Coldplay 的 The Scientist 中「Tell you I set you apart」應該怎樣理解?
01-25
Come up to meet you, tell you I"m sorry
You don"t know how lovely you areI had to find youTell you I need youTell you I set you apartTell me your secrets
And ask me your questionsOh let"s go back to the startRunning in circlesComing up tailsHeads on a silence apartNobody said it was easyIt"s such a shame for us to partNobody said it was easyNo one ever said it would be this hardOh take me back to the start
I was just guessingAt numbers and figuresPulling your puzzles apartQuestions of scienceScience and progressDo not speak as loud as my heartTell me you love meCome back and haunt meOh and I rush to the startRunning in circles
Chasing our tailsComing back as we areNobody said it was easyOh it"s such a shame for us to partNobody said it was easyNo one ever said it would be so hardI"m going back to the start
非英語專業人士, 如有錯誤請指正:
set XX apart 意為「使XX突出、與眾不同」。[*1]結合此句歌詞的前兩句「I had to find you,Tell you I need you」,個人覺得這句「tell you i set you apart」的意思應該為:「告訴你 我讓你顯得與眾不同」
翻譯為「你對我來說是如此不同」可能更好。
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[*1] http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/set+apart看到這個問題的時候,我正在聽這首歌。cp的這歌聽了一些年了英語有時候挺麻煩的,感覺像閱讀理解,要結合上下文來看意思。看看所在的那一段:I had to find youTell you I need youTell you I set you apart
個人覺得是向對方道歉,承認,是我的錯讓我們分離了,字面意思即為:
告訴你,是我導致你離去根據MV來講的話不是想回到過去嗎?縱使科學如何,都對愛情束手無策
set you apart.把你從眾人中區別開來,意即 我眼中的你與眾不同
tell you i set you apart :告訴你,是我使你遠離
set apart的英文解釋:select something or someone for a specific purpose.
個人是這樣理解的在一群人里我把你挑出來放到一邊,就是所謂的set you apart.原因就是你對於我來說獨一無二。再給你來張我們翻譯嘻哈歌詞常用的軟體里的解釋。可以明確的告訴你,意思不是我讓你分開意思是在我眼中你與眾不同即jesse william 的回答
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