AC 14. 《河口之处（二） II》| I Learned Their Words

音乐剧《河口之处》第二部第二曲--几十年过去了。Mbemba，当年那个站在刚果河口、目睹第一艘葡萄牙船只抵达的九岁男孩，如今已经成长为刚果王国宫廷中的书记官和翻译。他掌握了当地语言和葡萄牙语，负责记录国王的诏令、翻译外交谈判，也亲眼见证着一个新的时代正在到来。语言曾经是他与陌生世界之间的一座桥梁。他还记得自己第一次教那个远方来的年轻水手说当地的词语，也记得自己后来如何学习葡萄牙人的语言、文字和知识。他曾经跨越大海，见过里斯本宏伟的教堂、繁忙的港口和远方世界的辽阔。他相信，文字能够带来智慧，交流能够带来理解，不同文明之间的相遇能够创造新的未来。在他的眼中，铁器取代石器，书籍随着潮汐来到，新的信仰和新的知识正在丰富自己的家园。然而，他还没有意识到，在这些“礼物”之中，另一种力量也悄然进入了刚果——一种由市场和贸易推动的力量。它将逐渐改变人与人的关系，也将改变这片大陆未来几个世纪的命运。《我学会了他们的话》是一首关于希望的歌曲。它记录的是一个站在历史门槛上的人的声音：一个真诚相信世界正在打开的人，却还看不见光明背后正在形成的阴影。Song Introduction – I Learned Their WordsSeveral decades have passed since the first Portuguese ships reached the mouth of the Congo River.The curious nine-year-old boy who once taught a foreign sailor his first words in the local language has grown into a royal scribe and interpreter at the court of the Kingdom of Kongo. Fluent in both Kikongo and Portuguese, he records treaties, translates conversations, and witnesses a new era unfolding around him.To him, language is a bridge rather than a boundary. He has traveled across the sea, seen magnificent churches and bustling ports, learned new forms of writing, and returned convinced that knowledge, faith, and exchange can enrich his homeland. He sees iron replacing stone, books arriving with the tides, and two civilizations discovering one another.He does not yet recognize that another kind of exchange has already begun—one that will slowly transform people into commodities and commerce into destiny.His song is therefore filled not with suspicion, but with hope. It is the voice of a man standing at the threshold of history, celebrating the expansion of the world before he can perceive the shadow that follows the light.--【歌词】I Learned Their Words(for the Royal Scribe of Kongo)Verse 1When I was only nine years oldI watched white sails disturb the dawn.A stranger smiled and pointed high,I answered with the names of birds.He spoke a word I could not hold.I gave him one from my own tongue.We laughed before we understood—That was how a bridge began.Pre-ChorusOne word became another.One sound became a road.The river carried both of us,Though neither knew its course.ChorusI learned their words.They learned my name.We traded storiesBefore we traded gold.I crossed a seaWithout leaving home.The world grew largerEvery day I spoke.Verse 2Now I write beside the king.Ink remembers what voices lose.Crosses rise beside old trees,New songs echo ancient drums.Iron shines where stone once slept.Books arrive with morning tides.Our children trace unfamiliar letters,Dreaming farther than their fathers dreamed.BridgeI have seen cities built from stone.Church bells speaking to the sky.Ships like forests made of wind.Maps where our river finally has a name.If wisdom has another language,Why should I fear to learn?Final ChorusI learned their words.I carried both.One in my mouth,One in my heart.If every giftOpens another door,Who can seeWhat enters after light?The river flows.It never asksWhich shoreIs home.一南 | Yinan前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动