Recently revisited this old demo of an English song I wrote called, "Dry Eyes". Just for fun, I made a simple lyric video to the song. I remember when I wrote this, it was during a really dark period in life where things were really starting to spin outta control, and I was contantly losing my battles with a certain vice. Truly only by the grace of God was I able to survive and walk out of that darkness, and for that I am grateful. Please feel free to take a listen if you like.
Oh btw, I know I can't sing. That's why I always brought in other people to sing choruses and stuff. But for this one, I sang all the choruses myself. Please be gentle. 😅

最近找到很久以前的一首英文歌demo叫做「Dry Eyes不哭的雙眼」，最近有空就隨便做了一支純歌詞的MV。我還記得當時寫這首歌的我跟現在的我差很多，那時候我的狀況不是很好。Thank God 我能夠走出那時候的低潮期！喔，對了，這首歌裡是我自己唱副歌的，所以請別太嚴格對待！我知道我不是很會唱歌的！😅

Youtube link: https://youtu.be/Lg_zkCKbXvE

這首語用力驚人的詩，你讀過嗎？
來跟 Sonny老師的翻譯&教學札記 學簡單英文表達

以下為 Sonny 老師第一視角文字

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在拜登的就職典禮上
22 歲非裔美籍詩人 Amanda Gorman 上台讀詩
這首詩的選字雖然平易近人
但巧妙運用了每個字詞的雙關和歧義
用寫作的角度來說，可謂語用力驚人

報導給出了這個主標題：
The Hill We Climb: the Amanda Gorman poem that stole the inauguration show

The Hill We Climb 是詩的標題
steal the show 指「搶盡風采」
inauguration 就是「就職典禮」

副標題這麼說：
The 22-year-old poet wowed the crowd with her reading during Joe Biden’s swearing-in

wow the crowd 指「讓群眾驚豔」，wow 當動詞有「讓人說 wow 」的意思
swearing-in 指「宣誓就職」

接著讓我們一起來讀詩的第一節：

When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade?
（當白晝降臨，我們問著自己：在無盡的陰影中如何找到光亮？）
👉 light（光亮）和 shade（陰影）對比
👉 never-ending 永不結束的

The loss we carry, a sea we must wade.
（我們承受著失去，還須度過一片汪洋。）
👉 lose 是動詞，loss 是名詞
👉 wade 指「涉水而過」

We’ve braved the belly of the beast.
（我們抵擋著艱險危殆。）
👉 brave 當動詞用，有「勇敢面對、敢於承受」的意思
👉 belly of the beast 意指「非常危險的境地」

We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace,
（我們知曉沉默不代表和睦）
👉 learn 除了「學習」，還有「知道」的意思

and the norms and notions of what “just” is isn’t always justice.
（「正直」的思維和規範，不一定等同正義）
👉 norms and notions 押頭韻 (alliteration)，吸引讀者注意力
👉 just 可以當 justice 的形容詞，例如：a just/ an unjust man（一個正直/不正直的人）

And yet, the dawn is ours before we knew it.
（然而在我們知曉之前，黎明就屬於我們）
Somehow we do it.
（我們終究挺了過來）
👉 somehow 原意為「不知怎地」，常用來形容「非常艱難、不知怎麼辦到」

Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken,
but simply unfinished.
（我們歷盡滄桑，親眼看見一個國家並非殘破，只是尚未完整）
👉 weather 當動詞時指「遭受風雨吹打」、witness 指「目擊」
👉 能想到 weathered and witnessed 兩個 w 的組合，功力非常高強

光是一個詩節
就有太多靈活但又不會太難的單字用法
值得我們攝取學習
所以建議大家養成沒事就翻翻英文報章的習慣
隨時 pick up 幾個單字或表達方式
把學習英文融入自己的生活中
才能維持學習動力，不斷進步！

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◆【噤夢】數位專輯搶先聽：https://reurl.cc/a5V5qX
◆ 博客來實體專輯：https://reurl.cc/R1x2m6
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台灣民謠金屬樂團 Crescent Lament 恆月三途，於2020年底推出第三張專輯 —【噤夢 Land of Lost Voices】。【噤夢】以終戰後國民政府來台前期的台灣社會為背景，除了在音樂上融入更豐富的民俗樂器，也將上張專輯【花殤 Elegy for the Blossoms】的主角阿香再度帶入歌曲中，藉著藝妲阿香與戀人明風兩人未完的緣分，娓娓道出歷史洪流中台灣人民遭遇的悲傷故事。

首支MV —「孤燈微微 By the Lone Light」，從阿香及明風的視角出發，描述二二八事件發生後，無數台灣人面臨的生離死別。

--- 專輯歌詞本節錄 ---
……如同那年代無數台灣有志青年，受過現代教育的明風，對台灣的未來懷抱無比熱忱。1947年3月8日，即將出門的明風說道：「聽講基隆港咧欲出代誌矣，為著妳佮囡仔的未來，我愛去看覓（聽説基隆港快要出事了，為了妳跟孩子的將來，我必須去看看）。」接著他擁著阿香，繼續說：「我下暗就會轉來。若是趕袂轉來，我會先去社寮島的阿兄兜蹛一暝（我傍晚就會回家。倘若趕不回來，我會先去社寮島的大哥家住一晚）。」

然而，明風再也沒有回來。隔日，阿香從鄰居口中得知，中國來的援軍已從基隆港登陸，船還沒靠岸就架起機槍掃射民眾，岸上軍隊也沿街瘋狂開槍；成群學生被軍隊割掉耳鼻及生殖器後，用刺刀戳死；其餘沒死的市民被軍隊抓起來，三、五人一組遭鐵線刺穿手掌足踝，串成一排排帶到港邊，朝頭上開一槍後踢到海裡。幾天後，浮起的屍體漂滿基隆港，隨著浪一波波打回岸邊。阿香經不起如此巨大打擊，終日以淚洗面。

明風的屍體從來沒被找到。接下來兩個月，國民政府在全台進行血腥鎮壓及恐怖清鄉，約兩萬名民眾遭軍隊屠殺，青壯世代傷亡猶重；而醫師、律師、教授、議員等台灣菁英，更遭大規模處決，整個世代的台灣人被集體消音……
--- 專輯歌詞本節錄 ---

噤聲的人，無聲的夢。
每個殷切期盼的背後，往往都是永盼不到一面的魂斷夢空。
紀念那些為了成就心中的台灣夢，而被噤聲的台灣人。
Crescent Lament第三張專輯 —【噤夢】，2020年12月11日，正式發行。


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Crescent Lament’s third album "Land of Lost Voices" is released on December 11, 2020. A sequel to our second album, the story continues from where "Elegy for the Blossoms" left off: the unfinished romance between A-hiong and her lover, Bîng-hong. They once believed that they would not see each other again, but fate has brought them back together. They would go through the collapse of Taiwanese society in the post-WWII era, experience horrifying days that were even more miserable than wartime, and finally witness the destined tragedy of the 228 Incident.

The current music video “By the Lone Light” recounts the bereavement that A-hiong suffered, after realizing Bîng-hong has died from the indiscriminate massacre in March 1947.

(Excerpt from the lyrics booklet)…… Like all young Taiwanese of that era, Bîng-hong, who had received modern education, was passionate about Taiwan’s future. “I heard something happened at Keelung harbor, I need to check it for you and our kid,” Bîng-hong told A-hiong before he headed out on 8 March 1947. “I’ll be back in the evening—if I don’t return before nightfall, I’ll spend the night at my brother’s home at Sia Liao Island,” he said, giving A-hiong a hug as he left.

Bîng-hong never came home. The next day, A-hiong heard from neighbors that Chinese troops landed in Keelung the day before, and started shooting people with machine guns even before the vessels docked. Troops on land also shot people indiscriminately on the streets. Groups of students had their noses, ears, and genitals cut off, before being stabbed with bayonets. Those who survived were arrested by soldiers, and strung up with barbed wire through their palms and ankles. Then, they were shot in the back of their heads, and kicked into the harbor. Days later, innumerable floating bodies blocked the harbor, and piled up on the shore. A-hiong could not take it anymore, and was in tears all day.

Bîng-hong’s body was never found. In the following two months, the KMT government violently cracked down on uprisings, and purged rebels across Taiwan. Around 20,000 civilians were murdered by the troops, most of whom belonged to the young generation. Doctors, lawyers, professors, and councilors were executed in large numbers, and an entire generation was muted……(Excerpt from the lyrics booklet)

In memory of what happened in 1947, Taiwan.
Crescent Lament - Land of Lost Voices.


【孤燈微微 / By the Lone Light】
．導演/Director：林峻 Chun Lin
．演員/Actress & actor：黃惟, 徐肇勵

．詞/Lyrics：周慕姿 Muer Chou
．曲/Music：周岳弘 Komet Chou
．英譯/English translation：Happy Metal Guy, 賴昱伸 lok-sin LOA
．英文校正/English revision & proofread：Happy Metal Guy

．收錄專輯/Album：噤夢 Land of Lost Voices (2020)
．專輯製作人/Producer：
劉允墨 Jesse Black Liu & Crescent Lament 恆月三途
．專輯錄音/Recorded by：
劉允墨 Jesse Black Liu - 黑頻工作室 Black Frequency Studio
海波浪製作 Wave Productions
．音軌剪輯/Editing by：
劉允墨 Jesse Black Liu - 黑頻工作室 Black Frequency Studio
Joakim Dahlström - The Sweetspot Studio（Sweden）
．專輯混音/Mixed by：
Rickard Bengtsson - The Sweetspot Studio（Sweden）
Assisted by Joakim Dahlström
．母帶後期處理/Mastered by：
Mika Jussila - Finnvox Studios（Finland）

．Crescent Lament 恆月三途：
主唱 Soprano：周慕姿 Muer Chou
鼓 Drums：周岳弘 Komet Chou
貝斯 Bass：許至維 Wick Hsu
吉他 Guitars：邱振華 Wat Chiu
二胡 Erhu：Jedi Yeh
鍵盤 Synths & Piano：魏大昕 Sebastian Wei
嗩吶 (客座) Suona (guest)：黃博裕 Po Yu Huang

．特別感謝武雄老師 Bu-hiông 提供台語歌詞之填詞與唱法指導 。
．特別感謝氫酸鉀 KCN 繪製專輯封面及團徽。
．特別感謝美術編輯總監 Hollowcorpse。

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