Here we are Riding the sky Painting the night with sun You and I, mirrors of light Twin flames of fire Lit in another time and place I knew your name I knew your face Your love and grace Past and present now embrace Worlds collide in inner space Unstoppable, the songs we play Burn that page for me I cannot erase the time of sleep I cannot be loved, so set me free I cannot deliver your love Or caress your soul so Turn that page for me I cannot embrace the touch that you give I cannot find solace in your words I cannot deliver you your love Or caress your soul Age to age I feel the call Memory of future dreams You and I, riding the sky Keeping the fire bright From another time and place I know your name I know your face Your touch and grace All of time cannot erase What our hearts remember stays Forever on a song we play Burn that page for me I cannot erase the time of sleep I cannot be loved, so set me free I cannot deliver your love Or caress your soul so Turn that page for me I cannot embrace the touch that you give I cannot find solace in your words I cannot deliver you your love Or caress your soul
《星空》是一首来自冥界差两步（Two Steps From Hell）的歌曲。神曲，绝对的神曲，神曲中的顶流。
听吧听吧，先感受一下，传说中耳朵怀孕的感觉。
对于喜爱电脑游戏的朋友，绝对不会陌生。《星空》经常被拿来再创作，作为战争，或者英雄电影的背景音乐。此曲过去铿锵有力，前奏一起，让人心跳加速，热血澎湃，肾脏上火，大脑失禁。。。然后只能跟着脚步走，成了音乐的俘虏。那种感觉就像这样——冲啊~~~。
其实不然，《星空》是一首灵歌，描述了一段与所爱之人阴阳相隔，灵魂相连的情感。你看看，人不一样，感觉就会不一样，情绪就会不一样。效果可能是一个飞到天上，嗨得要死，一个跪在地上，柔情完全林黛玉。
听听下面，是不是心如林黛玉？
所以说，歌词很重要，识字很重要，会影响人的情绪。这么一说问题来了，因为有些歌曲是不同的语言，歌词一经翻译，这问题就出现了，感觉挺怪，不容易看懂。上面这个望着星空的视频找了挺久，翻译还算靠谱的，就拿来参考一下吧。比如第三句：
——Painting the night with sun
被翻译成“在夜晚肆意挥洒着阳光"，乍看没啥大问题，一琢磨就有逻辑问题——这大晚上的哪有阳光？咋个挥洒法？这么玄？还有第六句：
——Lit in another time and place
被翻译成“照亮你我相处的时空“，还有翻译成“照亮了又一個黯淡的時空”——“in”没有翻译出来，这味道能对吗？继续往下到第十句：
——Past and present now embrace
被翻译成“过去和现在紧紧相拥着”——这么感性啊，过去和现在又不是情侣，咋个拥抱法？到底想说啥呢？
歌曲不是问题，翻译成了问题。感觉让人如鲠在喉，就是骚痒痒老是搔不到点上。可能是因为没有明白整首歌词的意思，就机械地一个句子一个句子翻译，结果造成意思不连贯，细节甚至违背了常识。其实诗歌本来就是意境至上，如果不抓住意境只是去翻译词儿，就会不对劲。其实熟悉英文的话，不妨读一读原句，歌词写得非常棒，挺有韵律感，就是诗啊！
Here we are
Riding the sky
Painting the night with sun
You and I, mirrors of light
Twin flames of fire
Lit in another time and place
I knew your name
I knew your face
Your love and grace
Past and present now embrace
Worlds collide in inner space
Unstoppable, the songs we play
Burn that page for me
I cannot erase the time of sleep
I cannot be loved, so set me free
I cannot deliver your love
Or caress your soul so
Turn that page for me
I cannot embrace the touch that you give
I cannot find solace in your words
I cannot deliver you your love
Or caress your soul
Age to age
I feel the call
Memory of future dreams
You and I, riding the sky
Keeping the fire bright
From another time and place
I know your name
I know your face
Your touch and grace
All of time cannot erase
What our hearts remember stays
Forever on a song we play
Burn that page for me
I cannot erase the time of sleep
I cannot be loved, so set me free
I cannot deliver your love
Or caress your soul so
Turn that page for me
I cannot embrace the touch that you give
I cannot find solace in your words
I cannot deliver you your love
Or caress your soul
这一读我的心马上就热乎了，手指头就痒了，心里就颤抖了，捉急了。。。这么好的菜怎么能这么个吃法呢？算了，俺就来试着翻译一段，不靠人。想想也对，挠痒痒想完全靠别人，其实挺费劲的。下面俺来了：
来了
我们来了
乘着风，在空中飘行
像骄阳的影子在夜空倾洒
你和我，明镜般反射着阳光之芒
如双生火焰般彼此纠缠，难分彼此
闪耀着，交错在另一座时空，点亮了爱
咦？这形状棒喔，没想到还建了座塔呢？哈哈，真是太得意了。