在這個令人迷惘的時代，人人都在尋找可以仰望的英雄。殊不知，英雄就在每個人的心理面。Mariah Carey 的這首名曲輕輕呼喚人性堅強的一面，鼓勵人們提起勇氣，勇敢抵禦險惡的現實世界。 

Hero
by Mariah Carey

《英雄》

 

There’s a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don’t have to be afraid
Of what you are
There’s an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away

英雄是存在的
倘若你檢視自己的內心
便無需懼怕真正的自己
答案是存在的
倘若你探索自己的靈魂
悲傷將全數融化於無形

 

Chorus
And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you’ll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

(副歌)
然後，英雄會顯現
帶來堅持不懈的力量
你可以拋開恐懼
明暸自己可以堅持下去
你如果覺得希望渺茫
請檢視內心並堅強起來
你將會找到真相
知道英雄就在你心中

 

It’s a long road
When you face your world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt
Will disappear

那是條漫漫長路
當你獨自面對全世界
沒有人對你伸出援手
扶你一把
你可以找到愛
只要你探尋內心
你的空虛將會消逝無蹤

 

Chorus
進入副歌

Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don’t let anyone
Tear them away
Hold on
There will be tomorrow*
In time
You’ll find the way

誰都難以解釋
為何夢想難圓
但別讓任何人
阻礙你實現夢想
堅持下去
這不是世界末日
你遲早會找到出路

 

Chorus
進入副歌

* (註解)
There will be tomorrow. - 對西方人來說，這代表世界末日尚未到，意指人還有希望。
請參考下例 (Idelogy & form in African poetry: implications for communication by Emmanuel Ngara)：

Using the first personal plural, the protagonist reflects on the idea of the end of the world, which in turns brings thoughts about tomorrow being followed by another tomorrow, meaning that time does not remain static - it moves on.

We do not know when the world will end.
So we stand on an ant hill
Eulogising a thousand years
Saying tomorrow, there will be tomorrow
Suspended with our shadows on the clouds.
It is then that the great smoker of time
Will smoke again, in the abyss of the south

* 版主還聽過 “like there’s no tomorrow” 這種用法

Urban Dictionary 的解釋：

• excessively. A synonym of like it ain’t no thing or until the cows come home.
  You know the old saying: work like you need the money, dance like no one’s watching, and smoke dat chronic herb like there’s no tomorrow.
• excessive volumes or numbers (as if there would never be another opportunity)
  Those freaks are appearing like there’s no tomorrow.

“like there’s no tomorrow” 就是「大量做某件事」(如同懼怕世界末日已到，再不做就會後悔莫及)
We fucked like there’s no tomorrow. (我們當時瘋狂做愛。)
- Six Feet Under 《六呎風雲》出現過的一句台詞。

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