Happy的美篇聆听原唱 欣赏译词(43)When A Child Is Born

Happy（李衷）

　　美国有部影片，片名为《狼人之恋》。影片插曲《When a Child is Born》，虽然简短，但词美曲妙，很受读者青睐，传唱者众。

《世界金曲200首》这本歌集介绍的这首歌曲，除吟唱中间夹杂的朗诵词之外，只有三段歌词，遗漏了一段歌词。敝人现将完整歌词介绍如下：

　　When A Child Is Born

1. A ray of hope flickers in the sky,

A tiny star lights up way up high.

All across the land dawns a brandnew morn.

This comes to pass, when a child is born.

2. A silent wish sails the seven seas,

The wind of change whisper in the trees.

And the walls of doubt, crumble tost and torn.

This comes to pass, when a child is born.

3. A rosy hue settles all around,

You got the feel you're on solid ground.

For a spell or two no one seems forlorn.

This comes to pass, when a child is born.

4.（朗诵词）

And all of this happens

because the world is waiting,

waiting for one child,

black, white, yellow, no one knows,

but a child that will grow up,

and turn tears to laughter,

hates to love, war to peace,

and everyone to everyone's neighbour.

And misery and suffering

will be words to be forgotten forever.

5. It's all a dream, an illusion now,

It must come true sometime soon, somehow.

All across the land dawns a brandnew morn.

This comes to pass, when a child is born.

　　歌本中歌词的原印，存在少许标点符号和名词单复数的毛病，现更正如下：

第二段歌词中，"the wind of change whisper in the trees"这句话，主语"the wind"和谓语"whisper"，应保持数的一致。故"the wind"应用复数，原印却是单数"wind"。

朗诵词里，“and everyone to everyone's neighbour ”中的“neighbour”，演唱时为复数“neighbours”。

　　这首歌词在《世界金曲200首》中原被译为：

当孩子出生的时候

译者 盛 茵

1. 一道霞光天上高照，

一颗小星空中闪耀。

大地苏醒，迎接黎明。

当一个孩子，将要诞生。

2. 五洲四海满怀希望，

树林丛中风声回响。

一切怀疑，烟消云散。

当一个孩子，将要诞生。

3. 朗诵词

世界正在等待，

等待一个孩子。

不知他肤色是黄、是黑、还是白，

他将长大。

把眼泪变欢笑，

把战争变和平，

把仇恨变成相爱。

他将使人们，

永远忘记痛苦、悲哀和祸灾。

4. 现在只是一场梦幻，

总有一天将要实现。

大地苏醒，迎接黎明。

当一个孩子，将要诞生。

　　现将这首歌词完整版的新译奉上，供诸君鉴尝！

When A Child Is Born

孩 子 诞 生 时

译者 李 衷

A ray of hope flickers in the sky,

a tiny star lights up way up high.

All across the land, downs a brandnew morn.

This comes to pass, when a child is born.

1. 高高天上，一道霞光闪，

一颗小星辰，空际光灿然。

崭新的黎明，展现在眼前。

孩子诞生时，此情就显现。

A silent wish sails the seven seas,

the winds of change whisper in the trees.

All the walls of doubt crumble tost and torn.

This comes to pass, when a child is born.

2. 五洲四海，默许着祝愿，

风声喃喃，细语山林间。

猜忌的壁障，倾覆塌陷。

孩子诞生时，此情就显现。

A rosy hue settles all around,

you got the feel you're on solid ground.

For a spell or two no one seems forlorn.

This comes to pass, when a child is born.

3. 玫瑰色彩，遍布在周边，

让人感知，处境安全。

谁也不会愁苦堆满脸。

孩子诞生时，此情就显现。

And all of this happens

because the world is waiting,

waiting for one child,

black, white, yellow, no one knows,

but a child that will grow up,

and turn tears to laughter,

hates to love, war to peace,

and everyone to everyone's neighbours.

And misery and suffering

will be words to be forgotten forever.

4. （朗诵词）

此情所以会显现，

只因世人在期盼，

期盼孩子降生平安，

无论他肤色是黑是白还是黄，

长大成人有担当，

能化泪水为欢笑，

能化怨怼为慈祥，

能化干戈为玉帛，

人人成为和睦邻里，

永远忘却祸殃、穷困和苦难。

It's all a dream, an illusion now,

it must come true sometime soon, somehow.

All across the land dawns a brandnew morn.

This comes to pass, when a child is born.

5. 此时的臆想，此时的梦幻，

总有一天，全都会实现。

崭新的黎明，展现在眼前。

孩子诞生时，此情就显现。