滬江音樂(lè)訊:Jewel Kilcher,六歲時(shí),她就開(kāi)始歌唱生涯,她經(jīng)常跟隨父母在所居住的愛(ài)斯基摩村落里演出,并倍受當(dāng)?shù)卮迕裣矏?ài)。直到她考上了密歇根州的Interlochen美術(shù)學(xué)院。在學(xué)院的學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)程中她還參與了戲劇的表演,在學(xué)期末的會(huì)演節(jié)目《Spoon River Anthology》中擔(dān)任主演。這首歌通過(guò)清新勵(lì)志的歌詞,告訴我們每個(gè)事物的存在都有自己的價(jià)值,我們要爭(zhēng)取做最好的自己。

Song:What You Are
Artist:Jewel

I'm driving around town
我開(kāi)車在小鎮(zhèn)周圍閑逛
Kinda bored with the windows rolled down 、
有些無(wú)聊,搖下了車窗
See a girl on the bus stop bench
看見(jiàn)一個(gè)女孩坐在公交車站的長(zhǎng)椅上
Dressed to draw attention
穿得很閃閃亮亮
Hoping everyone will stare
希望讓大家都能夠盯著她望
If she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear
她想,如果她不夠醒目的話,她就會(huì)隱沒(méi)在人海之中
Wish I could hold her, tell her, show her
我多想陪在她身邊,告訴她,給她講
What she wants is already there
她夢(mèng)想著要實(shí)現(xiàn)的其實(shí)已經(jīng)實(shí)現(xiàn)了
A star is a star
因?yàn)樾切蔷褪切切?br> It doesn't have to try to shine
它并不需要努力去閃閃發(fā)亮
Water will fall
水自然會(huì)向下流
A bird just knows how to fly
一只小鳥(niǎo)就自然會(huì)知道它該怎樣展翅飛翔
You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom
其實(shí)你不需要告訴一朵花怎樣盛開(kāi)
Or light how to fill up a room
或者告訴光明該怎樣把整個(gè)屋子點(diǎn)亮
You already are what you are
因?yàn)槟?,已?jīng)是你自己了
And what you are is beautiful
而且你自己,是美麗的
Heard a story the other day
那天聽(tīng)了一個(gè)故事
Took place at the local VA
它就發(fā)生在弗吉尼亞州
A father talking to his dying son
一個(gè)父親對(duì)著自己臨死的兒子哭訴
This was his conversation
這是他們的談話
"It's not supposed to be like this
怎么會(huì)是這樣呀
You can't go first I can't handle it"
你怎能提前離我而去呢,我無(wú)法承受這一切
The boy said "Dad now don't you cry,
孩子卻說(shuō):“爸爸,現(xiàn)在不必為我哭泣”
Remember when I was a child what you used to tell me when I'd ask why?
" 您可曾記得我童年時(shí),我問(wèn)為什么的時(shí)候,您是如何回答的嗎?”
(You'd say) Gravity is gravity
您告訴我說(shuō):地心引力,就是地心引力
It doesn't try to pull you down
它并不想拉你下來(lái)
Stone is stone
石頭就只是石頭
It can't help but hold its ground
它看起來(lái)沒(méi)什么用,但是卻支撐起了整塊陸地
The wind just blows, though you can't see
風(fēng)其實(shí)一直在吹,盡管我們看不見(jiàn)
It's everywhere like I'll always be
風(fēng)其實(shí)無(wú)處不在,就像我們要永遠(yuǎn)作好我們自己一樣永恒
You already are what you are
因?yàn)槟悖呀?jīng)是你自己了
And what you are is strong enough
而且,你自己,是很堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的
Look in the mirror
望著鏡中的自己
Now that's another story to tell
我又有一個(gè)故事要講述了
I give love to others
我把愛(ài)奉獻(xiàn)給大家
But I give myself hell
但卻對(duì)自己如同地獄般苛刻
I'd have to tell myself
我必須告訴自己
"In every scene there's a perfect plan"
任何情況下都有著一個(gè)完美的策略
Everything I hoped to be
每一件事,我都希望
I already am
我能夠做好我自己
A flower is a flower
花兒就是花兒
It doesn't have to try to bloom
其實(shí)它并不需要努力盛開(kāi)
And light is light
光明就是光明
Just knows how to fill a room
就會(huì)知道如何把整個(gè)屋子點(diǎn)亮
And dark is dark
黑暗就是黑暗
So the stars have a place to shine
所以,星星才會(huì)顯得閃閃發(fā)亮
The tide goes out
海水漲潮
So it can come back another time
是因?yàn)橹挥羞@樣,它們才能在另一刻退潮
Goodbye makes a love so sweet
分手了,愛(ài)情才如此甜蜜
And love is love so it can teach us
其實(shí),愛(ài)情就是愛(ài)情,所以,它能夠讓我們懂得
We already are what we are
我們,其實(shí)已經(jīng)是我們自己了
And what we are is beautiful
而且,我們自己,是美麗的
And strong enough
是很堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的
And good enough
是很好的
And bright enough
是很閃亮的
Thank you
感謝這一切