漫步北京 feat. Jess Meider

詞／人聲：Jess Meider (美國）
編曲／製作：MICO劉為
鍵盤／編程：MICO劉為／Eddy Beneteau (法國）
混音：Eddy Beneteau (法國）
北京聲音錄音棚，法國SUPALIFE RECORD工作室，北京JUNGLEMICO聲場勵工作室
The quiet of dawn, millions of hearts beat, rest, beat, rest. The sun paints a dim grey across the sky and the fields of tall buildings. Beijing, my dear metropolis, you're so quiet.
黎明的寂靜裡，千萬顆心跳動，平靜，跳動，平靜。太陽在天空和高樓上描繪出一道朦朧的灰色。北京，我親愛的大都會，你萬籟俱寂。
Outside, there is a wind pushing on my back. Go on, it says. Take a step. The city is awakening. The rhythm, the rhythm of one of the biggest cities in the world.
外面，一縷曉風拂背而過。去吧，它說。行動起來。這座城市正在甦醒。節奏，這是世界最大的城市之一的節奏。
Be the change I wanna see. Ghandi said that. Kind, good words.
讓我看見期望的改變。甘地說的良言美句。
Beijing and I, we've been mixing in the sweet spots for years, changing, growing, expanding.
我和北京，我們在美景中交融多年，在改變，在成長，在擴大。
I begin in the temple of sun. Stand on the alter to bask in the rising star, the sun.
我從日壇出發。站在聖壇上沐浴在升起的明星太陽中。
Behold. I am the daughter of the sun. I am fire.
看。我是太陽的女兒。我是火。
The sounds of the city rise into the atmosphere with the light.
城市的聲音在燈光的氛圍中升騰而起。
The morning streets packed with people, markets, breakfast stands, and the cacophony of colors and sounds.
清晨的街道人潮擁擠，到處是市場和早餐攤，充斥著不協調的顏色和吵雜的聲音。
A massive flow weaves thru the chaos.
一股洪流穿行於混亂之中。
Rickshaws and bicycles, pedestrians, motorcycles. The millions of cars. Millions and millions.
人力車、自行車、行人、摩托車、數不勝數的小車。不計其數，成千上萬。
I find the quiet path that struts along a river towards the temple of the earth, where the son of heaven's armies once trained.
我發現一條順河而下通往地壇的靜謐小路，天之驕子的軍隊曾在那兒操練。
Tall towering trees bring me to my knees. Ohm, zhan zhuang, gongfu, meditations.
參天大樹讓我拜倒。哦，站樁、功夫、冥想。
Laying down in the big grass, looking up at the pure blue sky, puffy clouds parade on by. And it almost feels like I'm somewhere else until the subway rumbles the ground and an airplane soars by.
躺在廣闊無垠的草地上，仰望著純淨的藍天，看棉絮般的雲朵飄過。幾乎讓我感覺到我就像在其他地方似的，直到地鐵震響地面，一架飛機轟隆飛過。
There is dancing everywhere. The words are dancing, the songs of life dancing, suffering, peace...Life is dancing.
舞動無處不在。話語在舞動，生命之歌
在舞動，痛苦，和平……生命在舞動。
It is LOUD.
熱鬧非凡。
Here. The entrance to a hutong, alleyways long...lined with courtyard homes, kids and elderly, bike bells and Chinese chess on little stools, in a shaded spots dogs and ferrets and cats and rats, cicadas, birds, Gobi desert sand and the dust of the people… 22 million of us, dancing a life in the ancient streets of Beijing.
看。胡同窄街入口，到處是四合院，老人和小孩，自行車鈴聲和小凳子上的中國象棋，斑點狗、雪貂、貓、老鼠、蟬和小鳥、戈壁沙塵、芸芸眾生，兩千萬人，在北京古老的街道過著一種生活。
I walk forever, winding around the inner city blocks till I reach my destination. Sunset on the lake, where the night life wafts of dinner cooking, people drinking, babies fussing, kids skateboarding, posers posing.
我一直行走，漫步在這座城市的街區，直到抵達我的目的地。湖面晚霞掩映，這裡的夜生活開始了。人們生火做飯、喝酒，嬰兒哭鬧，孩子們玩滑板，作者裝腔作勢。
I stand at the edge and look west towards the descending golden light; the dark hushes the sky and the lights of Beijing turn on. It is a good night, Beijing. It is a good night, Beijing. It is a good night, Beijing. The night is just beginning, Beijing. It is a good night, Beijing. Good night, Beijing. Good night, Beijing. Good night, Beijing.
我站在一角，向西望著下沉的金色之光；黑暗使天空寂靜，北京亮起了霓虹。北京，美好之夜。北京，美好之夜。北京，美好之夜。北京的夜晚剛剛開始。晚安，北京。晚安，北京。晚安，北京。
MICO劉為：
“這首曲子的靈感動機是在出租車上迸發創作的。在北京這個日新月異迅速發展的國際大都市裡，堵車已是家常便飯，隨便堵個半小時一小時以上的都見怪不怪，當時在出租車上被堵得動彈不得無比煩躁……特別感謝來自美國的唱作人Jess Meider為此曲創作的故事念白。”