It was a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
Beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I’m not a hopeless case
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
What you don’t know you can feel it somehow
“Beautiful Day” is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the first track from their 2000 album, All That You Can’t Leave Behind, and it was released as the album’s lead single. It was a commercial success, helping launch the album to multi-platinum status, and is U2’s biggest hit to date.
Like many tracks from All That You Can’t Leave Behind, “Beautiful Day” harkens back to the group’s past sound. The tone of the Edge’s guitar was a subject of debate amongst the band members, as they disagreed on whether he should use a sound similar to that from their early career in the 1980s. Lead singer Bono explained that the upbeat track is about losing everything but still finding joy in what one has.
The song received positive reviews, and it became their fourth number one single in the United Kingdom and their first number one in the Netherlands. It also reached the top of the charts in Australia, Canada, Finland, their native Ireland, Italy, Norway and Spain. The song peaked at number 21 in the United States, the band’s highest position since “Discothèque” in 1997.
In 2001, the song won three Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The group has played “Beautiful Day” at every one of their concerts since the song’s 2001 live debut on the Elevation Tour.
Video U2 - Beautiful Day
歌曲歌词
英文
The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There’s no room
No space to rent in this town
You’re out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you’re not moving anywhere
You thought you’d found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace
It’s a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
You’re on the road
But you’ve got no destination
You’re in the mud
In the maze of her imagination
You love this town
Even if that doesn’t ring true
You’ve been all over
And it’s been all over you
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
It’s a beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I’m not a hopeless case
See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out
It was a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
Beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I’m not a hopeless case
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
What you don’t know you can feel it somehow
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
Don’t need it now
Was a beautiful day[4]
译文
心在盛开
穿过坚硬的地面飞向天空
没有空间
没有一个地方可租住
你真是倒霉透顶
而不得不去关注这是怎么一回事
交通拥堵
哪儿也去不成
你认为找到了一个朋友
带你离开这个地方
你也可以帮他
为了那恩惠
真是美丽的一天
感觉天要塌下来了
真是美丽的一天
别让它走掉
你在路上
没有方向
深陷泥泞
在幻想的迷宫迷失
但你爱这个城镇
即使听起来有些可笑
你感觉自己无处不在
而它也贯穿你全身
真是美丽的一天
别让它走掉
美丽的一天
靠近我
带我去那个地方
指引我
我知道还有希望
看花花绿绿的世界
看神秘的东方在你眼前
看云彩摧毁峡谷
看金枪鱼冲出水面溅起浪花
看贝多因人的篝火亮起
看油田也点起灯
看鸟儿叼着叶子飞过
洪水过后 大地回归绚烂初貌
真是美丽的一天
别让它走掉
美丽的一天
靠近我
带我去那个地方
帮助我
我知道还有希望
你没有拥有的你并不需要
你不知道的你也不能感受
你没有拥有的你并不需要
并不需要
这是美丽的一天[5]
歌曲鉴赏
该歌曲是一首具有博大精神情怀的哲理歌曲，其内容讲述的是一个几乎失去了所有东西的人，仍然能够在他仅有的东西中找到快乐的故事，歌曲的大致内容是要告诫人们放弃所有物质的东西，转而在世界本身找到美好。歌曲的副歌部分充斥着熙熙攘攘、振奋人心的激烈节拍，每一个曲调都包含了精良的制作，其本身就像是一串串永不失效的旧号码。在结构上，《Beautiful Day》内部设有每分钟196下的一小节4拍音奏，前奏和弦依循“A–Bm7–D–G–D9–A”[6-8]