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》621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVciFM0oZ1

歌詞:

Can you hear the drums Fernando?621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vtpEN8Qk9
I remember long ago another starry night like this621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRIQ1mRqOX
In the firelight Fernando621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuJ7SmeSsq
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVirqhnUnLU
I could hear the distant drums621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTrU1ICoK3
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar

They were closer now Fernando621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZhUHcxCw5
Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJt9COTZ5C
I was so afraid Fernando621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9o7tTsIIXX
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIpEEIBHiQ
And I'm not ashamed to say621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjQ1zkC2RE
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

There was something in the air that night621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00JNHc09Mw
The stars were bright, Fernando621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgtzPjb4Tq
They were shining there for you and me621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjzz1OIvl3
For liberty, Fernando621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ex958w3hQ
Though I never thought that we could lose621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpISKSMU5sa
There's no regret621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxbbgoo9fS
If I had to do the same again621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu751heRKL9
I would, my friend, Fernando621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFPaRcuFKf
If I had to do the same again621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuTCRfrFWO
I would, my friend, Fernando

Now we're old and grey Fernando621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf0w3cjXyj
And since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your hand621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vXm2wbRt9
Can you hear the drums Fernando?621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU0sCt0fyL
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the Rio Grande?621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgq5aMULgSg
I can see it in your eyes621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8vCqlL1jG
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land

There was something in the air that night621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRRPY67FDy
The stars were bright, Fernando621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06qbHQIHrl
They were shining there for you and me621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboPnFtIXtP
For liberty, Fernando621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmysnoVFp2G
Though I never thought that we could lose621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjtS8TKBWj
There's no regret621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcEe2pLEAC
If I had to do the same again621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfjwDRATMY
I would, my friend, Fernando

Yes, if I had to do the same again621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ScyWu6s2L
I would, my friend, Fernando...

內文: 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDIoJF9So5

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？