Friday, May 13, 2005
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood by The Beatles
I once had a girl,
Or should I say, She once had me?
She showed me her room,
Isn’t it good?
Norwegian wood.
She asked my to stay and told me sit anywhere,
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn’t a chair.
I sat on a rug
Biding my time, drinking her wine.
We talked until two,
And then she said,
‘It’s time for bed’.
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh,
I told her I didn’t, and crawled off to sleep in the bath.
And when I awoke, I was alone,
This bird has flown,
So I lit a fire,
Isn’t it good?
Norwegian wood.
夜的诗人：“
传说，挪威的森林是一片大得会让人迷路的森林。那种，人进得去却出不来的巨大原始森林。
I am finally done with 挪威的森林. So my conclusion is, 伍佰's rendition has nothing in close relation to the book. However, this book had a few correspondences to the song, 'Norwegian Wood' by The Beatles.
I have mixed feelings reading this book. 村上春树 can write really well, no doubt. Frankly speaking, I think he is a genius is describing the subtleties of loneliness, and how people arrive with the funny choices they will eventually make. So you actually pity them, instead of wanting to criticize them for the decisions they made. On the other hand, since anybody of any age who can read, can also gain access to this book easily, I think they should allow the screening of the uncensored version of 'Sex and the City' on national TV. Like musicians, writers can be rather psychotic. Writers have the luxury of being more explicit in their expressions.
Let me cut an excerpt of a passage that I liked very much:
[闭上眼睛，我暂时将自己委身于记忆中的黑夜。风声比往常听得更清楚了。那风并不算大，但却吹过我身子四周，留下了出奇鲜明的轨迹。一张开眼睛，夏夜的黑暗又更深了。
我打开罐盖，抓出萤火虫，将它放在突出约三公分的塔缘上。萤火虫自个儿似乎还搞不清楚状况。它在螺丝钉四周踉踉跄跄地转了一圈，然后迅速地跑过如疮痂一般的脱漆部分。它向右行了一阵，发现已是尽头时。又转向左行。好一会儿，它才攀上螺丝帽，然后就一直停在那儿。像断了气一般，它一动也不动。我靠在扶杆上，细细地端详那只萤火虫。我和它都静止了好一阵子。只有风吹过我们身边。黑暗中，榉木叶子互相碰撞着。
我等了又等。
许久许久，萤火虫才又飞了起来。好似想起什么一般，它忽地振翅飞起，只一瞬间它已经越过扶杆飞进黑暗中了。它似乎想把失去了的时光统统要回来一样，在水塔边飞快地画了个弧，又在那儿逗留一会儿，眼见那道光化入风中，这才向东飞去。
萤火虫消失之后，那道光的轨迹依旧在我心中滞留不去。闭上眼睛。那抹淡淡的光彷佛无处可归的游魂似的，在浓暗中不停地徘徊。
黑暗中，我几次伸出手去。但却什么也碰不到。那抹小小的光线在我指尖就快碰着的地方。]
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taxi taker at 12:27 AM