新手六日誌

嚴肅的外表下，他常常不討喜，然而在兒子當兵時，女兒出嫁時，父親自內心深處浮現的關懷，卻是讓人異常的感動！

Leader of the band

Dan Fogelberg

樂隊指揮

丹佛格柏

An only child, alone and wild

身為獨子，孤獨而狂野

A cabinet maker's son

是個木工師傅的兒子

His hands were meant for different work

他的雙手不善於做雜活

And his heart was known to none

也沒有人了解他的內心

He left his home

他離開了家

And went his lone and solitary way

踏上孤獨的旅程

And he gave to me a gift

而他賜給我的天賦

I know I never can repay

我永遠都無法報答

A quiet man of music

一個沉靜的音樂家

Denied a simpler fate

不向單純的命運低頭

He tried to be a soldier once

他曾經想要從軍

But his music wouldn't wait

但等不及要從事音樂

He earned his love through discipline

他贏得了摯愛，用那受過訓練的、

A thundering, velvet hand

時而雷霆萬鈞時而柔軟如絲絨的雙手

His gentle means of sculpting souls

他的溫和代表他那雕塑過的靈魂

Took me years to understand

很多年後我才了解

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The leader of the band is tired

樂隊指揮已經倦了

And his eyes are growing old

他的眼神日漸蒼老

But his blood runs through my instrument

但他的血液流經我的樂器

And his song is in my soul

他的歌注入了我的靈魂

My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man

為了模仿他，我的一生做過許多可笑的嘗試

I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band

對於樂隊指揮來說，我不過是個活生生的遺產

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My brothers' lives were different

我的兄弟們際遇完全不同

For they heard another call

當他們接受到不同的召喚

One went to Chicago

其中一個前往芝加哥

And the other to St. Paul

另一個去了聖保羅

And I'm in Colorado

而我落腳在科羅拉多

When I'm not in some hotel

當時我並不住在旅館裡

Living out this life I've chose

過著自己選擇的生活

And come to know so well

才能明白這許多事情

I thank you for the music

衷心感謝你的音樂

And your stories of the road

還有你流浪的故事

I thank you for the freedom

謝謝你給我自由

When it came my time to go

在我想離開的時候

I thank you for the kindness

謝謝你的慈愛

The times when you got tough

在你最困頓的時刻

And papa, I don't think I said,

爸爸，我想

"I love you" near enough

光說："我愛你！"是不夠的

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