Mi Mancherai （我想念你）- Josh Groban

我是先听的 Josh Groban 的 Mi Mancherai，后来才看的意大利电影 Il Postino (The Postman)。这首歌和电影没什么关系，只是用了电影的主题音乐，两者都给我留下了深刻的印象。电影虽然是虚构，但是诗人 Neruda 却是真实的。他和邮差的友谊，对邮差的文学艺术和罗曼史的帮助，都非常的温馨。电影的结局让我很意外，伤感所以感动。回来再听 Mi Mancherai，就更加体会到那份深情。

但是，实际情况是，我直到今天才知道这首歌是讲什么的，谁叫我不懂意大利语呢。今天用了几个翻译器（Google, Bing, Yahoo），发现最好的还就是Google，不但能将意大利语翻译成英语，还可以翻译成简体中文（虽然有的地方很可笑，破坏了哀伤的气氛，所以下面的中译我根据英译做了适当改动）。Bing的英译还行，但是不能中译。Yahoo的英译实在太可笑了，所以已经被我打进冷宫了，呵呵。



Mi Mancherai

Mi mancherai se te ne vai
Mi mancherà la tua serenità
Le tue parole come canzoni al vento
E l'amore che ora porti via

Mi mancherai se te ne vai
Ora per sempre non so come vivere
E l'allegria, amica mia, va via con te

Mi mancherai, mi mancherai, perchè vai via
Perchè l'amore in te si è spento
Perchè, perchè...
Non cambierà niente lo so
E dentro sento te

Mi mancherai, mi mancherai, perchè vai via
Perchè l'amore in te si è spento
Perchè, perchè...
Non cambierà niente lo so
E dentro sento te

Mi mancherà l'immensità
Dei nostri giorni e notti insieme noi
I tuoi sorrisi quando si fa buio
La tua ingenuità da bambina, tu...

Mi mancherai amore mio
Mi guardo e trovo un vuoto dentro me
E l'allegria, amica mia, va via con te

English Translation

I Miss You

I'll miss you if you go
I will miss your serenity
Your words like songs in the wind
And love that now take away

I'll miss you if you go
Now I do not know how to live forever
And joy, my friend, goes away with you

I miss you I miss you, why go away
Why the love in you is dead
Because ...
I know nothing will change
And inside I feel you

I miss you I miss you, why go away
Why the love in you is dead
Because ...
I know nothing will change
And inside I feel you

I'll miss the immensity
Of our days and nights with us
Your smiles when it is dark
Your naivete as a child, you ...

I miss you my love
I look and I find emptiness inside of me
And joy, my friend, goes away with you

中文翻译

我想念你

我会想念你，如果你离去
我会想念你的宁静
你的话，就像风中的歌
还有被带走的爱

我会想念你，如果你离去
现在我不知道怎样活下去
欢乐，我的朋友，与你一同离开

我想念你，我想念你，为什么离开
为什么你的爱会死去
因为...
我知道什么都不会改变
我在心里感觉到你

我想念你，我想念你，为什么离开
为什么你的爱会死去
因为...
我知道什么都不会改变
我在心里感觉到你

我会想念，无边无际的
我们的日与夜
黑暗中你的微笑
你孩子般的天真，你...

我想念你，我的爱
我看见，我发现我内心的空虚
欢乐，我的朋友，与你一同离开

Harbingers of Spring and Other Random Thoughts

It was the vernal equinox yesterday, when day and night are of the same length. We have had five beautiful days in a row. I was really excited to see that the tulips I planted last October have made their way out of the ground. I can’t wait to see the blossoms of pink and yellow in a few weeks.

In searching for early signs of Spring, I stopped by Mt. Auburn Cemetery. I seem to know exactly where to find those crocuses, daffodils, and the blue or white flowers that I don’t know the names.

Spring is just around the corner. Isn’t that exciting?

Also yesterday, I read a blog post which mentioned Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. I remember clearly that was the only book that our ESL teacher Mr. King made us buy when we took his class. I don’t recall the details of those short stories any more, but I remember that this was a book that I really liked. I lost the book, however, because I lent it to a French labmate, Ann, and she moved back to France. So now I can’t just go to my bookshelf and pick it up and start reading. But I do remember one scene, where an old couple was being treated at a hospital after a severe car accident. The old man couldn’t turn his head to see his wife, and that was killing him. I remember being so moved reading that, and I thought that was definitely love. I found that paragraph online, so I copy it here. You’ll see how abusive the language is, but the emotion is there, raw and fresh:

""I mean, the accident was one thing, but it wasn't everything. I'd get up to his mouth-hole, you know, and he'd say no, it wasn't the accident exactly but it was because he couldn't see her through the eye-holes. He said that that was making him feel so bad. Can you imagine? I'm telling you, the man's heart was breaking because he couldn't turn his goddamn head and see his goddamn wife." Mel looked around the table and shook his head at what he was going to say. "I mean, it was killing the old fart just because he couldn't look at the fucking woman.""

But really, what we talk about when we talk about love? Do we really know love?

Some of my friends didn’t like to go to Mr. King’s class, thinking it was boring and useless. I didn’t agree. I thought it helped me to learn colloquial American English. Mr. King also used pop songs to teach us English. I remember he asked us, which singer’s song do you listen to? I said, Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx. Mr. King was like, who? Hmm, I saw then that what was popular in China wasn’t necessarily popular in the US. One song Mr. King played for us was Take It Easy by The Eagles. I was totally impressed by the lyrics “I’ve got SEVEN women on my mind”. Wow, what a busy man!

well, i've been running down the road
tryin' to loosen my load
i've got seven women on my mind:
four that wanna' own me
two that wanna' stone me
and one says she's a friend of mine
take it easy....
take it easy....
don't let the sound of your own wheels
drive you crazy
lighten up while you still can
don't even try to understand
just find a place to make your stand
and take it easy....

well, i was standin' on a corner
in winslow, arizona
such a fine sight to see....
it's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed ford
slowin' down to take a look at me
come on, baby...
don't say maybe...
i gotta' know if your sweet love
it's gonna' save me
we may lose and we may win
but we'll never be here again
so, open up by climbin' in
so take it easy....

well, i've been running down the road
tryin' to loosen my load
got a world of trouble on my mind
lookin' for a lover, who won't blow my cover.
she's so hard to find

oh, we've got it easy
we ought to take it easy.

I seem to reminisce a lot recently. A friend asked, “Isn’t it a bit too early for us to do that right now?” I said, no, it’s never too early. We will only forget more. So I will record, whenever I feel like, things I lost and gained in my past.

St. Patrick’s Day, Boiled Dinner #10

In this most Irish city of North America on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17), I have kept my tradition of going to H&R’s Boiled Dinner yearly. It was a little shocking to realize that this has been their 10th such party, and I have been going to the last 9 without fail. When this celebration first started, it was just for us adults, and now adults without children were asked to arrive 1 hour later to make room for cute babies and their parents. How time flies! I was glad to find out that I could still devour large amounts of boiled corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, and carrots in a short time. The corn bread went well with the beef and vegetables. Everything was really delicious. Oh, I have to mention the famous cupcakes. They were really yummy and would hit the right spot on your stomach.

I wore green today, just like most people at the party, to be in the spirit of Ireland, and in preparation for Spring.

天气，Radar

整个周末和星期一都是狂风暴雨，我真是讨厌这nor'easter天气。亏得我有强大的内心和对春天的热切渴望，要不然我真的要抑郁了。周末听了很多遍 Both Sides Now，倒也是应景呢：

But now they (clouds) only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

就在昨天风雨交加的时刻，小狗Radar在它散步的路上偷吃灭鼠药，真是不知好歹！它被紧急灌了20毫升3%双氧水催吐，又被带到兽医那喂活性炭，今天就又是活灵活现了，就是闻起来有点莫名其妙的臭。哎，宠物就是长不大的小孩啊，而且Radar还是个不会吸取教训的狗。多亏我没养宠物。

今天艳阳高照。我很高兴这周都会是这样的天。

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's clouds illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As ev'ry fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

吃在台湾（3）

第三天

今天我们要坐6点钟的火车去花莲。5点20出门，外面还是一片漆黑，旅馆前台为我们叫了辆出租车司机，一分钟就赶到。我们问司机，有早餐店开门了吗？司机就把我们带到了两个路口外的永和豆浆。我太爱永和豆浆了！三分钟不到的时间给我们准备好了豆浆，米浆，牛肉饼，煎饺，茶叶蛋等等吃食，而且都非常可口。当然，这可口的事实是我们在火车站和火车上才发现的，于是第二天一大早在花莲又同样要求我们的出租车司机带我们去永和豆浆，又再一次地心满意足。这些都是没有照片的，因为我赶时间吗。

今天我们要去清水断崖和太鲁阁。因为担心游览区内不容易找吃喝，我们在花莲车站的便利店买了水和三明治。这个其实是台东车站的便利店，这些便利店在台湾到处都是，确实便利，而且它们还可以为悠游卡充值，这样你就不用担心上公车卡上钱不够了。

 

在太鲁阁国家公园清澈溪流边的砂卡礑步道，我们品尝了当地原住民BBQ出来的糯米肠，里面应该是有肥肉的，因为非常的软糯滋润，但却不觉得油腻。快到天祥的时候，我们去祥德寺看佛像。还没到佛像就被热情的工作人员招呼去买豆干吃，她说，我们的豆干非常好吃！我有怀疑，而且前面已经有食物垫底，所以只要半份，三大块豆干。果然，这是我吃过的最好的豆干了，软硬恰到好处，口感极佳，五香味也很正。回去又买半份，再加一份梅子茶，总共150NT，这就是我对佛界的贡献了。记得那天，位于风水宝地的祥德寺的饮食处，艳阳下风刮得紧，差点把我的秘鲁大雕太阳帽给吹到悬崖下面。在天祥，我们买了一份紫米竹筒饭，一路带回了花莲，开始了我们当晚伟大的吃的征程。

 

回到花莲市区之前，我们的出租车司机带我们去七星潭海滩。在一家渔家铺子里，我们看到了曼波鱼，很大，据说最好吃的部位是肠子，就是在地上水桶里的。再对比一下看看鱼的大小：

海边，曼波鱼塑像。我很喜欢这个形态。车上行驶中照的，请忽略构图缺陷。

还有鲨鱼：

看着渔家片鱼，我想起了阿拉斯加的渔港渔船归来，繁忙片鱼的情形。

 

在花莲，我们首先去吃液香扁食，这是我们出租车司机强力推荐的。我不知道扁食是啥意思，估计就是馄炖，不是陈水扁的食物就对了。果然味道好，馅多嫩滑不油腻  ，又便宜，也是有好多名人来，又有吴宗宪，还有现任总统马英九。在这里，我们还把从天祥带来的紫米竹筒饭给吃了，竹子的清香可口。

之后我们步行找了一家客栈住下，沐浴，嗯，未更衣，因为我做背包客，为减轻重量，没带换洗衣裳（却背了一件泳衣）。读到这里，有人一定会大叫，啊，我坚决不要和你出游！哈哈。出门在外吗，又不是去看秀。

然后我们就沿着中华路，去金三角商圈找吃的了。在一个街区绕了两圈，好不容易找到了海铺蚵仔煎，人真多啊。

要了一份蚵仔煎，一份蛤蜊汤，鲜美。

 

看看蚵仔煎怎么做的吧：因为放了生菜，我觉得非常健康。

 

 

然后去罗妈妈的店（是小孩子在当家）吃了一碗碗粿，就是米糕加佐料，还有自家腌制的各种辣椒酱，够辣，美味啊。

从这家出来，我们去五霸焦糖冰吃五霸包心粉圆，好多的不同的粉圆埋在冰下面啊。嗯，甜点，我满意。

本来还想去吃鹅肉（在台湾鹅好像很稀罕啊），可是走过去有三个街区，已经快十点了，周围有店家开始打烊了，就决定免了，买点花莲特产麻薯带回去当礼物。回客栈早早歇息，明天又要早起。

感觉我快写成美食家了！

Between the Minds – Jack Savoretti

淡淡的沙哑略带沧桑的声音却出自一个年轻的歌者，我有点惊艳了。



I've never been the one to shout because I listen
I don't like to raise my voice
Maybe I should learn to lose my inhibitions
and let my feelings make some noise
You don't know what I'm going through
When silence is all I give to you

So hear me, if you're out there
Take these words and try to understand
That I want you, and I need you, to take the hand of a quiet man

I love the way you hear the words unspoken
It's like you read between the minds
You know before the silence has been broken
Well, at least most of the time
But I don't know what you're going through
It must be something I didn't say to you

So hear me, if you're out there
Take these words and try to understand
That I want you, and I need you, to take the hand of a quiet man
Of a quiet man

So hear me, if you're out there
Take these words and try to understand
That I want you, and I need you, to take the hand of a quiet man
Of a quiet man
Of a quiet man
Of a quiet man

吃在台湾（2）

第二天

台铁便当：猪排饭。味道还不错，而且只要60NT（约13RMB，和咱们火车上的盒饭差不多价格），我完全吃完了，因为当天要坐七个小时的火车。

台东火车站外的水果摊，全部是卖释迦的。看看释迦有多大个，真的就是小佛头。

台东一家卖粥的铺子。不知发哥有没有意见。

队伍排得长，一定代表味道好。所以我就排进了这家林记臭豆腐，SW去排老东台。

其实两家是邻居，可以把盘子端到对方家吃。下面这些依次是林记臭豆腐（上面这些泡菜很解油腻），老东台的米台目（就是米线吧），鸭赏，金针什么汤。你可以看出来，现在我们是多么节俭地吃，不为省钱，为得是一会儿还能吃。老东台的米台目和林记臭豆腐是台东非常有名的小吃，很多名人都光顾过，墙上贴满了照片。我记得有吴宗宪。

   

店里其他的食客，那边的墙上还有一幅国画画的是释迦，因为释迦是台东特产。

 

饭后再来一份刨冰粉圆：

 

水果摊是这样的丰富：枣（绿色，好吃，甜），莲雾（红色，还挺贵，我吃的不够甜，不似A说的那么诱人），黄色的不知是啥，看起来挺硬就没买，因为没刀。还是买了一只硕大的杨桃，很清香，但是由于没刀，只狼狈地吃了2/5，最后只好扔了，好可惜。

 

乡巴佬进城

1. 拿到友春饭店的房门卡，刷卡进门后，开开关，还是一片漆黑。SW说，“这张卡是要插在门口的这个槽里，才可以供电的。”果然，曾在七天的时间里访问过七个欧亚城市的SW就是要比我见识多。这次旅行，我发现我住的三个台湾的宾馆和一个北京的宾馆，都是这样的。

2. 在台东火车站外的水果摊，看见绿色的比拳头还大的水果，表面上一个一个的瘤状突起，店家还有好看的礼物盒奉送。看名字才知道这就是大名鼎鼎的释迦，买了一个，问，怎么吃啊？答，用手撕开皮，用勺挖着吃。吃的时候才知道里面白色，绵绵甜甜的，很creamy，真的是好吃，我还想带很多走。

3. 还是在台东，城里的水果摊上，看见另外一种翠绿色的比拳头还大的水果，表面非常光滑，不似苹果那样圆，反而有点倒梨型，柄不成比例的细。问，什么水果？店主有点不屑的快声答道，枣。天啦，我见过新鲜的山东大枣，也不过是鸡蛋大小，颜色也偏红些，这些也太大太绿了吧！买了几个中等大小的，尝个鲜，没想到，太好吃啦，又脆又甜又清香。如果不是海关不让进，我一定带一箱回去！

4. 在上海，买零食，见‘吊瓜子’，问，什么是‘吊瓜子’？店员说，就是‘吊瓜子’嘛！再问一遍，还是一样的回答。她的潜台词，你火星来的啊？

5. 去周庄的旅游大巴居然装了GPS，不光指路，还告知那里有摄像头。高科技，太有人情味了。

6. 在合肥，一个据说有6000出租车的城市，试图六次打车，两次成功，四次等了超过10分钟都没打到，其中两次因为我要去的方向不是司机想去的方向，拒载。

7. 我想，那是一个中等城市，在有号称30000出租车的首都，不会有这种事了吧？在德胜门附近的德胜门内大街，我又被拒载了。我说我要去地安门西大街甲181号，司机说我方向不对。当时车头朝南，目的地在南面，我都坐车上了，就这样被请下了车。司机说你去鼓楼西大街打。就这样，我走了一个三角形的两条边。我很想给拒载我的司机装个GPS。

8. 有没有人知道，为什么西直门地铁站从13号转2号或4号要走绕来绕去一公里路呢？

9. 在鸟巢，票贩子很猖獗。问检票员，没人管吗，城管呢？检票员说，没人管，没见城管就在那边聊天吗？果然，城管有半打，团成一团聊天呢。问，可以报警吗？检票员说，报警警察也懒得管，建议打110。我说，那不是匪警火警吗？检票员说，对，要不警察会来吗？

10. 飞抵东京成田机场，滑行中不经意看见机场弯弯曲曲的铁丝网外赫然耸立一标语牌，上书“Down With Narita Airport”，下写“成田机场坚决抵制”。果然民主国家，言论自由。我不禁想，这要是在首都机场，城管会不会来拆呢？如果不拆（由鸟巢的城管可以联想到这种可能性），我们是不是可以得出结论，我们也是民主国家呢？

11. 在这里想表扬一下美国航空公司。回程适逢纽约大雪，航班取消，美航把我安排到芝加哥转机，这样在东京转机时间就只有70分钟了。偏偏国航停靠1号航站楼，美航停靠2号航站楼，当然这是我事先不知的。我坐在机舱后部，好半天才轮到我从国航下机，只见一成田机场地勤人员举着牌子上书“AA154 Boston Terminal 2 Gate 73”。然后这位小姐领着我在机场狂奔约一公里，途径可能是工作人员的安全检查（因为没别人），从二楼到一楼，把我送上为我专人服务的机场巴士（好像还是AA的），就这样，等我赶到AA154登机口，一共花了15分钟时间，总算是赶在登机之前，还有时间换登机牌。可怜我那时跑得大汗淋漓，口干舌燥，看着自动售货机里的水，兜里却没有一块日圆，又怕跑去找商店买水喝误了登机，就只好脑袋里想着梅子止渴了。还要表扬一下成田机场地勤人员的英语，比13年前好多了！到了芝加哥，发现我作为国际旅客可真幸运，得以坐最后一排飞波士顿，而当时机场还有30多位旅客待飞。

Glinka, Nocturne in F minor "La Séparation"

Beautiful yet melancholy, I like both performances so I post both here.

吃在台湾（1）

前记：为了方便防火墙内的同学，我开了个 MSN Spaces，在这里我手工同步（图片比较麻烦--谁有好办法？），不知能坚持几天。

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本来我以为写吃在台湾，一篇文章就够了。可是看到我拍了那么多照片，又回想起在台东和花莲的种种事迹，决定还是分开来写。好在我的流水帐文笔很烂，不用怕你们流口水，只怕你们不往下看啊。

第一天

在等待鼎泰峰座位的一个小时里，我和SW去逛了大安森林公园，回来的时候选择走永康街。这绝对是一个错误，因为这是一条小吃街，我们忍不住诱惑，买了两件吃食带进饭店，其中一件是香芋味的 BOBA TEA 加爱玉（是一种台湾特有的东西，不记得是不是这样叫的了，我的日记得及时记，或者照片多照些也行），我很喜欢。

这个是在做葱抓饼，我很想吃，但是左思右想，还是忍住了，因为听说鼎泰峰的蟹粉小笼包很有名，我得留着肚子吃。

在鼎泰峰，我们又是眼睛大，肚子小，点了太多东西，最后都吃不完，还花费很多时间在吃上，以至于只有90分钟游览故宫博物院。下面的，就是在鼎泰峰吃的东西，都不记得叫什么了，只记得苦瓜不苦，辣馄炖太甜，最好吃的还是蟹粉小笼包和鲜鱼饺。可是我要说，我怎么还是如此怀念在纽约曼哈顿唐人街鹿鸣春第一次吃到的蟹粉小笼包呢？看来初次印象是至关重要的。

游览过故宫博物院，SW的朋友来接我们去阳明山晚餐。车子沿着崎岖的山路上升，山峦在渐晴的暮霭中显露出来，也是非常的壮观。这山上可是有不少名人故居的。转着转着就到了平坦的山脊，这里的路边出现了很多的平民居所及路边摊。SW的朋友带我们来吃山笋炖鸡，纯粹有机，果然鲜美。抱歉，没有照片，不好意思在生人面前拿出我那大相机拍照。在这里，我还第一次吃了一种蕨类植物，叫山苏，也称鸟巢蕨，脆脆的，口感不像其它蕨类，非常有趣，也很好吃。这里有张山苏的照片，在太鲁阁照的。

既然已经吃得饱饱，我们决定不逛士林夜市了，虽然这是一个很有名的夜市。我们去逛年轻人爱去的西门町。在这里又吃到了爱玉！

这里不光是吃，还有得玩。我还花700新台币买了三块表，忘了还价！

最后，看着水果摊上的莲雾直流口水，但是实在吃不下了！