Word of Mouth(Live) - Laurie Anderson

Word Of Mouth (Live) - Laurie Anderson
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In 1980 as part of a project called Word of Mouth

I was invited along with a living other artists
我与几位在世艺术家一同受邀前往
To go to Panape a tiny island
太平洋中的蕞尔小岛帕纳佩
In the middle of the Pacific
那里刚迎来电视信号的降临
The idea was that we'd sit around talking for a few
原计划围坐畅谈数日时光
Days and that the conversations
将那些对话片段
Would be made into a talking record
灌录成有声的纪念
The first night we were all really jet-lagged but
首夜我们饱受时差折磨
As soon as we sat down the organizers set up all
刚落座主办方就架起了设备
These mikes and switched on
这些麦克风已经开启
Thousand white light bulbs
成千的白色灯泡闪烁
And we tried our best to seem as
我们尽力表现得
Intelligent as possible
尽可能睿智得体
Television had just come to Panape a week before
电视刚在一周前传入帕纳佩
We arrived and there was a strong excitement
我们抵达时岛上洋溢着热烈氛围
Around the island as people crowded
人们簇拥在
Around the few sets
为数不多的电视机前
Then the day after we arrived in a bizarre replay
就在我们抵达次日 诡异重现
Of the first TV show ever broadcast to Panape
帕纳佩首播电视节目的场景
Prisoners escaped from a jail broke into the
囚犯们越狱而出 闯入了
Radio station and murdered the DJ
广播电台 杀害了那位DJ
Then they went off on a
随后他们开始
Rampage through the jungle
在丛林中疯狂肆虐
Armed with lawnmower blades In all four people
挥舞着割草机刀片 共计四人
Were murdered in cold blood
被残忍杀害
Detectives flown
侦探们乘机抵达
In from Guam to investigate
从关岛赶来调查
Swarmed everywhere
四处搜寻踪迹
At night we stayed around in our cottages
夜晚我们守在木屋中
Listening out into the jungle
聆听丛林深处的声响
Finally the local chief decided to hold a
最终部落酋长决定举行
Ceremony for the murder victims
为遇害者超度的仪式
The artist Marina Brownovich and I went
艺术家玛丽娜·布朗诺维奇与我同行
As representatives of our group to film it
作为团队代表前去记录这场仪式
The ceremony was held in a large thatched
仪式在巨大的茅草凉亭下举行
Lean-to and most of the ceremony involved
大部分流程都围绕着
Cooking beans in pits and brewing
地坑里煨煮豆子
A dark drink from roots
以及用树根熬制黑色饮品
The smell was overwhelming Dogs around barking
浓烈气味弥漫 犬吠声此起彼伏
And everybody seemed to be having a
葬礼上每个人都显得
Fairly good time as funerals go
异常尽兴 沉浸在哀思中
After a few hours Marina and I
几小时后 玛丽娜和我
Were presented to the chief
被引荐给部落酋长
Who was sitting on a raised platform above the pits
他高坐在坑洞上方的平台
We'd been told we couldn't turn our backs on the
我们被告知绝不能
Chief at any time or ever be higher than he was
背对酋长或站得比他更高
So we scrambled up onto the platform with our film
于是我们捧着胶片爬上平台
Equipment and sort of duck-waddled up
装备齐全 像鸭子般蹒跚前行
Backwards to the chief
倒退着走向酋长
As a present I brought one of those
作为礼物 我带了台
Fred Flintstone cameras
原始相机
The kind where the film canister is
那种胶卷暗盒就是
Also the body of the camera
相机机身的款式
And I presented it to the chief
我将它献给酋长
He seemed delighted and began to click off pictures
他欣喜若狂 开始咔嚓拍照
He wasn't advancing the film between shots
他拍摄时没有换胶片
But since we were told we shouldn't
但被告知要保持沉默
Speak unless spoken to
除非被询问才能开口
I wasn't able to inform him that he
我没能告诉他
Wasn't going to get twelve pictures
这样拍不出十二张照片
But only one very very complicated one
只会得到一张极其复杂的画面
After a couple more hours the chief lifted his hand
又过了几小时 酋长抬起手
And there was absolute silence
全场顿时鸦雀无声
All the dogs had suddenly stopped barking
群犬突然停止了吠叫
We looked around and saw the dogs
我们环顾四周 看见那些狗
All their throats had been simultaneously
它们的喉咙被同时割开
Cut and their bodies
而它们的躯体
Still breathing pierced with rods
仍在喘息 被长矛刺穿
Were turning on those pits
在坑洞上翻转
The chief insisted we join in the meal but Marina
酋长坚持要我们共进晚餐 但玛丽娜
Had turned green and I asked
已经面色发青 我问道
If we could just have ours to go
若我们也能就此离去
They carefully wrapped the dogs in leaves
他们用树叶将狗儿细心包裹
And we carried their bodies away
我们抬着它们的躯体离开
Word Of Mouth(live版) - Laurie Anderson