挪威的森林

香港現在放映「挪威的森林」，村上春樹 的  同名小說 改編，越南裔法國導演陳英雄的作品。村上春樹名氣很響，他的書我就是只看過這一本，台灣賴明珠的譯本。陳英雄的電影我倒是看過三齣，包括「三輪車夫」、「青木瓜之味」和「太陽直射的光線」。

愛好村上的小說的讀者很多，我不敢得罪；但是口味各有不同，讀了「挪威的森林」，未能刺激我馬上找他另一作品來看。陳英雄的電影我是喜歡的，所以如果有機會，也會看看這個電影版。

故事的情節其實與「挪威的森林」沒有關係，只是小說開場不久男主角聽到Beatles的1965年流行曲Norwegian Wood ，就是這樣而已。Beatles 這首歌流行到日本時，翻譯的人擺了個烏龍----原文不是「森林」(Woods)，而是「木頭」(Wood)！村上春樹大抵也隨俗，將錯就錯了。


歌曲和歌詞是John Lennon的創作，旋律很簡單，用AABB AABB AA的曲式，一下子就唱完了。伴奏的有John Lennon和Paul McCartney慣常的電結他，和George Harrison新學的印度樂器Sitar。

歌詞寫得隱晦，甚至於可以說是有點無釐頭。後來人們才知道，當時Lennon有元配髮妻Cynthia，但搞無數的婚外情，這首歌就是側寫這方面＊...

I once had a girl Or should I say, she once had me

She showed me her room, Isn't it good Norwegian wood?

She asked my to stay and told me sit anywhere

So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair

I sat on a rug, biding my time Drinking her wine

We talked until two, and then she said: "It's time for bed,"

She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh

I told her I didn't, and crawled off to sleep in the bath

And when I awoke,I was alone This bird has flown

So I lit a fire, Isn't it good Norwegian wood?

(＊John Lennon 後來承認  "I was trying to write about an affair, so it was very gobbledegooky. I was trying to write about an affair without letting my wife know I was having one. I was sort of writing from my experiences ... girls' flats, things like that.")

小說之中那個懵懵懂懂的少男，前後泡過幾個女子，有少女有中女，也許是和John Lennon當年的荒唐不羈這方面有點相近吧？

(文章允許轉貼，請具作者名字：梁煥松)