AC 06. 《河口之处（一） II》| The River Knows My Name

音乐剧《河口之处》第一部第二曲--1482年，葡萄牙航海者抵达刚果河口之前。一位年轻的刚果女性每天来到河边洗陶罐、汲水，丈夫则驾着简陋的木制渔具在激流中捕鱼，孩子从小在河流中学会游泳。对于她而言，刚果河不是风景，而是食物、道路、记忆，也是危险；它养育生命，也随时可能夺走生命。这首歌曲试图重建历史发生之前的日常世界。当欧洲人的船尚未出现在地平线上时，这条古老的河流早已塑造了这里的人、语言、劳动与信仰。只有先听见河流的声音，才能理解后来那场改变历史的相遇意味着什么。音乐与人声由 Suno 生成。--【歌词】The River Knows My NameVoice of a Young Kongo Woman, 1482Before the sunfinds my house,I am alreadywalkingto the river.The riverknows my feet.Mudbetween my toes.Claybeneath my nails.The waterdoes not askmy name.It already knows.I washthe cooking pots.I washmy mother's cloth.I washmy own hands.The riverkeeps nothing.It carrieseverything.My husbandcasts his netwhere the currentargueswith the stones.The riverfeeds him.The rivertests him.No onewinsagainst the river.The childrenlearnbefore they walk.The riverholds them.The riverthrows them back.Again.Again.Until they laughinstead of crying.When the rains come,the waterturns the colorof the earth.The mountainscome downinside the river.The rivercarriesthe whole countryto the sea.SometimesI thinkthe riveris olderthan the sky.It remembersthe feetof thosewhose namesno one sings.I tell my son,Listen.The riverhas many voices.Onefor fish.Onefor rain.Onefor danger.Onefor the dead.Learn them.They maysave you.I have neverseenwhere the riverbegins.I will neverseewhere it ends.Still,every morning,it finds me.Todaythe birdsroseall at once.The dogswould not sleep.The riverlookedtoward the sea.So did I.一南 | Yinan前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动