| Lenka, the pretty Australian singer, doesn't say she's 31 years old. Instead, she says, "I'm not as young as I look, and I'm wiser than you think." |
這位漂亮的澳籍歌手蘭卡沒有說自己是31歲，而是說：“我沒有看上去那么年輕，但我比你們想象得要更聰明。” |
| She's right. Lenka has a girlish voice and her melodies explode like a sugar bomb -- but her lyrics have the depth of a woman who knows about life. |
她說得沒錯。蘭卡有著一副少女般的嗓音，她的旋律也如糖心炮彈一樣地爆發，然而她的歌詞的深度卻體現了一個女人對生活的深刻理解。 |
| Take her songs on her self-titled disc that was released in 2008. "The Show" is a cutting tune about how sometimes life is such a bad show that you want your money back. A sour sentiment, but one that's sweetened with a catchy melody. |
她于2008年發行的專輯就是以她自己的名字命名的。這張專輯里一首歌“The Show” （演出）內容尖銳，講述有時候生活就像一臺糟糕的演出，讓你想要拿回付過的錢。歌曲帶有酸酸的傷感，但那瑯瑯上口的旋律又為之增添了一分甜美的感覺。 |
| The lady is adventurous. That's very clear in "Live Like You're Dying" |
這位女士還很有冒險精神。她的歌“Live Like You're Dying”（像垂死一樣生活）就很清晰地體現了這一點。 |
| “Take every moment, you know that you own them |
抓住每一個瞬間，你知道你擁有它們 |
| It's all up to you to do whatever you choose |
去做任何你選擇做的事，這全都取決于你 |
| Live like you're dying and never stop trying |
像垂死一樣地生活吧，永遠不要停止嘗試 |
| It's all you can do |
你所有能做的 |
| Use what's been given to you…” |
就是使用你被賦予的一切。 |
| She also takes chances, as detailed in the song "Trouble Is A Friend." |
她有時也愛碰碰運氣，就像歌曲“Trouble Is A Friend.”（麻煩是位朋友）中詳述的。 |
| Personally, her biggest risk has been to ditch a budding film career (she has a couple of movies to her credit) because she wasn't satisfied by the work. She may have given up that part of her life, but she says there's still a hint of the actress in her, especially when she performs live. "I feel like I'm acting when I'm onstage singing; the difference is, the character I'm playing is me." |
就其個人而言，她最大的一次冒險就是放棄了頗有前途的演藝事業（她曾經拍過一些電影）， 因為她對自己的表現不滿意。她也許已經放棄了生活中演藝的這一部分，但她說她身上仍留有一絲演員的痕跡，尤其是當她現場演唱時。“我感覺我站在臺上唱歌時也像在演戲，不同點在于這次我扮演的角色是我自己”。
（China.org.cn 林莘莘 譯）
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