訳注: “There’s nothing more human than failing passionately. Aiming high, aiming for the stars and falling short is very charming and very joyful both for the audiences and the person failing. ”
ポイントは I hit the wall「壁にぶち当たる」という意味のイディオムを
歌の後半、同じ言い回しで「私が壁を打つ」という意味に転換している点だと思います。英語ならではの表現ですね。
Sledgehammer / Rihanna
I hit a wall, I never felt so low, so low
Like a waterfall, my tears dropped to the floor (the floor…)
They left a swimming pool of salted crimes, crimes
(Ohh) what could I do to change your mind?
Nothing!
I’m bracing for the pain and I am letting go
I’m using all my strength to get out of this hole
痛みを覚悟で手放すわ
全力でこの穴から抜け出して見せる
I hit a wall, I thought that I would hurt myself
Oh I was sure, your words would leave me unconscious
And on the floor I’d be lying cold, lifeless
But I hit a wall, I hit ‘em all, watch the fall
You’re just another brick and I’m a sledgehammer…
You’re just another brick and I’m a sledgehammer…
Yeah I hit a wall, I prayed that I would make it through (make it through)
I can’t survive a life that’s without you, that’s without you, yeah
And I will rise up from the ashes now, the ashes now
Oh the sparrow flies with just the crumbs of loving spilled, yeah
I was bracing for the pain and then I let it go
I gathered all my strength and I found myself whole
痛みを覚悟して、そして手放したの
力をふりしぼって、持ちこたえてる
I hit a wall, I thought that I would hurt myself
Oh I was sure, your words would leave me unconscious
And on the floor I’d be lying cold, lifeless
But I hit a wall, I hit ‘em a, watch the fall
You’re just another brick and I’m a sledgehammer…
You’re just another brick and I’m a sledgehammer…
You’re just another brick and I’m a sledgehammer…
(You’re just another brick and I’m a sledgehammer…)
Annie blogged regarding this song, when promoting her 2009 greatest hits album: The world can be so baffling at times, so you find yourself constantly trying to figure it out…. It’s also about looking at the aftermath of things. After all this darkness and disappointment with the personal battles you’ve gone through…Contemplating the ashes of experience, and questioning what it was ever all about. It’s like the remains of a building that’s crashed and burned to the ground.” Source
Alan’s performance is as touching as hers.
How Alan smiles at the end of the song makes me smile. 🙂
“Why”
How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I’m sorry for the things I’ve done
But when I start to try to tell you
That’s when you have to tell me
Hey… this kind of trouble’s only just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don’t you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut
That’s why it hurts so bad to hear the words
That keep on falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Tell me…
Why
Why
I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you’re thinking
And I’ve heard is said too many times
That you’d be better off
Besides…
Why can’t you see this boat is sinking
(this boat is sinking this boat is sinking)
Let’s go down to the water’s edge
And we can cast away those doubts
Some things are better left unsaid
But they still turn me inside out
Turning inside out turning inside out
Tell me…
Why
Tell me…
Why
This is the book I never read
These are the words I never said
This is the path I’ll never tread
These are the dreams I’ll dream instead
This is the joy that’s seldom spread
These are the tears…
The tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the contents of my head
And these are the years that we have spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you know how I feel ?
‘cause i don’t think you know how I feel
I don’t think you know what I feel
I don’t think you know what I feel
You don’t know what I feel
This is the book I never read
These are the words I never said
This is the path I’ll never tread
These are the dreams I’ll dream instead
This is the joy that’s seldom spread
These are the tears…
The tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the contents of my head
It’s been a while since I saw Any Day Now in the theatre, but everyday I am still thinking aboout how beautiful that movie was.
I listen to its soundtrack everyday, too.
Listening to Alan singing Rudy’s songs, I remember the scenes of Any Day Now and think how great actor he is.
I like Alan Cumming’s cover version of Taylor the Latte Boy because it’s sweet and has a happy ending!
Well, this happy ending is understandable.
Just imagine Alan Coming up to the counter and smile at you,
no matter who you are, a male or female, who can resist his smile and attraction. 🙂
“Taylor The Latte Boy”
There’s a boy who works at Starbucks
Who is very inspirational.
He is very inspirational because of many things.
I come in at 8:11, and he smiles and says, “How are you?”
When he smiles and says, “How are you?”
I could swear my heart grows wings!
スターバックスで働く男の子がいて
心をときめかせてくれるの
とにかく素敵でね
So today at 8:11 when he smiled and said “How are you?”
I said “Fine, and my name’s Alan”
And he softly answered, “Heyy.”
And I said “My name is Alan, and thank you for the extra foam…”
So I’d like to get my nerve up
To recite my poem musical.
He would like the fact it’s musical
Because he plays guitar.
And today at 8:11, Taylor told me he was playing
In a band down in the village in the basement of a bar.
And he smoothly flipped the lever to prepare my double latte,
But for me he made it triple! And he didn’t think I knew
But I saw him flip the lever, and for me he made it triple,
And I knew that triple latte meant that Taylor loved me too!
I said, “What time are you playing? And thank you for the extra skim…”
He said, “Keep the $3.55,” because this triple latte was on him.
Taylor the latte boy,
Bring me java, bring me joy!
Oh Taylor the latte boy,
I love him, I love him, I love him…
テイラー、ラテ・ボーイ
コーヒーを運び、幸せを運んで！
ああ、テイラー、ラテ・ボーイ
彼が好き、彼が好き、彼が好きなの・・・
I used to be the kind of boy who’d run when love rushed over.
So, finally a voice whispered “Love can be yours, if you step up to the counter, and order.”
僕はいつも恋が近づいてくるたび 臆病になっていたけれど
“カウンターまで行って注文すれば愛は君のものだよ”、という囁きが聞こえたんだ
Taylor, the latte boy
Bring me java, bring me joy
Oh Taylor the latte boy
I love him, I love him, I love him.
テイラー、ラテ・ボーイ
コーヒーを届けて、幸せを届けて
ああ、テイラー、ラテ・ボーイ
彼が好き、彼が好き、彼が大好き
So many years my heart has waited,
Who’d have thought that love could be so caffeinated?
Taylor, the latte boy,
I love him, I love him, I love him.
I love him, I love him, I love him.
I’ve gone to see Any Day Now for four times already, but still can’t get enough of it.
I really love this movie.
Thank you, Travis Fine.
After the Japanese translation of the lyrics of I shall be released, let us review the songs that were used in the film.
There are a lot of metaphorical meanings behind the songs.
(2014/06/25 追記：昨日４回目を観てきました。ちょこちょこ追記していきます。)
まずはI shall be releasedの歌詞訳。
ボブ・ディランの原曲の歌詞でなく、
チョコレートドーナツのサウンドトラックの中で使われた歌詞を聴きとり少し英語を修正しています。
“I Shall Be Released”
They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
人はどんなものにも代わりがきくと言う。
どこへ行くのにも道は遠い、と言う。
私は私をここに追いやった人々の顔を思う。
They tell you every man must have protection
Then they tell you every man is bound to fall
Me, I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere far beyond these walls
人はみな守られる権利がある、と言い
人はみな落ちていく運命にある、と言う
私はというと
この壁の超えた遠くに自分の姿が見える
I see my light come shinin’
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
私の光が輝きながらやってくるのが見えるの
西から東へと
もうすぐ、もうすぐ
私は解き放たれる
Yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd
A man who swears he’s not to blame
All day long I hear him calling
He’s crying out that he’s been framed
孤独な群衆の中に立つあの男は
自分は誓って何も悪い事はしていない、と言う
一日中彼の叫び声が聞こえる
自分はめられたのだと
But, I see my light come shinin’, come shinin
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
でも私の光が輝きながらやってくるのが見えるの
西から東へと
もうすぐ、もうすぐ
私は解き放たれる
They tell you, they tell you every man must have protection
And they tell you that, tell you that every man must fall
I swear, I swear I see my reflection
Far beyond these walls
That’s right,
I see my light come shinin’
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
そう
私の光が輝きながらやってくるのが見える
西から東へと
もうすぐ、もうすぐ
私は解き放たれる
Yes, I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
And I swear, I swear, I swear my love,
we shall be released
そう、 私の光が輝きながらやってくるのが見えるの
西から東へと
そして誓うわ、誓うわ
愛しい人よ
私たちは絶対に解き放たれる
Alan says in the interview with the Gurdian, “I think I look ridiculous in drag. We’d be doing rehearsals and I couldn’t get the steps. Thank goodness I’m the person everyone else dances around.”
Ah… Alan, We see you dancing around in the Cabaret, but is it a different thing when you are in drag? 😉
The Honey Cone – One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
”サルが１匹いなくたってショーは続く”
（こちらもルディのショーで使われた曲でしたが、動画がみつからなかったので）
Oh, one monkey
Don’t stop no show
If you don’t want my love
You’re free to go
サルが一匹いなくなってもショーは続くの
もし、私の愛がいらないのなら
どこへでもいってちょうだい
Despite the lyrics, Rudy looked really happy that Paul came to the bar again.
ルディの生い立ちそんなに聞きたいの？ソング。
Rudy’s “You really wanna know about me?” song.
It’s a shame they did not include this track in the Soundtrack.
I like the way how Paul admires Rudy.
There is certainly a great chemistry between Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt.
Wonderful casting.
ルディは自分の過去を話すのを避けますが、
ポールのオフィスにマルコを連れ初めてアドバイスを求めて訪ねた時、目の色変えて”施設がどんなひどいところか知ってるでしょ”、と言ったり、
マルコが家庭局に連れて行かれる時に見せるやるせない表情、きっとルディも同じような事を経験し施設で育ったのだろうな、と思いました。
Rudy avoids to talk about himself, but many moments of this movie make it easy to imagine that Rudy might have had the same experience when he was a child.
0:38~ Miracles by Marty Balin
施設から抜け出し、うちを探しさまよっていたマルコを保護し、
ソファにマルコを寝かし、ずっとこうして一緒に暮らせたら、と思い始めるルディ。
バックに流れるのは Miraclesという曲（０：３８辺りから とても音は小さいですが）。
If only you believe like I believe, baby
We’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby
So would I
もし君が僕と同じように信じてくれたら
きっとうまくいくよ
もし君が奇跡を信じるのなら
僕も信じるよ
I suppose Rudy was hoping that miracles to happen. :**
ルディはこのままマルコを自分の元においておけたら、奇跡が起きたら、と思っていたのかな、
と思うと切なくなります。
Come To Me
幸せいっぱいのルディたち。
ポールからプレゼントされたテープレコーダーに初めて吹き込むのは
バラード調にアレンジされたポールと初めて会った時の思い出の曲。
ルディの歌をポールと聞くマルコの幸せそうな表情。
How Marco looks happy when he listens to Rudy sing.
So genuine.
Come to me
When your world is empty and cold
Come to me
When you need someone you want to hold
Come to me
In my arms I will keep you safe and warm
Come to me
I will shelter you from the storm
私のところへ来て
あなたの世界が空っぽで冷たいのなら
私のところへ来て
誰かに抱きしめて欲しいなら
私のところへ来て
腕の中で温かく守ってあげるから
私のところへ来て
嵐からあなたを守ってあげるから
ポールとの出会いの時はポールへ向けた歌詞だと読み取れ、
ここではマルコへの愛がとても感じられる歌詞です。
At the beginning of the movie, this song was dedicated to paul,
and here, it is dedicated to Marco.
I feel Rudy’s infinite love to Marco.
Don’ leave me this way
（映画のクリップからはこの曲が見つかりませんでした）
招待されたパーティでマルコがディスコダンスを披露する楽しいシーンでもあり、
また ”いとこ” と二人の関係を偽るポールにいら立つルディ。
曲の歌詞は
Don’t leave me this way
I can’t survive, I can’t stay alive
Without you love, oh baby
Don’t leave me this way
I can’t exist, I will surely miss
Your tender kiss
So don’t leave me this way
こんなの嫌よ
こんなんじゃ生きていけない
あなたなしじゃ無理なの
あなたの優しいキスがなければ
私は生きていられない
という感じなので
一瞬、事務所のモニカと仲良くするポールにヤキモチを焼いているかのようにもみえますが、
本質はゲイのカップルであると公言できない事に憤りを感じているのだと
テラスに出た時にするポールとの会話でわかります。
Here, Rudy is not upset because he is jealous watching Monica being close to Paul in the party,
but he is upset because they have to hide their relationship all the time.
“Go home and get on with your life.
I know it hurts like hell at the beginning, but time is a great healer.”
”家に帰って、くじけないで前へ進むんだ。
はじめは死ぬほど苦しいかもしれないが、時間が癒してくれる。”
I really loved every word of the black lawyer.
He must have experienced tons of injustice, but he kept on fighting.
I shall be released
ラストのシーン。
こちらもサントラだとノーカットで聴けます。
せっかくなので ”Do you want to build a snowman” も英語の歌詞にできるだけそって細かに訳してみました。 :)
“Do you want to build a snowman?”
Anna:
Elsa?
(Knocking: Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock)
Do you wanna build a snowman?
Come on lets go and play
I never see you anymore
Come out the door
It’s like you’ve gone away-
We used to be best buddies
And now we’re not
I wish you would tell me why!-
Do you wanna build a snowman?
It doesn’t have to be a snowman.
アナ：
エルサ、
雪だるま作りたくない？
一緒に行って遊ぼうよ
もうずっと会ってない
出て来てよ
まるで遠くに行っちゃったみたい
一番の親友だったのに
今は違うの
理由を教えてくれたらいいのに！
雪だるま作りたくない？
雪だるまじゃなくったっていいんだよ
Elsa:
Go away, Anna
Anna:
Okay, bye…
エルサ：あっちへ行って、アナ。
アナ：わかったよ。じゃあね・・・
(Knocking)
Do you wanna build a snowman?
Or ride our bike around the halls
I think some company is overdue
I’ve started talking to
the pictures on the walls-
(Hang in there, Joan!)
It gets a little lonely
All these empty rooms,
Just watching the hours tick by-
(Tic-Tock, Tic-Tock, Tic-Tock, Tic-Tock, Tic-Tock)
アナ：
（（ノック ノック））
雪だるま作りたくない？
広間中を二人の自転車に乗って遊んでもいい
誰かさんは来るのがあまりにも遅いから
私は壁の絵に話かけ始めちゃったくらい
（ジャンヌ、がんばって！）
少し寂しいんだよね、
空っぽの部屋ばっかり
時間が過ぎてくのを見てるだけ
（チクタク チクタク チクタク）
(Orchestral)
Anna:
(Knocking)
Elsa?
Please, I know you’re in there,
People are asking where you’ve been
They say “have courage”, and I’m trying to
I’m right out here for you, just let me in
We only have each other
It’s just you and me
What are we gonna do?
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation,
And it looks like I’m the Queen.
白く輝き雪が山に降り積もる今夜
足跡一つ残らない
孤立した王国、
そして私はその女王のようね。
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I tried
風は心の中を渦巻く嵐のように唸り響く
抑えておく事が出来なかった 私の努力を神様は知ってるわ
Don’t let them in, don’t let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know
Well, now they know
誰も中に入れてはいけない、誰にも見られてはいけない、
いつも良い子でいなければならない
隠し、感じてはいけない、人々に知られてはならない
でも、もう知られてしまった
Let it go, let it go
Can’t hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
もういいわ、これでいい
これ以上は抑えられない
もういいわ、これでいい
背を向け、ドアを閉めるの
I don’t care
What they’re going to say
Let the storm rage on,
The cold never bothered me anyway
誰に何を言われても
気にはならない
嵐よ、吹き荒れればいい
元々、寒さなんて平気だったの
It’s funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can’t get to me at all
こうして離れて見ると、
全てが小さく見えて不思議ね
私を支配してきた恐れは
私の近くにも寄ってこない
It’s time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
I’m free
今こそ、何ができるか試してみる時
限界を知り、打ち破ってみる
正解も間違えもルールもないわ
私は自由
Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You’ll never see me cry
もういいわ、これでいい
自然に身を任せるの
もういいわ、これでいいの
もう泣くこともないわ
Here I stand
And here I’ll stay
Let the storm rage on
My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I’m never going back, the past is in the past
Let it go, let it go
And I’ll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand
In the light of day
Let the storm rage on
Boom boom boom boom
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
When you walk that walk
and you talk that talk
You knock me out
Right off of my feet
C’mon and shake,
Shake it baby
Shake it up baby
Shake it baby
C’mon now baby
Shake it baby
I don’t mean maybe 本気で言ってるんだ
Shake it baby
You’re driving me crazy おまえに完全に夢中さ
Shake it baby
C’mon, c’mon
Shake it baby
All right, all right
The way you walk
The way you talk
When you walkin’ that walk
And talkin’ that talk
You knock me out
Right off of my feet
I need you right now
I mean right now
I don’t mean tomorrow
I mean right now
C’mon, c’mon
C’mon shake it up baby
Boom boom boom boom
Shake it やC’mon など日本語に上手く訳せない箇所はそのままにしました。
訳/Japanese translation by @_pepper_potts
“Sweetest Goodbye”
Where you are seems to be
As far as an eternity
Outstretched arms open hearts
And if it never ends then when do we start?
I’ll never leave you behind
Or treat you unkind
I know you understand
And with a tear in my eye
Give me the sweetest goodbye
That I ever did receive
君との距離が
永遠のように遠く感じる。
心を開いて、両腕を差し出しても
終わりがないとしたらどこから始めればいいんだろう？
僕は君を一人にしたりしないし、
つらい思いもさせない。
君もわかるはず。
僕の一粒の涙と交換に
今まで僕が受けたことのないような
やさしいさよならをして欲しい
Pushing forward and arching back
Bring me closer to heart attack
Say goodbye and just fly away
When you comeback
I have some things to say
求めてきたり、後ずさりしたり
僕の胸を締め付ける
さよならの言葉だけで飛び去っていくなんて。
君が戻ってきたら
君に言いたい事があるんだ
How does it feel to know you never have to be alone
When you get home?
There must be someplace here that only you and I could go
So I can show you how I
Dream away everyday
Try so hard to disregard
The rhythm of the rain that drops
And coincides with the beating of my heart
家に戻った時、
一人ぼっちじゃなくていいってどんな気持ちなの？
僕たち二人だけの場所があるはず。
そして君に伝えたい
僕が毎日をぼんやりと過ごし、
どれだけ必死で考えないようにしているかを。
雨の滴の奏でる音は
僕の心臓の鼓動と重なる。
I’ll never leave you behind
Or treat you unkind
I know you understand
And with a tear in my eye
Give me the sweetest goodbye
That I ever, ever, ever did receive
僕は君を一人にしないし、
つらい思いもさせない
君はわかるはず。
涙を浮かべる僕に
僕が今まで受けた事のないような
やさしいさよならをして欲しい
Pushing forward and arching back
Bring me closer to heart attack
Say goodbye and just fly away
When you comeback
I have some things to say
求めてきたり、後ずさりしたり
僕の胸を締め付ける
さよならの言葉だけで飛び去っていくなんて。
君が戻ってきたら
君に言いたい事があるんだ
How does it feel to know you never have to be alone
When you get home?
There must be someplace here that only you and I could go
So I can show you how I feel
家に戻った時、
一人ぼっちじゃなくていいってどんな気持ちなの？
僕たち二人だけの場所があるはず。
そして君に伝えたい僕がどう感じているかを
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