Norwegian Wood

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　　昨晚，冷氣團南下，下著黏濕毛毛雨中，我穿過公園去上馬世芳
　　先生「從音樂看村上春樹」的課，終於聽到了這首「挪威木」
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　　I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me.
　　She showed me her room, isn't it good, Norwegian Wood?
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; @% L" _' s' L* @/ }　　She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere,
0 l( t: M. v; l8 k　　So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair.
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+ P" w# d1 B6 _% R' D  ~7 g- I　　I sat on the rug, biding my time, drinking her wine.
+ i6 M  G, B+ K" H5 B+ o; H3 W4 i　　We talked until two and then she said, "It's time for bed".

　　She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh.
　　I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath.
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　　And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown.
　　So I lit a fire, isn't it good, Norwegian Wood.
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　　回想幾年前，看村上春樹的「挪威的森林」時，從不聽　The
　　Beatles 的我，對於書中主角直子最愛的歌Norwegian Wood，
+ f  a6 I$ v5 Q$ |　　始終沒能真實想像與感受，如今聽起來，隨意搭配書中情節，那
　　片愛情森林裡「虛無」的感覺又再次浮上腦海，這首歌果然十分
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' K, m9 t% C0 D8 G# L　　鳥兒飛去了，從挪威木造成的小屋子窗口望出去，只見到一片黑
　　壓壓深不見底，尋不著人的北國森林，遙遠、寒冷、摸不著邊際，
( C( m9 E5 n* x2 f4 @, e0 ?　　即使點起一把火，也僅能照見自己周身，茫茫然走著，找不到出
　　口的愛情，死亡已經悄悄的穿越過去。
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, x3 G. d5 d& I4 j6 \2 N' I　　「我聽到這首曲子時有時會非常傷心。不知道為什麼，但覺得自
　　己好像正在很深的森林迷了路似的。」直子說。「一個人孤零零
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- q  s3 S! C: ~0 J　　真是村上春樹式的虛無啊！

　　不過這首歌真好聽，我可要對 The Beatles 說一聲 HI，
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