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Obituary Aretha Franklin
訃告：艾瑞莎·弗蘭克林
A deeper love
更深沉的愛
Aretha Franklin, soul singer, died on August 16th, aged 76
靈魂歌手艾瑞莎·弗蘭克林逝于8月16日，享年76歲
At points in her concerts, which enthralled America for 50 years, Aretha Franklin would fling her arms out wide.
艾瑞莎·弗蘭克林的演唱會讓美國為之著迷了50年，在演唱會上，她會張開雙臂。
Sometimes it was to shrug her strong shoulders out of some satiny or feathery dress,
有時是聳肩，綢緞或羽毛似的衣服滑落，露出結實的肩膀，
or to throw away her long fur coat, like any diva (though she was the ultimate diva) who by the end of her career had won 18 Grammys and sold 75m records.
或者所有天后(盡管她是終極天后)都會做的那般，扔掉皮草大衣。在她職業(yè)生涯結束時，共贏得18座格萊美獎，賣出7500萬張唱片。
Sometimes it was to embrace America, all colours, as when she sang “Precious Lord” at Martin Luther King’s funeral,
有時歌聲會感染整個美國，無論何種膚色，就像她在馬丁路德金的葬禮上唱《親愛的主》，
or gave her rapturous version of “My Country’tis of Thee” in a big-bow-statement hat at Barack Obama’s inauguration.
在貝拉克·奧巴馬的就職典禮上，戴著夸張的大蝴蝶結禮帽，熱情洋溢地唱《這是你的國家，也是我的國家》。
Or possibly those arms just demonstrated how her voice, the whispering or crying height of it and drop-jaw depth of it, seemed to pass any limit that people might imagine.
又或者張開的雙臂只是為了強調她的音域，輕喃低語，激越高亢，渾厚低沉，她的音域之廣似乎超越了觀眾的想象。
Open arms suggested love, but more often Everywoman’s frustration, black or white.
張開雙臂喻示愛，但更多時候是表達女性的沮喪，無論是黑人還是白人。
For every super-sharp man she daydreamed of, Turns me right on when I hear him say/Hey baby let’s get away,
只要聽到夢寐以求聰明過人的男人對她說：“嘿，寶貝，我們走吧”，
there would be ten who let her down: You’re a no-good heartbreaker/You’re a liar and you’re a cheat/And I don’t know why/I let you do these things to me.
結局往往讓人失望：“你是個差勁的芳心終結者/你是個謊話連篇的騙子/不知何故/我許你對我做這些”。
They messed with her mind, as she fumed in the Blues Brothers film in 1980, pummelling her palms into her big man’s stupid chest: Just think/Think about what you’re tryin’ to do to me.
他們攪亂了她的思想，1980年，她在電影《福祿雙霸天》中演繹惱怒，手掌重重砸向那個大塊頭愚蠢的胸膛：“好好思考/思考你要對我做什么”。
After all, it don’t take too much high IQs.
畢竟，這并不需要很高的智商。
Men in general didn’t begin to give her what she wanted, just a little respect when you get home…
一般，男人給不了她想要的，哪怕只是回家后的一點尊重……
R-E-S-P-E-C-T/Find out what it means to me.
“尊——重/看看這對我意味著什么”。
This, her most famous song, wasn’t just about a put-down woman and a do-wrong man;
這是她最著名的歌曲，這首歌描述的并不僅僅是一個被貶低的女人和一個做錯事的男人；
it became the anthem of every liberation movement because of her roof-raising style.
后因其慷慨激越的曲風成為了每一次解放運動的圣歌。
It was her personal anthem, too.
這也是她自己的圣歌。
She wished to be called “Ms Franklin”, to be paid cash and to be spared air-conditioning. All I’m askin’, honey.
她希望被稱為“弗蘭克林女士”，希望收現(xiàn)金，并避免使用空調。親愛的，我的要求不高。
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