A Perfect Indian
Sinead O'Cornner

A Perfect Indian is he. Remembering him life is sweet
Like a weeping willow, his face on my pillow comes to me still in my dreams
And there I saw a young baby, a beautiful daughter was she
A face from a painting, red cheeks and teeth aching
Her eyes like a wild Irish sea
 
On a table in her yellow dress for a photograph feigned happiness
Why in my life is that the only time that any of you will smile at me?

I'm sailing on this terrible ocean. I've come for my self to retrieve
Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
And there's only one way to be free

He's shy and he speaks quietly. He's gentle and he seems to me
Like the elf-arrow. His face worn and harrowed. Is he a daydreamer like me?

I'm sailing on this terrible ocean. I've come for my self to retrieve
Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
And there's only one way to be free

参考译文（来自互联网）

完美的印第安人是他。回忆他的一生是甜蜜的
仿佛垂柳，他的脸在我枕边，依然走近我，在梦中
那里我看到一个幼小的婴孩，一个美丽的女儿是她
一张油画般的脸庞，红红的脸蛋伴着牙疼，她的眼睛象狂野的爱尔兰海

坐在桌子上穿着她黄色的衣衫，照片中她伪装的幸福
为何我的生命里只有那时光，那所有你对着我微笑的时光？

我在这可怕的海上航行。我来只是为了找回自我
我感觉到我象无助的孩子们，只有一种方式获得自由

他害羞而安静地述说着，他温文尔雅
对我来说，他就像精灵射出的箭。他的脸色疲倦而忧伤
他也象我一样憧憬无限吗？

我在这可怕的海上航行。我已找寻自己太久
我感觉到我象无助的孩子们，只有一种方式获得自由

歌手简介（来自互联网）

　　她已经不再是她。那个剃着一个闪亮的光头、用一种彻底反叛的姿态面对这个荒诞世界的女人，已经消失在过去的岁月里面。她蓄起了头发，就像每一个青春不再的中年女人那样带着一脸温和恬静的微笑。那个当着几百万电视观众的面撕毁教皇保罗二世的画像、在海湾战争期间拒绝在个人演唱会前让人演奏美国国歌的女歌手，已经没有当初那样的愤怒与极端。她成了一个虔诚的天主教牧师，并且独自抚养着自己的两个孩子、变成了一个慈爱的母亲。她仍然是她。尽管她曾经拒绝接受无数音乐人梦寐以求的格莱美音乐奖的四项提名，但是她的音乐仍然保持着一种强烈的个人风格，以一种特立独行的品质站在另类音乐潮流的前沿。尽管她有着极为痛苦的生活遭遇，但是她仍然坚持着自己的音乐理想，每一个音符都倾注了她深挚的情感与发自内心的真诚。这就是她，Sinead O'Connor，曾经被无数青年女性视为自己的代言人，以极富魅力的音乐嬴得了众多瞩目的爱尔兰著名女歌手。

注释：关于Lir's children

　　只找到一首同名歌曲的歌词。大意是，Lir的孩子被继母Aiofe诅咒变为天鹅，在狂风骤雨的Moyle海上航行300年才能回归人身、重拾自由。300年后，诅咒消失，孩子们也老了，他们的青春年华也永不回来。附原词：

Children Of Lir

In a time of myth and magic lived a man of timeless power
Lir was his name. But his temper had turned sour
He would not be king of the land, Bov Dearg was chosen instead
Lir would pay no tribute to him and secretly wished he was dead

Alas with time Lir's wife did lie, and he was full of great sadness
Dearg heard this and sent word to Lir to meet with him in his palace
When they met they both embraced, their friendship was made then
Dearg summoned his daughter eve, and told Lir he must marry again

Lir's love for Eve was as strong as with his first wife
A seed was planted, Fionnula and Aedh were born
But her next child birth would take away her life
Fiachra and Conn, from their mothers stomach were torn

Lir's sadness knew no bounds - he cried out to the night
Dearg was there to comfort him and help him see the light
He had 4 beautiful children and with time another bride
Eve's sister Aoife would stay loyal to his side

But Aiofe had a jealous side - a canker in her mind,
She moved against the children, love for them she could not find.
She took them in her chariot to a lake not far away.
And changed them into swans like night time into day.

300 years on Derravaragh, so commenced the spell
the children would swim to the shore, their story to tell
300 years on the sea of Moyle, a cruel and bitter place
The children missed their father here, the smile upon his face

In the sea of Moyle the waves did crash, and beat the land with might
The rain fell fierce and the wind blew hard. The swans all feared for their lives
Fionnula was strong and wisest of all, and guarded her brothers from strife
Under her wings they hid from night, and waited for the morning light

Finally the day did come to leave this terrible sea
300 more years to live as swans, then they at last would be free
To Inish Gluaire the swans did fly, as fast as they could go
New lands and kingdoms everywhere - Fionnula did see down below

There they waited, till at last the day did dawn
The spell was ending, they felt themselves transform
They were now ancient, their youth was gone forever
And as they died they held hands and went together

《完美的印第安人》是爱尔兰女星辛妮德-奥康娜（Sinead O'Cornner）为数不多的柔情小品。好象在静静欣赏着一幅悠远的画面，现实或梦境中：羞涩的印第安人，他有一个甜美的小女儿，她有着红红的脸颊，可能是要换牙了，所以会牙疼。虽然牙疼，坐在桌上、穿着小黄衣服的女孩为了照相还要强装笑颜……简单的情景，简单的幸福。一颗疲惫的心渴望的，还是淡淡的、像流水一样的温情。有网友说，不同于恩雅,,不沾人间烟火的天籁，奥康娜的声音是体味了世态炎凉之后的平静，随意且暧昧，带着一丝寂寥，一抹落漠...

 

willow  n. 柳树，柳木制品	weeping  a. 垂枝的
pillow  n. 枕头	feign  v. 假装，装作
retrieve  v. 找回，重新得到	worn  a. 疲倦的
harrow  v. 伤害，使精神痛苦	daydreamer  n. 做白日梦的人