赌博之歌：我心的形状

　　在1993年，有一场大型的表演，它的主题歌是“我心的形状”。这首歌是一个老吉他手多米尼克和他的朋友一起写成的，这首歌在1994年被作为一部电影的主题曲。

　　老吉他手多米尼克说道：“我这首歌写的是一个扑克玩家，作为一个赌徒赌博却不在意输赢，但只试图找出一种神秘运气的逻辑”。

　　这首赌博之歌当中的一些特殊的词，至今仍被视为经典。这首赌博之歌是这样写的：

　　出牌时他冥想

　　但他从不怀疑

　　他不是为了赢钱

　　也不是为了赢得尊重

　　他打牌是为了寻找答案

　　运气的神秘逻辑

　　那结果可能隐藏着法则

　　它是数字的舞蹈

　　我知道黑桃是士兵的宝剑

　　我知道梅花是战争的武器

　　我知道方块意味着金钱的艺术

　　但那不是我心的形状

　　他可以扮演杰克的钻石

　　他可以打出黑桃皇后

　　他手中也可能藏着一张王

　　直到记忆褪色

　　译文：

　　Gambling Song: Shape of My Heart by Sting

　　In 1993, mega performer, Sting, released his album Ten Summoner’s Tales and on it, the song Shape of my Heart. The song is one of only a handful written together with Sting’s longtime guitarist and friend, Dominic Miller, and it was edited into the end of the 1994 movie, Leon: The Professional.

　　In a personal interview in 1993, Sting said about the poker themed song that he wrote: “I wanted to write about a card player, a gambler who gambles not to win but to try and figure out something; to figure out some kind of mystical logic in luck, or chance; some kind of scientific, almost religious law.

　　These are some of the exceptional words of the gambling song Shape of My Heart by Sting （and which proves why the song is considered a classic even today）。

　　He deals the cards as a meditation

　　And those he plays never suspect

　　He doesn’t play for the money he wins

　　He doesn’t play for the respect

　　He deals the cards to find the answer

　　The sacred geometry of chance

　　The hidden law of probable outcome

　　The numbers lead a dance

　　I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

　　I know that the clubs are weapons of war

　　I know that diamonds mean money for this art

　　But that’s not the shape of my heart

　　He may play the jack of diamonds

　　He may lay the queen of spades

　　He may conceal a king in his hand

　　While the memory of it fades

　　I know that the spades…

　　He may play the jack of diamonds

　　He may lay the queen of spades

　　He may conceal a king in his hand

　　While the memory of it fades