上個月，一位小哥和陌生鄰居合奏鋼琴的影片在Tik Tok上火了。創作者Giorgio Lo Porto剛從義大利搬到英國倫敦居住。二月，Giorgio被隔壁傳來的琴聲吸引。那時他並沒有意識到，一段徹底改變他生活的友誼正等待著他。
Back in Februray, Giorgio Lo Porto posted a video on Tik Tok about his new neighbor — and their unbelievable piano talent! The post began a series of clips over the next month that showed the duo’s relationship playing out in the form of two pianos separated by one wall.
今年二月，Giorgio在Tik Tok上釋出了一段關於新鄰居的影片，說Ta有著難以置信的鋼琴天賦！接下來的一個月裡，Giorgio在自己的賬號上釋出了一系列影片，展示了透過鋼琴合奏，一牆之隔的兩人結下了一段美好的友誼。
一天，Giorgio突發奇想，他給鄰居寫了張紙條，希望Ta彈奏一曲塞琳·迪翁的經典之作《我心永恆》。第二天，熟悉的旋律如期穿過牆壁，Giorgio既感動又欣喜。
Giorgio邀請鄰居合奏一曲。於是小哥在約好的時間開始彈奏《River Flows In You》，然後停下，緊張等待對面的回應……
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結果沒有讓Giorgio失望：幾秒後，牆的那邊傳來音樂，接上了小哥的旋律。這次合奏在Tik Tok上獲得了170萬觀看。
When Giorgio heard the notes coming from the other side of the wall, you can really see in his face how moved he was.
當Giorgio聽到牆那邊傳來的旋律時，你真的可以從他的臉上看到他是多麼的感動。
第一次合奏成功之後，Giorgio和鄰居形成了默契，每週末都會合奏一曲。情人節到了，兩人再次合奏了《River Flows In You》，Giorgio感動地在影片中寫到：
“This was our way of saying ‘I don’t know who you are, but I’m here. You’re not alone. This is for you too.’”
“這是我們表達‘我不知道你是誰，但我在這裡’的方式。你不是一個人。這也是送給你們的。”
Giorgio對鄰居越來越好奇，不久後，他終於和鄰居見面了。原來這位琴技不凡的鄰居是位78歲的老爺爺：
Turns out, his neighbor’s name was Emil and he was 78 years old, originally from Poland. His wife had passed away in December from COVID-19 and the apartment in which he was staying was a temporary accommodation until he would sell his house. The only consolation left to Emil was his piano. The reason he was playing at 2 pm and also duetting at that time with Giorgio was because his wife.
原來，他的鄰居名叫Emil，是個78歲的波蘭人。Emil妻子去年12月因新冠去世，在房子被賣掉之前，現住的地方只是他的臨時住所。Emil唯一的安慰就是他的鋼琴。他之所以在下午2點彈琴、和Giorgio合奏，是因為思念妻子。
小哥和老爺爺約定，在他搬走之前，會一直合奏下去。感動於Emil的故事，Giorgio以此為靈感開始創作自己的第一首歌，名字就叫《Dear Emil》（親愛的Emil）。
曲子創作完成後，他錄下一段影片，分享出自己的感受：
“When I wrote this piece I started picturing Emil’s life. A 78 widower that lost the love of his life because of this stupid virus. Spending day alone at home due to lockdown. Looking forward to play her favorite piano song at 2 pm every weekend. Until a note appeared on his door. A letter showing that he was heard, and not alone. And a new friendship started. Two pianos between a wall. Not knowing who was playing. But it didn’t matter. You can be the light to somebody else’s darkness.”
“當我寫這首歌時，我開始想象Emil的生活。一位78歲的鰥夫，因為這愚蠢的病毒，失去了一生摯愛。因為封鎖，他獨守空巢，期待著每週末下午2點彈奏妻子最喜歡的鋼琴曲。直到一張字條出現在門口，告訴他自己被聽見了，而不是一個人。一段友誼開始了。一牆之隔，兩架鋼琴，素昧平生。但這並不重要。你可以成為別人黑暗中的一束光。”
如果故事就此結束，那就太好了，但事實並非如此。
Emil搬走幾周之後，Giorgio突然得到了一個讓他心碎的訊息：Emil在睡夢中離開了人世。
Giorgio shared on March 14th that he'd received word that Emil had passed away in his sleep: "And now he is reunited with his wife."
3月14日，Giorgio收到了Emil在睡夢中去世的訊息，他說：“現在Emil和妻子團聚了”。
小哥感慨地演奏了《人猿泰山》主題曲《You'll Be In My Heart》記念他……
"Dear Emil," he wrote. "I knew very little about you, but you changed my life. You gave me back my passion, and we shared that with the world. You'll be in my heart. I'll keep playing, thinking of how powerful music can be. You said I was your light, but you've been mine too. Bye, Emil."
“親愛的Emil，”他寫道，“我對你知之甚少，但你改變了我的生活。你讓我重拾熱情，並分享給了所有人。你會一直在我心裡。我會繼續演奏下去，相信音樂的強大。你說我是你的光，但你也是我的。再見，Emil。”
Giorgio和Emil的友誼在社交媒體上感動了千萬網友，他們在小哥的影片下面說出自己的感動：
得知Emil去世了，我好難過……幸運的是，在生命快要落幕的時候，他從你那裡得到了這段友誼。請安息Emil。
這個故事感人至深。謝謝你們，用音樂給這個世界帶來希望和快樂。
聽完這個讓人又感動又心碎的故事，我哭到停不下來。善良的你成了Emil的光。同時，我也感受到了你們合奏的魔力。請多彈吧。這個世間需要更多像你一樣的人。把我最美好的祝福送給你！
整個故事可以拍成電影了。而且你已經創作好了主題曲。
來源:中國日報雙語新聞