熱帶語林：我鬧了笑話

又一天籟失聲，英國殿堂級兄弟班Bee Gees再有一人離世，Robin Gibb不敵癌魔溘然長逝，叫人懷念不已。不嫌老套講一句，一路好走。

Robin Gibb的金曲《I Started A Joke》絕對是經典，如今成絕唱，實在太唏噓。能不能找人翻唱一下？若然不計較五音不全，曾蔭權無疑是非常適合的老翻人選，因為歌詞句句道出其心底話。

I started a joke

Which started the whole world crying

But I didn't see

That the joke was on me, oh no

我鬧了笑話，令到全世界都痛哭，因為我下令趕工興建一座名叫「門常開」的新政府總部。結果嘛，大樓之內充滿退伍軍人症桿菌是笑話，後樓梯爆水管變作水長流是笑話，通道鋪錯了凹凸不平仆死人的地磚是笑話，每月電費三百多萬元，比起舊政府總部貴了幾倍是笑話……我從來沒有察覺，我就是一個笑話，oh no！

I started to cry

Which started the whole world laughing

Oh, if I'd only seen

That the joke was on me

我開始哭了，反讓全世界都訕笑，因為他們不信我為自己貪便宜而悔悟。我為坐上富豪的超級遊艇而哭，我為搭上富豪的私人飛機而哭，我為盯上富豪的廉租豪宅而哭，我為一切不成體統的奢華款待而哭……我早就應該看到，我就是一個笑話。

I looked at the skies

Running my hands over my eyes

And I fell out of bed

Hurting my head from things that I'd said

再過不久，笑話貪曾就要跌出禮賓府大床。