Blowing in the Wind
詞/曲/原唱:Bob Dylan
這是一首真正的大師級作品。
它曾被入選美國大學教材;余光中承認,自己的詩篇《江湖上》,是刻意模仿這首歌;《阿甘正傳》裡,詹妮抱著吉他唱過它;汪峰在歌曲《流浪》裡致敬:「有人曾在歌裡唱到,答案早已就在那風中飄揚」……
一曲《隨風飄蕩》,曾讓無數人迷戀,自省,感動,反覆吟唱,受到啟迪……它同時又是一首詩,簡潔而深刻,詞句間流淌著智者的光華和哲學的思考,但又樸實如民歌,睿智的歌詞時時催人自省。
在我給高中學生教這首歌的今天,新冠病毒疫情仍然在全球多地肆虐、洪水泛濫的威脅並未遠去、大國間關係變得更錯綜複雜、黎巴嫩首都剛剛發生堪比小型核彈威力的大爆炸、蒙冤入獄近27年的張玉環剛走回自己都認不出的家,見到近27年未曾見到的妻兒……而在前不久高考當天,貴州公交車司機張某載著一車人直衝湖中,造成21人死亡;網絡上還有人拿著杭州殺妻分屍案裡「2噸水」和「絞肉機」講著毫無底線的玩笑和段子……
人類看似很接近文明,實則這文明脆弱不堪。眾生實苦,民生多艱,人性好像也沒什麼進步可言。在這首歌裡,一句句控訴般的追問,警醒我們深思這一切……
(給學生練聽力,挖了些空格,可以試著邊聽邊填詞,答案參考文章下方評論欄)
How many _____ must a man walk _____before they call him a _____?
How many _____ must a ______ dove sail before she sleepsin the___?
How many ______ must the cannon balls ____ before they'reforever _____?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
How many years must a _______ exist before it is washedto the _____?
How many years can some _______exist before they'reallowed to be_____?
How many times can a man turn his ____ and pretend thathe just doesn't ____?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
How many times must a man______ ____ before he can seethe_____?
How many _____must one man have before he can _____people_____?
How many deaths will ittake till he knows that too many people have_____?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
歌詞大意
一個人要風雨兼程多少路,才能被真正稱為人?
一隻白鴿要飛過多少片海,才能安息在沙灘上?
可怕的炮彈要吼嘯多少次,才能永遠被人塵封?
答案啊答案,我的朋友,就飄蕩在那茫茫的風裡……
一座高山要巍然屹立多少年,才能被風化衝入海?
一個種族要苟延殘喘多少年,才能破枷重獲自由?
一個人要狠心扭過多少次頭,對這一切視若不見?
答案啊答案,我的朋友,就飄蕩在那茫茫的風裡……
一個人要抬起多少次頭,才能看清蔚然碧空?
一個人要長多少雙耳朵,才能聽見人們哭泣?
多少人死後人們才醒悟:太多生命已然逝去?
答案啊答案,我的朋友,就飄蕩在那茫茫的風裡……