Leonard Cohen's Suzanne 李歐納·柯恩的「蘇姍」

I like Leonard Cohen's songs. They're simple. In his songs, he often sings about people forgotten by society. And he sings about them with sensitivity, with understanding, with feeling. He is not only a song writer. He is also a poet. And he writes and sings like one. One of his songs I like best is "Suzanne". Here it is, with his beautiful lyrics and my translation of them.

Suzanne Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer That you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said "All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them" But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mind. Now Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river She is wearing rags and feathers From Salvation Army counters And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning They are leaning out for love And they will lean that way forever while she holds the mirror..  Leonard Cohen

蘇姍 蘇珊帶你到她河邊那裡 你可聽到經過的小船 你可在她身旁度過晚上 而你知她是不大正常的 但那正是你想在她那裡的緣故 她給你茶和橘子吃喝 從老遠的中國來的 當你剛要跟她說 你沒有愛情給她 她就進入你的波長 她讓河流回應你 說你一直是她的愛侶 你很想與她同行 你很想閉著眼睛與她同行 你知道她會信你的 因你以你的思想觸及她完美的軀體 當他在水上行走時 耶穌也是海員 他在那孤零零的木塔 觀察了好一會 當他肯定知道 只有遇溺者能看見他時 他便說：「在海洋給他們自由前 男的統統要當海員」 但遠在天空倘未為他開敞前 他已倒下 被遺棄，幾乎與人一樣 在你智慧下他如石般下沉 而你想與他同行 想閉著眼睛與他同行 而你想也許你會信他 因他以他的思想觸及你完美的軀體 蘇姍現在攜著你手 她帶你到河邊 她穿著破衣和羽毛 從救世軍櫃面弄回來的 太陽像蜜糖般瀉下 海港之母身上 她教你在垃圾和花中 在那兒尋覓 在海藻中有英雄 早上有兒童 他們都為情而把身體傾斜 他們都會那樣把身體稈斜直到永遠當她拿起鏡子...   (譯: 艾索羅)