The Mysterious ”J”(Live) - Laurie Anderson

The Mysterious J (Live) - Laurie Anderson
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In the book there are several chapters about
书中记载着若干章节关于
Women talking and women writing
女性言说与女性书写
Now it seems likely that men invented
而今看来很可能是男性发明了
Writing and wrote what
文字并撰写了
Maybe ninety
约莫九成
Maybe ninety five percent of
约莫九成五的
Everything that's ever been written
世间所有流传的文字
Oh theres the recent theory that a woman
最近有种理论认为有位女性
The mysterious jwrote much of the old testament
那位神秘的J撰写了旧约大部分经文
But only because god was portrayed
只因书中描绘的上帝形象
In this book as patriarchal
充满父权专制色彩
Tyrannical and inconsistent
暴虐无常自相矛盾
The way presumably only a woman
这般笔触想必只有女性
Would write about a man
才会如此刻画男性
But I think I can picture this j scribbling away
但我仿佛能看见J奋笔疾书的身影
And laughing although the first time
尽管初次观看时不禁发笑
I saw the bible re enacted was
我目睹圣经被重新演绎
Sometime in the seventys
那是在七十年代的某时
And there was a cable tv show in the midwest and
中西部曾有档有线电视节目
Bible study groups would act out parts of the bible
查经小组会分角色表演圣经段落
But these were pretty low budget productions and
但制作经费实在拮据
Shot in a church basement or somebodys
镜头在教堂地下室或某人家中完成
And all the prophets had towels wrapped around
先知们头顶都裹着毛巾
Their heads for turbansbut you could see the tags
他们头戴缠巾 却露出标签痕迹
The ones with the washing instructions
那些带着洗涤说明的标签
Of Sort sticking out and back there were very
突兀地翘着 而录音带里
Few women on these tapes
鲜少出现女性身影
They tended to be the odd shepherdess
偶有牧羊女角色
Sort dancing girl bit part
或是舞娘之类的龙套
Then last year I was invited to perform in
去年我受邀赴以色列演出
Israel and I was very excited because
当时满怀期待 因为
I wanted to see jerusalem where this mysterious
我想去耶路撒冷看看 那位神秘的J女士
J had spent her life writing and working and
曾在此写作与工作度过一生
The gulf war had made me even more curious
海湾战争更激起我的好奇心
So I did some asking aroundsome informal research
于是我四处打听 做些非正式研究
And I talked to an israeli woman who was living in
遇到一位住在纽约的以色列女性
New york and she was really having a hard time
她过得相当艰难
Living there and she was always complaining
总是不断抱怨着
About american men and say
美国男人的种种不是
You know american men are such wimps
要知道美国男人都那么软弱
I mean they're always talking about their feelings
我是说他们总在谈论自己的感受
And I said they are
我说他们确实如此
And she said she really liked israeli men because
而她表示她很喜欢以色列男人
They were so tough and because
因为他们如此强悍
They all had guns and I said
而且他们都带着枪 我说
Gunsyou like guys with guns
枪？你喜欢带枪的男人？
And she said she did and went on about how terrible
她说是的 并继续说着美国男人多么糟糕
It was that clinton wanted to reduce the army
当时克林顿想要裁减军队规模
And she was so animate about this that
她对此表现得如此激动
I started to get kind of worried yeah
以至于我开始感到些许忧虑
Thought yeah I that's true what are all these
心想确实如此 这些军人失业后
Military people going to do when they lose their jobs
该何去何从呢
And then I thought wellhang on weve
转念又想到 等等
Got all these service industries now
我们现在有这么多服务行业
Things like psychotherapy and the military
比如心理治疗和军队系统
Approach to psychotherapy
心理治疗之道
Would really be kind of perfect
本可近乎完美
Really efficient and fastyou know listen
高效而迅捷 你且细听
You are nothing you are a wormand if you
你微不足道 如虫豸般卑微
Don't get that mother complex out
若不能摆脱那母性情结
By o four hours you are dead meat
凌晨四点前 你将万劫不复