Diamonds and rust Joan Baez

Well , I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full and you happened to call
And here I sit, hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known a couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall

As I remember your eyes
were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy, you said
"Where were you calling from?"
"A booth in the Midwest"
Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamond and rust

Well, you burst on the scene were already a legend
The unwatched phenomenon
The original vagabond you strayed into my arms
And there you stayed temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes, the girl on the half shell
Could keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling all around
Snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window of that crummy hotel over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white cloud mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could've died then and there

Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who're so good with words and at keeping thing vague
Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes , I love you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid

钻石与铁锈　琼拜雅

我的老天！
你的魅影又再度出现
但这并非不寻常
只因今晚满月，你恰巧又打电话来
我坐在这儿，手持听筒
听着几个光年以前就很熟悉的声音
准备再次受到伤害

依稀记得你的双眼
比知更鸟的蛋更蓝(注)
你说我写得诗糟透了
"你从那里打电话来？"
"在中西部的某个电话亭"
十年前我买过袖扣送你
你亦回赠了一些东西给我
我们都明白回忆能够给我们什么
它们给了我们钻石与铁锈

当你锋芒乍现的情景，已然成了传奇
仿佛令人无法逼视的自然现象
原本是个流浪者，你漂泊入我的臂弯
而你的停留，如海上的短暂迷航
受到圣母的眷顾
是的，这个女孩像蚌壳一般
能保护你不被伤害

如今，我看到你伫立在黄叶纷飞中
发上覆着白雪
你微笑着，在那可以远眺华盛顿广场的小旅馆窗前
你我呼出的气如云雾般交错，凝结在冷空气中
对我来说
当时气氛凝重，仿佛能致你我于死地

如今你对我说，你并不怀乡念旧
那么请你找另一个字来代替
你向来擅于咬文嚼字，使之暧昧难懂
因为现在我正需要那样的暧昧
过去的一切都太清晰了
是的，我深爱着你
如果你又给我钻石与铁锈
告诉你，我已付出过代价了

　Joan Baez 琼拜雅这位美国民谣之后，有好几首学吉他者必备的传世之作，如" Donna , Donna "、" The night they drove old Dixies down "及" Diamonds and rust "等。
　琼拜雅的嗓音清亮纯净，技巧成熟，许多知名作曲家都乐意提供作品给她，因而她比较知名的曲子大都不是自己所写，“ Diamonds and rust ”是她自己谱写的歌曲中最为人熟知的一首。
　这首歌的歌词冗长，意象繁复，难以了解其中意涵，原因是歌词中所讲的是琼拜雅个人的一段恋情。
　琼拜雅于 50 年代末投入美国民歌运动，进入 60 年代，她遇见了巴布狄伦（Bob Dylan，被尊称为“民谣摇滚之父”，写过多首名曲），两人惺惺相惜，彼此都十分赏识对方的才华，而展开了一段秘密恋情。这段感情最后无疾而终，1975 年，琼拜雅写下这首曲子，纪念当年两人亦师亦友的感情，后来“钻石与铁锈”也被认为是她最好的一首创作曲。
　

注 : robin's egg 知更鸟的蛋，蛋壳是淡蓝色的。