加菲的声色犬马 Since 2006

by Matthew Lien

 

Here I stand in Bressanon 
With the stars up in the sky  
Are they shining over Brenner  
And upon the other side  

You would be a sweet surrender
But I must go the other way  
And my train will carry me onward  
Though my heart would surely stay  
Oh my heart would surely stay……  

Now the clouds are flying by me
And the moon is on the rise
I have left the stars behind me
They were diamonds in your skies

You would be a sweet surrender
But I must go the other way 
And my train will carry me onward  
Though my heart would surely stay ? 
Oh my heart would surely stay…… 

我站在布列瑟农,  
头顶的夜空有星星在闪烁  
那是在我故园的方向, 
故园总是让我回头遥望.

   

你是个甜蜜的怀抱,  
但我必须远走他乡, 
我心将停留这里,
列车确要把我带向远方. 
哦!我的心只属于这里.   
             
看那云雾缤纷飞过, 
看那月亮正在冉冉升起,  
那些星星已离我遥远, 
那是你夜空中闪烁的宝石. 
 
你是个甜蜜的怀抱,
但我必须远走他乡,
我心将停留这里
列车确要把我带向远方. 
哦!我的心只属于这里.

 

The Story behind the Song

Hello Forrest, 
 
Thank you for your comments. Now make yourself a cup of hot tea, sit back, and I'll tell you a story about Bressanone...   

Several years ago, I fell deeply in love with a young woman, and also with a part of northern Italy known as South Tyrol. It borders Austria, just south of the Brenner mountain pass which separates Italy from Austria.    

South Tyrol used to be joined with North Tyrol (now a part of Austria) and West Tyrol (now a part of Switzerland). The people of this area speak a dialect of German. But since Tyrol was divided and South Tyrol became a part of Italy, all the place names are in both German and Italian.   

Anyway... I once worked for Greenpeace many years ago, where I met a young woman who melted my heart. We met while on a retreat in California's Yosemite Nat
ional Park. After the retreat, she returned to the Colorado Greenpeace office, and eventually went back to school in New York state. I returned to the San Diego Greenpeace Office, and eventually went back to my home in the Yukon, Canada.   

Over the months we stayed in touch. Soon we discovered that we would both be close again. She was going to study art in Florence, Italy, and I was going to live in Munich, Germany performing with a rock band called "Marching Powder"... ahhhh yes, Marching Powder... but that's another story.  
 
When we were both in Europe, we made arrangements to meet in a place that was close to being between Florence and Munich. This was the South Tyrolian town called "Brixen" in German, or "Bressanone" in Italian. Bressanone is a beautiful town surrounded by small villages high in the mountain valleys with churches ringing and sheep in the meadows, and the awesome peaks of the Dolomite mountains towering beyond.  

We spent several days exploring the mountain villages and each other's hearts. And when the day came for her to return, I took her to a train station in a nearby village, and we said goodbye. It was very sad to be going our own ways again. With tears in my eyes, I got on a bus and headed for the train station in Bressanone. During the short 40 minute bus ride, I fell asleep. And while I slept, I had a dream in which I could hear this song, complete with the words and music. When I awoke, I got off the train and went to the nearest coffee shop to write the words and music on a napkin, so I would not forget.

It was years later when I finally recorded the song. I will always have a place in my heart for her... and for that village... and for this song.

Thank you for listening. Now... off to bed with you!!! 

Matthew

 

就让我占据地图上的一点

与你占据的地图上一点

成为遥遥相对的两颗星吧

共同的梦，一旦裁开

你一半，我一半

无法各自成长为完整的一个

假使命运慈悲，再度萍聚

岂能如重圆的破镜

照出两张转变了的容颜？

梦痕依稀，已是沧桑的心头美丽的伤口

江山有待，再也等不到携手登临的你我

——加肥猫

昨晚做了个梦

梦见天上的星星排成图案了：

两只小狗拉车，车上坐一老头

星星是金色的，镶在墨蓝的夜空

构成一幅富有乡土气息的金箔画

我特兴奋，立即掏出手机对着天空拍，生怕那图案稍纵即逝

后来拿给别人看，他们都不信，说我PS的

我反驳道，你没有在那一时刻抬头看星星，又怎么会知道

 

清明节就要到了，飘起清冷的雨丝 ，一如往年

这世界变化得太快，规律的轮回让我感到安慰

忽然想到，我的墓志铭上应该这么写：

she played a lot of games,

tried a lot of characters,

lived a lot of scenarios,

created a lot of dramas.

but she never took anything seriously.

she never had any plans or goals.

she didn't even have real desires.

that's her, a freak who never trully existed.

I am stuck here

drowned by work

 

I barely have time to get to know new colleagues

those who assigned work to me, don't talk words other than work

 

when I am out on business trip

I feel so lonely and so small in the big five-star hotel room

 

when we meet client and act like professionals

I cursed to myself: who cares a shit about your problems

 

when I draft a report

when I write such bullshits like "Assumptions and Qualifications"

I agree that lawyers are a bunch of useless fellas who only empty your wallet...

 

-Posted on an overtime working night