北京的 9,000,000 輛自行車

北京城內真的有九百萬輛自行車嗎﹖我們距離浩瀚宇宙的盡頭只有120億光年嗎﹖還有﹐還有﹐這個小小的地球真的擠滿了60億人口嗎﹖這些我全都不知道﹐我只知道這位被譽為 “英國諾拉鍾斯” 的 Katie Melua 把這首 [Nine Million Bicycles] 詮釋得絲絲入扣﹕從容﹑不經意地表露愛意﹐成熟之中又帶點小女人的味道 。她那半咸不淡的仿中國腔﹐還有間奏的長笛聲讓人仿若置身清朝末年的北京小巷 。為什麼是清朝﹖哈﹐我也不知道 。直覺吧﹗

喜歡 [自行車] 的歌詞﹐像首浪漫的愛情詩﹔Verse 部份的體裁很馬來 Pantun﹕前三句是 Pembayang﹐後面才是主菜﹕

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact
It's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die

We are twelve billion light years from the edge
That's a guess
No-one can ever say it's true
But I know that I will always be with you

I'm warmed by the fire of your love everyday
So don't call me a liar
Just believe everything that I say

There are six billion people in the world
More or less and it makes me feel quite small
But you're the one I love the most of all

We're high on the wire
With the world in our sight
And I'll never tire
Of the love that you give me every night

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact
It's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die

And there are nine million bicycles in Beijing
And you know that I will love you till I die