三分鐘熱度

非洲是一塊感染症大陸，因為許多踏上去的外人都會染上一種莫名的牽掛。令人吃驚的是，這首歌之後，又經過了20年，但非洲仍然一樣破敗落後，情況甚至更糟。

Africa
原唱者：Toto
發行年：1982

I hear the drums echoing tonight
(今晚我聽到鼓聲迴盪)

But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
(但我的女朋友在電話那頭，只能聽到我話中的猶豫)

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She's comin in, 12:30 flight
(她坐十二點半的飛機，要來非洲找我了)

The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
(月光中一隻飛鳥，在星星前消失，那是我心靈的解脫)

I stopped an old man along the way
(我攔住了路上的老頭)

Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
(希望能找到一些失落的語言和古老旋律)

He turned to me as if to say
(他轉頭看了我一眼，好像是說…)

"Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
(快點，年輕人，你要的東西就在那裡等著你)

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
(要離開這裡，我需要很大的力量)

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
(我愛上非洲了，但並不是每個人都會理解為什麼)

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I bless the rains down in Africa
(希望雨能下在非洲)

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
(我希望能留在這個地方)

The wild dogs cry out in the night
(野狗在草原上嗥)

As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
(因為，牠們不安的心，其實也渴望獨處)

I know that I must do what's right
(我知道我應該要作個正確的選擇)

Sure as Kilimanjaro rises,  like a leopardess above the Serengetti
(就像吉力馬札羅火山，如此自然的存在；像賽倫蓋地草原上完美的豹，他們不需揀擇或思考)

I seek to cure what's deep inside
(而我一直想找到我的家)

Frightened of this thing that I've become
(我害怕現在的自己)

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
(如果我要離開這裡，需要很大的勇氣)

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
(這並不是每個人都了解)

I bless the rains down in Africa
(我希望非洲能再下一場雨)

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
(我希望人生能作些不同的事)

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
(快點回去文明世界吧，女朋友正在等著你)

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
(我也很愛她，要告別她到非洲來需要很大的勇氣)

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
(這不是每天吃飯睡覺的人能懂的)

I bless the rains down in Africa
(希望非洲再下一場雨吧)

I bless the rains down in Africa
(上帝保祐非洲再下點雨吧)

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
(讓我把握人生，作點不同的事情吧！)