empty chairs at empty tables
Empty chairs at empty tables 是《悲惨世界》的音乐剧里我最喜欢的一首歌,也是最符合我对革命想象的一首歌。革命之后什么都没有改变,牺牲之后什么都没有唤起。Marius问牺牲是为了什么,如果牺牲是为了更好的明天,那么可悲的是革命者为之牺牲的明天,却并没有到来。徒劳的奋斗,白白的牺牲,这是革命的悲剧。
以前曾经跟@Istoria 葉老师讨论过革命的时间性问题。革命的时间是一个断裂的原点,在抽象的意义上,革命本身没有时间维度,以革命为起点,开启了一个新的时间序列,正如《悲惨世界》里那首著名的《Do you hear the people sing》所唱的:“There is a life about to start, When tomorrow comes!” 又如49年胡风写的那首诗《时间开始了》。我有时候不禁在想,正是这种对于革命的时间性的想象,才内在地决定了革命的悲剧。革命在求变的大前提下,想象一种“毕全功于一役”的彻底更新,想象在破坏中自然生发出新世界来,而对于新世界本身却没有具体的策划,就好“明天”本身就承诺了美好。我一直在想,革命的这种断裂的时间性,到底是从哪里来的,思想史上的根源在哪里。这显然不是黑格尔式的“螺旋上升”的时间观,更不是中国传统“一治一乱”的循环的时间观。这是一种粗暴却充满激情的对未来的承诺,而这空洞的承诺为何又能带来那么大的感召力,这令我很困惑。
Empty chairs at empty tables
Marius
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came.
From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
I can hear them now!
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On the lowly barricade..
At dawn.
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me.
[The ghosts of those who died on the barricade appear.]
That I live and you are gone
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Phantom faces at the window
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more.
[The ghosts fade away.]
Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more...
另一首
Do You Hear the People Sing
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men!
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight!
That will give you the right to be free!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes! !!
以前曾经跟@Istoria 葉老师讨论过革命的时间性问题。革命的时间是一个断裂的原点,在抽象的意义上,革命本身没有时间维度,以革命为起点,开启了一个新的时间序列,正如《悲惨世界》里那首著名的《Do you hear the people sing》所唱的:“There is a life about to start, When tomorrow comes!” 又如49年胡风写的那首诗《时间开始了》。我有时候不禁在想,正是这种对于革命的时间性的想象,才内在地决定了革命的悲剧。革命在求变的大前提下,想象一种“毕全功于一役”的彻底更新,想象在破坏中自然生发出新世界来,而对于新世界本身却没有具体的策划,就好“明天”本身就承诺了美好。我一直在想,革命的这种断裂的时间性,到底是从哪里来的,思想史上的根源在哪里。这显然不是黑格尔式的“螺旋上升”的时间观,更不是中国传统“一治一乱”的循环的时间观。这是一种粗暴却充满激情的对未来的承诺,而这空洞的承诺为何又能带来那么大的感召力,这令我很困惑。
Empty chairs at empty tables
Marius
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came.
From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
I can hear them now!
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On the lowly barricade..
At dawn.
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me.
[The ghosts of those who died on the barricade appear.]
That I live and you are gone
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Phantom faces at the window
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more.
[The ghosts fade away.]
Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more...
另一首
Do You Hear the People Sing
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men!
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight!
That will give you the right to be free!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes! !!
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