曲中事，歌中人～歌曲中的故事 - ABBA《Fernando》阿巴樂隊的「費爾南多」

歌名: ABBA《Fernando》601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIK7nLexB06

歌詞:

Can you hear the drums Fernando?601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMTfJugoqR
I remember long ago another starry night like this601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBFV6kyW2U
In the firelight Fernando601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPBURNmv8Q
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJT1j9VAdr
I could hear the distant drums601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sa08KAMO7
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar

They were closer now Fernando601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFXDNoJM4h
Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPTQZlWBqN
I was so afraid Fernando601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HWqsSCqtg
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVsxZL3GBD
And I'm not ashamed to say601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgrHCX50aU
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

There was something in the air that night601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFSaeAKSGn
The stars were bright, Fernando601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8JvxS6PmQ
They were shining there for you and me601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5LsY9S9pL
For liberty, Fernando601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl475aiIH0I
Though I never thought that we could lose601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LnOOCvyJi
There's no regret601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhpKET6ufv
If I had to do the same again601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVp7Z2BDho
I would, my friend, Fernando601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyaoSBeJWu
If I had to do the same again601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk54AOnFDhx
I would, my friend, Fernando

Now we're old and grey Fernando601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnWBcFXPyK
And since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your hand601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASCCtDIho4
Can you hear the drums Fernando?601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiqEtAJDeu
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the Rio Grande?601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVekLeXx2K6
I can see it in your eyes601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPMrPiXg74
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land

There was something in the air that night601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyG0eXbjyJ6
The stars were bright, Fernando601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXU17XvfRM
They were shining there for you and me601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxifuaswTLo
For liberty, Fernando601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zS3R2IGF3
Though I never thought that we could lose601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTgDUD2kIE
There's no regret601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7u40Gugey
If I had to do the same again601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDFUr2Io9k
I would, my friend, Fernando

Yes, if I had to do the same again601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjLDNFGCza
I would, my friend, Fernando...

內文: 601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVStoFpivQt

記得以前大學迎新營活動中，新生與老鬼都很「文青」，一次的野火營晚會上，大家都拿出結他彈奏及大唱英文歌。其中，最難忘的是阿巴樂隊的「費爾南多」(ABBA《Fernando》) ，為什麼？不知道！

但在黑白的記憶中，這歌曲卻是故事中有故事、敘事者中再有敘事變奏：首先，原版瑞典語版本的歌詞由 ABBA 經理 Stig Andersson 創作，與英語版本有很大不同。在原著中，敘事歌者試圖安慰因失去摯愛而傷心追憶的費爾南多。

但後來，英文版的歌詞到了比約恩·烏爾瓦烏斯 (Björn Ulvaeus) 的手上創作，歌詞則截然不同------表述了兩位老兵的懷舊情懷，以及對他們參加過的久違戰鬥的回憶。填詞者說過：「我把所有的歌曲都寫成了小故事。《費爾南多》是關於兩個老人為擺脫墨西哥革命而爭取自由的故事。一個夏夜，他們躺在外面，盯著星星……」「我想一定有一個標題叫《費爾南多》，想了想，我發現墨西哥有兩個年老受傷的革命者生活在夜裡，我的腦海裡浮現出我們坐在外面談論舊事的情景…… 」

一眨眼間，又在星光下海灘中某星座在頭上，大家圍著野火彈奏唱歌了。有一次，朋友A在大學教書並做了某宿舍註校總監，邀請我們這些老鬼回去參加大學迎新營活動；原來晚上也有野火營晚會，也有結他伴奏唱歌，我們這些老鬼也唱了ABBA《Fernando》------但就不知為何會唱這一首老歌------既跟當時氣氛不大配合，也好像跟年青人格格不入？為何會記得歌詞？就像《Carry On Till Tomorrow》一樣，大家一說便會唱？其實也有人把歌詞列印了出來，讓大家跟著唱！

事後想來，好的歌曲或都有好的旋律，無論時地人怎改變也好，也都會令人朗朗上口而回味無窮吧？