Fire On The Mountain

譯按：阿夏，奈及利亞創作歌手，生於巴黎，兩歲與父母親回到
奈及利亞，二十多歲重返法國，並於今年贏得第七屆（獎勵新進
與獨立樂手的）康士坦丹音樂獎。曲風融合民謠、靈魂、流行與
爵士，歌詞多為英文和母語約魯巴文，抒發個人經驗與對社會的
關懷。



There is fire on the mountain
山上燃起火光
And nobody seems to be on the run
卻不見人奔逃
Oh there is fire on the mountain top
喔，山頂燃起火光
And no one is'ah running
卻沒見人奔逃

I wake up in the morning
我早晨醒來
tell you what I see on my TV screen
知道我在電視看到什麼？
I see the blood of an innocent child
我看到無辜的孩子流血
And everybody's watching
所有人袖手旁觀
Now, I'm looking out of my window
接著我望向窗外
And what do I see?
你瞧我見到什麼？
I see an army of soldiers that're
我見到一隊軍人
Marching across the street, heh...
正從大街走過

Hey Mr soldier man
嘿，軍人先生
Tomorrow is the day you go to war
你明天就要奔赴戰場
But you are fighting for another man’s cause
但你為了別人的目標而戰
And you don’t even know him
卻連那人也不認識

What did they say to make you so blind
他們到底說了什麼
to your conscience and reason?
讓你拋下理性與良知？
Could it be love for your country
難道是對國家的愛
Or for the gun you use in killing? So...
或你拿來殺人的槍枝？

There is fire on the mountain
山上燃起火光
And nobody seems to be on the run
卻不見人奔逃
Oh there is fire on the mountain top
喔，山頂燃起火光
And no one is'ah running
卻沒見人奔逃

Heh, Mister Loverman!
嘿，愛人先生
Can I get a chance to talk to you?
我是否能和你談談？
'Cause you are fooling with a dead man's corpse
因為你踩在別人的屍體之上
and you don't know what you do
自己卻沒有意識到

So you say you have a lover
你說你有愛人
And you love her like no other
你愛她超過任何人
So you buy her a diamond
你為她買了鑽石
That someone has died on
有人卻為了鑽石犧牲
Don’t you think there something wrong with this?
難道你覺得這樣沒有錯誤？
Tell me who’s responsible
你覺得誰該負責
For what we teach our children
對於我們教給孩子的事物
Is it the internet?
你覺得是網路
Or the stars on television?
還是電視明星？
Why o why o
為什麼，喔，為什麼？

So little Lucy turns sixteen
小露西今年十六歲
And like the movie she's been seeing
就像她看過的電影
She has a lover in her daddy
她被自己的父親欺凌
She can't tell nobody
卻無法告訴任何人
'Till she makes the evening news
直到她上了晚間新聞

For there is fire on the mountain
山上燃起火光
And nobody seems to be on the run
卻不見人奔逃
Oh there is fire on the mountain top
喔，山頂燃起火光
and no one is'ah running
卻沒見人奔逃
Oh yes
喔，是啊

One day the river will overflow
有一天，河水將會氾濫
And there'll be nowhere for us to go
我們再也無處可逃
And we will run, run
只好不停跑呀跑
Wishing we had put out the fire. Oh no...
後悔當初沒有將火滅掉

For there is fire on the mountain
山上燃起火光
And nobody seems to be on the run
卻不見人奔逃
Oh there is fire on the mountain top
喔，山頂燃起火光
And no one is'ah running
卻沒見人奔逃

歌手：Asa
專輯：Asa, naïve 2007
影像：喜歡這支音樂影像，簡單但精緻

後記：阿夏曾經在訪談中感謝法國，給她機會發揮自己對音樂的
喜好與才華，這在「奈及利亞和許多國家都不容易，尤其是外國
樂手。」文化不只維繫「自己的」既有事物，也包含接納與融合
外來元素。文化傳統悠久的國家如此，努力建構自己文化的國家
更應該張開雙臂，在創造「自己的」之前，迎接一切「好的」，
無論這個「好的」來自何處。