尼采曾说过 Nietzsche famously said that
没有音乐 生活将是一个错误 without music, life would be a mistake.
德国哲学家向来喜欢夸大其词 German philosophers tend to exaggerate.
但是他说得有点道理 But he did have a point.
我知道如果没有音乐 I know that without music
我的生活 my own life would've been
从根本上来说会是不完整的 incomplete in some fundamental way.
就像我从没有过朋友或者记忆一样 Like if I'd had no friends or no memories.
我甚至试着当过一段时间的钢琴家 I even tried to be a pianist for a while
直到我意识到演奏钢琴的时候 until I realized just how fragile
一个人会有多么脆弱 piano playing really is.
特别是在两千人面前表演之时 Especially in front of 2,000 people.
最困难的是 The most difficult thing
就是不要去想着你的指尖 is to leave your fingers alone,
除了演奏其他什么都不要想 to just play and not think,
永远不要打开那扇门 never open that door,
否则你做不了多久的音乐 otherwise you won't be making music for long.
你将为生活而疲于奔命 You'll be running for dear life.
他妈的 Fuck.
我没事 I'm fine.
我能不能... Can I have...
安保到前门来 Security to the front entrance.
亨利 Henry?
亨利 Henry.
我只是来抽个烟 Just having a smoke.
你从不抽烟的 You don't smoke.
你是有焦虑症吗 You got the heebie-jeebies?
你知道在观众面前表演 Do you realize how reckless it is
有多么的鲁莽吗 to play in front of an audience?
这也正是他们来这的原因 It's why they come, you know.
就像前几天我在电视上看到的那些悬崖跳水运动员 Like those cliff divers I saw the other day on TV.
人们喜欢这个节目 但事实上 People enjoy the show but really
是迫在眉睫的灾难感才使它如此与众不同 it's the looming disaster that makes it special.
可以给我一口吗 May I?
你听到了吗 Do you hear that?
有些钢琴家很理智 Some pianists are cerebral,
有些则多愁善感 others sentimental.
亨利·科尔是一位存在主义的钢琴家 Henry Cole is an existential pianist.
他演奏时会注入生命 He plays with his whole life.
当然 如果把存在主义套用在任何事物之上 Of course, being existential about anything
是件很复杂的事情 can be complicated.
终曲
亨利 亨利 放松点 只是几个记者而已 Henry. Henry, relax, it's just a few reporters.
是什么让你决定再次演奏 What made you decide to play again?
演奏就是我的生活 Playing is my life.
你对你自己的表现还满意吗 Happy with your performance?
在这么些年之后再次进行独奏会 How'd it feel to give a recital again
你感觉如何 after all of these years?
就像登月之旅一样 Like a trip to the moon.
你为什么不加演一场呢 Why didn't you give an encore?
-额... -对不起 - Uh... - Sorry.
...我喜欢 ...I like...
-不好意思 -我喜欢安静的调休 - Sorry. - I like clean breaks...
就像... the way...
海洋... the ocean...
突然停在你的双脚之间 abruptly ends between your feet,
那种戛然而止的波浪 the edge of a dying wave.
而且我也想不出其他什么好演奏的了 And I couldn't think of anything else to play.
分享的本能 大多数音乐家的驱动力就在于此吧 The need to share it, isn't that what drives most musicians?
我认为大多数音乐家 I think what drives most musicians
与大多数人的驱动力并没有什么不同 is not dissimilar from what drives most people.
那是什么 And what's that?
人们希望被欣赏 People want to be appreciated.
- 确实 -为什么弹"幻想曲" - Indeed. - Why the "Fantasie"?
是因为它意味着 ls it because it is meant as a cry of despair
克拉拉的离开后的绝望的心情么 after the separation from Clara?
当舒曼被问到自己作品的含义时 When Schumann was asked what he meant by the piece,
你知道他说了什么吗 什么都没说 do you know what he said? Nothing.
他只是坐在钢琴旁又弹了一遍 He just sat down at the piano and played it again.
但是 一些科学家声称 However, some scientists claim
"幻想曲"以及 that we owe the "Fantasie"
其他众多杰作 as well as numerous other masterpieces
都要归功于梅毒螺旋体 to treponema pallidum.
她是个作曲家吗 ls she a composer?
她是梅毒细菌 She's the syphilis bacterium.
你真的三年没碰钢琴了吗 ls it true you didn't touch a piano for three years...
非常感谢你们 今天就这些了 Thank you very much. That'll be all for today.
非常感谢你们今晚的到来 Thank you so much for coming this evening.
有人说你甚至从未离开过你的房间 Some say you never even left your room.
-发生了什么事 科尔先生 -再回答一个问题吧 - What happened, Mr. Cole? - Please just one more.
为什么会有人在乎 Why would anybody care
我是否离开过房间 if I left my room or not?
他们不在乎 刚刚那只是个 Oh, they don't, that was just a kid
想搜集到一点八卦的小屁孩 trying to get some gossip.
保罗 你呢 What about you, Paul?
你知道我重视什么吗 You know what matters to me?
是你人在这里 就在你所属的地方 ls that you are here, right where you belong.
今晚很重要 亨利 你表现得很不错 Tonight was important, Henry, and you showed an amazing amount of strength.
你很棒 You were great.
请进 Yes!
你好 Hi.
之前很抱歉 Sorry about before.
我不是故意要打听你的私事的 I didn't mean to pry.
我是海伦·莫里森 I'm Helen Morrison.
我为《纽约客》撰稿 I write for The New Yorker.
音乐绝不代表绝望 Music is never about despair.
音乐是一场庆典 It's a celebration.
是胜利 A victory.
仅仅被欣赏还不够 And being appreciated is not enough.
大多数人都想克服一些困难 Most people want to overcome something.
你今晚会庆祝胜利吗 Were you celebrating a victory tonight?
又在打探我的私事了 You're prying again.
抱歉 Sorry.
我只不过是按着乐谱弹琴 I just play the notes.
你差点骗到我了 You had me fooled.
谢谢 Well, thank you.
对不起 嗯 I'm sorry, um...
你不记得我了 但是... you don't remember me, but...
你在15年前改变了我的生活 you changed my life 15 years ago.
是吗 I did?
你在朱利亚德上过钢琴课 You were giving a masterclass at Julliard
而且我刚在比赛的第一轮 and, um, I had just been cut,
被淘汰出局了 first round of a minor competition.
我缺乏些基本能力 I lacked the basic talent of...
像是保持镇定 not shaking.
真不公平 How unfair.
你说过 "最重要的是经验" "What matters most is experience," you said,
"而不是表现" "Not performance.
"最伟大的礼物 真正使人与众不同的是... The greatest gift, what truly sets people apart is...
去感受的能力" the ability to feel."
我说过么 I said that?
是的 你说过 Yeah, you did.
还有就是... You know, there was also this...
没关系 Never mind.
好吧 说来话长 Well, it's a long story.
告诉我 Tell me.
真的吗 Really?
在我比赛失败之后 I spent a month
我在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的 in the Upper Engadine Valley
上恩加丁山谷 in the Swiss Alps,
待了一个月 just after my competition disaster.
那里有个湖泊叫席尔瓦普拉纳 There's a lake there called Silvaplana
我每天都会沿着海岸 where I would take long walks
走很长的路去到那 every day along the shore,
想着你说的话 thinking about what you said.
在那路边 And by the side of the path
有块巨石 there was this boulder.
也没什么特别的 只是…一块很古老的大石头 You know, nothing special, just a... big old rock.
但是每天我都会经过 But every day I would walk by it,
它也没有什么变化 and there it was, the same,
只是安静地坐在那里 just sitting there quietly
仿佛像是在那儿待了一千年 as it had been for 1,000 years.
那块岩石让我感到有些安慰 And there was something comforting about that rock,
就像 like a,
让我能注意到自己之外的世界 reminder of the world outside myself.
我想为你写一篇文章 I would like to do an article on you.
啊... Ah...
尽可能全面深入一点 Something comprehensive.
听起来不太吸引人 It sounds unpleasant.
我很感激 但是单是说些表面的 I appreciate it, but there is a lot to be said
就会花上很多的时间 for staying at the surface of things.
好吧 主要还是关于音乐 Well, this would be about music mostly.
还有你的职业 Your career.
我可以对你采访吗 Could I ask for an interview?
当然是等你有空的时候 When you have time.
尽量不打探你的私事 我保证 Minimal prying, I promise!
这不是一个好主意 It's not a good idea.
抱歉 And if you'll excuse me,
我还有事 谢谢你 I am expected somewhere, thank you.
晚安 Good night.
显然 这块岩石很好的体现了 Apparently, this rock is where
尼采的永恒轮回的观点 万物都会重现 Nietzsche had his vision of the eternal recurrence of all things.
他认为每件事和每个人生 The idea that every event and every life
将无限地重复 will repeat itself infinitely.
但是如果我不能够记得以前经历过什么 But if I can't recall having been here before,
那又有什么用 what difference does it make?
除非他别有所指 Unless he meant something else,
就像是命运 like fate.
或者简单一点 生活就是一个挑战 Or simply that life is a challenge.
如果有什么需要 If there is anything you need,
请不要犹豫 please don't hesitate.
我叫费利克斯 My name is Felix.
谢谢 Thank you.
文件夹中有一张地图 In the folder there is a map of
这里所有的远足路线都在里面了 all the hiking trails in the region.
我强烈建议你体验下 I highly recommend the experience.
我会考虑的 I'll make a note of it.
先生 这些是送给你的 These just arrived for you, sir.
啊 Ah.
谢谢 Thank you.
真好 Lovely.
"如孩童般擅自穿过院子
让我屈服于那无与伦比的天赋"
谢谢让我度过了一个有意义的夜晚 海伦·莫尔斯
今天早上过得好吗 How's the man this morning?
你看起来得意洋洋的 You look like the cat that got the cream.
-你看过报纸了吗 - 没有 - Have you seen the papers? - Nope.
"登月之旅" "A trip to the moon."
"英国钢琴大师 "The bewitching return
的迷人回归" of Britain's grand master of the keyboard."
我整个早上都在接电话 I've been on the phone all morning.
每个人都在要求采访 包括BBC Everyone is asking for interviews, including the BBC.
而且他们准备在伦敦的音乐会之前 And they're gonna run an hour long special
进行一个小时的特别报道 before the London concert.
在社交媒体上 It is everywhere
到处都在热议 on social media.
整个世界 And the whole world
会同时观看你的演奏会 will be able to watch your recital
到时候会网上直播 live on the internet, Henry.
你还真受年轻的人群的欢迎 You're really reaching out to the younger crowd.
恩 我喜欢这个 这让我挺高兴的 Well, I like that. That makes me happy.
嗯嗯 - Mm-hmm. - Um...
《纽约客》有什么报道么 anything from The New Yorker?
没有 到目前为止还没 No, nothing so far.
哦 花不错 Oh, those are nice flowers.
你知道吗 有些可爱的花 Did you know that some of the loveliest flowers
会释放出粪便一般的气味 mimic the smell of fecal matter,
以吸引粪便昆虫 so as to attract dung insects?
为什么不吸引其他昆虫 Why not attract other insects?
我要走了 我还要见DDl那些人 I got to go. I got to meet the guy at DDl Classics.
我今天下午晚些时候见你 大概两点吧 Now, I'll see you later this afternoon, around two.
哦 别忘了你今晚还要去试那些新的施坦威钢琴 Oh, and, uh, don't forget you have to try out that new Steinway tonight.
-哦 我知道 我知道 -嗯 - Oh, I know, I know. - Yeah.
保罗 Paul?
怎么了 亨利 Yes, Henry.
今晚没有记者 No reporters tonight,
对吧 right?
对 没有记者只有经理和技术人员 Right. No reporters. Just a manager and a technician.
给你 Here.
自己读吧 Read for yourself.
喂 你好 Yeah, hello.
是的 我是保罗 Yeah, Paul.
抱歉打扰你 科尔先生 Sorry to disturb you, Mr Cole.
我可以请你签个名吗 Could I ask for your autograph?
我昨晚去了你的音乐会 I was at the concert last night.
精彩绝伦 Magnificent!
我从波士顿一路开车过来的 I drove all the way from Boston.
哦 你不必一路开车过来的 Oh, you didn't have to drive all that way.
从现在开始的一周内我都会在波士顿演奏 I'll be playing in Boston a week from now.
- 我知道 我会带儿子去的 -啊 - I know. I'm taking my son. - Ah.
好吧 就冲这个我也要给你签名 Well, that automatically qualifies you for an autograph.
- 你叫什么名字 -玛雅 但这不是给我的 是给我儿子的 - What's your name? - Maya. But it's not for me, it's for my son.
-丹尼尔 -恩 - Daniel. - Uh-uh.
- 他多大了 -12 - How old is he? - 12.
音乐是他的一切 Music is everything to him.
他心里只有音乐 I mean, it's all he cares about.
我给你说 Tell you what,
下周的演奏会结束后带他到后台来 bring him backstage after the recital next week.
-我到时候会给他签的 -真的吗 - I'll sign it for him then. - Really?
你知道吗 他房间里有你的海报 He has a poster of you in his room, you know.
-海报 -是的 - A poster. - Yeah.
我希望不会给他带来噩梦 I hope it doesn't give him nightmares.
你应该把那些放在水里养起来 You should put those in water.
嗯 我会的 Yes, I should.
-玛雅 -恩 - Maya... - Yes.
你真的很喜欢我的演奏会吗 Did you really enjoy the recital?
当然 Of course!
- 谢谢 -谢谢 - Thank you. - Thank you.
施坦威钢琴
你弹钢琴吗 You play the piano?
是的 弹一点 Yes, a little bit.
你呢 You?
我也 Yeah.
主要还是即兴演奏 Mostly by ear.
我几乎什么调子都能弹 I can pick up pretty much any tune.
不过 我对怀旧风格情有独钟 I've got a soft spot for the oldies, though.
-我也是 -嗯 - So do I. - Mm.
我也喜欢古典音乐 I like classical too,
但我发现有些作品还是有点太长 but I find some pieces are a little long.
可不是吗 Ain't that the truth.
祝你今晚愉快 Have a good evening.
你也是 You too.
科尔先生 你喜欢花吗 Do you like flowers, Mr. Cole?
我喜欢一切安静的东西 I like all quiet forms of life.
鱼算么 Fish?
他们也是 Them too.
抱歉 我整天没吃东西了 I'm sorry, I haven't eaten all day.
我有点惊讶能在这里见到你 I'm a little surprised to see you here.
我就在附近 I was in the neighborhood.
实际上 是我的朋友告诉我你会在这里 Actually, my friend told me you would be here.
啊 Ah.
你喜欢我的花吗 Did you like my flowers?
我喜欢 谢谢 I did, thank you.
你没有写报导啊 You didn't write a review.
我正在忙其他的事情 I'm working on something else.
怎么了 What?
你这边有东西 You have something here.
不是 在另一边 No the other side.
你介意我来吗 May I?
没了 Gone.
我们调整完毕了 我想你会满意的 We made all the adjustments. I think you'll be pleased.
谢谢 Thank you.
啊 让我们看看 Ah, let's see.
一切都发生在大脑里 The mind is where it all happens.
最好不要在其中徘徊太久 It's best not to wander in there too long.
你永远都不知道它什么时候会背叛你 You never know when it's going to turn on you.
挪一挪 好吗 Move over a little, will you?
你还想要做采访吗 Do you still want that interview?
伦敦音乐会门票卖光了 London concert, sold out.
他们甚至在舞台上增加了座位 They're even putting extra seats on the stage,
-甚至还有一个是为总理准备的 -过来吧 - including one for the Prime Minister. - Come on through.
坐下 保罗 Sit down, Paul.
它不会消失 It's not going away.
它不会消失 It's not going away!
什么不会消失 what's not going away?
那感觉... That thing the...
就是我在弹贝多芬的时候的那种感觉 That happened to me during the Beethoven.
哦 你知道我对那晚的记忆 Oh, you know what I remember
是怎样的吗 from that evening,
就像其他所有人也记得的一样 is like just what everyone else remembers,
就是你演奏得很棒 was that you played marvelously.
尽管期待了这么久的回归 Despite the enormous pressure
压力巨大 of a long-awaited return.
-不仅如此... -不 - And not only that... - No!
昨天我在十几个人面前僵住了 Yesterday I froze in front a dozen people,
老天爷啊 for God's sake!
对不起 I'm sorry.
哦 不 不 不 Oh, no, no, no.
海伦救了我 Helen saved me.
-海伦 -莫里森 那个记者 - Helen? - Morrison, the journalist.
我演奏不了 I couldn't play.
她发现了问题 She saw something was wrong
她救了我 and she bailed me out.
怎么救的 How?
她坐在我旁边 She sat down beside me
我们一起演奏 and we played together.
保罗 我这是怎么了 What's wrong with me, Paul?
我知道这对你来说很难 I know this is difficult for you.
而且感觉很真实 And it feels real.
而且 当然 And, and, and of course
确实如此 但是... it is, but...
我们所有人的脑海里都会有那种声音 We all have that voice inside our head.
我每天也听得到 I mean, I hear it every day,
都有那些担忧的东西 that little neurotic bugbear,
"万一... "What if?
万一我忘了怎么办 What if I forget?
万一我失误了怎么办 What if I miss the shot?
万一我突然搞砸了怎么办" What if I suddenly turn the steering wheel?"
那些都不是真的 That's not reality.
亨利 你天赋异禀 You were born with a gift, Henry.
你已经将整个生命投入其中 And you have dedicated your entire life to it.
并且已经过了考验 And it has been tested
和大家的证明 and approved
也得到一致的好评 and unanimously praised.
你演奏过这么多的音阶 I mean, you've played enough scales
琶音和颤音 and arpeggios and trills
次数已经绕地球转十圈了 to circle the earth 10 times.
你整个大脑都和音乐联系在了一起 I mean, your whole freaking brain is wired to make music.
相信我 想要你失手得要很费劲才行 Believe me, it would take a massive amount of work to derail all that.
这就是事实 And that is the truth.
所以下次 So, the next time,
你开始想象这个那个 you start imagining things,
"如果"有下一次的话 I mean, if there is a next time,
你就深吸一口气 you just take a deep breath,
你要想起你是谁 you remember who you are
然后你让那些烦心事滚蛋 and you tell that bugbear to fuck off!
卡罗尔 是我 Carol, it's me.
我需要海伦·莫里森的电话 I need Helen Morrison's phone number.
你好 Hi.
-不好意思 -哦 - Sorry. - Oh.
你好 Hello there.
我打扰到你了吗 Am I interrupting?
我 我刚 I, I was,
在感叹他那出色的姿势 just complimenting him on his excellent posture.
其实 Actually,
他让我想起了我的第一位钢琴老师 he reminds me of my first piano teacher,
格鲁菲夫人 Mrs. Groffus.
大猩猩怎么了 What is it with gorillas?
我不知道 I don't know.
他们似乎为什么事感到沮丧 They seem upset about something.
也许是为他们只是大猩猩而沮丧 Maybe about being gorillas.
自知的诅咒 The curse of self-knowledge.
也许他们害怕死亡 他们濒临灭绝了 Or maybe they're afraid of death, they're endangered.
也许他们只是不喜欢这么被注视着 Or perhaps they just don't like being watched.
我真的非常感激 I can't tell you how grateful I am,
亨利爵士 Sir Henry.
不 别这样 No, please.
亨利就好 Just Henry.
好吧 亨利 Okay, Henry.
我甚至不记得我上一次采访了 I can't even remember my last interview.
我还记得我的 I remember mine.
第二天他就得了心脏病 He had a heart attack the next day.
那你问的问题可能确实比较刁钻 Well, you do ask difficult questions.
音乐是一项危险的事业 Music is a dangerous business.
人们没有意识到 People don't realize.
我曾经认识一位西班牙歌手 I knew this Spanish singer once,
很棒的一位女中音 great mezzo.
她那时候在演唱《卡门》 She was playing Carmen
就在最后一幕 And in the final scene,
当唐·何塞刺伤她时 她喘着粗气 as she gasped as Don Jose stabbed her,
一只黄蜂飞到她的嘴里噎住了她 a wasp flew into her mouth and stung her.
她倒下了 She collapsed,
过敏性休克 went into anaphylactic shock.
不会吧 No.
直到第三次谢幕 Nobody really knew that she was dead
都没人知道她已经死了 until the third curtain call.
你有没有想过如果你从事其他职业 Do you ever think what your life would've
你的生活会是什么样子 been had you done something else?
那就不是我的生活了 It wouldn't have been my life.
那感觉一定很棒 It must be a great feeling
确切地知道 knowing that there's nothing arbitrary
自己想要做的 about what you do.
我也有一个这样的朋友 Now, I have a friend like that.
他也是一位钢琴家 He's also a pianist.
他很独特 He's unique.
独特 Being unique,
对于一枚邮票或一处风景来说 是一个好事 is a desirable attribute for stamps or landscapes.
对一个钢琴家来说 In a pianist,
这通常会带来麻烦 it usually spells trouble.
亨利 没有人像你这样演奏 No one plays like you, Henry.
谢谢你 莫里森女士 Well, thank you, Ms. Morrison.
你这么说我很荣幸 It's kind of you to say.
钢琴家的职责是服务 The pianist's duty is to serve.
钢琴家的贡献 His personal contribution
会被收入一个大同小异的世界里 belongs to the realm of small differences.
贝多芬在世界上走过一遭 That Beethoven walked the face of the earth,
现在他就留下了些财富了 now that's something.
那个 The, um,
你卡片上的诗句 the verse on your car,
你是在哪里找到的 where did you find it?
就在你的书里 In your book.
它已经绝版多年了 It has been out of print for years.
你还有写作吗 Do you still write?
亨利 Henry?
嗯 Mm?
你刚刚似乎走神了 You just seemed far away for a second.
-是吗 -是的 - I did? - Yeah.
对不起 I'm sorry.
你说什么了 What did you say?
成功往往掩盖了一个缺陷 Success often conceals a flaw,
一个伤口 a wound,
一些深层次的怀疑 some deep-seated doubt.
一个人也许能暂时忘却 It might be forgotten for a while,
但它不会消失 but it's always there,
就藏在舞台后面 operating in the background,
潜伏在面具后面 lurking behind the mask.
你确定你可以这样做吗 Are you sure you're allowed to do this?
那你的手怎么办 如果你跌倒了怎么办 What about your hands? What if you fall?
必须从小就学会摔倒 Falling has to be learned at an early age.
但如果你是钢琴家的话 And if you're a pianist,
最好还是让脸着地 the left side of the face is best.
谢谢 Thank you.
通常我会穿自行车紧身裤 Usually I wear cycling tights.
那你穿上肯定很性感 I bet you look sexy in them.
我也希望 I like to think so.
谢谢 Thank you.
亨利 Henry.
好了 带路吧 All right, lead the way.
好的 Okay.
我还是有点摇晃 I'm still a little shaky.
你有感到孤独过么 Do you ever get lonely up there in your world?
德国作曲家们可是很好的伴侣 German composers are good company.
有道理 Right.
在我十几岁的时候 I couldn't have survived my teenage years
没有舒曼我可活不下去 without Schumann.
我很依赖他 I depended on him.
我感觉... I felt...
他比任何人都更了解我 he understood me more than anyone.
当然 现在每天也少不了 And now of course, not a day goes by without
还有巴赫 贝多芬的祝福 it's bless by Bach or Beethoven.
我确实有过一个伴侣 I did have somebody.
春天里的布拉格 Prague in spring.
那里 It's
那是一个令人愉快的地方 it's a delightful place.
声音 香气 灯光... The sounds, fragrances, the light...
充满活力 sparkles with energy.
你到的每一个地方 都有音乐 And everywhere you go, music.
那天伊丽莎白容光焕发 Elizabeth was radiant that day.
我们应该走了 We must have walked
有近五英里 nearly five miles
穿过马拉圣那和旧城区 through the Mala Strana and the old town,
一直聊着天 talking and talking and talking
聊着音乐和我们的生活 about music and our life together.
我们俩都为能去到那个地方 How we were grateful, both of us
而心怀感激 for being there.
而且我们有很多计划 And, uh, we made plans.
我们决定在法国南部的小农舍里 We decided we would spend more time
待上更多时间 in our little farmhouse in the south of France.
第二天早上 她走了 And the next morning she was gone.
我是第一次感受到那般的冰冷 I've never felt anything so cold.
人们就是这样去世的... That's how people die...
当其他人正在吃东西或打开他们的窗户时 while someone else is eating or opening a window.
或者是 Or,
当他们的伴侣还在身边做梦的时候 while their companion is dreaming at their side.
对于死去的作曲家 可以保证的是 It's one thing you can say about dead composers,
他们可不会突然消失 they don't suddenly disappear on you.
哦 天哪 我该回去了 Oh, God, I must get back.
嗯 那个 Um, please...
如果你不介意的话 do you mind?
我... I, um...
肖邦
交响乐厅到了 先生 Symphony Hall, sir.
继续往前开 Keep driving.
一直开 Just drive.
亨利 你只是暂时记忆有点卡壳了 Henry, you just had a little memory slip.
每个人都会这样 You know, it happens to everyone.
保罗 我们都知道我并不是忘记了 Paul, we both know I didn't forget.
这只是音乐 又不是十诫 It's just music, it's not the 10 Commandments.
下半场要不要用计时器 How about you use a score for the second half.
里希特就干过 Richter did it.
只要轻轻一推 Slightest nudge that's all it takes.
现在不行 Not now, please.
-还有10分钟 先生 - 谢谢 - 10 minutes, sir. - Thank you.
保罗 我不会再上台的 Paul, I'm not going out there again.
好的 Okay.
好的 你不用去了 Okay, you don't have to.
好的 Okay.
躺下 I want you to lie down here.
闭上你的眼睛 Close your eyes
试着放松下 and just try to relax.
不要想任何事情 Don't think about anything just
深呼吸 breathe.
试试 好吗 Focus on that, okay?
然后 我去找负责人 And, uh, I'll go find the promoter,
看看我们能做什么 we'll see what we can do.
海伦 你终于到了 Helen, there you are, finally.
对不起 他们让我们在门口等了有30分钟 I'm sorry. They kept us waiting for like 30 minutes at the gate.
- 怎么样了 - 不好 - How's it going? - Not good.
他不想继续演奏了 He doesn't want to continue.
-你必须和他谈谈 - 发生了什么 - You have to talk to him. - What happened?
本来一切都很好 一切都挺好的 Everything was fine. Everything was good
然后他莫名其妙地就弹到了结尾部分 and out of nowhere he botched the coda.
他在里面 He's in there.
请去看看他 Please go and see him.
他需要你 He needs you.
-我试试吧 -谢谢 - I'll try but... - Thanks.
你有五分钟 You have five minutes.
海伦 Helen!
你来这里做什么 What are you doing here?
我就在附近 I was in the neighborhood.
我很高兴见到你 I'm happy to see you.
听说你遇到了点小问题 I heard you had a little hiccup.
我不知道发生了什么事 I don't know what's happening to me.
我... I...
我跟不上 I can't keep up.
就像我在 It's, it's like I am
在瀑布前面划船一样 paddling at the top of a waterfall.
我很抱歉 I'm so sorry.
我觉得... I feel...
很危险 exposed.
害怕 Scared.
你害怕了 You're scared.
好的 Okay.
我认为你不应该逃避它 I don't think you should run from it.
这些人 亨利 All these people, Henry,
你能让他们心情愉快 你知道吗 you make them happy, you know?
这就是为什么他们会来听你的演奏 That's why they come to hear you play.
所以 弹给他们听 So, just play,
亨利 Henry.
为他们演奏吧 Play for them.
在飞机上 我坐在窗户旁边 On the flight over I sat by the window
像往常一样思考着 看着气流留过的痕迹 brooding, as usual, over the wiring, the hydraulics
还有那些拼接在一起的金属片 and all those sheets of metal stitched together
想着飞行真是需要不断的奇迹 thinking that flying required a continuous miracle.
但是飞行不就是飞机该做的么 But flying is what a plane does of course.
真正的奇迹是我仍然像这样折磨着自己 The real miracle is that I can still torment myself like this.
有时 你就得放手飞翔 Sometimes you just have to let it fly.
你比我更有资格收下这个 You deserve these more than I do.
海伦... Helen...
谢谢你 thank you.
谁 Yes?
哦 你好 Oh, hello there.
你一定就是丹尼尔了 You must be Daniel.
我很高兴见到你 进来 I'm, I'm glad to see you. Come on in.
丹尼尔 这是海伦 Daniel, this is Helen.
这是丹尼尔的母亲玛雅 And, uh, this is Daniel's mother, Maya.
你妈妈告诉我 So, your mother tells me
你是个音乐爱好者 that you are quite a music lover.
你会演奏吗 Do you play?
我想像你一样 I want to be like you.
这样吗 Is that right?
谢谢 Well, thank you.
你让我很开心 You've just made my day.
你弹过这些吗 Do you play these?
我觉得这些非常困难 I find them awfully difficult.
我可以演奏第二个 I can play the second one.
一点点 A little bit.
真的么 Really?
我很想听听你的演奏 I would love to hear you play.
沃克夫人说我还不可以 Mrs. Walker says I'm not allowed.
她是你的钢琴老师吗 Is she your piano teacher?
我认为沃克太太 I think that Mrs. Walker
会很乐意为今晚破个例 would be happy to make an exception for tonight.
跟我来 Come with me.
等我会 One minute.
一些钢琴家认为 走上舞台 Some pianists think that walking on stage
是表演之夜最恐怖的部分 is the scariest part of the evening
他们说的没错 and they're right.
好了 Okay.
来吧 Come.
在坐下来之前 钢琴家必须微笑 before sitting down a pianist must smile
而且要鞠躬 and bow,
但要适度 因为 but modestly because
还不到时候 he hasn't earned it yet.
好 Good.
坐 Take a seat.
我很惊讶
我...
等下
在这等我
真的么
- 你觉得怎么样 - 很漂亮 - What do you think? - Pretty.
买给我的 For me?
你闻起来就像消毒水一样 You smell like chlorine.
对于我这个年龄的人来说很常见 It's common for people of my age.
抱歉 你叫什么来着 I'm sorry, tell me your name again.
我叫杰西 I'm Jessie.
啊 我是亨利 Ah, I'm Henry.
杰西 你是怎么保持如此专注的 How do you keep such good concentration, Jessie?
亨利爵士 请微笑 A smile, Sir Henry, please.
康定斯基和弗兰克·斯特拉都是抽象艺术家
我们为什么不用康定斯基 Why don't we just use a Kandinsky
或弗兰克·斯特拉的风格 or Frank Stella.
完美 Perfect.
不 不用管另一只手 放在上面 No, the other hand was good, on top.
另一只可以在上面 The other one can be on it, though.
换一下 Other way round.
谢谢 Thank you.
你可以看着我们 拜托 And if you could look at us. Please.
不 我喜欢他这样 No, I think I, I like him
这样 就很好 being like that, it's nice.
行 All right.
杰西... Jessie...
过来 come.
过来 Come.
他在做什么 What's he doing?
舒曼作品 由亨利·科尔演绎
洗手间里有一张艾森豪威尔的签名照 There's a signed picture of Eisenhower in the bathroom.
他生前是一位音乐总统 He was a musical president.
-真的吗 -嗯 - Really? - Mm-hmm.
你为什么选择了写作 海伦 What makes you write, Helen?
你说过感觉的能力很重要 You said the ability to feel is what matters.
我同意 I agree.
但是除非我把感觉转化为文字 But unless I put words to those feelings,
不然我会不知道它们确切的含义 I don't exactly know what they mean.
不知道它们是什么 What they are.
所以我想 写作 So writing, I guess,
它可以帮助我了解自己 it helps me understand myself...
我的生活 my life.
效果怎么样 How's that working out?
我还得再多写一些 I still have more writing to do.
这个地方曾经被称为341酒吧 This place used to be called the 341 Club.
每周一小时 这个舞台属于 Every week, for one hour, the stage belonged to
一个年轻的数学研究生 a young graduate student of mathematics
他有着即兴的天赋 with a gift for improvisation.
人们常说 People used to say that
我父亲可以凭空创造音乐 my father could pluck music out of thin air,
完整得以至于让人难以置信 so complete that it was hard to believe
那些是他即兴创作出来的 that nobody had ever thought of it before.
在他人生中意义最重大的一个夜晚 His biggest night came
他被要求为一位来自巴黎的年轻歌手伴奏 when he was asked to accompany a young singer from Paris.
他们坠入了爱河 他把她带回了英国 They fell in love, he took her back to England,
我出生了 I was born.
几年后 我成了一个麻烦精 After a few years, I became too much for her.
她并不甘心于普通的生活 She wasn't cut out to enter ordinary life.
所以我被送到了寄宿学校 So, I was sent to boarding school.
我父亲在纽约找到了工作 My father got a job in New York.
她和他一起去了 She went with him.
我被抛下了 I was left behind.
上高中时 When I got into high school,
我回到了这里 I came back here.
那一个夏天 And that first summer
我们去了科德角 we went to Cape Cod.
我和父母在沙滩上散步了很长时间 There was long walks on the beaches with my parents.
很奇怪 It's strange how...
一段美好的回忆 a single good memory
有时可以消除多年不好的记忆 can sometimes erase years of bad ones.
棒球 Baseball.
你知道这支球队的名字吗 You know the name of this team?
他们叫金莺 They're called the Orioles.
我喜欢那个名字 I love that name.
我知道金莺 I know the Orioles
还有红衣主教和小熊队 and the Cardinals and the Cubs.
还有其他的球队 And all the other critters.
你以为你是唯一一个喜欢棒球的钢琴家吗 You think you're the only pianist who likes baseball?
有人告诉过我 Someone told me once,
每当霍洛维茨 that whenever Horowitz
受到妻子万达要他 was under pressure from his wife, Wanda,
履行他的夫妻职责的压力的时候 to perform his conjugal duties,
他就带她去洋基体育场 he used to take her to Yankee Stadium.
你是从哪里听来的 Where did you hear that?
哦 弗拉基米尔本人 Oh, from Vladimir himself.
不可能 No way.
那么 文章进展如何 So, how is the article going?
好么 ls it any good?
我不知道 我还没有完成 I don't know, I haven't finished it yet.
我真的很期待 Well, I'm really looking forward to it.
而且 And...
你会给我看的吧 You will show it to me, won't you?
我知道这虽然不是为我定制 但是... I mean, I know that's not customary but, uh...
毕竟还是关于我的 as it's about me, uh.
但那样就会破坏惊喜了 Well, that would ruin the surprise,
不是吗 wouldn't it?
的确 Precisely.
我过几天要去欧洲 I leave for Europe in a few days.
我知道 I know.
跟我去么 Come with me?
如果可以的话 I mean, if you can.
如果... If...
如果你愿意的话 if you want to.
我愿意 I'd like that.
古典市场很像葡萄酒市场 The classical market is a lot like the wine market.
它通过创造出有意义的多样性的假象才得以存在 It survives by creating the illusion of meaningful diversity.
总有这么一种需求 There will always be the demand
让自己显得不一样 for the opportunity to distinguish oneself
假装自己看得到一个 by pretending to see a world
其他人看不见的世界 where others see nothing.
有时确实有这样一个世界 Sometimes there really is a world.
即便你感受得到这种差异 Well, the fact that you perceive a difference
也不表示这些个差异是有意义的 doesn't necessarily make that difference meaningful.
你的意思是我在自卖自夸吗 Are you calling me a snob?
没有 没有 No! No!
说真的 我们难道真的还需要再多一个版本的 Oh, but seriously. Do we actually need another recording
戈德堡变奏曲唱片吗 of "The Goldberg Variations"?
让另一位钢琴家来弹 Or another pianist maybe?
就是啊 Yeah, exactly.
史特金定律 Sturgeon's law,
90％的东西都是垃圾 90% of everything is crap.
- 好多啊 -是的 - That's a lot. - Yes!
你知道你的经纪人是敌方吗 亨利 Did you know you were managed by the enemy, Henry?
只要他能给我订到演出就行了 So long as he keeps getting me gigs,
他的想法留给庸人们去说 I'll let the philistine speak his mind.
我可以帮你吗 Can I give you a hand?
哦 不用了 我可以的 Oh, no, I got it.
大多数钢琴家连煮鸡蛋都不会 Most pianists can't boil an egg.
- 你知道吗 -我以前也是钢琴家 - Did you know that? - Well, I used to be a pianist,
提醒你一下 just so you're warned.
哦 Oh.
我给你说现在这情况已经很说明问题了 I can't tell you how much it means
亨利让你来这里 to Henry for you to be here.
这就代表这一切了 It's everything, actually.
妻子去世后 他几乎两年没有说话 After his wife died he barely spoke for two years.
更不用说演奏会了 Let alone give recitals
甚至连钢琴都没有碰过 or even go near the piano.
她是怎么样的一个人 What was she like?
她很漂亮 She was beautiful,
优雅 聪明 graceful, smart.
她身上有动人之处 There was something moving about her.
她不常出门 You know, she didn't go out much.
很大程度上依靠他 Pretty much depended on him.
这让很多事情变得比较困难 That made things difficult.
他对她照顾得是无微不至 He couldn't have cared for her more.
他时时刻刻都在照顾她 He'd constantly look after her.
他的演奏会也变少了 He played fewer recitals.
在最后一分钟取消的都有 Canceled at the last minute,
一般都是 when, uh,
她感觉不舒服的时候 she didn't feel well.
他竭尽所能 He did everything he could.
但是她还是自杀了 She took her life anyway.
你不知道吗 You didn't know?
我也不该感到惊讶 I shouldn't be surprised.
没人知道 Nobody does.
我想他仍在保护她 He's still protecting her, I guess.
她以前也试过 She had tried it,
曾经有一次 是在他巡回演出时 once before, actually, when he was on tour.
这也是为什么他那次决定 That's why this time he decided
带她去欧洲 to take her to Europe with him.
她用了他的安眠药 She used his sleeping pills.
在伦敦举行的音乐会 The concert in London,
以前从来没有过这么大的规模 there has never been anything like it.
这将是他职业生涯的感叹号 It will be an exclamation point to his career.
我也希望如此 I hope so.
嗯 Yeah.
-谢谢 -好了 - Merci. - Okay.
这有点算是实验品 This is somewhat experimental.
这是我从伊恩·麦克尤恩的小说中看到的食谱 I got the recipe from an Ian McEwan novel.
没问题啊 我还从海明威小说里学了如何挤骆驼奶 Why not? I once learned how to milk a camel from Hemingway.
随着全球变暖 这可能会派上用场 Now that could come in handy with global warming.
你永远都不会知道 You never know
- 保罗 - 怎么了 - Paul? - Yes, please.
你知道变老的好处之一是什么吗 You know one of the few good things about getting old?
哦哦 Uh-oh.
你会成为实用主义者 You become a pragmatist.
你不再寻找意义 You're not searching for meaning anymore.
你只是想着要说什么或者睡觉 You're just searching for words or sleep
又或者你为什么要盯着一个打开的抽屉 or the reason you're staring into an open drawer.
而且你不必担心未来... And you're not worried about the future just...
你想要当下能够持续下去 you want the present to last.
心灵和头脑 The heart and the mind
终于好好相处了 finally get along.
无论如何 Anyway.
我想说的是 What I wanted to say was,
很高兴在这里见到大家 I'm so happy to see all of you here.
-干杯 -干杯 - Cheers. - Santé.
干 Santé.
祝你好胃口 Bon Appétit.
祝好胃口 Bon Appétit.
- 好吧 嗯 -嗯 - Well. Hmm. - Hmm.
这很有趣 This is interesting.
可不是嘛 Oh, yes, I see.
你说那本小说讲什么来着 What did you say that novel was about again?
有什么不对吗 Is there something wrong?
这就是一道简单的法式海鲜汤啊 It's just a simple bouillabaisse.
理查德 Richard?
弗兰西 Francine?
很难描述 It... it's hard to describe.
鱼的味道确实蛮重 Fish certainly comes to mind.
瓦格纳 德国音乐家 代表作《黎恩济》
瓦格纳 And a Wagner.
瓦格纳 Wagner.
《黎恩济》 Rienzi.
- 这么难吃吗 - 不 不 - It's that bad? - No, no.
就是...吞下去有点困难 It, it, it's just a little difficult to swallow,
刚入口的时候 the first time around, you know.
- 不 其实 很难吃 - 太难吃了 - No, actually, it's terrible. - Oh, it's that bad!
好难吃 It's that bad!
我不知道发生了什么 I don't know what happened.
我肯定是错过了什么步骤 I must have missed a chapter or something.
- 我们该怎么办 亨利 - 你有骆驼吗 - What should we do, Henry? - Do you have a camel?
好吧 先生 Well, monsieur.
我有一些番茄 我可以做番茄沙拉 I have some tomatoes. I can make a tomato salad.
我真的很想和你一起去都灵 I'd really like to come with you to Turin.
这个是期限我也没办法 A deadline is a deadline.
而且 Plus,
我觉得自己一个人去 you know, I think it will be good for me
会比较好 to do one on my own.
我准备好了 我... And I'm ready. I'm...
没什么可担心的 Nothing to worry about.
"亨利爵士 受到钢琴迷的认可 "Sir Henry, recognized by piano aficionados
被誉为声音和细微差别的大师 as a master of sound and nuance,
是大家公认的 is widely considered
20世纪最伟大的艺术家之一 one of the greatest virtuosi of the 20th century.
这次巡回演出的收益将捐赠给诺娜心理健康中心" Proceeds from the tour will be donated to the Nona Center for Mental Health."
艺术家还是艺术家们 Virtuosi or virtuosos?
两个都对 I think both are correct.
哦 Oh.
诺娜中心 是你的想法么 The Nona Center, that your idea?
没有比失去理智更糟糕的事儿了 There's nothing worse than losing your mind.
你还记得我告诉你的那个故事吗 Do you remember the story I told you about
瑞士阿尔卑斯山 the Swiss Alps?
哦 记得 Oh, yes.
我在那里的时候发生了些其他事情 Something else happened when I was there.
当时我有一个男朋友 I had a boyfriend at the time,
来自乌克兰的钢琴家 a pianist from Ukraine.
- 独一无二的那个 - 对 - The unique one. - Right.
他其实是我去瑞士的原因 He's the reason I went to Switzerland, actually.
每年夏天他都会去那里演奏 Every summer he plays there, just
上恩加丁的一家酒店举行的音乐会 one concert at a hotel in the Upper Engadine.
人们来自四面八方 People come from all over
专程来听他演奏贝多芬的最后一部钢琴奏鸣曲 just to hear him play Beethoven's last piano sonatas.
他从不在其他任何地方演奏那个 He never plays them anywhere else.
- 为什么不 - 他觉得那个地方 - Why not? - He feels that that place
和那音乐才搭配 and that music belong together.
真奇怪 That's odd.
我也是这么想的 I thought so too.
直到我去了那里 Until I went.
然后呢 And?
我以前非常努力地为那场比赛准备 I had worked so damn hard for that competition
但我还是失败了 and I failed
而且结果让我意识到 in such a way that...
梦想破灭 the dream was over.
我不知道前方道路如何 I didn't know where to go,
我是谁 who I was,
该做什么好 where to turn to.
我甚至不知道从哪里开始寻找答案 I didn't even know where to begin to look for answers.
但是所有这些突然被 But all that was suddenly appeased
几根琴弦完全抚慰 by a few wistful bars of absolute tenderness
和理解 and understanding.
就像从一个噩梦中醒来 It was like waking up from a bad dream.
突然间 阴霾都散开了 Suddenly, the fog had just lifted.
我这种感觉持续了好几天 And that feeling stayed with me for days.
让我敞开了心扉 It just opened me up.
使我感到振奋 Invigorated me.
就和我听到你演奏时一样 亨利 It's like when I heard you play, Henry.
我也需要好好振奋一下精神 Well, I could use some invigoration myself.
他下个月会在那儿演奏 He's playing there next month.
咱们一起去吧 Let's go together.
你不会后悔的 You won't regret it.
对你会有帮助的 It will be good for you.
怎么说 How so?
我不知道 我感觉会 I don't know, just a feeling.
那好吧 我明天再见你 All right then. I'll see you tomorrow.
你东西带齐了吗 Do you have everything you need?
是的 我带了我的牙刷 止痛药和幸运袜 Yes, I've got my toothbrush, my Advil, my lucky socks.
我都准备好了 I'm all set.
我是个老人 I am an old man.
怎么了 你对年轻女人有意见么 What's the matter, you have something against younger women?
没有 No.
我会听的 I'll be listening.
我会为你演奏的 I'll be playing for you.
我爱你 亨利 I love you, Henry.
也许永恒的轮回的意思 Perhaps what eternal recurrence means
不是说我们的生活会永远重复自身 is not that our life will actually repeat itself forever,
而是在我们达到一个高度之前 but rather that we should not rest content
在我们自己感到满意之前 until we have reached a point
在认为已经达到完美之前 where we love it enough just as it is,
我们不应该止步 to wish it were indeed so.
我会说 再来一次 Play it again, I say.
先生 打扰了 有人想和你说话 Excuse me, sir, there is somebody who wants to talk to you.
他说这很紧急 He says it's urgent.
是谁呀 Who is it?
啊 Ah.
你是怎么找到我的 How did you find me?
我是你的经纪人 I'm your agent.
很高兴见到你 亨利 It's good to see you, Henry.
很高兴能听到你的声音 It's really good to hear your voice.
你好吗 How are you?
命运不可改变 Fate doesn't approve of convertibles.
你知道吗 Did you know that?
保罗... Paul...
我不再需要经纪人了 I won't be needing an agent anymore.
不要这样说 再给自己些时间吧 Don't say that. Give yourself some time.
你一直对我都很好 You've always been good to me.
我不能再找到更好的经纪人 I couldn't have asked for a better agent
或更好的朋友了 or a better friend.
但是我的时间到了 But my time is up.
亨利 亨利 大家都爱你 Henry, Henry, people love you.
你知道我为你回复了多少封信件和电子邮件吗 Do you have any idea how many letters and emails I answered for you...
你没有取消伦敦音乐会么 You didn't cancel London.
其他的我都取消了 I canceled everything else.
但是这是有史以来规模最大的一次了 But this one, there's never been anything like it.
很多人都期待着 I mean, so many people are looking forward to it,
好多年轻人 so many young people.
你可以把这个献给她 You could dedicate it to her.
用演奏来渡过伤痛 Play through the pain,
发泄出来 like, lay it out there.
你不仅能带给他们音乐 You'd not only be giving them music,
你会带给他们勇气和希望 you'd be giving them courage and hope.
结束了 It's over.
我理解 只要你想 你在那里想待多久待多久 Look, I understand. You can stay there as long as you like,
- 我会处理好一切的 - 再见 保罗 - I'll take care of everything. - Goodbye, Paul.
亨利 Henry?
大多数人都想克服一些事情 Most people want to overcome something.
直到他们不再这么想 Until they don't anymore.
幸好 克服不单单只靠意志 Hopefully, overcoming isn't just a matter of will,
随着时间自然的流逝它也可以实现 but what life does naturally with time...
如果幸运的话 if you're lucky.
尼采在创作生涯中曾居住于此
我最喜欢的诗之一 One of my favorite poems.
最初只是诗人的涂鸦 It began as a graffiti, you know.
歌德在猎人小屋的墙壁上乱涂乱画 Goethe scribbled it on the wall of a hunter's cabin.
有些人认为这很让他们伤感 Some people find it sad.
我却认为这很让人放松 I think it's rather soothing.
是什么让你彻夜难眠 费利克斯 What keeps you awake at night, Felix?
我守夜班 I am the night porter.
那天不是你带我去我的房间的吗 Didn't you show me to my room the other day?
是的 是我特意要求的特权 Yes, I requested the privilege.
我和我妻子曾经有过一笔小小的退休金 My wife and I used to run a small pension
就在山谷里 here in the valley.
欢迎新来的客人是我最喜欢的部分 Welcoming new guests was what I enjoyed most.
当然 我们从来没有过像你这样的客人 Of course, we never had one quite like yourself.
请问是什么让你来到西尔斯 May I ask what brings you to Sils?
一位亲爱的朋友 A dear friend...
觉得我会很享受这里新鲜的空气 felt I could use the fresh air.
你应该还有事要做吧 费利克斯 Well, you must have rounds to finish, Felix.
你需要些什么吗 Can I bring you anything, sir?
不 我不用了 谢谢 No, I'm fine, thank you.
每当有失眠的人入住酒店时 It's always a treat
对我们来说还是比较轻松的 when an insomniac checks in the hotel.
晚安 菲利克斯 Hmm. Good night, Felix.
晚安 先生 Good night, sir.
我爱你 亨利 I love you, Henry.
我妻子以前很爱这首曲子 My wife loved this piece.
亨利·科尔 布拉格音乐节实况录音
我想该你下了 Your move, I think.
将军 Check.
我去 Shit.
不可能 That's not possible.
我的老帅 My queen.
我怎么没看到这个 How did I not see this?
费利克斯 认输没有什么丢脸的 There's no shame in conceding, Felix.
现在这个时候 You see, at this point
要做的合理的事情 it's like, the reasonable thing to do
换做我的话我就会 is what I would do.
怎么了 What?
将 Check.
嗯 Huh.
将军 Check.
哦 不 不 不 Oh, no, no, no.
不行 Can't be.
菲利克斯 不 Felix. No.
你还好吗 大师 Are you okay, maestro?
嗯 Yes.
是的 我很好 菲利克斯 Yes, I'm fine, Felix.
刚那步棋下得可真好 That was quite some move.
你把我直接甩到了地上 You dropped me straight to the canvas.
我们永远也不知道会发生什么 不是吗 We never know what's coming, do we?
有人说过 It's been said that over the music
贝多芬的音乐弥漫着暮色 of Beethoven is spread the twilight
永恒的损失和永恒的希望 of eternal loss and eternal hope.
我想 人生也是如此 The same goes for life, I suppose.
但它不永恒 Except for the eternal part.
德国作曲家们确实是很好的伴侣 German composers are good company.
很难解释当亨利·科尔那天晚上 It's hard to explain how I felt
演奏之时 我的感受 as Henry Cole played that night.
美妙的音乐感觉如何 What does great music feel like?
像某种形式的知识 也许甚至是智慧 Like a form of knowledge, maybe, or even wisdom?
但这当然不是智慧 But it isn't wisdom of course,
我也不能用语言形容出来 nor anything else I can put into words.
我也只能说 The best I can do is to say
在某种程度上 that it's somehow about
它让我有活着的感觉 what it feels like to be alive.
那音乐充满了悲伤和向往 That music was filled with grief and longing
《纽约客》
还有坚定的决心 and dogged resolve.
当我听到的时候 我觉得自己突然内心变得充实了 And as I listened, I felt suddenly richer,
更有同情心 more compassionate.
我想与全世界分享这一刻 And I wanted to share the moment with the whole world.
我想我要找的词是感谢 I guess the word I'm looking for is gratitude.
感谢舒曼 巴赫 贝多芬 Gratitude for Schumann, Bach, Beethoven.
感谢亨利·科尔 Gratitude for Henry Cole
和所有那些视音乐为生命的人 and all those who celebrate the music of life.
献给 克里斯蒂安