【怀旧金曲】RobertaFlack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
经典、文雅 、温柔、老练这些词都不足以形容RobertaFlack（罗博塔·佛莱克）这位20世纪美国传奇性黑人女歌手的特殊嗓音。她的曲风为带有流行色彩的“轻柔爵士”，嗓音厚实，略带沙哑，高亢嘹亮，中气十足，同时也蕴藏多变的真假声技巧。
本歌中文名《一曲消魂》，也有译为《轻歌消魂》、《情深缘浅》等。这首歌的背景有点意思。作曲者在某个偶然的机会，于一家pub听到了唐·麦克林（DonMcLean）在台上以吉他自弹自唱的动人歌声而为之倾倒，从此成为他的歌迷，经常到现场点歌、聆赏，后来写出了这首歌，描述他第一次听唐麦克林唱歌的情景。
这首传唱至今的不朽名曲出自Roberta1973年8月发行的同名专辑[Killing Me Softly]。此歌曾获1974年第16届格莱美年度最佳唱片、最佳流行女艺人和年度最佳歌曲，并收入了奥斯卡百年金曲典藏。这首歌经由女歌星罗博塔·佛莱克的诠释，成为了一首传诵一时的抒情佳作。
Killing Me Softly with His Song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
Strumming my pain with his fingers
他用指尖拨动我心苦楚
Singing my life with his words
他用言语吟唱我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言语道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
I heard he sang a good song
我听到他吟唱佳曲
I heard he had a style
我听到他风格迥异
And so I came to see him to listen for awhile
我前去一睹其容
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
目中只见翩翩陌生少年
Strumming my pain with his fingers
他用指尖拨动我心苦楚
Singing my life with his words
他用言语吟唱我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言语道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
I felt all flushed with fever embarrassed by the crowd
我脸颊潮红羞怯于众
I felt he found my letters and read each word aloud
我听到他大声读出我信中的每字每句
I prayed that he would finish But he just kept right on
我祈祷这一幕尽快结束但他仍在继续
Strumming my pain with his fingers
他用指尖拨动我心苦楚
Singing my life with his words
他用言语吟唱我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言语道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
他歌唱 一如懂得我无尽的绝望
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
他洞悉 仿佛我不在场
And he just kept on singing
他兀自吟唱
Singing clear and strong
清晰而响亮
Strumming my pain with his fingers
他用指尖拨动我心苦楚
Singing my life with his words
他用言语吟唱我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
Telling my whole life with his words
他用言语道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他用歌声将我温柔处死
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