人間の心の中には生まれつきある音楽が流れていてそれに似た曲を人は好きになるんだとか。「自分の曲」は何だろうといつも考えながら歌詞を和訳しています。
I have heard that every one of us has a special music running deep inside our soul and whatever music we love in our lives has something in common with it. I always translate English lyrics into Japanese, wondering what my music sounds like.
映画ではナチス政権の手を逃れるために，トラップ家の人々が家族だけでアルプス越えをしています。映画を見た時，彼らが山を上るシーンがあまりに美しく印象的で，それ以来ずっと彼らは徒歩でオーストリアを出たと信じていましたが実は違います。実際には彼らはバンドとして指揮者や秘書と一緒に「電車で」イタリアに向かい，その後ニュー・ヨークに逃げたようです。
In the film, the Trapp family went over the Alps on their own to get away from the Nazis regime. When I saw the film, I was immensely impressed with the beautiful of the hills they climb up. So I have believed that they left Austria by foot since then. No, they didn't. The fact is they traveled to Italy by train together with their conductor and secretary as a band then left for New York. My Favorite Things (Julie Andrews)
Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens...bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens...brown paper packages tied up with strings! These are a few of my favorite things!
Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels...doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles...wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings! These are a few of my favorite things! Girls in white dresses and blue satin sashes...snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes...silver white winters that melt into springs! These are a few of my favorite things!
When the dog bites, when the bee stings when I'm feeling sad: I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel soo...bad!
アカデミー賞を取るのは，Liam Neeson，Johnny Depp，Glenn Closeなどといった一流の俳優にとっても至難の業ですが，今年は以前こちらでNo More Dramaを取り上げたMary J. Bligeが，アカデミー賞の歴史上初めて，助演女優賞と歌曲賞の２つを同時に受賞するかもしれません。
We know winning an Oscar is not an easy feat even for first-class actors, like Liam Neeson, Johnny Depp and Glenn Close. This year Mary J Blige whose No More Drama I posted here before might become the first person who wins an Oscar in these two categories at the same time this year: Actress in a supporting role and in Best Original Song. Mighty River (Mary J. Blige)
[Verse 1]
Life is a teacher, time is a healer
And I'm a believer like a river wild
Ego's a killer, greed is a monster
But love is stronger, stronger than them all
[Pre-Chorus]
White flag in hand, I don't wanna fight
No lines in the sand, I'm on your side
Invisible, no colour life
It's time we put our, put our, put our differences aside
[Chorus]
Time tells no lies
It keeps changing, and ticking, and moving, then passes by
But if you're lucky, it will be kind
Like a river flowing through time
[Post-Chorus]
(Like a river) let it wash you clean
(Mighty river) going upstream
(Like a river) cutting through right
(Mighty river) 'cause it never gives up
(Like a river) so full of life
(Mighty river) liquid like time
(Like a river) let it wash away
(Mighty river) the pain from yesterday
[Verse 2]
Love is the answer, hate is a cancer
Hope of forgiveness, it waters the soul
Our blood is red, we're not so different
'Cause underneath our skin we're identical
[Pre-Chorus]
White flag in hand, we're not gonna fight
No lines in the sand, I'm on your side
Invisible, no colour life, oh
It's time we put our, oh, put our differences aside
We know wrong from right
[Chorus]
Oh, time tells no lies
He keeps changing, and ticking, and moving, then passes by
But if you're lucky, it will be kind
Oh, like a river flowing through time, oh
[Post-Chorus]
(Like a river) let it wash you clean
(Mighty river) going upstream
(Like a river) cutting through right
(Mighty river) 'cause it never gives up
(Like a river) so full of life
(Mighty river) liquid like time
(Like a river) let it wash away
(Mighty river) the pain from yesterday
(Like a river) oh, oh, oh
(Mighty river) rain down on me
(Like a river) all it takes is time
(Mighty river) to heal this bloodline
(Like a river) better wash me clean
(Mighty river) get this dirt off of me, yeah
(Like a river) oh, oh, oh
(Mighty river) let it wash the pain
Oh, oh, oh yeah
(Like a river) oh, like a river
(Mighty river) mighty and better river
(Like a river) oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Mighty river) let it wash away
(Like a river) oh, oh, oh
(Mighty river) oh, all the hurt and pain
(Like a river) oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Mighty river) oh mighty river, mighty river
それまで誰もやったことのない分野に挑戦して，後に続く者のために道を付けるパイオニアを私は大変尊敬しています。この曲は，アフリカ系アメリカ人で最初の最高裁判事となったThurgood Marshallの人生を描いた伝記的映画「Marshall」 のために作られており，2018年度のアカデミー賞で歌曲賞にノミネートされています。
I have immense respect for pioneers who cut through an unknown field where nobody's has ever stepped into and pave the way for their followers. This song is written for "Marshall" a biographical film depicting the life of Thurgood Marshall who became the future first African-American Supreme Court Justice. It's nominated for Best Original Song in Academy Award 2018. Stand Up For Something (Sandra Day)
[Verse 1: Andra Day]
You can have all the money in your hands
All the possessions anyone can ever have
But it's all worthless treasure, true worth is only measured
Not by what you got, but what you got in your heart
You can have, you can have everything
What does it, what does it mean?
[Chorus: Andra Day]
It all means nothing
If you don't stand up for something
You can't just talk the talk
You got to walk that walk, yes you do
It all means nothing
If you don't stand up for something
And I stand up for you
And I stand up for you, yes I will, yes I will
[Verse 2: Andra Day]
You do the best that, do the best that you can do
Then you can look in the mirror
Proud of who's looking back at you
Define the life you're living
Not by what you take or what you're givin'
And if you bet on love there's no way you'll ever lose
Take a stand, make a stand for what's right
It's always worth, always worth the fight
[Chorus: Andra Day]
It all means nothing
If you don't stand up for something
You can't just talk the talk
You got to walk that walk, yes you do
It all means nothing
If you don't stand up for something
And I stand up for you
Stand for respect, dignity
If that's all you got, then you got all you need
And without that, you don't have a thing, oh, no, no
[Verse 3: Common]
Rise up, love, lift your hands
I stand with you 'cause I understand
Ain't here to judge, just to take a stand
The greater plan's the Creator's plan
Let's all rise like the day began
Reach out and touch with the Savior's hand
On rock, we stand like this native land
Let the ways of love be the ways of man
[Chorus: Andra Day]
And it all means nothing
If you don't stand up for something
You can't just talk the talk
You got to walk that walk, yes you do
It all means nothing
If you don't stand up for something
And I stand up for you (stand up, stand for you)
I stand up for you (stand up)
And I stand up for you (stand up, stand for you)
Stand up for you, yes I will, yes I will (stand up)
[Verse 1: Andra Day]
金がどんなにあったって
どんなものを手に入れたって
そんなのなんの値打ちもないよ，本当の値打ちっていうものは
金だとか持ってるものじゃわからない，その人の中身で決まるものだから
どんなものでも手に入るけど
そんなのに意味あるの？
以前にこちらで取り上げたCasimir Pulaski Dayをご記憶でしょうか？もしそうでないなら，一度ご覧になることを強くお勧めします。非常に美しい曲だからです。Sufjan Stevensは，Ben Foldsのように，自分の人生を映した非常に個人的な曲を作るアーティストのひとりであるように思われます。
Do you remember his Casimir Pulaski Day posted here before? If you don't, I strongly recommend take a look. It's such a beautiful song. I think Sufjan Stevens is one of those artists like Ben Folds who writes very personal songs reflecting their own life. Mystery of Love (Sufjan Stevens)
[Verse 1]
Oh, to see without my eyes
The first time that you kissed me
Boundless by the time I cried
I built your walls around me
White noise, what an awful sound
Fumbling by Rogue River
Feel my feet above the ground
Hand of God, deliver me
[Chorus 1]
Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me *
The first time that you touched me
Oh, will wonders ever cease? **
Blessed be the mystery of love
[Verse 2]
Lord, I no longer believe
Drowned in living waters
Cursed by the love that I received
From my brother's daughter
Like Hephaestion, who died
Alexander's lover
Now my riverbed has dried
Shall I find no other?
[Chorus 2]
Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me
I'm running like a plover
Now I'm prone to misery
The birthmark on your shoulder reminds me
[Verse 3]
How much sorrow can I take?
Blackbird on my shoulder
And what difference does it make
When this love is over?
Shall I sleep within your bed
River of unhappiness
Hold your hands upon my head
Till I breathe my last breath
[Chorus 3]
Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me
The last time that you touched me
Oh, will wonders ever cease?
Blessed be the mystery of love
違うお考えの方もおいでかもしれませんが，人間は心の中では誰しも自分だけの完璧な世界で暮らしています。誰もが自分の思ったように行動してくれる理想の世界ですが，残念ながらそんな世界は現実には存在しないので，周囲の人間は彼らのやりたいことを勝手なやり方でするばかりで，自分の思うようにはあまり動いてくれません。がっかりすることも少なくありませんが，同じ人間が存在しない以上それは仕方のないことです。
You may not agree but in our mind we all live in our own perfect world where everybody acts and behaves the way we want and expect them to. The point is there's no such world exists in real life. People do what they want in the way they like and don't care very much about what we want. That often disappoints us very much but it can't be helped because none of us are the same. This Is Me (Keala Settle)
[Verse 1: Lettie Lutz]
I am not a stranger to the dark
"Hide away," they say
"'Cause we don't want your broken parts"
I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars
"Run away," they say
"No one'll love you as you are"
[Pre-Chorus: Lettie Lutz]
But I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
[Chorus: Lettie Lutz]
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum *
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
[Verse 2: Lettie Lutz, Ensemble]
Another round of bullets hits my skin
Well, fire away 'cause today, I won't let the shame sink in
We are bursting through the barricades
And reaching for the sun
(We are warriors)
Yeah, that's what we've become
(Yeah, that's what we've become)
[Pre-Chorus: Lettie Lutz and Ensemble]
Won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
[Chorus: Lettie Lutz and Ensemble]
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
Gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
[Post-Chorus: Lettie Lutz and Ensemble, Ensemble]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
This is me
[Bridge: Lettie Lutz, Ensemble]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
And I know that I deserve your love
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
There's nothing I'm not worthy of
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh
[Pre-Chorus: Lettie Lutz]
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
This is brave, this is bruised
This is who I'm meant to be, this is me
[Chorus: Lettie Lutz, Ensemble, Both]
Look out 'cause here I come
(Look out 'cause here I come)
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
(Marching on, marching, marching on)
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
[Outro: Lettie Lutz, Ensemble, Both]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
When the sharpest words wanna break me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)
This is me
人間には「余命」があり，それは誰でも同じです。今まさに生まれたばかりの赤ちゃんであろうとその例外ではありません。彼らには大人よりも多くの時間が残されていますが，それでも無限ではありません。
Our days are numbered. Every one of us, I say. Even a new born baby who's just come into the world isn't an exception. They are usually given more days to live than adults but still these days are limited. Remember Me (Lullaby) (Coco)
[HECTOR]
Remember me
Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me
Don't let it make you cry
For even if I'm far away, I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart
Remember me
Though I have to travel far
Remember me
Each time you hear a sad guitar
[HECTOR & COCO]
Know that I'm with you the only way that I can be
Until you're in my arms again
Remember me
