这本书的内容和列侬的《挪威的森林》norwegian wood这首歌,有些相似之处,只怕你不爱听这种曲风的歌曲.
I once had a girl,
我曾经拥有过一个女孩
Or should I say
或者我应该说
She once had me.
是她拥有我
She showed me her room,
她带我去看她的房间
Isn't it good?
这很好,不是吗?
Norwegian wood.
像挪威的森林一般冷清
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere,
她叫我留下,让我随便坐坐
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair.
然后我环视了房间一周,发现这连一张椅子都没有
I sat on a rug
那我就只好坐在一块小地毯上
Biding my time,
等待着时机的来临
Drinking her wine.
喝着她给的酒
We talked until two,
我们聊到深夜两点钟
And then she said,
然后她说
is time for bed?
是时候睡觉了吧?
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh,
她告诉我她要在早上去上班,然后她就放声大笑了
I told her I didn't,
我告诉她我不是
and crawled off to sleep in the bath.
然后就只好跑到浴室里睡觉了
And when I awoke
当我醒来的时候
I was alone,
我只是孤身一人
This bird has flown,
小鸟都飞走了
So I lit a fire,
所以我一把火把房子烧了
Isn't it good?
这不是很好吗?
Norwegian wood.
这如挪威森林一般冷清的房子
披头士的「挪威的森林」,歌词的内容是叙述一名男孩,原以为在街上很顺利把到一名女孩,最后却被对方甩了的悲伤故事.原本男孩高高兴兴地要去女孩家,参观像挪威森林一样的女孩房间,结果隔了一个晚上,醒来一看,房间里早已是空无一物,不见伊人芳踪.那房间就像是挪威的森林一般,冷冷清清的.仔细回想,昨夜让自己如此心动不已的究竟是什么?会不会充其量只是自己喝醉了酒所做的一场梦而已?那位令人魂牵梦萦的女孩,是不是就像都会中微弱的萤火,转瞬间就立刻消失得无影无踪?”这段话的出处是原载于1987年11月《群像杂志》,被收录在村上春树评论集《村上春树》,小学馆出版（1997,May 20）.