标题：SEASONS IN THE SUN
歌曲背景
原作者图片是原作者Jacques Brel在演唱此歌时的截图
  不是一首愉快的曲子事实上，「Seasons in the Sun」绝对不是一首愉快的曲子，甚至还十分的伤感。它是一位法国歌手Jacques Brel的作品，原名叫做「Le Moribond」（将死的人），发表于1961年。歌曲的内容大致描述一个罹患癌症、不久于人世的男子，在面临死亡的时候，对父亲、妻子以及挚友的依依难舍。Rod McKuen跟Brel私交相当不错的美国诗人歌手Rod McKuen，很早就把这首歌曲翻译成英文的「Seasons in the Sun」，并且在1964年由民歌界元老的Kingston Trio率先灌录成唱片，不过当时并没有造成太大的轰动。后来，跟Rod McKuen颇有交情的Terry Jacks把它重新灌录，在1974年的三月二日获得全美排行三周冠军，原本也没有在中国受到太多注意，直到几年之后，才因为柯达的广告而在台湾造成了疯狂的流行，只可惜主唱人Terry Jacks当时早就在歌坛消失了。这位男歌手留下来的歌曲并不多，不过这首歌却成了经典——尽管他的诠释老实说有点失真。关于Terry Jacks来自加拿大的Terry Jacks成长于温哥华，高中时代曾经赢得艺术奖学金，但是在建筑师、职业高尔夫与音乐这三种行业中，他却选择了后者，并且自组了一支The Chessman乐队，不过并不成功。有一次，他的乐队应邀上电视表演，使他结识了一位漂亮的女歌手Susan Pesklevits，两人一见钟情，随即结婚、并且展开音乐事业上的合作。合唱团由于当时的唱片市场上，似乎以合唱团比较吃香，所以尽管只有他老婆一个人独唱，他们还是决定用The Poppy Family为名，并且在1970年以获得美国排行亚军的「Which Way You Goin' Billy」一曲成名。可惜的是，这对夫妻在1973年就宣告分手了。奋斗离婚之后，Terry Jacks继续在歌坛奋斗。由于吉他弹得不错，他应邀为Beach Boys伴奏。有一次，在录音的时候，他建议Beach Boys灌录「Seasons in the Sun」这首歌。不过，录完之后，可能是由于效果不如理想，Beach Boys决定不发行。而极为喜爱这首歌的Terry则为了追悼一位意外过世的好友，决定自己来灌唱。修改Terry取得作者的同意，把最后一段歌词稍加修改，同时以轻快的节奏处理，使歌曲显得轻松一些，可是完工之后，在架子上一摆就是一年。有一天，他把带子放出来听，正好一位年轻的送报生来到他家，听到了这首歌，于是要求是否可以带自己的朋友过来欣赏。年轻人的反应使Terry决定自己发行这首歌曲。果然，这首歌在加拿大造成了轰动，美国的唱片公司也慕名而来，取得了发行权。1974年三月，这首歌不但获得三周排行冠军，更成了金唱片，销售达六百多万张，使他名扬四海。不久之后，他又灌录了另外一首同样由McKuen翻译成英语的Brel作品「If You Go Away」，也得到了不错的成绩。可惜的是，他在歌坛只是昙花一现，一年之后就销声匿迹了。另一个版本关于这首歌的来源，还有另一个版本。
说的是1963年的冬季，美国冷得彻骨，来美国乐坛闯荡的加拿大男孩Terry Jacks坐在没有暖气的屋子里喝着白兰地，耳边放着法国歌手Jacques Brel的《Lemoribond》。来美国也不少日子了，但却没有音乐人对他的音乐感兴趣。他看起刚刚朋友塞给他的一张名片，背后抄了一个死刑犯的临终遗言，听着《Lemoribond》，看着名片背后的字，他拿起了吉他开始轻轻弹唱……
“在五十年代美国的一个小镇上，有两位少年，我们暂且称之为A和C吧。A和C出生于同一个社区，从小一块儿长大，他们总是一起爬树、游戏，有时候还一起干一些出格的事。反正无论如何他们都形影不离，即便是上学，他们也都是在同一个班级，如此一直到高中。A和C虽然是绝好的朋友，但他们却性格迥异。A绝对是那种你看一眼就为之倾倒的男孩：他活力十足，开朗阳光，自信，对运动也十分在行，因而人缘颇好，全校中暗恋他的女生不计其数，他还是学校橄榄球队的队长。而C的性格却恰恰相反，他很敏感害羞，不善于表达自己的情感，但是他的手工却很棒，会做各种模型。
“一切过的都很不错，但上帝却很折磨人，他让这两个男孩同时爱上了B，性感迷人的班花。结果可想而知，C默默地注视着他的朋友和爱人在一起……一直到了毕业，C成了一名木匠；而A当了卡车司机，并和B结了婚，婚后生下了女儿Michelle，B也经营了一家杂货店，那是她的嫁妆。然而，为了让家人生活得更好，让女儿能获得良好的教育，A不得不跨好几个州甚至横跨整个美国去运送货物，因而一个月只能回家一两趟来看看家人，隔一天又要坐车去送货了。相比之下，作为木匠的C就轻松多了，所以他经常来杂货店给B帮忙。
“但是时间一天天过去了，B和C日日相对，两颗孤独的心越靠越近，逐渐产生了超越朋友之间的那种感情，那种感情维系了两年，而A却丝毫没有察觉，他依旧疼爱家人，信任朋友……
“在1959年的隆冬，A依旧开着卡车上了洲际公路，但是连天的大雪使公路被封闭了，人们不得不等待公路的解封。但A等了两天，情况似乎不见好转，天气预报说这种恶劣的天气还将持续一周，于是A掉转车头开回了家，这一开又过了三天。半夜两点终于快到家了，他下车满心欢喜地给家里打了电话，但迟迟没人接听。A很担心，想到是不是女儿生病住院了。他立即开车去了C家，想打听家里的情况。他敲开了c家的门，在他眼前的竟然是两个人——他的朋友和他的妻子！这种场面即便A再迟钝也立刻明白发生了什么事，他望着眼前这两个人，只说了一个字'Why？'这种问题哪里给出答案！A掏出防身用的手枪结束了妻子和朋友的性命，然后驾车径直驶往警察局。
“他原本可以逃往临州免于死刑，但他选择了径直去警察局，在本州审判，陪审团一致通过他犯故意杀人罪，被判处死刑，于1957年2月6日执行电椅死刑。他被关在死囚牢里，离行刑还有三天，一张纸和一支笔塞了进来，给他写临终的遗言。”法律上虽然在法律上，A犯了故意杀人罪；但在民间，许多人却认为在道义上a也是极大的受害者。于是，人们纷纷传抄他的遗言，Terry Jacks在1963年拿到的那张名片背面的遗言，就是朋友抄的。terry jacks将a的遗言填入《Lemoribond》的曲中写成了《Seasons in the sun》。他四处给音乐人弹唱这首歌，但哪个音乐人会给一个无名之辈投资呢？最终，他找到了Beach Boys，把这首歌唱给他们听。这首歌很棒，Beach Boys自己将这首翻唱，可惜他们无法传递出这首歌的情感，于是Terry Jacks借了录音棚把这首歌录了一遍。然而因为他们当时专辑的歌满了，没有将此歌收录进去。直到十年之后，1973年，这首歌终于一炮而红，之后有许多翻唱的版本。　在第二种歌曲背景下，对歌词做点解释：　和大家常看到的不同，都是We have joy，we have fun 　Westlife版是We had joy，we had fun 　原版是用“have”的，表示作者的一种希望之情，他希望能永远快乐，但是死亡逼近，已经永远不可能了。
Westlife歌曲
简介WESTLIFE的演绎无意把这首歌推广到了顶峰，他们带有爱尔兰口音的嗓音和
  演唱组合西城男孩风笛的运用，使歌曲带有浓浓的爱尔兰味道，再加上他们近乎完美的配合，年轻阳光的面孔，受到了很多FANS的喜爱。
《Seasons in the Sun》是一首具有双重意义的歌曲，它在排行榜上名列4周之久，使其成为乐队20世纪最后一首冠军单曲和新世纪的No.1。可见其魅力之大！
至今这首歌已经成为西城男孩翻唱的经典曲目。Westlife版歌词Seasons in the Sun / 阳光下的季节
Goodbye to you my trusted friend / 别了朋友，我的挚友
We've known each other since we were nine or ten /我们已相识很久，那时我们还是孩子
Together we've climbed hills and trees / 我们曾一起爬过无数山丘、树丛
Learned of love and ABC's / 一起学会了爱，还有许多等等
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees / 也曾一起伤过心，一起破过皮
Goodbye my friend it's hard to die / 别了，我的朋友，友情是不死的
When all the birds are singing in the sky / 到了鸟儿们一起飞到天空中歌唱的时候
Now that spring is in the air / 春天就弥漫在那空气中
Pretty girls are everywhere / 到处都会有可爱的女孩
Think of me and I'll be there / 想起我，我就会在那春天里
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun / 我们曾欢喜，我们曾快乐，我们曾拥有那些阳光下的季节
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time / 但我们爬过的那些山，却早已经历了多少沧桑啊
Goodbye Papa, please pray for me / 别了，爸爸，请为我祈祷吧
I was the black sheep of the family / 我曾是家里的害群之马　
You tried to teach me right from wrong / 你总是试图教我改邪归正
Too much wine and too much song /太多的酒，太多的歌
Wonder how I got along /真不知我是如何过来的
Goodbye papa, it's hard to die / 别了，爸爸，亲情是不死的
When all the birds are singing in the sky /到了鸟儿们一起飞到天空中歌唱的时候
Now that the spring is in the air /春天就弥漫在那空气中
Little children are everywhere /到处都会有淘气的孩子
When you see them I'll be there / 当你看见他们时，我就是那群孩子中的一个
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun / 我们曾欢喜，我们曾快乐，我们曾拥有那些阳光下的季节
But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone / 但那酒与歌，就像那些季节，早已流逝而去啊
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun / 我们曾欢喜，我们曾快乐，我们曾拥有那些阳光下的季节
But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone / 但那酒与歌，就像那些季节，早已流逝而去啊
Goodbye Michelle my little one / 别了，米歇尔，我的小宝贝
You gave me love and helped me find the sun /你给了我爱，使我找到了阳光
And every time that I was down /每当我消沉的时候
You would always come around / 你总是会来到我身边
And get my feet back on the ground / 让我重新站起来
Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die / 别了，米歇尔，爱情是不死的
When all the birds are singing in the sky /到了鸟儿们一起飞到天空中歌唱的时候
Now that the spring is in the air / 春天就弥漫在那空气中
With the flowers everywhere / 到处都会有美丽的花儿
I wish that we could both be there / 我希望我们能一起徜徉在那春天里
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun / 我们曾欢喜，我们曾快乐，我们曾拥有那些阳光下的季节
But the hills that weclimbed were just seasons out of time / 但我们爬过的那些山，却早已经历了多少沧桑啊
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun / 我们曾欢喜，我们曾快乐，我们曾拥有那些阳光下的季节
But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone / 但那酒与歌，就像那些季节，早已流逝而去啊
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun / 我们曾欢喜，我们曾快乐，我们曾拥有那些阳光下的季节
But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone / 但那酒与歌，就像那些季节，早已流逝而去啊
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun / 我们曾欢喜，我们曾快乐，我们曾拥有那些阳光下的季节
But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone/ 但那酒与歌，就像那些季节，早已流逝而去啊
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun/我们曾欢喜，我们曾快乐，我们曾拥有那些阳光下的季节
Butthe stars we could reach were just starfishes on the beach/但我们得到的那些星星，只不过是沙滩上的海星啊
Nirvana
如果你以前听过这首歌
你肯定不会想到NIRVANA会去翻唱它
但跟其他Kurt翻唱的例如the wiper的D7
Smack的run rabbit run这些歌曲相比
这首歌曲曾被Kurt翻唱过好几次
可能他的确很想通过这首歌表达点什么
很多人觉得Nirvana把这首歌诠释得最贴切
MTV记者：Kurt,你唱了Seasons In The Sun
KURT: 我唱了么?是的，我唱了.我不记得词了.只有一段我幼年时经常唱的还记的
KRIST:有段特棒的歌词... (sings) Good-bye papa it's hard to die
Kurt在努力将歌曲唱的欢快些 
然而那种无奈 疲惫 忧伤的语气却将这歌曲的所有快乐之处都化为强颜欢笑的景象
能将这首歌的内在气质体现的如此强烈 只有Kurt cobain做得到
这首歌不是Kurt的创作
然而我们却能作为一个钥匙孔 窥见Kurt内心中的挣扎与乞求
也许你聆听时会与我一样在脑中出现一幅景象：一个金发男孩蜷缩在墙角
脸上印着被泪水冲开的脏痕 双手抱着小小的膝盖
轻轻的唱：Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me
Nirvana版歌词
Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky
And all the flowers are everywhere
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there
Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me.
I was the black sheep of the family.
And I don't know the ... all these words.
I have boggy turds.
With my B.B. gun I would kill birds.
We had joy. We had fun.
We had seasons in the sun,
but the hills that we climb
were just seasons out of time.
All our lives, we had fun.
We had seasons in the sun,
but the hill that we reached
were just starfish on the beach
Goodbye Michelle my little one
I was the apple of the shiny sun.
And la la la la hill we reach.
All my tears are salty.
I think now I will start to read.
We had joy. We had fun.
We had seasons in the sun,
but the hills that we climb
were just seasons out of time.
We had joy. We had fun.
We had seasons in the sun,
but the hill on the beach
were just starfish on the beach
We had joy. We had fun.
We had seasons in the sun,
but the hills that we climb
were just seasons out of time.
I've had joy. We had fun.
We had seasons in the sun,
but the stars that we reached
were just starfish on the beach
黑匣子乐队版本
简介这首黑匣子乐队（Black Box Recorder）翻唱的<<Seasons in the sun>>收入于专辑《The Worst of Black Box Recorder》，2001年发行。中英文对照歌词goodbye to you my trusted friend.　再见了，我的挚友.
we’ve known each other since we were 9 or 10.　我们九岁十岁时就相识.
together we’ve climb hills and trees.　我们曾经一起爬山，爬树.
learned of love and abcs.　学习爱和ABC.
skinned our hearts skinned our knees.　我们心意相同，情同手足.  Black Box Recordergoodbye my friend it’s hard to die.　再见了朋友，我实在不愿意离去.
when all the birds are singing in the sky.　当所有的鸟儿在天空歌唱.
now that spring is in the air.　春天就弥漫在空气中.
pretty girls are everywhere.　到处是漂亮的女孩.
think of me and i’ll be there.　想起我，我就会与你同在.
we had joy,we had fun.　我们曾共享快乐.
we had seasons in the sun.　我们拥有阳光季节.
but the hills that we climbed were just seasons out oftime.　但那些我们曾经爬过的山 只是时间以外的季节.
goodbye papa please pray for me.　再见了爸爸，请为我祈祷吧.
i was the black sheep of the family.　我曾是家里的败类.
you tried to teach me right from wrong.　你努力教我明辨是非.
too much wine and too much song.　我却沉醉于歌酒狂欢中.
wonder how i got along.　真不知道我是怎样过来的.
goodbye papa it’s hard to die.　再见了爸爸，我实在不愿意离去.
when all the birds are singing in the sky.　当所有的鸟儿在天空歌唱.
now that spring is in the air.　春天就弥漫在空气中.
little children are everywhere.　到处都是小小孩.
when you see them i’ll be there.　当你看见他们，我就会与你同在.
we had joy,we had fun.　我们曾共享快乐.
we had seasons in the sun.　我们拥有阳光季节.
but the wine and the song.　但昔日的歌酒狂欢.
like the season has all gone.　犹如季节更迭已消逝.
we had joy,we had fun.　我们曾共享快乐.
we had seasons in the sun.　我们拥有阳光季节.
but the wine and the song.　但昔日的歌酒狂欢.
like the seasons have all gone.　犹如季节更迭已消逝.
goodbye Michelle my little one.　再见了蜜雪儿，我的小可爱.
you gave me love help me find the sun.　你给我爱，帮我找到阳光.
and every time that i was down.　每当我沮丧时.
you would always come around.　你总是来到我的身边.
and get my feet back on the ground.　让我重新脚踏实地.
goodbye Michelle it’s hard to die.　再见了蜜雪儿，我实在不愿意离去.
when all the birds are singing in the sky.　当所有的鸟儿在天空歌唱.
now that spring is in the air.　春天就弥漫在空气中.
with the flowers everywhere.　伴随着四周的花朵.
i wish that we could both be there !　我希望我能与你同在！
we had joy,we had fun.　我们曾共享快乐.
we had seasons in the sun.　我们拥有阳光季节.
but the hills that we climbed were just seasons out oftime.但那些我们曾经爬过的山 只是时间以外的季节.
we had joy,we had fun.　我们曾共享快乐.
we had seasons in the sun.　我们拥有阳光季节.
but the wine and the song.　但昔日的歌酒狂欢.
like the seasons have all gone.　犹如季节更迭已消逝.
we had joy,we had fun.　我们曾共享快乐.
we had seasons in the sun.　也曾共享阳光季节.
but the wine and the song.　但昔日的歌酒狂欢.
like the seasons have all gone.　犹如季节更迭已消逝.
we had joy,we had fun.　我们曾共享快乐.
we had seasons in the sun.　也曾共享阳光季节.
but the wine and the song.　但昔日的歌酒狂欢.
like the seasons have all gone.　犹如季节更迭已消逝.