小學二年級的賢侄不愛英文,想到童年時娘親的必殺洗腦技之「耳濡目染」:每晚睡前都放西洋老歌CD。當時我發現好多歌琅琅上口,因為喜歡就去查歌詞。從興趣中學習最快了,在課本裡出現100次 "what's it" 記不住,看卡通只要再聽到一次就永遠能記住 "what it is". 於是趁離鄉前在侄子臥房電腦建了一個催眠歌單,25首西洋古代、近代都屬翹楚的中慢歌。回台北兩星期後他的奶奶敲我:「你侄子喜歡Joni Don't Cry,會跟著哼,快給我歌詞。」大心!你叔叔小時候最早入門之一就是這條啊品味太近!此曲好得不得了,也建構我對西洋老歌部分認知:類三段章法的敘事情歌最動人了,要說影響了日後台灣陶喆的《小鎮姑娘》也不為過。於是下班再累,也要趕完這篇中英對照,讓他奶奶有教材可授。
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
求求你等等我,吉米
I'll grow up someday you'll see
有天我會長大不騙你
Saving all my kisses just for you
我每一個吻只留給你
Signed with love forever true
以愛之名永不渝
Joni was the girl who lived next door
瓊妮曾是鄰家的女孩
I've known her I guess 10 years or more
認識她十年了吧應該
Joni wrote me a note one day
那天她遞了紙條來
And this is what she had to say
上面這樣娓娓道來
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
求求你等等我,吉米
I'll grow up someday you'll see
有天我會長大不騙你
Saving all my kisses just for you
我每一個吻只留給你
Signed with love forever true
以愛之名永不渝
Slowly I read her note once more
我仔細地再讀了一遍
Then I went over to the house next door
然後到她家門口一見
Her tear drops fell like rain that day
她淚如時雨滂沱下
When I told Joni what I had to say
當我說了該說的話
Joni, Joni please don't cry
瓊妮瓊妮別哭泣
You'll forget me by and by
你會漸漸把我忘記
You're just fifteen I'm twenty two
我22歲你才15
And Joni I just cant wait for you
等不得也留不住
Soon I left our little home town
不久我離鄉背井去
Got me a job and tried to settle down
有新工作努力適應
But these words kept haunting my memory
但字字句句纏上心
The words that Joni said to me
瓊妮說的那字字句句
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
求求你等等我,吉米
I'll grow up someday you'll see
有天我會長大不騙你
Saving all my kisses just for you
我每一個吻只留給你
Signed with love forever true
以愛之名永不渝
I packed my clothes And I caught a plane
我打包行李上了飛機
I had to see Joni I had to explain
我要見瓊妮向她說明
How my heart was filled With her memory
我滿腦子是她的回憶
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
要求我的瓊妮為我妻
I ran all the way To the house next door
千里迢迢我到她門口
But things weren't like they were before
但人事已非白雲蒼狗
My tear drops fell like rain that day
我淚如時雨滂沱下
When I heard what Joni had to say
聽瓊妮這樣說實話
Jimmy, Jimmy please don't cry
吉米吉米別哭泣
You'll forget me by and by
你會漸漸把我忘記
It's been five years since you've been gone
你走了5年沒消息
Jimmy I married your best friend John
吉米我已嫁你朋友約翰矣
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