Horse Latitudes
When the still sea conspires an armor
And her sullen and aborted
Currents breed tiny monsters
True sailing is dead!
Awkward instant
And the first animal is jettisoned
Legs furiously pumping
Their stiff green gallop
And heads bob up
Poise
Delicate
Pause
Consent
In mute nostril agony
Carefully refined
And sealed over
While some sources claim that this excerpt was written by Nostradamus in his prophetical work, Centuries, no volume of the centuries has had this in it.
- 有些消息称这个片段来自于诺斯特拉达姆士(Nostradamus)的预言集《百诗集》,毫无疑问整个世纪都在预言中
According to the popular Morrison/Doors biographer, Jerry Hopkins, the poem was written when Jim was still in high school:
“He filled up notebooks with poems. Some of them survived, becoming songs years later when he sang with the Doors. One was about horses being jettisoned from sailing ships becalmed in the Sargasso Sea.” (The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison, pg 40).
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根据“莫里森与大门乐队”的传记作者Jerry Hopkins记载，此诗是Jim在高中时所写：
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“他在记录本中写满了诗。有些诗有幸幸存，在随后他在The Doors乐队中变成了歌曲。其中有一篇，描写货轮在陷入马尾藻海的无风带，不得不将马投弃到海中的场景。”（蜥蜴之王：真正的吉姆·莫里森，第40页）
The song itself concerns what is known as the phenomenon concerning the Horse Latitudes, located between 30 and 35 degrees in the subtropics, in which the wind would mysteriously disappear from Spanish sails, forcing the sailors to jettison cargo in a bid to become lighter.
- 这首歌本身包含着一个众所周知的气象现象，即位于副赤道30至35度之间的无风带(Horse Latitudes)。从西班牙航线过来，风神奇般的消失了，为了保证货船轻便，水手们不得不将货物抛投债海中。
The sea turning on the sailors is reflected in the line “when the still sea conspires an armour”, as the sea becomes a hardened defence, much like armour.
- 大海与海员的斗争折射在诗句“when the still sea conspires an armour”，放佛海变成一个坚韧的守护者，身披不破装甲。
关于’Horse Latitudes’
“Horse Latitudes” I wrote when I was in high school. I kept a lot of notebooks through high school and college, and then when I left school, for some dumb reason – maybe it was wise – I threw them all away…I wrote in those books night after night. But maybe if I’d never thrown them away I’d never have written anything original – because they were mainly accumulations of things that I’d read or heard, like quotes from books. I think if I’d never gotten rid of them I’d never be free.”
Jim Morrison – Los Angeles
- “Horse Latitudes”是我在高中时所写。在高中与大学期间，我一直保留着很多记录本。随后在离开校园后，由于一些愚蠢的原因，或许这也是明智的，我将这些笔记全都扔了。那可是我日日夜夜所写的笔记呀。但是，也许如果我没有将它们扔掉，我也不再会写出其他作品。因为，它们主要来源于那些我读到的，我听到的东西，就像书中的引言一样。
- 我想，如果我没有摆脱它们的话，我也不会有自由
- 吉姆·莫里森，洛杉矶
三十度无风带
密谋之海洋翻来覆去，不耐烦的等待结束
羊水破裂，惊动起喧哗，悲鸣嘶叫若有若无
三十度无风带，无动于衷，宛如往日
细小的怪物诞生，被上帝选择
伟大的航行死去，被人类投弃
噗通，灯光打下，演出开始
青筋暴突，怒瞪乱踩，僵硬海中激起不应有的浪花
忽上忽下，面具变幻，分钟秒点，蓝色点缀角落
保持姿势，动作连贯，本份职责，赞许连绵不断
停顿喘息，鼻孔默数，痛苦快乐，舞台缓缓谢幕
坠落在无尽的黑夜，永生在尽头的白昼
噗通，风带呻吟，渐行渐远，微笑迎接同伴
该歌曲其演唱方式很独特，一种真正的吟诗，加上情结相关的背景伴奏，仿佛一场舞台剧缓缓启幕。开头的人声，吉姆·莫里森用其醇厚低沉的节奏，将听者带入一场地狱般的场景。随着一声皮鞭响起，人与马上场，各就其职。
这里可以想想成一场真的舞台剧，并且有多个角度观察。
- 其一听者是观众，看着听着舞台上所发生的一切；
- 其二是船上的人们，他们也是观众，只不过他们的舞台是正在下沉的刚出生的马；
- 其三便是此马，它现在是整个舞台的焦点，作为主角，它尽情的表演着，挣扎与喘息，在下沉中同时望着它的舞台，船上的人们，冷漠与悲痛，欣赏与赞许，存活与死亡。这一切，它都做的很好。
或许有更多的一个角度，便是有着上帝视角的听者。他们可以站在船上，或者潜入海中，去感受这故事的一切。
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