编辑解读
《Blowin' in the Wind》用一连串问题代替答案。人要走过多少路才算一个人,白鸽要飞过多少海才能在沙里安睡,炮弹要飞多少次才会被永远禁止——每一个问题都把战争、自由与人的尊严推到听者面前。
副歌没有给出答案,只说答案在风中飘。这不是逃避,而是把责任交还给人:有些真理人人听见,却没人愿意伸手接住。
歌词全文与逐段解析
逐段读一首词
歌词原文按来源保留繁体或简体用字,每段下方是季候风编辑室的逐段解析。歌词版权归原作者及权利人所有。
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第一问:路、海与炮弹
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
这一段解析
三个问题从“成为人”到“白鸽安睡”再到“炮弹被禁止”,尺度从个人扩大到战争。副歌拒绝回答,把答案放在风里,让每个人自己决定要不要听见。
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第二问:山、自由与转头
Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
这一段解析
山会被冲进海里,人却迟迟得不到自由。最刺人的是“转过头假装没看见”——不公不只是制度,也是每个旁观者的动作。
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第三问:天空、哭声与死亡
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
这一段解析
最后三个问题回到看、听、知道:看见天空、听见哭声、承认死亡已经太多。答案仍在风里,但问题本身已经是一种判决。
常见问题
- 《Blowin' in the Wind》是谁唱的?
- 《Blowin' in the Wind》由Bob Dylan演唱。
- 《Blowin' in the Wind》的作词和作曲是谁?
- 作词:Bob Dylan;作曲:Bob Dylan。
- 《Blowin' in the Wind》收录在哪张专辑?
- 收录于《The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan》,发行于 1963 年。
