舞至愛之終結

多年前看過"進劇場"(Theatre du Pif)的表演, 不知道怎樣開始定期收到她們的宣傳單張, 但自那次之後, 好像都沒有再看她們的演出, 或許我不太懂欣賞她們的藝術表現方式.

昨天收到她們二度重演的"舞至愛之終結"(Dance Me to the End of Love)的宣傳, 柏林早報給她們的評語是:"充滿詩意, 如費里尼電影般滿注了奇妙與生動的想像", 費里尼! 立時引起我的注意, 但暫時未有衝動去買票入場. 反而單張背頁一段歌詞/詩句吸引著我:

"Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin,

Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in,

Lift me like an olive branch, be my homeward dove,

Dance me to the end of love."

寫的是加拿大歌手兼詩人Leonard Cohen. 這首歌曲是Cohen 1984年Various Positions大碟的第一首, 歌詞如下:

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin

Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in

Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove

Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the end of love

Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone

Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon

Show me slowly what I only know the limits of

Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the end of love

me to the wedding now, dance me on and on

Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long

We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above

Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the children who are asking to be born

Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn

Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn

Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin

Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in

Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove

Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the end of love

(L. Cohen) Stranger Music, Inc.

在網上找到這首歌曲, Leonard Cohen的歌聲有點沙, 歌曲很有七八十年代的味道.

他的網頁 www.leonardcohen.com 中找不到他寫的詩, 搜尋器把我帶到這個網站: www.leonardcohenfiles.com/poem.html. 喜愛詩的不妨看看.

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