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And then I thought back to when I was real young and my mom had sent me to Catholic school.
然后我回想起在我很小的時候，我媽媽把我送到天主教學(xué)校。
It was the ’70s, and there had been this hippie nun who would come out with a guitar at recess and sing hymns on the playground.
那是70年代，有個嬉皮士修女會在課間休息時拿著吉他出來，在操場上唱贊歌。
She always sang “Michael Row Your Boat Ashore.” And I was like, ooh, ooh—I did know a hymn!
她總是唱“邁克爾劃你的船上岸”。我說，哦，哦，我知道一首贊歌！
I turned to the organist, who was waiting patiently, and I said, “‘Michael Row Your Boat Ashore,’ please, ma’am.”
我轉(zhuǎn)向耐心等在一旁的風(fēng)琴師，對他說：“‘邁克爾劃你的船上岸’，夫人。”
The music started, and about the place where it felt like there should be some words, I started to sing.
音樂開始了，在應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)一些歌詞時，我開始唱。
“Michael, row your boat ashore, alleluia. Michael, row your boat ashore ...”
“邁克爾，把你的船劃上岸，哈利路亞。邁克爾，把你的船劃上岸...”
It was about the time I reached the second alleluia that I realized that was in fact the only line I remembered.
直到我到達(dá)第二個哈利路亞時，我才意識到這實際上是我記得的唯一的一句歌詞。
But Shawnees have never been quitters. So I decided there can be different versions of the same song.
但肖尼人從來不會輕易放棄。所以我決定一首歌可以有不同的版本。
There could be extended dance remixes, where vocals are looped repetitively.
可以有延長的舞蹈混合，其中聲樂是循環(huán)重復(fù)。
And so I thought I’d sing the line four times, give it a little bit of a rest, sing it four more.
所以我想我應(yīng)該把這句話唱四遍，稍微休息一下，再唱四遍。
And so on for a total of 16 times, which seemed long enough to be a real song.
以此類推，一共唱了16遍，看起來足夠長了，足以成為一首真正的歌曲。
About halfway through I closed my eyes, because sometimes it’s better not to see your audience.
大概唱到一半時，我就閉上了眼睛，因為有時候最好不要看到你的觀眾。
And while I stood there singing, I had plenty of time for existential questions, like: Who is Michael?
當(dāng)我站在那里唱歌時，我有很多時間思考存在主義的問題，比如：邁克爾是誰？
Why does God want him to row his boat ashore? And then, finally, I hit that line for the 16th time and I stopped.
為什么神要他把船劃到岸上？然后，最后，我唱了16次后，我停了下來。
The organist, who was not quite sure what was happening, continued to play,
風(fēng)琴手不太清楚發(fā)生了什么事，他繼續(xù)演奏，
but when she realized it was finally over, she stopped in kind of an abrupt way, and then there was silence, and in that silence I walked back down the aisle.
但當(dāng)她意識到這一切終于結(jié)束時，她突然停了下來，然后是一片寂靜，在寂靜中我沿著過道往回走。
I started to climb back over my friend’s knees. As I did, our eyes met and he just said, “Dude.” I sat back down.
從我朋友的膝蓋處爬回去。就在這時，我們的目光相遇了，他說：“伙計。我又坐了下來。
Miss Myrtle was on the other side of me. She wasn’t making eye contact. And her posture seemed somewhat rigid.
桃金娘小姐在我的另一邊。她沒有眼神交流。她的姿勢似乎有些僵硬。
But once I was settled in my seat, she leaned toward me slightly and said quietly, “I don’t believe I’ve ever met someone that didn’t know at least one hymn.”
但當(dāng)我在座位上安頓下來后，她略微向我傾過身來，輕聲說：“我相信我所遇到的每個人都懂至少一首贊歌。”
There wasn’t a whole lot I could say about that, so I was just like, “Happy Mother’s Day.”
關(guān)于這一點，我沒什么好說的，所以我就說，“母親節(jié)快樂。”
