有一位叫做Tommie Sue Wilkey的女士,在30年前自己写过一首歌,录成了磁带,放在抽屉里,然后就忘记了这件事情。在30年里,她有了儿子,又有了孙子,她自己也慢慢变老,成为了老奶奶。
2017年的圣诞节,儿子Robert Smith和孙子Travis Ryan Smith去探望她。很偶然的,他们发现了那盘30年前的磁带。于是,身为乡村音乐歌手的孙子Travis重新演唱并且录制了这首歌:《FishingInTheSky》(空中垂钓),把它送给老奶奶。
也许你会觉得这首歌唱得很动人,但其实它的歌词更为动人。这里,把《FishingInTheSky》(空中垂钓)的完整歌词贴一下:
Fishing In The Sky
I‘ve heard about the streets of gold
The mansions up on high
A land where you’ll never grow old
And no one ever cries
When we get to heaven
God will know just what we like
He‘s got a lake just for me
In my sweet by and by
I’ll have a silver boat that sparkles
It‘ll be lined with fleece of white
I’ll have a rod and reel that‘s made of gold
The fish will always bite
I’ll have a cabin by the lake
Shade trees will grow so high
There‘ll be crickets and birds to sing
When I’m fishing,fishing in the sky
I know my dad is happy
I wouldn‘t wish him here
Oh,how I miss him so
It’s been a long hard year
And God he loves and talks to me
So,I won‘t be alone
I long so much to be with him
I can’t wait to go home
I‘ve got a silver boat that sparkles
It’s lined with fleece of white
I‘ve got a rod and reel made of gold
The fish,they always bite
I’ve got a cabin by the lake
Shade trees they grow so high
I can‘t wait ’til you get here
I‘ll take you fishing,fishing in the sky
I know that I will see him
In heaven when I die
I wonder what he’s doing now
In his sweet by and by
We‘ll have a silver boat that sparkles
It’ll be lined with fleece of white
We‘ll have some rod and reels that are made of gold
The fish will always bite
We’ll have a cabin by the lake
The shade trees will grow so high
There‘ll be crickets and birds to sing
When we’re fishing,fishing in the sky
Ohhhhhh,we’re fishing.
在中文社交网络上,人们因为这份迟来的礼物而感动。把这段视频理解为一个人年轻时追寻音乐梦想未果,在迟暮之年终于等到自己的作品重现眼前的故事。但是,如果仔细阅读全部歌词,你会发现其中的情感要复杂得多。
《FishingInTheSky》(空中垂钓)表达了两种强烈的情感,一种是对上帝的虔敬,一种是对父亲的思念。整首歌都围绕垂钓展开,在美国文化的语境下,钓鱼这件事情是许多家庭的亲子时光,一般都是父亲带着孩子去钓鱼。所以,它反复吟唱银光闪闪的小舟铺着洁白的羊绒,纯金的鱼竿和鱼线轮让鱼儿总是咬钩,湖边的小屋后树荫遮天蔽日,钓鱼的时候蟋蟀和小鸟在轻唱……最后,是Tommie和父亲一起在天堂里的湖边钓鱼---空中垂钓。
老太太泪流满面地跟着唱了4分钟,不单是因为遥远记忆里的一首歌重现眼前,而是和父亲一起钓鱼这件事情。在她垂垂老矣的时候,她对父亲的思念却依然鲜明。
最后,需要说明一件事情:这段视频我并未获得原作者的授权,所以,这篇文章只是为了分享而作,不能打上原创标记。我的这种行为本身是错误的,并不值得效仿。只是因为我非常喜欢这个视频,也非常喜欢这首歌,所以忍不住要分享出来。但是,我的喜欢并不构成侵权的理由,它们之间没有逻辑关系。这是一件错事,就是这样。
这首歌已经在在iTunes上线,请搜索《FishingInTheSky》支持老奶奶和她的孙子。海外的读者,可以在线访问这个完整版本