣示牠在天空的主權。

But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

另一隻鳥兒

困在狹窄的籠子裡，

累積憤怒的槓子，

阻擋牠觀賞外面的視野；

翅膀遭扣住，雙腳被綁縛，

因此牠開嗓唱起歌來。

The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.

籠中鳥的歌聲

在害怕中更顯得尖銳，

唱著未知的未來但又

渴望平凡生活的心情。

在遠方的山丘，

牠所唱出的聲調，

聽得出來，

就是自由之歌。

The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.

而自由飛翔的鳥正想著如何

和微風做來往，讓牠輕柔地穿過，

隨風吟詠的樹，

來到黎明乍現的草地，

以肥滋滋的蠕蟲受到款待；

並且為牠擁有的天空命名。

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing

籠中鳥只能在似墳墓的夢中，

如臨惡夢般向著影子尖叫；

牠的翅膀遭扣住，雙腳被綁縛，

因此牠開嗓唱起歌來。

The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.

籠中鳥的歌聲

在害怕中更顯得尖銳，

唱著未知的未來但又渴望平凡生活的心情。

渴望平凡生活的心情。

在遠方的山丘，

牠所唱出的聲調，

聽得出來，就是自由之歌。

               （楊笛 譯）

    Still I Rise

    我依然昇起

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

你們用苦澀、扭曲的謊言，

貶低我在歷史中的角色；

踐踏我於灰塵之中，但是，

如塵土般我再次昇起。

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

我的魅力四射，使你們不悅嗎？

為何你們總被悶悶不樂困擾呢？

是因我走路的樣子，好像是在自家客廳

挖到油井般自豪？

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

猶如月亮和太陽

伴隨著定時來去的潮汐，

也正如心中躍起的希望，

我還是昇起。

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

你們真的想看我被撕裂嗎？

眼簾下垂地低著頭，

靈魂深處的啜泣削弱我全人，

雙肩的顫抖好似落下的淚滴。

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

難道我的高傲冒犯你們嗎？

讓你們難以承受？

就因為我開懷大笑，

好似在後院挖到金礦。

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

你們或許可以用文字扼殺我，

用眼神排除我在視線之外，

或者用仇恨置我於死地；

但是，像氣流般，我依然昇起。

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

與其說我的性感迷人令你們沮喪？

倒不如說是一種驚艷；

好像在我翩翩起舞時，

雙腿間竟然有閃耀的鑽石。

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

從許久以來被人羞辱的茅草屋下，

和深植於過往的痛苦中，

我毅然地昇起；

我是黑色的海洋―

在廣闊的海域中躍動，

帶領著海潮―湧起、澎湃；

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

遠遠擺脫黑夜裡的恐懼和害怕，

我昇起；

迎向明朝的曼妙清朗，我昇起。

珍惜先祖所傳留的稟賦，

我是被奴隸者的夢想和希望；

昇起，

昇起，

我再次昇起。

        （楊笛 譯）

    Phenomenal Woman

    不平凡的女人

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

漂亮的女士們對我的秘密滿是好奇，

我一不可愛，

二又沒有模特兒般的衣架子身材

當我說出我如何迷人時，

她們認為我在說謊。

我是這麼說的：

伸出我的雙臂，

我的臀寬、

我的步伐、

翹起的雙唇，

我是個女人，

真的非比尋常，

不平凡的女人

就是我。

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.

我酷酷地走進屋內，

裡面的男士

或站著或屈膝，

馬上像一窩蜜蜂，

簇擁著我，

不亞於女人討好男人，

也就是說：臣服於

我眼中火光，

雪白的牙齒，

遙曳的腰線，

愉快的腳步。

我是個女人，

真的非比尋常，

Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

不平凡的女人

就是我。

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.

They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

男士們自己也不解，

到底我心中藏著什麼？

他們雖然嘗試了解，

仍觸摸不到我深處的神秘；

當我試著說清楚，

他們還是不明白。

我說：

在我的背弓，

在我如陽光般的笑容，

我堅挺的胸部，

我優雅的姿態。

我是個女人，

真的非比尋常，

不平凡的女人，

就是我。

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

現在妳懂了嗎？

為什麼我不垂頭，

不咆哮，跳腳。

儘量不大聲說話，

當妳看我經過時，

妳總是已我為傲

我說：

是我鞋跟發出的撻撻聲，

是我髮上的絲帶，

我的手掌，

或有人需要我的照顧?

因為我是個女人，

真的非比尋常，

不平凡的女人

就是我。

            （楊笛 譯）