【煽峰点火】第13期：科恩的秘密生活

　　听伦纳德•科恩（LEONARD COHEN）的歌，总让人有种莫名的伤感，且先不听他歌词里唱的是什么，仅仅是旋律和沙哑的嗓音就足以让人进入伤感的境界。前些年，第一次听到他的歌，就发现，在不知不觉中，他的歌声把你一步步带入一种孤寂，你愈发孤独，就越需要他的歌声来安慰。
　　距离上一张专辑出版有9年时间，2001年，科恩出版了新专辑《十首新歌》（Ten New Songs），再次听起，除了他的声音更加苍老，就是更加挥之不去的孤寂。在这张专辑出版之前的几年，科恩度过了一段隐秘的生活，他隐居在加利福尼亚的一个寺庙里，过着僧侣般的生活，这张专辑多少是他短暂僧侣生涯的感悟。

　　这个预言家从山上下来了，他带来了什么？爱、伤感和死亡。科恩大部分歌曲都是在探讨爱情，但从来没有口水歌式的爱情歌曲，相反，他把爱情作为生命的一部分，去探求爱乃至生命的真谛。所以，在听科恩的歌时，爱与残酷是你同时无法回避的。在《这就是》（Here It Is）中，他这样唱道：“每个人可以生/每个人可以死/你好，我的爱/我的爱，再见。”

Here It Is

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Here is your crown<br />And your seal and rings;<br />And here is your love<br />For all things.<br />Here is your cart,<br />And your cardboard and piss;<br />And here is your love<br />For all of this.<br />May everyone live,<br />And may everyone die.<br />Hello, my love,<br />And my love, Goodbye.<br />Here is your wine,<br />And your drunken fall;<br />And here is your love.<br />Your love for it all.<br />Here is your sickness.<br />Your bed and your pan;<br />And here is your love<br />For the woman, the man.<br />May everyone live,<br />And may everyone die.<br />Hello, my love,<br />And, my love, Goodbye.<br />And here is the night,<br />The night has begun;<br />And here is your death<br />In the heart of your son.<br />And here is the dawn,<br />(Until death do us part);<br />And here is your death,<br />In your daughter's heart.<br />May everyone live,<br />And may everyone die.<br />Hello, my love,<br />And, my love, Goodbye.<br />And here you are hurried,<br />And here you are gone;<br />And here is the love,<br />That it's all built upon.<br />Here is your cross,<br />Your nails and your hill;<br />And here is your love,<br />That lists where it will<br />May everyone live,<br />And may everyone die.<br />Hello, my love,<br />And my love, Goodbye.

　　在《爱自己》（Love Itself）里，他更是用一种平实的语言在爱与残酷中转换：“光线直接从天上的太阳穿过我的门窗/充满在我的小房间/跳进爱的光线里/我清楚地看到光线/它一尘不染/我试着多说几句/以让爱继续/直到它达到另一个开放的门窗/然后爱已消失。”

Love Itself

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The light came through the window,<br />Straight from the sun above,<br />And so inside my little room<br />There plunged the rays of love.<br /><br />In streams of light I clearly saw<br />The dust you seldom see,<br />Out of which the nameless makes<br />A name for one like me.<br /><br />I’ll try to say a little more:<br />Love went on and on<br />Until it reached an open door <br />Then love itself<br />Love itself was gone.<br /><br />All busy in the sunlight<br />The flecks did float and dance,<br />And I was tumbled up with them<br />In formless circumstance.<br /><br />I’ll try to say a little more:<br />Love went on and on<br />Until it reached an open door <br />Then love itself<br />Love itself was gone.<br /><br />Then I came back from where I’d been.<br />My room, it looked the same <br />But there was nothing left between<br />The nameless and the name.<br /><br />All busy in the sunlight<br />The flecks did float and dance,<br />And I was tumbled up with them<br />In formless circumstance.<br /><br />I’ll try to say a little more:<br />Love went on and on<br />Until it reached an open door <br />Then love itself,<br />Love itself was gone.<br />Love itself was gone.

　　在科恩过去的歌曲中，总是在黑暗之美中充满无尽的伤感，随着年龄的增长，这种伤感渐渐变成他对死亡的思索，毕竟，一个67岁的老者，一个曾经虔诚的佛教徒，开始在歌中探讨生命与死亡的意义。这张专辑里，到处都能感到死亡阴影的笼罩。专辑的开始曲叫《我的秘密生活》（In My Secret Life），这首歌是他近些年生活的概括和总结。“我今早看见了你/你稍纵即逝/我无法松开紧抓的过去/目及之处没有一个人/我如此想念你/在我的秘密生活中/我们仍然在做爱。当我愤怒时我微笑/我欺骗我说谎/我做我必须做的/但我知道什么是对错/在我的秘密生活中/我将为真理而死。我咬着嘴唇/买那些你告诉我的东西/从最近的热门唱片到古老的格言/但我一直孤独/在我的秘密生活中/我的心像一块冰/塞满了寒冷。”

In My Secret Life

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I saw you this morning.<br />You were moving so fast.<br />Can't seem to loosen my grip <br />On the past.<br />And I miss you so much.<br />There's no one in sight.<br />And we're still making love<br />In My Secret Life.<br /><br />I smile when I'm angry.<br />I cheat and I lie.<br />I do what I have to do<br />To get by.<br />But I know what is wrong,<br />And I know what is right.<br />And I'd die for the truth<br />In My Secret Life.<br /><br />Hold on, hold on, my brother.<br />My sister, hold on tight.<br />I finally got my orders.<br />I'll be marching through the morning, <br />Marching through the night,<br />Moving cross the borders<br />Of My Secret Life.<br /><br />Looked through the paper.<br />Makes you want to cry.<br />Nobody cares if the people<br />Live or die.<br />And the dealer wants you thinking <br />That it's either black or white.<br />Thank G-d it's not that simple<br />In My Secret Life.<br /><br />I bite my lip.<br />I buy what I'm told:<br />From the latest hit,<br />To the wisdom of old.<br />But I'm always alone.<br />And my heart is like ice. <br />And it's crowded and cold<br />In My Secret Life.

　　科恩说：“我们之所以喜欢听伤感的情歌是因我们我生活中都经历了太多伤感。”以大多数流行情歌标准来说，科恩的歌去算不上情歌，但比情歌更有杀伤力，他杀伤的不是你对爱情的伤感，而是生命意义上的伤感。
　　听科恩的歌曲总有这样感觉，一个人，在想你讲述着他的故事，没有华丽的词藻，没有复杂的音乐技巧，但歌声中的苍凉和睿智能深深地吸引住你。
　　科恩的歌曲没有一个限定的时代背景、音乐风格和主题，他是个智者型的诗人和歌手，他写出的一行行歌词不一定是说出你想说的话，但却足以让你用整个生命去体验其中的含义了。
　　不知道他下一张专辑是不是还要等上9年，不管多长时间，伦纳德•科恩，这个名字值得你去等待。

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