Ashes of Time

一部喜劇，我看到的卻滿是時間的灰燼......

碧藍色的愛琴海邊，鬱鬱蔥蔥的山坡上，夕陽西下，霞光萬道，還有什麼比美人遲暮的Meryl Streep借歌訴情更讓人黯然神傷低迴不已的？

有情人終成眷屬，可是，那又怎樣呢？在她最美好的時光，她最愛的人卻不在身邊。相隔滔滔的時間洪流，又如何跨越？千山飛渡，縱是還有愛，也已不同。

ABBA的兩首老歌因為她的演繹更添魅力，光芒四射；《Mamma Mia》的色彩也因此更豐富。

灰燼之一：The Winner Takes it All

I don't wanna talk
About the things we've gone through
Though it's hurting me
Now it's history
I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too

無需多言
我們曾經的滄海桑田
那些刻骨銘心的痛
都已成過眼雲煙
我付出了全部
你也是

Nothing more to say
No more ace to play
The winner takes it all
The loser standing small

再沒話可說
再沒路可走
勝者王
敗者寇

Beside the victory
That's her destiny
I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I'd be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules
The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear

除卻宣揚的勝利
那是她冥冥中的註定
當我在你的臂彎中
以為那是歸宿
我是多麼幸福
你呵護我
你珍愛我
許我一個未來
然而痴傻如我 被規則戲耍
天意弄人
上帝心如冰霜冷無情
有情人又怎樣
天涯各一方

The winner takes it all
The loser has to fall
It's simple and it's plain
Why should I complain.

勝者王
敗者寇
如此簡單 如此清楚
我又能如何抱怨？

But tell me does she kiss
Like I used to kiss you?
Does it feel the same
When she calls your name?
Somewhere deep inside
You must know I miss you
But what can I say
Rules must be obeyed
The judges will decide
The likes of me abide
Spectators of the show
Always staying low

告訴我 她的吻
是否像我曾經的那樣香甜
是否給你同樣的感覺
當她呼喚著你的名字
你心深處，總有一個角落
記取我對你的思念
然而 我又能說什麼
天命難違
是非終會有裁決
我也只有俯首是從
旁觀著別人的幸福
默默地卑微著

The game is on again
A lover or a friend
A big thing or a small
The winner takes it all
I don't wanna talk
If it makes you feel sad
And I understand
You've come to shake my hand
I apologize
If it makes you feel bad
Seeing me so tense
No self-confidence
But you see
The winner takes it all
The winner takes it all...

曾經的一幕又在上演
是愛人還是朋友
是一輩子還是一瞬間
勝者為王
無需多言
因為那會刺痛我的心
我明白你的心意
你是來敘舊的
但是 對不起
如果我的慌張失措 我的自信全失
讓你難受
只是你要知道
勝者已經掏空了我的所有
勝者已經掏空了我的所有.....

灰燼之二：Slipping Through My Fingers

Schoolbag in hand,
she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

她手裡拿著書包
在清晨離開家
揮手再見
帶著心不在焉的微笑
我看著她離開
心裡湧起難言的憂傷
我不得不坐了下來
感覺還未曾真正進入她的世界
就將永遠的失去她
很高興可以分享她的歡笑
那個可愛的小女孩

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

時間在指縫中流逝
我試圖把握每一分鐘
感覺時間在指縫中流逝
我真的了解她嗎？
每當我接近想了解她時
她一直在成長
時間在指縫中流逝

Sleep in our eyes,
her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake,
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone
there's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
Well, some of that we did but most we didn't
And why I just don't know

睡眼惺忪
她和我坐在早餐桌旁
半夢半醒
寶貴的時間在流逝
當她離開
憂傷襲上心頭
和無法忽視的罪惡感
我們的冒險到底怎麼了
那些我打算去的地方
（時間在指縫中流逝）
有些如願了
可是絕大部份還只是個夢
但為什麼，我卻不知道

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

時間在指縫中流逝
我試圖把握每一分鐘
感覺時間在指縫中流逝
我真的了解她嗎？
每當我接近想了解她時
她一直在成長
時間在指縫中流逝

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers...
Slipping through my fingers all the time

很多時候我希望能夠定格畫面
留住那轉瞬即逝的時間
它卻從指間悄然流逝

Schoolbag in hand
she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile...

她手裡拿著書包
在清晨離開家
揮手再見
帶著心不在焉的微笑......

所以嘈雜的世間有人嘆息：生命中最殘忍卻不可違背的，就是時間。