第一次听Katie Melua的歌是一首《the closest thing to crazy》。当时就被这真挚，纯净，动人的歌声打动了。虽然从来没有过那种crazy的感觉，但是听她唱，仿佛我也能懂。最喜欢的除了这首，还有一首是《nine million bicycles》。今天尝试把两首歌的歌词翻译成中文的~不过文采有限，只能直译了，肯定比不上原文的诗意与精彩。然后，我就准备收拾一下自己，去参加一个草草了事的每个人15分钟的走过场的面试。
the closest thing to crazy
How can I think I'm standing strong,
Yet feel the air beneath my feet?
How can happiness feel so wrong?
How can misery feel so sweet?
How can you let me watch you sleep,
Then break my dreams the way you do?
How can I have got in so deep?
Why did I fall in love with you?
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
I was never crazy on my own.
And now I know that there's a link between the two,
Being close to craziness and being close to you.
How can you make me fall apart
Then break my fall with loving lies?
It's so easy to break a heart;
It's so easy to close your eyes.
How can you treat me like a child
Yet like a child I yearn for you?
How can anyone feel so wild?
How can anyone feel so blue?
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似乎能感到我脚下空气的鼓动
我又怎能说此刻的我是坚定的？
为何感觉幸福是错误，而灾难却如此甜蜜？
为何你就能这样静静地睡着，而我的美梦总是被你打破？
为何我会陷地如此之深，为何我会爱上你？
我从未如此疯狂过，
仿佛回到22岁时的心智，17岁时的举动。
这是近乎疯狂的事，
不会没有原因，
现在我终于知道，两者间的联系。
接近疯狂意味着接近你。
为何你让我失去了自我，又用谎言破碎我的爱情？
心易碎，爱易逝。
别对我像对一个孩子，
虽然我就是一个渴望得到你爱的孩子。
为何人能如此疯狂，如此忧伤？
repeat...重复副歌部分
nine million bicycles
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
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北京城里有9百万辆单车，
就像我会爱你到永远一样，
这是不能否认的事实。
我们离星际有120亿光年的距离，
这是个无人能证实的猜测。
但至少我会永远陪伴你。
你的爱每天都温暖着我，
所以，请不要说我骗人，
请相信我所说的一切。
地球上有60亿人，
差不多吧？
我，竟是如此渺小，
而你，就是我爱的那个。
我们俯视着这个世界，
因为你的爱，我每日不知疲倦。
重复~