I still ask myself if I did the right thing, abandoning his floating city. 我现在仍自问离开海上都市是不是正确选择.
I don't just mean for the work. 不仅仅是指那份工作
The fact is, a friend like that, 实际上 是像那样的朋友
a real friend, 真正的朋友
you won't meet again 一生仅有的
if you decide to go on land, 如果你决定回到陆地
if you just want to feel something solid under your feet 如果你想找回那种脚踏实地的感觉
and then you no longer hear the music of the Gods around you. 那么你再也听不到那种天籁
But, like he used to say: 但是 正像他常说的那样
"You're never really done for as long as you've got a good story" "只要你还有个好故事 你就永远不会完蛋"
"and someone to tell it to." "还有一个能够倾诉的人"
The trouble is that no-one would believe a single word of my story. 问题是 我的故事别人半个字都不信
It happened every time that someone would look up and see her. 每次有人抬首望到她 都会这样
It's difficult to understand. 实在是很难理解
I mean, there were more than a thousand of us on that ship, 因为船上有上千人
traveling rich folk, immigrants, 旅行的富翁 普通的移民
strange people and us. 陌生人和我们
Yet, there was always one, just one, 总会有个人 就那么一个
who would see her first. 第一个看到她
Maybe he was just sitting there eating 他也许正享用午餐
or walking on the deck. 也许在甲板散步
Maybe he was just there fixing his pants. 或者只是在补裤子
He'd look up for a second, glance out to sea 他就那么一抬头 向海面一望
and he'd see her. 便看到了她
Then he'd just stand there, rooted to the spot, his heart racing. 他纹丝不动地站着 心几乎要飞出来
And every time, I swear every damned time, 每一次 我敢发誓每一次
he'd turn towards us, to the ship, towards everybody and scream... 他都会转过来对着我们 对着船 对着每个人
America! 狂呼:美国!
I lost a lot of money betting on who'd be the first to see her, 我就为赌谁第一个看见她就输了不少钱
America. 美国
- THE LEGEND OF 1900 - 海上钢琴师 声光伴我飞
It's a miracle! Santa Rosalia! 真是奇迹啊 圣罗萨莉亚(西班牙语)
What do you mean Santa Rosalia? It's the Madonna of Lourdes! 什么圣罗萨莉亚 是圣母露德!(意大利文)
The one who sees America first. There's one on every ship. 最先看到美国的人 每只船上都有一个
And don't be thinking it's an accident or some optical illusion. 不要以为这是巧合或者是眼花
It's destiny. 这是命运
Those are people who had that precise instant stamped on their life. 有些人的生命中 就刻有这种直觉
And when they were kids, you could look into their eyes 他们还是孩子时 你看进他们的眼睛
and if you looked carefully, you'd already see her, 如果你仔细看 就会看到她
America. 美国
I've seen a few Americas! 我见过几次美国
Six years on that ship, five crossings a year: 在船上呆了六年 每年往返五次
Europe, America and back. Always soaking in the ocean! 在欧美间穿行 一直漂在海上
When you stepped on land, you couldn't even piss straight in the john. 上岸后连小便都站不稳
It was steady, the john I mean, 当然厕所并没有动
but you'd keep bobbing like an idiot. 但你会像个傻瓜一样晃来晃去
You can get off a ship all right, but off the ocean... 下船很容易 但离开大海....
I was just closing. What can I do for you? 要打烊了 有什么可效劳?
When I boarded I was 24 years old, 我登船的时候二十四岁
and only cared about one thing in life: playing the trumpet. 当时心里只有一个理想:演奏小号
I'm selling it. 我想把它卖了
A Conn. 康恩牌
Not bad. 不赖
Best brass money can buy! 保证是最好的铜管
Could be, in its day. 可能吧 当年应该还不错
Been a while since you played, eh? 吹奏了不少年吧?
If you mean for money, a couple of years. 如果你是说为钱的话 有那么几年
But I've never stopped playing it to get rid of the blues. 但我从未停止吹奏它排遣忧郁
Don't get me wrong... 别误会我意思
The greatest jazz players blew through brass like that. 最伟大的爵士乐手都吹 这样的铜管号
I'm sure they did, but after the war, people want sweet sounds. 这我相信 可战后人们更爱听甜歌
They want bright sounds, forget jazz! 他们要明亮的旋律 忘了爵士乐吧!
This now is just a collector's item. 这把小号也只能入收藏家法眼
9 pounds 50, not a penny more. 6镑10先令 一个子也不能多了
Christ, that's only 9 or 10 dollars! 天啊 那25美元呀
That horn's my whole life! 这把号是我的一生
Okay, no-one's going to remember me like Buddy Bolden or Satchmo, 我不会像巴迪波顿或者路易 阿姆斯特朗那样的大师名垂青史
but even as a nobody I'm worth more than 9 lousy dollars! 可即便无名之辈也该不止20美元吧!
If you put it like that, I don't think it's worth even half a crown! 那样说的话 我看半个子也不值
Shut the door when you leave, please. 出去的时候 请把门带上
Okay, Pops, you win! 好吧 老爹 你赢了
You just bought yourself a piece of musical history. 你刚买下了一段音乐史
If you want some advice, 听我一劝
go out now and get something hot to eat. 出去吃顿热饭
At least let me play it one last time... 能不能让我最后吹一曲
I don't have time to waste! 我可没时间浪费!
All right. 好吧
Hurry up though, I'm closing. 别太久了 要打烊了
Thank you. 谢谢
Two peas in a pod, wouldn't you say? 一模一样 不是吗?
Are you all right? Please, don't faint in here! 你没事吧? 拜托别在这儿犯晕
It's the music that you just played. Don't you recognize it? 这就是你刚才吹的曲子 没听出来吗?
What is it? 这是什么曲子?
It doesn't have a name. 无名曲
Only a handful of people have had the privilege of hearing it. 只有少数几个人 有幸听到过这个曲子
What style! 太有风格了!
I've been wondering since this morning, 我一大早就开始琢磨
but I can't work out who this amazing piano player is. 但想不出来这么出色的钢琴师是谁啊
I don't think you've ever heard of him. 我想你从来没有听说过他
Who is he? 是谁?
If I told you that this pianist never existed, I wouldn't be lying. 如果我告诉你这个演奏者根本不存在 也不算撒谎
I don't like secrets. They're like dirty underwear! 我讨厌秘密 就像肮脏的内衣!
Come on, Yank! Who the devil is playing? 给我讲讲 美国佬 到底是谁演奏的?
It's my secret. 这是我的秘密
It was "the first year of this frigging century", 那是这个疯狂世纪的第一年
as defined by an unknown colored coal stoker on the Virginian. 弗吉尼亚号上一个无名的锅炉工是这么说的
Rich ass bastards! Only lose dirty handkerchiefs and cigarette butts! 这些混蛋阔佬 除了烟屁股和脏手绢就不舍得扔点别的!
Never a watch, even a dented one, or an odd cufflink! 从来没有手表 连缺口的老袖扣都没有
Not even a fake fucking ring! 连他妈假戒指都没有!
Hey, look here, a whole cigar! 瞧啊 一整根雪茄
Must have been some rich pauper at the party. 定是晚会上富叫花子留下的
Look at this shit! Damn rich! 看看这破玩意 该死的有钱人!
They never forget anything, except when they owe you money. 什么都不会忘 除非是欠你钱了
What the hell are you doing here? 你小子在这儿干什么
T.D. Lemons. T.D.莱蒙斯
Hello, Lemon! 你好 莱蒙
Immigrant business! 移民搞出来的!
Give birth in secret somewhere on deck 偷偷在甲板某个地方生下来
and then leave on the ship another mouth to feed. 然后扔在船上 还有别人要养活
That's big trouble with the Immigration Office! 跟移民局打交道可是大麻烦
What can a kid like him be when he grows up? Another immigrant! 这孩子长大了能成什么样? 还是移民!
Don't listen to those bastards. Go on, lap it up, boy! 别听那些杂种胡扯 快 舔干净 孩子!
It's not a mama's tit, but it's milk. 虽说着不是母乳但它确实是奶
They left this one in first class on the piano hoping some rich guy would take him 他们把他丢在头等舱 指望着阔佬带走他
and give him a happy life! 给他个幸福生活呢
-Isn't that right, Danny? -What do you think? 是吗 丹尼? 你想什么?
And who does the little ape get instead? A poor worthless nigger! 可结果这小猩猩落谁手里了? 穷光蛋黑鬼!
Fuck poverty, you stinking sewer rats! 去他吗的穷光蛋 你们这些下水道的臭老鼠!
T.D. was written on the box. Do you rats know what that means? 篮子上有T.D.两个字 你们知道什么意思吗?
I forgot, you can't read! 我忘了 你们目不识丁!
I'll tell you what it means, it means "Thanks Danny"! 那是说"谢谢丹尼"!
They left that boy for me and I'm keeping him! And you fuck yourselves! 孩子是给我的 我就抚养他
-What are you going to call him? -That's a problem. 你打算叫这小于什么啊? 这倒是问题
I didn't think of that. 我还真没想呢
To start with, I'll give him my name, Danny Boodman. 首先 他要随我的名字 丹尼·布德曼
Then I'll put T.D. in the middle like the rich put on their cufflinks. 然后再把T.D.的字母放在名字中间 就像阔佬的戴袖扣一样
It's classy to put letters in the middle of a name. 名字中间有字母显得很有地位
All the fucking lawyers have got them. 狗屁律师的名字中间倒是有字母缩写
One of mine was called John P.T.K. Wonder. 我的律师叫约翰P.T.K.旺达
-The one who sent you to jail? -What a good memory you've got! 就是那个把你送进监狱的人? 你记性可真好 中国佬!
If my son grows up to be a lawyer, I'll kill him! 我儿子要是长大当律师 我发誓会宰了他!
But his name's going to be Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon. 我决定叫这孩子丹尼·布德曼T.D.莱蒙
-What do you think? -It's up to you. You're his mother! 你们觉得怎么样? 你做主呀 你是他妈妈
I like it, but it's short. It needs an ending. 我喜欢 不过太短了 还要有个姓
He ain't no duke's son, Danny! 他可不是他妈的二世祖 丹尼!
You found him on a Tuesday, call him Tuesday! 你星期二发现他的 就叫他星期二!
That's a good idea for a stupid nigger! 笨蛋黑鬼才会觉得这是好主意!
I found him the first month of the first year of this new bloody century, 我是在新世纪第1个年的第1个月发现他的
so I'm calling him Nineteen Hundred! 我就叫他1900!
-But that's a number! -It was, but now it's a name! 那是个数字! 从现在开始就是名字了
Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred! 丹尼·布德曼T.D.莱蒙1900!
Quick, the baby's crying! 快点 宝贝
Stop that cradle. 别摇了
Oh, my God! How can something that small shit so much? 什么东西跟屎一样臭?
Lemon Nineteen Hundred... Shake him, shake him. 莱蒙1900 摇摇他
Nineteen Hundred's lucky, he was born in shit! 1900真幸运 生在屎巴巴里
Thanks Danny. 谢谢丹尼
Thanks Danny? 谢谢丹尼?
It was like the second coming of Christ. 这就像是耶稣的第二次降临
Maybe it was, with all the miracles that kid had up his sleeve! 也许是吧 这孩子袖口上都是奇迹
Hell, he did everything on the water but walk! 他除了不能在水上走路 其他都做了
And I heard that he'd done that too! 不过我听说走路他也能行
And that's how little Nineteen Hundred grew up 1900就成长在这样一个
inside that cradle as big as a ship. 像船一样大的摇篮里
Danny was afraid that they'd take him away because of documents and visas, 但是由于没有出生证明和护照 丹尼生怕被别人带走
so the boy lived his early years hidden away, 所以1900的童年都是躲在
in the belly of the Virginian. 弗吉尼亚的舱底渡过的
Now try by yourself. 好了 你自己试试
Push your finger against these words so the letters can't run away! 把手指头放在这些词上面 字母就不会滑开了
-Man... -Okay, Lemon. -芒.... -好的 莱蒙
...go. 果....
-Ma... -Just a bit more. -妈... -还有一点
...ma! 妈
You read like a god, Lemon! 我说你真是神人啊 莱蒙
Now put them all together like the boiler valves. Patapum-patapum! 好 接看把它们连起来 就象阀门那样
Go on! 快
Man-go-Ma-ma. 芒...果...妈妈
Right, keep going! 好 下一个
Ya-nk my ch-ain. 拉紧...我的...锁链
Danny, why are you laughing so much? 丹尼 你为什么这么喜欢笑?
These are the names of horses. Don't they make you laugh? 因为这些都是马的名字 我喜欢马的名字
Read there, that one ran yesterday at Cleveland. 读这个 昨天刚在克里夫兰跑过
Hap-py Hoo-fers. 快乐...踢踏舞
-I'm pissing myself! 我都要尿裤了听这个
-Listen to this one. Sas-sy Las-sy. -Sassy Lassy! -拉风小妹 -拉风小妹!
And this one, Red Hot Mama. 还有这个热辣妈妈
What's a mama, Danny? 什么是妈妈 丹尼?
A mama? 妈妈?
It's a horse! 妈妈就是马
-A horse? -A race horse. -马? -赛马
Mamas are thoroughbreds, the best race horses in the world. 妈妈是纯种马 世界最好的赛马
If you bet on a mama, you always win. 赌马买妈妈决没错
Ta-no D'A-ma-to. The king of Lemons. 塔诺达玛托:柠檬之王
Dan, put your finger here and read. 丹 用手指指着这儿念
T.D. doesn't mean "Thanks Danny". T.D.不是"谢谢丹尼"
Who's this pansy? 这小白脸是谁啊?
That's enough reading for tonight! Too much reading's bad for you! 今天晚上就到这儿吧 书念多了对你不好!
What else is bad, Danny? 还有什么坏的 丹尼?
Everything off the Virginian is bad. 弗吉尼亚号外面的 一切都是坏的
Everything. 一切
They've got sharks on the land that will eat you alive. Be careful! 岸上有大鲨鱼 能把你活吃了 小心!
See this here. 看见这里没?
That was those white sharks, the worst! 就是大白鲨咬的
What's an orphanage? 什么是孤儿院?
It's a big prison where they lock up folks with no kids. 孤儿院就是一个大监狱 专关那些没小孩的人
So if it wasn't for me, they'd put you in an orphanage. 如果没有我 他们就会把你关进孤儿院
You bet, little Lemon. Go to sleep now. 说得没错 小莱蒙 去睡觉吧
On that extraordinary floating city, apart from a father, 在这座非同寻常的海上浮城里 除了父亲
Nineteen Hundred found a whole family made of truly unique people, 1900的家庭成员们 都是些特别的人
like the ship's doctor. 比如船上的医生
Open your mouth, like this. 张开嘴 像这样
Shit! Doctor, what's that hanging from your throat? Are you ill? 靠 医生 你喉咙里吊着什么东西? 你病了吗?
What's your name, doctor? 你叫什么名字 医生?
Dr Klausermanspizwegensdorfentage. 克劳斯曼斯皮齐维根斯多芬塔格
What a name! If they had to call you quickly, they've had it! 这么长的名字! 如果他们有急事找你 可就麻烦了!
That circus of cooks, sailors, radio operators and waiters 厨师们 水手们 话务员们和招待们
all looked after him. 都照料着他
Everyone tried to give him what they thought was a good education. 每个人都想给他他们认为的良好教育
Even the ship's Captain, in his way, ended up being part of the family. 最后连船长都以自己的方式加入到这个大家庭来
Captain Smith, a wise man, had only three defects: 史密斯船长 一个英明神武的人 平生只有三个缺点:
he suffered from claustrophobia, had a horrible fear of drowning 他患有幽闭恐惧症 害怕溺水
and hated sweets. 痛恨甜食
Nineteen Hundred! How many times have I told you not to come up here? 1900 我跟你说过多少次了 不要到这里来
Especially if it's to steal! 尤其是别到这里来偷东西
Put the booty back where you found it and return to your den 把这蛋糕放回原处 回你的小窝去
or I'll send you to the orphanage! 否则我送你去孤儿院
Mr Boodman, this orphan business must come to an end! 布德曼先生 这个小鬼头的事也该有个了断了!
It's even against the law! 甚至都触犯了法律
Fuck the law! 去他妈的法律!
What do you think about in the middle of a storm? 在风暴中央的滋味怎么样啊?
What? Do I think my lawyer should never have been born? 什么? 我是不是觉得 我那个律师就不该活在世上?
Yes, the storm. 是啊 风暴
You bet he was warned, then I blew off his head! 我打算把他的头拧下来!
You think ofjam and bread? 你在想果酱和面包吗
Yes! 是啊
Know what I think, Mick? I think you're crazy! 知道我想什么吗 米克? 我想你是个疯子
I have a baby?! 我有兴趣吗?
Danny, tell Pedro how I cut that lawyer's head off! 丹尼 告诉佩德罗我怎么把律师的头拧掉!
The Waldorf? I've never been there. 沃尔道夫? 我从没去过那儿
The whites would only let me in to clean the shit out the toilets! 那些白人只会让我进去扫厕所
Watch out! 小心!
-Danny! -Run, quickly! -Danny! 丹尼! 快跑!
-Get out the way, let me see. -Call a doctor. -让开 我看看 -叫大夫
The doctor, quickly! 快叫大夫
Danny, don't move. 丹尼 别动
-Hold on! -It's just a pat on the back. -挺住! -只是后背拍了一下
Hang on, the doctor's coming. 坚持住 医生就来了
Doctor Kla-Kla-Klaus... 克劳...克劳...克劳斯
Klaus-Klauserman! 克劳...克劳斯曼!
Klausermanspizwegens... Frischerri... Kemmanschov... 克劳斯曼...皮齐维根斯...多芬塔格医生
Quick on the Trigger was in the lead 快速扳机一马当先
over Holy Shoot and 超过了神圣一击和
Times were Good, 美好时光
Saucy Bossy, 华丽浮雕
Brave Victory, 英勇胜利
Regrets Only, 绝无遗憾
Blue Balls Running, 滚动篮球
and Hurricane over Open Sesame 而飓风超过了芝麻开门
was past the post in Chicago. 越过了芝加哥的标杆
It took three days for old Danny to go. 三天以后 丹尼走了
He let go on the sixth race in Chicago, won by Drinkable Water 他解脱的那天 "饮用水"赢了芝加哥第六场赛事
by two lengths over Vegetable Soup and five over Blue Foundation. 超了"蔬菜汤"两个马位 "篮基地"五个马位
Dr Klausermanspizwegensdorfentage 克劳斯曼·皮齐维根斯·多芬塔格医生
declared that if it hadn't been for the belly laughs, 断言如果丹尼没有捧腹大笑
Danny probably would have survived. 他可能还有机会活下来
But history isn't made of "ifs". The only thing we know for sure 但是历史不是由"如果"构成的 我唯一肯定的事
is that suddenly 就是突然间
Lemon Nineteen Hundred became an orphan for the second time. 莱蒙1900再次沦为孤儿
Music. 音乐
Nineteen Hundred was eight years old then. 1900那年八岁
He'd made the trip between Europe and America about fifty times. 在欧洲和美国之间往返已经不下50次了
The ocean was his home. 大海就是他的故乡
Sure, and his skin was covered with scales and he had fins, not arms! 没错 他的皮肤上覆盖着鱼鳞 身上没有手臂只有鳍吧!
There's nothing to laugh about. It's all true, Pops. 是真的 老爹
You can bet your soul on it. But that's absurd! 千真万确这可太荒谬了
That's right. 是的
He never set foot on dry land. 他从来没有踏上过陆地 从来没有
He'd seen it from the ports many times, but he never got off the ship. 他从舷窗里往外看了很多次 但从未离开过船
The only trouble was that as far as the world knew, he didn't even exist. 唯一问题是 对于整个世界来说 他根本不存在
There wasn't a city, a parish, a hospital, or baseball team 没有任何城市 医院 教区 或者棒球队里
that had his name anywhere. 出现过他的名字
He didn't have a country, a birth date, a family. 他没有国籍 没有生日 更没有家人
He was eight years old, but officially he'd never been born. 虽然他已经八岁了 但按官方说法 他从未出生过
America! 美国!
Kidnapping. 这是绑架
Charges of kidnapping could be brought against you, 如果有一天孩子的亲属出现了
Captain, if one day the boy's kin were to show up. 船长 你就会被控绑架罪
After eight years, I seriously doubt it. 都过了八年了 我深表怀疑
However, I think the time has come to allow the boy to have a normal life. 但 我想现在也该让这孩子过正常的生活了
I've written a personal note I'd like you to give to the orphanage head. 我以私人名义写了一封信 请你转交孤儿院院长
Very well, Captain. Where is the lad? 很好 船长 那小家伙在哪儿?
Boatswain, show these gentlemen the way. 水手长 给先生们带路
Forward! 往前走
Slowly! 慢慢找
Search everywhere, upstairs too. 到处找找 楼上也是
What's in that case? Stop the baggage being off-loaded! 箱子里是什么? 停下搬货 我们要到处找找
-Have you seen a little boy? -No. -你看见个小男孩吗? -没有
22 days later, when the Virginian headed for Rio de Janeiro, 22天以后 当弗吉尼亚号 前往里约热内卢时
Nineteen Hundred hadn't been found and no-one knew anything about him. 1900还是没有被找到 没人知道他的任何消息
Everyone had death in their hearts 每个人心里都非常沉痛
because they had all gotten attached to the little boy, 因为大家都对这个小男孩 产生了依恋之情
although no-one would say so. 尽管他们嘴上都不承认这点
-Captain! Wake up! -Let me sleep. -船长! 醒醒! -让我睡觉
-Come with me, quickly! -Christ! -快跟我来 -天哪!
-Are we sinking? -Worse than that! -船要沉了? -比这还可怕!
-What's his name? -Nineteen Hundred. -他叫什么名字? -1900
-Not the song, the boy. -Nineteen Hundred. -不是曲子 是这孩子 -1900
Like the song! 和曲子一样
Captain Smith would have liked to ask him many questions right then. 此时此刻 史密斯船长有无数问题涌到嘴边
For example: "Where the hell did you learn to play the piano?". 比如"你从什么鬼地方学会弹钢琴的?"
Or: "In what damn hole were you hiding?". 或者"这么长时间你躲到什么窝里去了?"
Or else: "Where in Christ's name are you getting this music from" 又或者"看在上帝的份上 告诉我这些音乐哪儿来的"
"which seems to enter into your veins?". "它们好像在你的血管里"
But he was a man in uniform. 可他穿着制服
He only managed to say: "All of this is against the regulations!". 他只是说"这些是违反规定的"
Fuck the regulations! 去他的规定!
His exact words: "Fuck the regulations!". 他的原话就是 "去他妈的规定"
But I don't understand what the record has to do with any of this. 不过我还是不明白 到底这和唱片有什么关系
You're not the sharpest knife in the drawer, Pops! That's his music. 老爹 你真是蜡烛不点不明啊 这就是他的曲子
The music of Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred, 丹尼·布德曼T.D.莱蒙1900
the greatest ivory tickler on the seven seas. 横跨七大洋最伟大的钢琴师
That's amazing! 太不可思议了!
If that's all true, this record must be worth a fortune. 如果这是真的 这张唱片可值一大笔钱
This record can make us both rich. 这张唱片能让我们都发一笔
That record shouldn't exist. 这唱片本不应存在
The only existing matrix was destroyed right after it was cut. 唯一的一张母盘刚录制完就被销毁了
Well, this is a matrix. 这就是一张母盘
It's one of those that they used for on the spot recording. 最适合用来做现场录音的那种
How did you find it? 你从哪儿找到的
I spent a whole day trying to put the pieces together. 我花了一整天的时间 才把它拼起来的
I found them by accident, hidden inside one of those two pianos. 完全是偶然找到的 就在那架钢琴里面
I bought them from a second-hand dealer 钢琴是从一个二手商那儿买来的
who emptied out an old hospital ship down at Plymouth. 从普利茅斯的一艘老式医用船上清出来的
They're going to destroy it in a couple of days. 他们打算几天后就把它摧毁
What do you mean "destroy"? 什么叫做"摧毁"?
-Where's the old hospital ship? -That's it. -那艘医用船在哪儿? -那边
-Thanks. 谢谢
-Where are you from? -Liverpool. -你从哪儿来? -利物浦
-What's your trade? -I'm a barber. -Sign there. -Thanks. -我是理发师 -在这里签字
Next! What's your trade? 下一个 干什么的?
-I'm a cook, barber, tailor. -Too many things for us, out! -我是厨子 理发师 裁缝 -用不着这么多 快走
-I'm also a good mechanic. -Get out! Next. -我还是个不错的技工 快走!下一个
-What do you do? -I play the trumpet. -干什么的? -吹小号的
We've already got musicians on board. Get out! 船上已经有乐师了 出去!
Next! 下一个
Where the hell's he going? 该死的 他要上哪儿去?
-What was that? -I don't know. -吹的什么? -不知道
When you don't know what it is, it's jazz! 不知道是什么 就是爵士!
Jazz! 爵士!
-What's your name? -Max Tooney. -你叫什么? -迈克斯图尼
Okay! 好 你被雇用了
It was the happiest day of my life. 那是我有生之年最快乐的一天
All those people with hope in their eyes, 所有人的眼中都饱含希望
the goodbyes, the sirens and that floating world starting to move. 伴随着告别和汽笛 这座海上世界开始前行
It felt like one big party just for me. 仿佛是为我而开的一场大型派对
But just three days later the ocean got tired of the festivities. 可仅仅三天以后 大海就厌倦了欢庆
Suddenly, in the middle of the night, it went berserk and hell broke out. 突然 在一个午夜 她就咆哮着打开了地狱之门
Now, a guy blowing a trumpet on a ship 一个在船上吹小号的家伙
can't do much when there's a raging storm. 面对着风暴可是无能为力
Not playing the trumpet is all he can do not to complicate matters. 不再吹号还能让事情简单点儿
But I couldn't bear being down there. 可我也不能忍受呆在自己舱里
The same line kept raging in my head: "He died like a rat". 有句话一直在我脑海里翻腾 "他死得像只老鼠"
And I didn't want to die like a rat. 我可不想死得像只老鼠
Damn it, I'm lost! 该死 我迷路了
Conn, what's the problem? 康恩牌 怎么了?
Have you lost your sea legs? 晕船了?
You're the new trumpet man, aren't you? 你是新来的小号手 对吗?
You blow a Conn, right? 你吹的号是康恩牌的 对吧?
Come with me. I have a cure for your misery. 跟我来吧 我帮你解除痛苦
Follow me. 来吧
-Take the brakes off. -But that's crazy! -把轮锁松开好吗? -什么 你疯了吗!
Trust me. Go on, take them off. 相信我 把轮锁松开
Come and sit near me. 来坐在我边上
-You're really nuts! -Get on now or you never will. -你真是疯了! -快点 要不没机会了
-Tell me, have you got children? -No. -告诉我 你有孩子吗? -没有
Shit, they'll lock you up in an orphanage one of these days! 靠 总有一天他们 会把你关进孤儿院的!
He's nuts. 简直是疯子
-Whoa, mama! -I see you know your horses! -哇 妈妈! -看来你也懂赛马
-A little. -Good man! -我懂一点 -很好!
It was like the sea was rocking us and while we were 好像大海轻摇着我们 顺流飘荡
floating around brushing the lamps and furniture, 任意东西 在家具和灯具间徜徉
I realized that we were dancing 我意识到我们到底在做什么
with the ocean. Perfect, crazy dancers, 我们在与海共舞 完美的 疯狂的舞者
locked in a joyful waltz on the golden parquet of night. 在夜幕下金色大厅中沉醉在欢快的华尔兹里
Oh, yeah! Want some? Cheers! 想来点吗? 干杯!
Hallo, Captain. 晚上好 船长
-Care to go for a ride? -Nineteen Hundred! -想兜风吗? -1900
Who else on this ship would do anything as crazy as this? 在这船上还有谁会这么疯?
I was just experimenting, sir. 我不过是在练习 先生
When I've perfected it, it won't happen again. 如果我技艺精湛了 就不会再发生这样的事故了
For me it's a question of brakes. Fix those and away you go! 是我松开了轮锁 我会把它恢复原样的
-How much will that window cost? -I don't know, it was huge! -那个窗户有多贵? -不知道 很大一扇!
We're going to be shoveling coal on this ship for ever! 看来咱们这辈子都要在这底下挖煤了!
Oh, shit! 哦 靠!
At least you know what you'll be doing when you grow up! 这样起码你知道长大后要做什么了!
You'll shovel lots of coal. 你会铲很多煤!
-Hey, Conn. -What? 嘿 康恩什么?
-You're from New Orleans, right? -How did you know that? -你是新奥尔良人 对吗? -你怎么知道的?
-I love that town. -How come you know it? -我爱那座城市 -你怎么知道?
In the winter it's beautiful. 那里的冬天真是美极了
And in March 到三月
there's always an afternoon, when you least expect it, 在你最意想不到的时候 总有个下午
a roof of fog comes down, a barrier, 大雾席卷而来 就象是一道屏障
that hangs just below the street lamps and cuts everything... 它刚好垂到街灯那么高 将一切拦腰斩断
like a white sword. It's magic! 像一把白剑 真是神奇!
The houses lose their top floors, trees lose their branches, 房子没有了屋顶 树木失去了枝干
St. Louis Cathedral loses its spires and the passers-by their heads. 圣路易大教堂的尖顶也不见了 街上的行人都没有了脑袋
From the neck up, everything disappears. 肩膀以上一切都消失了
All you can see in Jackson Square is a bunch of decapitated bodies, 在杰克逊广场上只能看到 一具具无头尸体走来走去
stumbling about and greeting each other. 撞到一起 他们就问候说
"Everyone fine at home?" "家里人都好吗?"
Wonderful! Too bad it doesn't last long. 真棒!只可惜雾很快散去
But how do you know all these things? 你是怎么知道这些事的?
You know, 说实话
ever since I've been on board, I keep hearing about this guy 自从我上船以来 就不断听到关于一个人的传闻
with a name as long as a Georgia freight train. 他的名字有一列火车那么长
Seems he was born on this ship and hasn't been off it since. 据说他就出生在这船上 从来没有下过船
What a crazy story! Twenty years without ever setting foot on land! 真是疯狂 二十年来从没有上过岸
Twenty-seven, I think. 是二十七年
They say this guy makes music that's never been heard before. 他们说这个人的 音乐人间难得几回闻
I've heard of him, too. 我也听说过
At first, I thought it was you. 起先我还以为是你
-But something didn't add up. -Of course. -但是后来又有些事不对了 -当然
I thought: "If he's Nineteen Hundred, how could he know New Orleans?". 我在想 "如果他是1900 他怎么会了解新奥尔良呢?"
I mean... you've been to New Orleans. 就是说 你去过新奥尔良
If I told you that I'd never set foot in that town, would you believe me? 如果我说我从来没有去过那座城市 你会相信吗?
Whoever you are... Max Tooney. 无论你是谁 迈克斯图尼
Glad to meet you. 认识你很高兴
Hey, you up there! We're supposed to blow it up, 上边的 我们要炸船了
not wait for it to be eaten by the fish! 可不是要把它留在这慢慢喂鱼
We're almost done, just laying the last charges! 差不多完了 还有最后一箱要放
-Where the hell are you going? -I have to look for someone. -你要上去做什么? -我找人
-Do you want trouble? -I can't explain! -你想找麻烦? -我没法解释
What did you want to do? 你想干吗?
You bastards, let me on board! 杂种 让我上去
You bastard! 杂种!
-Can you repeat that? -Sure I'll say it again! -你能再说一遍吗? -我可以再说一遍!
You're not going to blow up anything, 'cause my best friend's on that ship. 你什么都不能炸 我的好朋友还在船上呢
-You'd be responsible for murder. -Get him out of here! -你们要为谋杀负责 -把他赶出去
-Get him out of here! -I'm not crazy, it's true! -快把他给我弄出去 -我不是胡说 是真的
If I say there's a man aboard the Virginian, it means there is! 我说了有就是有!
We cleaned that ship from stem to stern, there's just lots of dynamite. 这条船我们已经彻底清理过了 现在只有炸药
How can there still be a man on board? 你凭什么确定船上有人?
If you've got proof, show it, because I'm the one who throws the switch. 有证据你就拿出来 因为我就是引爆的人
I'm sure he's there. 我肯定他还在那
I spent the best years of my life on the Virginian. 我在弗吉尼亚号上 度过了最美好的时光
Did you find an upright piano in third class? 你在三等舱找到了 立式钢琴吗
The Virginian is the only ship to have a piano in third class. 弗吉尼亚号是唯一一艘在三等舱有立式钢琴的船
Was there or wasn't there an upright piano in third class? 那儿到底有没有立式钢琴?
There was a piano in third class, but it was horizontal. 三等舱确实有架钢琴 不过是水平的
What has any shaped piano got to do with a ghost aboard the ship? 什么形状的钢琴跟船上有没有鬼有他妈的什么关系?
There must be thousands of ghosts on a hospital ship. 在医用船肯定有成千上万只鬼!
Get out of here or I'll call the police! 快滚 要不我叫警察了
Get your hands off me! 别碰我
Amongst all those dead souls is the greatest piano player in the world! 在这些死魂灵中有世界上最伟大的钢琴师
A bloody piano player? 一个该死的钢琴师?
And were you tuning the strings all those years aboard the Virginian? 那些年你都在弗吉尼亚号上调音吗?
-What was I doing on the Virginian? -Yes. -我在弗吉尼亚号上干什么? -是的
What were you doing? 你在船上是干什么的?
I played! 我也在演奏!
Ladies and gentlemen! 女士们 先生们
Fritz Hermann here welcomes you aboard the Virginian 弗里兹·赫尔曼欢迎各位乘坐弗吉尼亚号
and wishes you a pleasant evening with the Atlantic Jazz Band! 祝你们与大西洋爵士乐团 共度美好良宵
Please, Nineteen Hundred, just the normal notes. Okay? 拜托 1900 用正常音调 好吗?
We played because the ocean is big and scary. 我们演奏 因为大海浩瀚骇人
We played so that people wouldn't feel the time passing 我们演奏是为了让他们忘记逝者如斯
and would forget where and who they were. 不知今宵酒醒何处
We played to make them dance, because when you dance you can't die! 我们演奏是为了让他们在爵色魅影间醉生梦死
We played ragtime, because that's the music God dances to, 我们的拉格泰姆节奏连上帝都会起舞
when nobody's watching him, assuming that God is black... 在没有人看到祂时 想象下上帝也是黑人!
End of the line, boys! 循规蹈矩结束了
Jesus, I must be a real sinner. Is that it, God? 我一定是个十恶不赦的罪人 是吗 上帝?
This is music! Go ahead! 这才是音乐
But it was in third class that Nineteen Hundred played his music. 但是在三等舱 1900才会演奏属于自己的音乐
He'd go in the afternoons or late at night, 他会在下午和晚间演奏
when he didn't have to play the "normal" notes. 在这个时候他不用正常音调
And his music was made of notes that were everything but normal. 他的音乐充斥的是不普通的音符
What the hell do you think about when you play? 你演奏的时候到底在想什么
What do you look at? Where does your mind go while you hit the keys? 手在琴键上 但是心思在哪?
Last night I was in a beautiful country. 昨晚是在一个美丽的国家
The women had perfumed hair and everything glowed. 女人发梢香气四溢 阳光明媚
It was full of tigers. 到处都是老虎
He traveled and each time he ended up in a different place: 他的思绪在旅行 而又每一次都会到达不同的地方
the heart of London, on a train in the middle of the country, 伦敦市中心 乡间飞驰的火车
on the edge of a giant volcano, 烈焰熊熊的火山边
in the biggest church in the world counting the columns and staring up at the crucifixes. 或在世界最大的教堂尖顶下 数着石柱 瞻仰圣容
He traveled. 他的思绪在旅行
Hey, man, play us a tarantella! 嘿 老兄 给我们来个旋转舞曲
Tell me how the tarantella goes, man! 好吧 不过先要告诉我 它什么旋律 老兄!
The people getting off the ship would talk about a strange music 下了船的人们还会谈论 这趟奇怪的音乐之旅
and a pianist who looked like he had four hands, he was so fast. 以及这个快得似乎有 四只手的钢琴师
Weird tales circulated, some even true. 关于他的传说 众说纷坛 不一而足
Like the one about Wilson, an American senator, 象美国的威尔森参议员
who used to travel in third class 他以前老是坐三等舱
to hear the music of Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred. 为的就是聆听丹尼·布德曼T.D.莱蒙1900的乐曲
America! 美国到了
Why did you stop? Please, continue. 为什么停下来? 请继续
I'm sorry, Senator, I only play on the open sea. 对不起 参议员 我只能在海上弹
-But that's absurd. -Ports are land. -这真荒谬 -港口也是陆地
-I don't play on land. -You've never gone on tour? -我从不在陆地上弹 -你从来没有做过巡演
What does that mean? 那是什么?
Long trips on which artists... 那是一种环球演出
-display their talents around the world. -That's all I do. -艺术家们周游世界展示 他们的才华 -我一直如此
In my own way. Excuse me. 以我自己的方式 失陪
Would you grant me an interview? 你愿意接受我的采访吗
-An inter...what? -An interview. -采...什么? -采访?
What's that? 那是什么?
The senator asks: "What do you like to do when you go back home?". 参议员问个你 回家后想做什么?
Nineteen Hundred: "In Paris I love to wait at sunset," 1900说:在巴黎我最喜欢在埃菲尔铁塔下
"under the Eiffel tower, for the people who throw themselves off" 等待日落 看着人们 褪去了面具
"and try to guess by their screams what country they're from" 凭他们的尖叫来判断他们来自哪个国家
"before they go splat all over the ground". 在他们"啪"地掉在地上前
Why don't you get offjust once? Why not? Just for once! 为什么不下船看看? 一次 就一次
Why not see the world for yourself with your own eyes? 亲眼去看看外面的世界
Have you ever thought about it? You could do anything you wanted. 考虑过吗? 你可以随心所欲
You play the piano like a god, people would go crazy for you. 你演奏得像神 人们会为你疯狂的
You could make lots of money and buy yourself a nice house. 你肯定能赚大钱的 伙计 买栋豪宅
You could have a family. Why not? 成个家 想想吧?
You can't spend the rest of your life traveling back and forth like this. 你不能一辈子在船上漂泊
The world's out there. There's just a gangplank to go down. 世界就在外面 只隔着一块跳扳
What's a gangplank? Just a few stupid steps. 你只需要走上几小步
Christ, everything's waiting at the bottom of those steps! 一切都在跳板的另一头等着你呢
Why don't you just get off? 为什么不试一试?
At least once. 就一次
At least once. Why don't you get off? 为什么不下船呢?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? 为什么? 为什么? 为什么?
Why? Why? Why? 你问我为什么
I think you land people 我想你们岸上的人
waste a lot of time asking yourselves why. 把时间都浪费在问为什么了
Winter comes and you can't wait for summer 冬天刚到就等不及夏天
and in summer you live in dread of winter. 夏天来到又害怕冬天的降临
You're always chasing some place you aren't, where it's always summer. 总是在寻找不属于你的四季如夏的世外桃源
Doesn't sound good to me. 我想这并不适合我
Hold it! Stop everything! 停下 大家都停下!
-Tell them to unhook the detonators. -Unhook them! -叫他们拆下引信 -拆下引信!
You'd better pray that we find someone hidden here, 你最好祈祷能在这儿找到什么人
even somebody who can mistake a three-legged cockroach for a piano! 甚至有些家伙会把三脚蟑螂都当成钢琴的
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack! 这真象是在大海捞针啊
Come here, sir. 过来 先生
This was his cabin. 这就是他的舱室
Forgive me for allowing myself in, 原谅我不请自来
but your music was so strong. 不过你的音乐实在太有感染力了
Northern Italy, I'll bet. 我打赌你是意大利北部人
Well done! Friuli, to be exact. 真厉害 准确的说是弗路里人
But don't stop playing. 别停啊
Want a butt? 来一根?
You don't look happy about going to America. 去美国 你似乎不像别人那么兴奋
It's not America. 不是因为美国
It's everything I'm leaving behind. 我只是想念过去
Until a few years ago, my field was the only thing I knew. 几年以前 我还只知道种地
The world started and ended there, in that piece of land. 对于我来说 整个世界都在那块土地上
I'd never walked down the main street of a town. 我从来没有在城里的大街上走过
Maybe you can't understand that. 也许你根本不理解
I understand that perfectly. 我完全可以理解
I know someone who went through something very similar. 我认识个人 跟你经历相似
One fine day did his field go dry, too? 难道他的耕地也完全干透了?
Did his wife run off with a priest? 难道他的老婆也跟牧师私奔了?
Did the fever take his five children? 难道他的5个孩子也死于热病?
-No, but he ended up alone, too. -Then I'm luckier than him. -不 但他也是孤独终老 -那他比我幸运
I still have a daughter, the youngest one. 我还有个女儿 最小的一个
She survived. 她幸存了下来
It's for her that one day I decided to fight my bad luck. 为了她 我才决定和坏运气斗一斗
I traveled the world without a destination. 我开始四处漂泊
Then one day, when going through one of the many towns I never knew, 有一天 当我照旧穿过 陌生的城市时
I came to a hill, I climbed to the top and I saw... 我爬上了一个山丘 在那我见到了
My God! The most beautiful thing in my life. 这一生中最美丽的东西
The sea! 大海!
-The sea? -The sea. -大海? -大海
I'd never seen it before. 我以前从没见过大海
I was like being hit by lightening, 感觉就像被闪电击中
because I heard its voice. 因为我听到了海的声音
-The voice of the sea? -Yes. -海的声音? -对
The voice of the sea. 大海的声音
I've never heard it. 我从没有听到过
It's like a huge shout, the voice of the sea, 海的声音就像是在呐喊
that screams and screams and what it screams is: 不断地呐喊 它喊道
"You!". 你!
"Men with shit in your brains!" 脑子就是一团浆糊
"Life is immense! Can you understand that?" 人生无限! 你明白了吗?
"Immense." 无限!
I'd never thought about it. I had a revolution in my head. 我从来没有考虑过 我的想法一下就变了
That's how I suddenly decided to change my life, 就这样 我下决心改变生活
to start afresh. 从头开始
Change life, start afresh. 改变生活 从头开始
Tell that to your friend. 把这告诉你朋友
It's Max Tooney, your friend. 我是迈克斯图尼 你的朋友
Come out, Nineteen Hundred, I'm a friend, too! 1900 我也是朋友
Even if we've never met. Don't worry, no cops! 虽然我们没见过 别担心 没警察
Where was this piano exactly? 那架钢琴是在哪里找到的?
-It was... -It was over there, sir. -在... -就在那边
Ladies and gentlemen! 女士们 先生们
Fritz Hermann welcomes you aboard the Virginian 弗里兹·赫尔曼欢迎各位乘坐弗吉尼亚号
and wishes you a pleasant evening with the Atlantic Jazz Band! 祝你们与大西洋爵士乐团 共度美好良宵!
On violin, your own Fritz Hermann! 小提琴手 比尔道格拉斯
On bass, Freddy Loyacano! 低音大号 弗雷迪罗亚加诺
Max Tooney on trumpet! 小号手 迈克斯图尼
Jim Jim Breath Gallup on trombone! 长号手 吉姆布雷索
Sam Scalisi on the drums! 鼓手 卡里西亚
On saxophone, Sam Sleepy Washington! 萨克斯风 山姆华盛顿
On banjo, Oscar Delaguerra! 五弦琴手 奥斯卡德拉古拉
And finally, on piano, Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred! 最后 让我向你们介绍钢琴师 丹尼·布德曼T.D.莱蒙1900
The greatest! 我们的大师
-I'll ask you once more, just... -the normal notes, I know. -我再说一遍 只要... -只要正常音调 我知道
What are you doing here? Take your places! Schnell! 你们在这干吗? 回座位去!
End of the line, sirs! 循规蹈矩结束了
You've really got it in for me, you son of a dirty nigger! 你真把我气坏了 你这黑鬼养大的杂种
One night the public's not going to appreciate your antics. 只要有一天他们听腻了 你这套鬼把戏
That night, I swear, Nineteen Hundred, 就在当晚 我发誓
I'll have you thrown overboard! 我会亲手把你扔海里的!
-Where do you get it from? -What? -从哪儿学来的? -什么?
-The music. -I don't know. -那些音乐? -我也不知道
See that woman over there? 快看那边的那位女士
She looks like someone who, with her lover, has just killed her husband 她看起来好像和情人 串通谋杀亲夫
and is running off with the family jewels. 现在正夹带家里的珠宝潜逃
-Don't you think this music's her? -Sure, that's right! -这旋律适合她 -千真万确!
And see that guy over there? 看那边那个男的
He looks like someone who can't forget. 他无法忘记过去
His head is bursting with memories, but he can't forget anything. 心中思绪万千 却无法释怀
Listen to his music. 听听他的音乐
And her? 她呢?
Couldn't she be a prostitute who's thinking of becoming a nun? 她好像是要遁入空门妓女
Incredible! 真不可思议
Now, look at this one. 再看这个
See how he walks? 看看他走路的姿势
It looks like he's wearing someone else's suit by the way he wears it. 瞧他穿着的样子 像是这套衣服是别人的
I'd say he's a stowaway slipped into first class 我想这个人是个偷渡客 混迹头等舱
for a little amorous adventure. He's got America in his eyes. 寻找不可思议的爱情 他的眼中散发着美国梦
He'll be the first one to see it. I can already hear him screaming. 他肯定是第一个看到美国的 我好像已经听到他的喊声了
Nineteen Hundred knew how to read! 1900懂得怎么解读
Not books, anybody can do that. 不是指书本 这人人都会
He knew how to read the signs that people carry on them: 他能参透他们的举手投足
places, sounds, scents, 他们的阶层 声音 气味
their land, their story, everything written on them. 他们的故乡 他们的故事 他们一切的印记
He would read and, with infinite care catalogue, organize, and make order 他可以解读 通过不断地 观察 分析 组织
in that immense map that he was drawing in his mind. 并在自己的脑海里绘制一幅巨大的地图
Maybe he'd never seen the world, 或许他没有亲历其境
but for almost 30 years the world had been passing on that ship. 三十年 他的世界都在船上渡过
And for almost 30 years on that ship, he'd been spying on it 这三十年来 在船上他对世界冷眼旁观
and he would steal its soul. 却得其神髓
America! 美国到了!
I went into her room, she jumped on me 我去到她房间 她跳到我身上
-and I tore her clothes off. -Oh, go on! -我扯开她的衣服 -继续!
-Do you always make up this crap during the trip? -Sure! -你总是这样扯淡吗? -当然!
Singleton Lee Claire. 单身 李克莱尔
Hallo? 你好?
You don't know me, but I wondered if we might have a little chat. 你不认识我 但我们能不能聊聊天?
A little chat? What are you talking about? 聊聊天? 聊什么?
About anything you like, weather conditions, anything you choose. 你喜欢什么 天气? 随你聊什么
Go to hell! 去死!
Hallo? 你好?
-Is that the race-track? -Yeah, you betting? -是赛马场吗? -是啊 你要下注吗?
-Can you tell me if Mama's racing? -No, it's your sister! It's that jerk that... -能告诉我"妈妈"参加比赛吗? -不 你姐姐倒是参加了
-I think there's a misunderstanding. -Shove it up your ass! -我想有点误会 -滚一边去!
The telephone should bring out the best in people. 电话里的人该是彬彬有礼的
I'll bring out the best in you! I know who you are! If you don't stop calling, I come over and kill you! 我知道你是谁 如果你再敢打来 我就宰了你
Christ, he's already here! 天哪 他来了!
Hey! Are you the guy with that frigging difficult name? 嘿 你就是那个名字怪不拉叽的家伙?
Come on out, 出来
I'm talking to you. 我只是想和你说件事
Stop! Catch him! Catch him! Stop! Stop! Where are you going? 站住 这他妈的是什么鬼地方
-Hold still! -Stop, you idiot! 站住站住 你这个傻B
-We don't want to hurt you. -Come on out! Where are you? 出来 我们不是来害你的 出来呀
Are you the one that plays ten kinds ofjazz rolled into one? 你就是那个传说中能把十种爵士风格融合为一的那个人吗?
To tell the truth I've never counted them, I'm just a piano player. 说实话 我没有数过 我只不过是个钢琴师
-It's him. -Well, you'd better start counting. -是他 -你最好开始数数吧
The man who invented jazz sent us here. 爵士乐的创始人派我们来找你
-And what does he want from me? -He challenges you to a piano duel! -真的 他找我干吗? -他要和你用钢琴决斗
A piano duel? 钢琴决斗?
What the hell is a piano duel? 见鬼 什么是钢琴决斗?
It's a duel, with pianos instead of pistols. 就是钢琴代替手枪进行的决斗
It's a musicians thing. No blood, just a little hate. 非关暴力 只斗音乐 只不过是一点嫉恨
Real hate, under the skin. It riffs like you never heard. 骨子里的真正仇恨 你闻所未闻
It could last all night and at the end one would win. 只斗一个晚上 最后决出胜负
If I were you, I wouldn't be so sure he's still here. 如果我是你 我就不是 那么肯定他还在这
If I know him at all, he won't be any place else. 我很了解他 他不会去别的地方
I'm sure of that. 我确信这点
He must have gone. What would he have done here without a piano? 他或许已经走了 没有钢琴他呆在这儿干吗
Besides, with the war, who knows? 况且 还经历了大战 天知道
He might not even be any longer in this dirty world. 或许他已经离开了 这个肮脏的世界
Someone like him doesn't end up like everyone else. 象他这样的人 不会是普通人那样的结局
-It's not his style. -Think what you like, -这不是他的风格 -随你怎么想
but I can't ask the owners to keep this carcass going 可我不能再以莫须有的理由请求船主
just because someone who doesn't exist is on board. I can't delay it. 把这堆度铜烂铁留在岸上 事不宜迟
Nineteen Hundred, it's Max! I have to talk to you! 1900 我是迈克斯 我得和你谈谈
-How did the duel end up? -It was in Boston, -决斗结果怎样? 那是在波士顿
the summer of 1931. Jelly Roll Morton boarded the Virginian, 1931年的夏天 杰理罗莫顿登上弗吉尼亚号
dressed entirely in white, wearing a diamond as big as a meatball. 一身雪白 戴着肉丸子般大的钻石
Even the garters on his socks were diamond studded! 甚至吊袜带上也镶着钻石
Jelly Roll, what's the reason for a trip to Europe on a steamer? 杰理罗 此次欧洲之行的目的何在?
Till now, you've only gone up and down the Mississippi! 你之前好像只来回过密西西比
I don't give a damn about Europe! 欧洲关我鸟事
The only reason I'm going on this crappy ship is to meet a guy 我之所以要上这艘破船 只是想要拜会一个人
they say tunes a good piano! 据说他的琴出神入化
But I also heard that he doesn't want to set foot on land. 但是我还听说他从来不上岸
-Is he talking about me? -Sure he is. -他是在说我吗? -是的 他是在说你
One day some asshole says to me: 一天 一个混蛋对我说
"Hey, Jelly, there's someone who plays the piano better than you!". 嘿 杰瑞 他弹起琴来 可是比你强多了
So I say to myself: "Shit! How come this guy plays so good" 我就对自己说 靠! 他到底是何方神圣
"when he doesn't even have the balls to get off the boat?". 没种上岸 还弹得一手好琴?
"Damn it, Jelly, you were the one who invented jazz!" 该死的 是杰瑞你发明了爵士!
Then I say to myself: "You can afford to buy a first class ticket!". 然后我对自己说 反正 我买得起一张头等舱的船票
"You can even buy the ship just by raising your little finger." 甚至动动指头 就能买下整艘船
Get a shot of it, boys! 来张照片 伙计们!
-Tell the truth, are you scared? -I don't know. -老实说 怕不怕? -我不知道
Why a duel? What happens when you have a duel? 为什么决斗? 结果会怎么样?
It seemed like he really didn't care much, 他好像对此不以为意
like he didn't even understand it. But he was curious. 他好像不太明白 他只是很好奇
He wanted to hear how the devil the inventor ofjazz played. 他想听听这个爵士 发明人弹得究竟如何
He wasn't kidding. He really believed that the guy invented jazz. 他全然相信了那个 家伙发明了爵士
I believe he thought that he could learn something new. 我想他以为籍此能学到点新东西
That's just how he was, a bit like old Danny. 他一贯如此 有点像老丹尼
He didn't have any sporting sense. 他没有竞争的体育精神
He didn't give a damn who won, it was the rest that amazed him! 他不在乎结局 是其他的东西吸引他
He's black! 是真的!
I believe you're sitting in my seat. 我相信这个座位是我的
-You're the one that invented jazz? -That's what they say. -你就是发明爵士的人吗 -别人都这么说
And you're the one who can't play unless the ocean's under your ass? 你就是屁股下面坐着大海才能弹琴的人 对吗?
That's what I say. 我就这么说
Jelly Roll Morton didn't play, he caressed those notes. 杰里罗莫顿不是在弹琴 是在爱抚音符
It was like a slip sliding down a woman's body. 像是滑过女性的娇躯
His hands were butterflies, so light. 他的手如蝴蝶般轻柔
He started off in the brothels in New Orleans, learning to stroke the keys. 他在新奥尔良妓院发迹 学会这样弹奏
People making love upstairs didn't want any uproar. 人们在楼上做爱 可不想听激烈的音乐
They wanted music that would slip behind the curtains, under the beds, 而是那种在帷幔和床第间游走
without disturbing. He played that music there. 可又不扰人的音乐 这就是他的风格
And in that, he truly was the best. 就此而言 他绝对是最出色的
It's your turn, sailor. 该你了 水手
Go on. 加油
What's he doing? 他想干什么
He's nuts! 他疯了吗!
Is it Christmas? 到圣诞了吗?
-Did he win? -No, they're just warming up. -他赢了吗? -不 他们还在热身
Bravo! 太棒了
-What's up, Nineteen Hundred? -This music makes me cry. -怎么了 1900? -这旋律让我动情
The whole crew bet on you! 大家都买你赢!
I put a year's pay on the line and you're crying?! 我押了一年的薪水 你却在这多愁善感
Just stop it and start thinking about your music! 你清醒清醒 给我好好地弹琴
-Can I bet, too? -Betting on yourself isn't sporting. -我能押吗? -不能 买自己是要倒运的
But I want to bet on him! He's terrific. 我不想买我自己! 他太棒了 我要押他
-You're crazy! -But if you lose, I'll give it back. -你又疯了 知道吗! -如果你输了 我可以把赢的钱还给你
It's the same music that the other one played. 这不是刚才那首曲子吗?
We've already heard this! 我们已经听过了
He's fooling around. 他在耍我们
-Did he lose? -Not yet. -他输了吗? -目前还没有
Well done, Nineteen Hundred! 太棒了
Stick this up your ass! 我要让你输得屁滚尿流
Hey, Max! 迈克斯?
-Give me a cigarette, will you? -You're not doing too well! -给我根烟好吗? -你可干得不妙啊
-Just give me a cigarette. -You don't smoke! -先给我一支烟 -你又不抽!
What's wrong with you? You could lick this guy with one hand! Come on! 你到底是怎么了? 你一只手都能弹赢他! 加油啊
-Pardon me, I didn't catch that. -I didn't say anything. -对不起 我没听清 -我什么都没说 先生
Bravo! 太好了!
-Where's this cigarette? -We'll be shoveling coal forever! -And you can just say... -你到底给不给? -我们注定又要铲上几百年的煤! -你还在说....
Just give me a fucking cigarette! 快他妈给我支烟好吗?
Clown! Enough! Out! Listen carefully. 你自找的 混蛋
You smoke it. I don't know how. 你抽吧 我不抽
Well done! Bravo! You're the greatest! Divine! 太好了! 太棒了!
-Did he win? -Yes, he won. -他赢了? -是的 他赢了
I knew he would! 我就知道他会赢!
Jelly Roll Morton spent the rest of that trip locked in his cabin. 余下的日子 杰里罗莫顿都是把自己锁在船舱里
When we got to Southampton, he got off the ship and returned to America. 一到南安普敦 他就下船回美国了
I remember Nineteen Hundred watched him as he walked off the dock 我还记得1900目送他走下舷梯的时候
and all he said was... Fuck jazz, too! 只说了一句 "去他妈的爵士!"
That's just what he said: "Fuck jazz, too!". 他就是这么说的 "去他妈的爵士!"
-What an incredible story! -Did I miss anything important? -这可真是个神奇的故事 -我是不是错过什么了?
-You could say that! -Damn! -当然是 -该死的!
-He'll fill you in later. -You bet! -Thank you! -别担心 他回头会给你补上的 -包在我身上
He's really good at telling tales. 这故事编的可真不错
This is no tale, my friend! 嘿 先生 这可不是编的
Sure, I've done lots of stupid things in my life. 的确 这辈子我做了不少傻事
If you were to hang me upside down, nothing would fall out of my pockets. 把我倒吊起来 一个子儿也掉不出来
I even sold my trumpet. Everything! 我甚至卖掉了我的小号 所有一切!
But not this story, I haven't lost that! 只剩下这个故事 我还没有失去它
I've decided to tell it only because I want to save him. 我决定把它说出来 仅仅是为了救他的命
But there's no-one here. Nobody! Understand? 可这里根本没人 一个人都没有! 明白吗?
It's because there are too many of us, we've scared him. 因为我们的人太多了 吓着他了
That's enough. Now, you leave this ship or I'll have you arrested. 很遗憾 马上离开这条船 否则我就要报警了
Get back to work. Quickly! 回去干活 快点
-Give me one more chance. -Get lost, buddy! -再给我一次机会吧 -别烦我 朋友
At sunrise tomorrow this ship gets blown up! And yet...Here it is! 明天中午这条船就消失了
Stop or I'll shoot! 在这儿别动 不然就开枪了
-I've got you. -Hey, it's me. -抓住你了 -嘿 是我
Don't you recognize me? 没认出我吗?
-Oh, it's you! -Yeah. Lower that canon, will you? -原来是你! -对 先把枪放下好吗?
Sell your instrument and then steal it back, that's an old trick! 先把小号卖给我然后再偷回去 太老套了
-I should have known you're a thief. -No, I was looking for this. -我早该料到你是个贼 -不 我是在找这个
-What do you need that for? -It's a matter of life or death. -你要它干什么? -人命关天
-I need a gramophone, too. -A thief and a liar! -我还得借台留声机 -偷东西还说谎
-Pops, I don't have time to lose! -I do, seeing as I have a gun! -老爹 我的时间可不多了 -我有时间 还有一把枪
Now that I think of it, since when were records made on board a ship? 我想起来了 从没听有人在轮船上灌过唱片
Impostor! 胡说八道的家伙
If your friend really did play that music, then he got off the ship! 如果弹琴的真是你的朋友 那他肯定下过船
-Right? -Impossible, Pops! -对不对? -根本不是 老爹
Nineteen Hundred cut this recording personally, 这张唱片是他自己亲手毁的
which for me is one of his very best works, 我认为这是他的杰作
but to do it he didn't jump ship, not even a minute. 但他绝对没有下过船 一秒钟也没有
It was an extraordinary, unique event in the history of record-making. 这是唱片史上非同凡响的一刻
You can't imagine the advantages you'll obtain 未来充满了机遇 1900先生
if this record sells. You'll become famous, Mr Nineteen. 如果这张唱片热销的话 我想它就会... 不 你就会前途无量
-Can I call you Nineteen? -Is it painful? -我以后就叫你19好吗? -这会不会很疼?
Right, gentlemen, silence please. On the count of three. 一切就绪 请安静 数到3
One, two, three. 1 2 3 开始
Wonderful, Mr Nineteen! An absolutely extraordinary piece. 太精彩了! 19先生! 实在是太动听了
Divine music! What's it called? 天籁之音 它叫什么?
It's going to have people crying buckets. 人们会痛哭流涕的
It's got to have the right title, like: "Swinging in the Breeze..." 要选个动听的名字 比如"随风摇摆"
You were great, as usual. 很好 一如既往
You're going to be big time. 你一定会大红特红的
If only you'd decide to take the big step. 你要做的 就是迈出那一步
-The big step? -Getting off! -迈出哪步? -下船哪!
Getting off these lousy planks and going after... 离开这破木板 去追求....
Going after fame and fortune. 去追名逐利
But if you wanted, thanks to our record company, with this, 请恕我冒昧 伙计们 但是有了它
you could have the success you deserve without leaving this ship. 你根本无需下船 你就可以获得你想要的一切
We'll print millions of copies. 我们会发行上百万张的拷贝
The whole world will be able to listen to your wonderful music, Nineteen. 全世界的人都能欣赏到你美妙的音乐 19
Mr Nineteen? 19先生?
I won't let my music go anywhere without me. 我不会让我的音乐离开我
-Hey, no! Don't touch! -What are you doing? Is he mad? -别动它! -你干什么? 不能那样
We have a contract, you can't go back now! 我们有合同 你不能反悔!
I always go back. 我总是反悔
Miss, 小姐
I'd be pleased if you... 如蒙你
Miss, I'd be... 小姐 我会....
I'd be pleased 我会很高兴
if you would accept 如蒙你接受
this small token... 这微薄之礼
Hey, Padovan! What are you doing there all alone, counting the waves? 你在这儿干什么呢? 数海浪吗?
The captain says we'll soon go through the Tropic of Cancer. 船长说我们就要跨越北回归线了
At last there'll be something to see. 至少我们有风景看了
Did you see how many times the sea changes color? Ten times a day! 海的颜色 一天变十次
Even more. I could stay and watch it for days. 甚至更多 我可以整天这样看看它
The peasants don't watch the sea at all. They're scared. 农民从来不敢看海 因为他们害怕 我听说是这样的
That's not true. 这不对
My father told me once that he heard the voice of the sea. 有一次 我父亲告诉 我他听到了海的声音
Really? And what did it say? 真的吗? 他说什么?
I can't tell you, it's a secret. 我不能说 这是秘密
-Secrets should be kept. -It's pouring. Let's go, quickly! -秘密就不能公开 -雨越来越大了 咱们还是进去吧
Come on! 对 我们走吧
America! 美国!
Damn it, I wanted to say it! 妈的 我想说的!
Excuse me. 让一下
Sorry. 对不起
Miss! 小姐!
Excuse me, Miss. 对不起 小姐
I have to talk to you. 我有话要对你说
-You're meeting your father, aren't you? -Yes. -你来找你父亲 是吗? -是的
-How did you know? -I think I met him. -你怎么知道? -我想我们见过面
On this ship, quite a few years ago. 在船上 几年以前
-I don't know if he took this ship. -I'm sure it was this one. -我不能肯定他坐的是这条船 -我可以肯定
Did he have an accordion? 他有个小风琴 对吗?
We played together. 我们还合奏过
I don't know if he'd remember me, but say hello to him. 也许他已经忘了 不过请代我问候他
All right, I will. 我会的
But how did you know who I was? It's very strange. 但是你是怎么认出我的? 真奇怪
It's a secret. 这是个秘密
And secrets should be kept. 秘密就不能公开
Even if I think your father felt differently then. 尽管你父亲当初肯定不这么想
-Move on, let me through. -Don't push! 快点 快点! 照这个速度 一星期也下不完
I'd be really pleased if you would accept... 我请你收下这份....
What? 对不起 我听不见
I would like you to accept this small musical... token. 我想请你收下这份音乐的礼物
-Good luck! -Thank you. Good luck to you, too! -祝你好运! -谢谢 也祝你好运
Come and visit some day. We live on Mott Street, number 27. 也许你可以来看我们 我们住在莫特街27号
-My father opened a fish shop. -Maybe! -我父亲开了一家鱼店 -也许吧
He never mentioned her to me again, and I never asked, 他再也没有提起过那个姑娘 我也没再问过
at least not for the next twelve crossings. 至少在随后的12次穿行里
Besides, he was happy, as always. 他又恢复了无忧无虑
His popularity was at its peak. 受欢迎的程度也达到了顶峰
None of us could have imagined what was smoldering beneath his happiness. 我们没人意识到 他的快乐下郁积着什么
Then, one evening in spring, halfway between Genoa and New York, 在一个春天的晚上 当船行驶在热那亚到纽约的途中
right in the middle of the ocean, 就在海中央
the painting fell. -Meaning? 墙上的画掉了下来 -什么墙上的画?
Pops, have you ever asked yourself why paintings fall? 老爹 你有没有想过 为什么墙上的画会掉下来?
No, not really. 没有 真没想过
I've always been impressed by this thing about paintings. 这样的事总会吓我一跳
-What's the painting got to do with this? -It does. -可这跟你的朋友有什么关系? -有关系
For Nineteen Hundred, that night went the way it does for paintings! 对1900来说 那晚就像是一幅画突然从墙上掉下来了
They hang there for years and then, without any warning... 它经年累月地挂在墙上 毫无预兆地....
They fall. 它就掉下来了
They're hanging there on that nail, no-one touches them, 没人碰过墙上的那个钉子
but at a certain point... 可突然 在某个时间点上
Down they fall, in absolute silence. 它掉下来了 悄无声息地掉下来了
With everything perfectly still around them. 而周围的一切 完全没有动过
Not even a fly moving around. 甚至连只苍蝇都没飞过
And they... 然后...
There's no reason. Why in that instant? 毫无道理的 为什么会在此时此刻?
Who knows? 谁知道?
What happens to a nail 挂着画的钉子
to make it decide that it just can't any more? 再也支持不住了吗?
Does he have a soul, too, poor thing? 这个可怜的小东西也会有感觉吗?
-Does he make decisions? -Let's sit down. -是钉子决定要画掉下来吗? -坐下 坐下说
Did the nail discuss this at length with the painting? 它是不是和画讨论过?
Were they unsure about doing it? Had they talked about it for years? 它们也不确定这么做? 它们讨论了很多年吗?
Did they then decide on a date, a time, a minute, a precise instant? 然后它们决定了 在某日某时某分就在某一刻吗?
Or did they both know about it from the start? Was it all set up? 又或者它们一开始就知道了? 一切命中注定?
"I'm letting go in seven years!" "That's fine with me." "我七年后就让它掉下来" "我没问题"
"So it's all set for 13th May!" "Okay!" "那就定在5月13号" "好的"
"How about twelve noon?" "Make it twelve forty-five." "正午12点怎么样?" "不如12点45"
"All right!" "So good night." "好吧" "那 晚安"
Seven years later, on 13th May, 于是7年以后 5月13号
at twelve forty-five... 12点45
It's impossible to understand. 真令人费解
It's one of those things that it's better not to think about. 这种事情还是 少琢磨为好 要不会发疯
When paintings fall, when you wake up one morning and you don't love her, 画掉了 你一天清早起来发现她不再爱你
when you open a newspaper and read that war has broken out, 打开报纸 发现战争已经爆发了
when you see a train and want to leave, 看见火车 就想离开此地
when you look in a mirror and realize you're old, 看着镜中的自己 意识到你老了
when one evening, in the middle of the ocean, Nineteen Hundred 同样如此 一天晚上 在海的中央 1900
looks up from his plate, looks me in the eye and... 突然抬起头来 盯着我的眼睛说
Tomorrow, in New York, I'm leaving this ship. 明天 在纽约 我要下船
I was flabbergasted. 我大惊失色
Has the cat got your tongue? 猫把你舌头吃了?
No, I'm pleased. 没有 我太高兴了
But it's so sudden! Just like that! 但太突然了
Right, just like that! 对 太突然了
Good! Finally! 好兄弟 太棒了
I have to see something over there. 我要下去看样东西
-What? -The ocean. -什么? -大海
-The ocean? -The ocean. -大海? -对 大海
You're pulling my leg? You've seen nothing else for 32 years. 你逗我玩吧? 你生下来到现在 除了海就没看过别的
From here! I want to see it from there, it's not the same thing. 在这儿和在那儿看 肯定不一样
Wait till we dock, lean over the side and take a good look! 那就等靠了岸 靠到船边上好好看
It's not the same thing. You can hear its voice from the land. 不 不是的 岸上能听到它的声音
You can't from a ship. 船上可听不到
-What do you mean "hear its voice?" -Its voice. -什么 你说什么声音? -海的声音
The voice is... more than a big scream. 就象是...在呐喊
It tells you that life is immense. 告诉你人生是无限的
Once you've heard it, you know what you have to do to go on living. 你一旦听到 就明白自己的 生命应该如何渡过
I could stay here for years, 如果我留在这儿
but the sea wouldn't tell me anything. 也就听不到海的声音了
But if I get off, live on land for a couple of years, I'd be normal, 如果我下船 在岸上生活几年以后
like all the others. 变得和别人一样
Then one day I'll leave, get to a coast, 也许有一天 我会离开 到海边
look up, see the ocean and I'll hear it scream. 再一次倾听它的呐喊
I don't know who's been bullshitting you, or if you're making it up, 我不知道你是听谁瞎扯的 还是你自己编的
but I think the real reason you want to leave this ship 不过想知道我怎么看吗? 我看你想下船的真正原因
is that girl. 是那个姑娘
It's always a girl. 英雄难过美人关
But even if that's not the reason, it's fine with me. Know why? 但即便不是这样 我也替你高兴
I've always wanted you to get off and play for the people on land, 因为我一直希望你能离开这条船把音乐帝给岸上的人
and marry a nice woman and have children, 娶得贤妻 养群孩子
and all those things in life which perhaps aren't immense 所有这些 虽然不是你说的那样无限
but are worth the effort. 但都值得去尝试
You'll come and visit me, Max, on land? 你会来看我 是吗 迈克斯?在岸上?
Sure I will. 当然
That way you'll introduce me to the mother of your children. 你会把我介绍给孩子们的母亲
And invite me to lunch. 还邀请我星期天去吃午餐
I'll bring the dessert and a bottle of wine. 我带着甜品 一瓶酒
You'll tell me that I shouldn't have bothered and, 你说我太客气了
while you're showing me around your house, shaped like a ship, 然后你领着我参观你的家 外形像条船
your wife will be cooking a turkey. Then we'll sit at the table. 等你妻子烤好了火鸡 我们围看桌子坐下
I'll tell her she's an excellent cook 我会称赞她厨艺惊人
and she'll tell me that you often talk about me. 她会告诉我 你平时总是念叨我
I want to give you my camel coat. 我要把我的驼绒大衣送给你
You'll cut a fine figure when you get down there. 你穿着它上岸 肯定显得更精神
You think I could have a family with a horse? 你认为我能和一匹马组成家庭吗?
I've seen so many people saying goodbye on the docks without caring. 在码头上那种虚情假意的告别情景我见得多了
But when I said goodbye to Nineteen Hundred, it was a real blow. 但是当我和1900说再见的时候 却感到一种无法形容的失落
Look after yourself, all right? 照顾好自己
Take care. 多保重
We laughed, we kept saying "see you soon", 虽然我们嘴里有说有笑 说"回见"
but we knew we'd never see each other again. 但是心里很清楚 我们再也不会见面了
There was nothing we could do about it, it had to happen. 我们无能为力 这是注定发生的
And now it was happening. 正在发生
How do you get off? 你们是怎么下船的?
-Here he is. -Goodbye, Nineteen Hundred! 再见了 1900 多保重
-Good luck, man! -Don't forget us! 祝你好运! 别忘了我们
And don't forget to wear your woolen vest in winter! 到冬天别忘了穿毛衣
Write to us sometimes! 有时间给我们写信
-What's up? Did he step in shit? -Maybe he forgot something. -他怎么了? 踩到屎了? -也许他忘了什么东西
Perhaps he's forgotten why he's getting off! 也许他忘了 为什么要下船了
What's he doing? Whatever he saw from that damned gangplank, 他在舷梯上究竟看到了什么鬼东西
what kind of thoughts crossed his mind standing up there, 又是什么样的思绪掠过他脑海
he never told me. 他从来没告诉过我
-No, go away! -Wait! -不 走开! -等等!
I'll give you all the money I have. Take it! 我把钱都给你 拿着
He was strange for a long time. He wouldn't talk to anyone. 很长一段时间他都很古怪 不愿和任何人讲话
He preferred to be alone for days and days. 从早到晚 总是一个人独处
He seemed taken up with very personal matters. 好像心里有个有个解不开的疙瘩
Then, one day while I was sitting at the bar... 终于有一天 当我坐在吧台的时候
Thanks for the coat, Max. it fit like a glove. 谢谢你的大衣 迈克斯 非常合身
It was a real shame. 不过真遗憾
But I'm better now, it's all done with. 我现在好多了 不想下船了
He looked like someone who wasn't kidding, 他看上去不是在拿自己开玩笑
someone who knew exactly where he was going, 他好像很清楚自己何去何从
like when he'd sit at the piano and start to play. 就如同在坐在钢琴前弹奏一样
There were no doubts in his hands. 态度坚定而果断
It was like the keys had been waiting for those notes. 琴键好象在等待那些把它们激扬成旋律的音符
It seemed like he'd made them up then and there, 这些音符从他手下流淌出来 似乎是性之所至 信手捻来
but somewhere in his head, those notes had been written all along. 其实这些音符只静静地躺在他的血液中 与生俱来
Nineteen Hundred on that day had decided to sit at the keyboard 从那天开始 1900就决定毕生守着钢琴
of his life and start playing his most absurd music. 用琴键演奏他最率性而为的音乐
That music would have marked the rest of his days. 这些音乐最能印证他的余生
Look at that guy with the trumpet! He must be drunk or half crazy. 看那个吹小号的家伙 他不是个疯子就是喝醉了
-Which one? -The trumpeter. He's crying! -哪个? -那个吹小号的 他哭了
I left the Virginian on 21st August, 1933, 我在1933年8月21日 离开了弗吉尼亚号
with my leave papers and back pay. Everything in order. 拿着我的证件 薪水以及随身物品
I knew that sooner or later I'd have been through with the ocean. 我早就知道迟早会厌倦大海的
I heard no more about Nineteen Hundred and the Virginian. 从那以后 我再也没有听到关于1900和弗吉尼亚号的消息
Not that I ever forgot them, on the contrary. 但是我从来没有忘记他们 相反
During the war, I often asked myself: 在战争期间 我还经常问自己
"Who knows what Nineteen Hundred would do if he were here," 如果1900在这儿 他会做些什么
"who knows what he'd say". 说些什么
"'Fuck war', he'd say!" "去他妈的战争" 他会说
But said by me, it wasn't the same thing. 但是从我嘴里说出来 却是两回事了
A lot of time's gone by, maybe he's gone. 已经过了这么久了 也许他死了
Maybe he went to Mott Street, to that girl. 也许他真的去了那家鱼店 去找那姑娘
Perhaps. 也许吧
Hey, Conn. What's the problem? Did you lose your sea legs? 嘿 康恩 怎么了? 晕船了?
Where the hell did you find that record? 你从哪儿找到那张唱片的
What have you been up to all these years? 这些年你是怎么过的?
-Making music. -Even during the war? -我弹琴 -即使外面在打仗
Even when no-one was dancing. 即使再也没有人跳舞
Even when the bombs were falling. 即使炸弹从天而降
The music helped them get better. 音乐能帮他们好受点儿
The wounded, I mean. 我是说 伤员
Or else it kept them entertained, 在通向死亡的路上
as they slipped away into another world. 伴他们最后一程
Sometimes they didn't even mind the voyage, 有音乐相伴
if they could listen to the music. 他们甚至不害怕这样的旅程
Mine was the last face they saw. 我陪他们走到人生的终点
I kept playing till the ship got here. 我一直演奏 直到船被拖来这里
Still call this a ship? 你还管它叫船?
It's more like a mountain of dynamite about to explode. 我看它更象一个装满炸药的罐子
A bit dangerous, don't you think? 有点危险 你说呢?
And you, Max? 你怎么样 迈克斯?
Where's your Conn? 你的小号呢?
I gave it up as well, a while back. 我也不吹了 很久了
But now I'm in the mood for starting again. 不过说真的 我又想重新开始
I'm busting with new ideas. 我还有很多设想
Let's start a duo, you and me. 我们可以二重奏 你和我
Or our own band: 或者组建一个乐队
the Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred Big Band! 丹尼·布德曼T.D.莱蒙1900乐队!
It gets the blood going! How successful we'd be! 想着都兴奋! 肯定大红大紫
Come with me! Let's watch the big bang from the pier! 来吧 1900 跟我走 上岸去
Then we'll start again from scratch. 先和弗吉尼亚告别 然后就开始我们的计划
Sometimes you have to go right back to the beginning. 有的时候 事情就是这样周而复始
"You're never really done for as long as you've got a good story" "只要你还有个好故事 和一个能够倾诉的人"
"and someone to tell it to". Remember? "你就永远不会完蛋" 记得吗?
You told me that. 是你告诉我的
Imagine how many stories you've got to tell now! 想想你自己有多少故事能讲吧!
The world would hang on your every word, they'd go mad for your music. 整个世界都会听你倾诉的 他们还会为你的音乐疯狂
Believe me. 相信我
All that city... 整座城市
You just couldn't see an end to it. 你永远看不到尽头
The end... 尽头!
Please, could you show me where it ends? 尽头在哪儿? 告诉我 尽头在哪儿好吗?
It was all very fine on that gangway 那天我在舷梯上感觉很好
and I was grand, too, in my overcoat. 还穿着你的那件大衣 风度翩翩
I cut quite a figure 我决心下船
and I had no doubts about getting off. 意志坚定
No problem. 这些都不是问题
It wasn't what I saw that stopped me. 我不是因为看到了什么才停下 迈克斯
It was what I didn't see. Can you understand that? 是我看不到的 你能理解吗?
What I didn't see. 我所看不到的
In all that sprawling city, there was everything except an end. 那些漫无边际的城市 可以说
There was everything. 什么都不缺
But there wasn't an end. 就是没有尽头
What I couldn't see was where all that came to an end. 我看不到东西的尽头
The end of the world. 世界的尽头
Take a piano. 比如说钢琴
The keys begin, the keys end. 琴键有始也有终
You know there are 88 of them and no-one can tell you differently. 你知道 琴上88个键 一个不多一个也不少
They are not infinite, you are infinite. 琴键是有限的 但你是无限的
And on those 88 keys the music that you can make is infinite. 在这些键上所能创造出来的音乐 那才是无限的
I like that. 这个我喜欢
That I can live by. 也是我愿意做的
But you get me up on that gangway and roll out a keyboard 但是在舷梯上
with millions of keys without an end, 摆在我面前的琴键有成千上万
and that's the truth, 永远也数不完的琴键 真的 迈克斯
there's no end to them. That keyboard is infinite. 根本就没有尽头 这个键盘太大
But if that keyboard is infinite, there's no music you can play! 而在这个无限大的键盘上 你根本就无法去演奏
You're sitting on the wrong bench! 这不是为凡人准备的
That's God's piano. 这是上帝的钢琴
Christ! Did you see the streets? There were thousands of them! 天呢 你没有看见那些街道吗? 有上千条!
How do you choose just one? 你怎么去选择那一个?
One woman, one house, 一个女人 一栋房子
one piece of land to call your own, one landscape to look at, 一块属于自己的土地 一片窗外的风景
one way to die. 一种死亡的方式
All that world weighing down on you without you knowing where it ends. 所有这些问题都涌到你面前 你却不知尽头
Aren't you scared ofjust breaking apart 你难道就从来没有被这种想法吓得要死吗
just thinking about it, the enormity of living in it? 这样的日子是多么的恐怖
I was born on this ship. 我就出生在这里
The world passed me by, but two thousand people at a time. 世界从我身边经过 但只有2千人一次
And there were wishes here, 这里有梦想
but never more than could fit on a ship, between prow and stern. 而又永远不会超出船头船尾
You played out your happiness on a piano that was not infinite. 你可以在有限的钢琴上 表达出无限的快乐来
I learned to live that way. 这样才是我的生活
Land 陆地
is a ship too big for me. 对我来说是太大的船
It's a woman too beautiful. 就象女人太漂亮
It's a voyage too long. Perfume too strong. 旅途太长 香水太浓
It's music I don't know how to make. 这支曲子 我不知道从何弹起
I can't get off this ship. 我永远离不开这条船
At best, I can step off my life. 不过 我可以结束自己的生命
After all, it's as though I never existed. 反正对别人来说 我也不存在
You're the exception, Max. 除了你 迈克斯
You're the only one who knows that I'm here. 只有你 知道我在这儿
You're a minority. 你是个少数派
You'd better get used to it. 你最好习惯这一点
Forgive me, my friend. 原谅我吧 朋友
But I'm not getting off. 我不下船了
Hey, Max! 迈克斯
I can picture the scene up there. 想象一下 我站在天国之门
Some poor guy searching a list for my name and not finding it! 圣彼得在名册上怎么也找不到我的名字
"What did you say your name was?" "Nineteen Hundred". 你叫什么来着? 1900
"Niemann, Nightingale," 尼吉尔 尼萨托
"Ninestock, Nittledeen". 尼撒佩尔 都不是吗
"You see, sir, I was born on a ship". "I beg your pardon?" 是这样先生 我出生在船上 你说什么?
"Born, raised and died on a ship, maybe I'm not registered there". 我从生到死都在一条船上 也许名单上没有
"Shipwreck?" "No, six and a half tons of dynamite". 船沉了? 不 不 是六吨半炸药
"Are you feeling better now?" 感觉好些了?
"Yeah, fine, except that I lost an arm". 对对 好多了 不过我少了一条胳膊
"An arm?" "Yes, in the explosion". 胳膊? 对 炸飞了
"You should be able to find one up there". 到那边那个仓库也许能找到
"Which one do you say is missing?" "The left, sir". 你刚才说哪只胳膊来着 是左臂
"I'm so sorry!" 真是太遗憾了
"We only seem to have two rights". 我们好像只剩两只右臂了
"Two right arms?" 两只右臂?
"Yes. I'm afraid so". 恐怕是的
"Would you mind awfully taking..." 我们商量一下 你看你可不可以
"Taking what?" "A right arm instead of a left". 可以什么? 可不可以 用右臂去代替左臂?
"Well, all things considered, better a right arm than nothing at all". 好吧 事已至此 有总比没有强
"I couldn't agree more". 完全同意
"By the way, we have one black arm and one white arm". 对了 这两个一个是白人的手臂 一个是黑人的
"Oh, matching arms, please". 请帮我找配对的吧
"I have nothing against negroes, it's just a question of aesthetics!" 我对黑人没意见 只是出于美学考虑
It's no laughing matter, Max. 你可不能笑啊 迈克斯
What a cock-up, spending eternity with two right arms! 我够惨的了 要用两只右手渡过永生!
How would you make the sign of the cross? 怎样在胸前划十字啊
Hey, Max! 迈克斯
Imagine the music I could play with two right arms. 想象一下 我用两只右手能弹出什么曲子
I only hope I can find a piano up there! 但愿那上面有钢琴
Okay, that's fine like that. Slowly! 好 就那样
-Slowly. -Get hold of it there. -慢慢地 -抓住那里
What would you have done in my place? 你在我的地方做什么?
I don't know. 我不知道
I would probably have felt quite useless. 我可能觉得自己没有什么用处了
Sooner or later all stories end, and there's nothing else to add. 迟早所有的故事都会结束 不会有什么要加的了
Anyhow, thanks, Pops. 总之 谢谢
Hey, Conn! There's something I don't understand. 小号 有件事我不明白
Who hid the broken record inside the piano? 谁把破了的唱片藏起来了?
-You're looking at him. -So, you weren't useless after all. -你正看着他 -那么 你不是一无是处
Hey, Conn! 小号
Wait. 等等
Here, take it. I think you'll need it. 这个 拿去 我认为你需要它
-But I... -Fuck the money! -但我 -钱不钱的无所谓了
A good story is worth more than an old trumpet. 一个好故事比一个旧小号值钱多了
Okay, Pops. 好的 老兄
- THE LEGEND OF 1900 - "海上钢琴师"