AC 09. 《河口之处（一） V》| The Years Between Two Shores

音乐剧《河口之处》第一部第五曲《两岸之间》是《河口之处》音乐文献剧中的一首吟唱作品。1483年，葡萄牙航海者首次抵达刚果河口。为了建立联系，一些葡萄牙人被留在刚果，同时几位刚果贵族被带往葡萄牙。这首作品以一位被留在刚果的年轻葡萄牙水手为第一人称，在史料留白之处展开想象：几年间，他学会了当地的语言、饮食与生活方式，也逐渐失去了对故乡的清晰记忆。当船再次出现时，他面对的已不是“回家”与“留下”的选择，而是一个更深的问题——究竟是哪一片土地塑造了今天的自己。作品并不试图重现历史事件本身，而是借由一个普通人的声音，呈现文明初次相遇时那些难以被档案记录的情感与日常经验。音乐与人声由 Suno 生成。--【歌词】The Years Between Two ShoresVoice of a Portuguese Sailor Left in KongoWhen the ship was gone,I counted mornings.Ten.Twenty.Forty.ThenI stopped counting.The childrengave me another name.I cannot say itthe way they do.But when they laugh,I knowit belongs to me.The rivertaught me first.Do not drinklike a dying man.Drinklike the trees.Slowly.Every day.I learnedwhich fruitkeeps the fever away.Which fishbelongs to the moon.Which birdwarns of rain.No priestever taught methese things.At firstI sleptwith my boots on.Nowmy feetknow this earthbetter than leather.SometimesI forgetmy mother's face.Then I rememberthe womanwashing clay potsby the river.The circlesher hands madeare the same.The people hereask meabout the sea.How wide?How deep?Where does it end?I tell themit never ends.I do not tell themhow lonelyit can be.Some nightsI dreamin two languages.In oneI call for my mother.In the otherI answer.One morninga child shouted—Sails!The seahad remembered me.The menwho stepped ashorelooked like strangers.They spokemy own language,but it soundedolderthan my heart.They asked,"Will you come home?"I lookedat the river.I lookedat the forest.I lookedat my hands.I did not knowwhich shorehad made them mine.一南 | Yinan前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动