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【我的Playlist 🎵🇺🇸🇬🇧】轉投伊斯蘭教的英國民歌教父Cat Stevens被美國拒發簽證：重溫名曲《Father and Son》

Added 2025-11-17 02:01:01 +0000 UTC

有一位老牌英國民歌傳奇歌手 Cat Stevens正在舉行全球新書發佈和演唱，他現年已經77歲，我也曾經打算購票入場，只是時間不合。他上個月本來要到美國巡迴演出，因為特朗普的最新入境、外勞政策而未能獲發簽證，最終整個美國行程以取笑告終。

而他未獲簽證也很可能是政治原因。

二十年前，我曾經在《茶杯》雜誌詳細寫過他的故事，現在找不到文章，找到的時候再詳細分享。長話短說，Cat Stevens在1977年忽然改信伊斯蘭教，改名為「Yusaf Islam」，從此改唱伊斯蘭傳教歌，例如《A for Allah》之類，令樂迷大為震驚。近年他才從新唱回舊歌，以「Cat Stevens / Yusaf」之名行走江湖，爭議很大，但歌聲依然動聽。

他的《Morning Has Broken》是我母親很喜歡的歌，而他最可以傳世的相信是這首《Father and Son》。

記得是我伯父第一次向小時候的我介紹Cat Stevens，特別推介我聽這首《Father and Son》，由Cat Stevens一手包辦曲詞唱，歌詞講述父親和兒子的對話，兒子要離開家庭、找尋自己的人生過獨立生活，而父親就是不能理解，感到傷心。

在西方，這首歌被很多不同文本引用，Cat Stevens的演繹也很細緻，多少有個人生活的情感投射。不知道多少朋友聽過？

以下是歌詞：

It's not time to make a change
Just relax, take it easy
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to know
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old but I'm happy
I was once like you are now and I know that it's not easy
To be calm when you've found something going on
But take your time, think a lot
Think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow but your dreams may not
Oh, how can I try to explain?
'Cause when I do he turns away again
It's always been the same, same old story
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
It's not time to make a change
Just sit down, take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to go through
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old but I am happy
All the times that I've cried
Keepin' all the things I knew inside
It's hard but it's harder to ignore it
If they were right I'd agree
But it's them they know, not me
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go