Blowin'InTheWind是美国民歌史上最重要的作品之一,原作者是被公认为民歌一代宗师的BobDylan。这首歌是经典电影《阿甘正传》中的配乐。
这首歌写于1964年,这也是被称为“美国民谣摇滚之父”的他所有创作歌曲中最优秀、最出名的一首。1957年越战爆发,美国把大量的人力、物力投向越南战场,结果造成了惨重的伤亡。
于是美国社会内部掀起了一股反战热潮。与此同时,民歌也在全美各地校园流行起来,许多年青人利用创作民歌表达人民的呼声。这首歌因为迎合了当时的社会思潮,因而迅速风靡全世界。
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many times must a man look up
Before he can really see the sky?
How many ears must one person have
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
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