此曲為美國歌手兼詞曲作家Bob Dylan自寫自唱，收錄於其1966專輯《Blonde on Blonde》中。專輯成績不差，獲得告示牌專輯排行榜第9名，而此曲並未發行單曲。
如同Dylan許多其它的歌曲，這首《Visions of Johanna》( 喬安娜的願景？幻象？)的歌詞內容也是「高深莫測」。一些樂評對此曲廣為好評並認為是Dylan在寫歌上的最高成就之一。「滾石雜誌」將此曲列入其歷來最偉大的500首歌曲的名單中。英國桂冠詩人Sir Andrew Motion也將此曲列為歷年來最偉大的歌詞。
1965/12/04，Dylan首次在加州的Berkeley Community Theatre演唱此曲，之前曾提攜Dylan並很喜歡他的Joan Baez也在場。由於Dylan之前從未演唱過，Baez聽來覺得十分可疑，認為是故意針對她，並相信歌詞寫的是關於她。至於歌詞涵意到底為何？也只能由聽者自行來詮釋了。音樂人Andy Gill認為這首歌的神秘品質是它流行的原因 --- 「永遠在清醒的邊緣搖搖欲墜，但仍然不受被精確破譯的影響。」Gill寫道，這首歌首先對比了兩個情人，肉慾的路易絲和更心靈的且高不可攀的喬安娜，最終，對於 Gill 而言，這首歌旨在傳達藝術家如何被迫不斷努力追求一些難以捉摸的完美願景。
Joan & Dylan
此曲有包含錄音室及現場演唱等多個版本，不僅歌曲長度不同 ( 均超過7分鐘 ) 且節奏也有快和慢，並都已正式發行。以下另貼英國女歌手Marianne Faithfull的版本 ( 將歌詞簡化了 )。Marianne於1965以一首《As Tears Go By》成為國際知名歌手。
-
-
-
【中文歌詞為Google翻譯】
當你試圖如此安靜時，這不就像晚上玩惡作劇嗎？
Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?
我們坐在這裡受困，雖然我們都在盡力否認它
We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it
Louise 拿著一把雨水，誘惑你去反抗它
And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it
對面閣樓的燈光閃爍
Lights flicker from the opposite loft
在這個房間裡，熱管只是咳嗽
In this room the heat pipes just cough
鄉村音樂台播放柔和
The country music station plays soft
但是沒有什麼，真的沒有什麼可以關掉的
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off
只有路易絲和她的情人如此糾纏在一起
Just Louise and her lover so entwined
約翰娜的這些幻象征服了我的心靈
And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind
在女士們用鑰匙鏈玩盲人詐唬的空地上
In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman's bluff with the key chain
和他們竊竊私語的通宵女郎在“D”列車上出軌
And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the "D" train
我們可以聽到守夜人按他的手電筒
We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight
問問自己是他還是他們瘋了
Ask himself if it's him or them that's insane
露易絲，她沒事，就在附近
Louise, she's all right, she's just near
她嬌嫩如鏡
She's delicate and seems like the mirror
但她只是把它說得太簡潔太清楚了
But she just makes it all too concise and too clear
約翰娜不在
That Johanna's not here
電性的幽靈在她臉上的骨頭里嚎叫
The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face
約翰娜的這些幻象現在取代了我的位置
Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place
現在，小男孩迷路了，他把自己看得太重了
Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously
他吹噓自己的痛苦，他喜歡危險地生活
He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously
當提到她的名字時
And when bringing her name up
他說要給我一個告別之吻
He speaks of a farewell kiss to me
這麼沒用，他肯定有很大的膽量
He's sure got a lotta gall to be so useless and all
當我在大廳裡時，我對著牆咕噥著閒聊
Muttering small talk at the wall while I'm in the hall
我該如何解釋？
How can I explain?
很難上手
It's so hard to get on
約翰娜的這些幻象，讓我徹夜難眠
And these visions of Johanna, they kept me up past the dawn
在博物館裡，infinity 正在接受審判
Inside the museums, infinity goes up on trial
聲音迴盪這就是一段時間後救贖的樣子
Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while
但蒙娜麗莎穆斯塔有高速公路憂鬱症
But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues
你可以從她微笑的方式看出來
You can tell by the way she smiles
看到原始壁花凍結
See the primitive wallflower freeze
當果凍臉的女人都打噴嚏的時候
When the jelly-faced women all sneeze
聽到留著小鬍子的那個說，“天哪，我找不到我的膝蓋了”
Hear the one with the mustache say, "Jeez, I can't find my knees"
哦，珠寶和雙筒望遠鏡掛在騾子的頭上
Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule
但是約翰娜的這些幻象，讓這一切看起來如此殘酷
But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel
小販現在和假裝關心他的伯爵夫人說話
The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him
說，“給我一個不是寄生蟲的人，我會出去為他祈禱”
Sayin', "Name me someone that's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him"
但就像路易絲常說的
But like Louise always says
“你不能看太多，你可以嗎？”
"Ya can't look at much, can ya man?"
當她自己為他做準備時
As she, herself, prepares for him
還有麥當娜，她還沒有出現
And Madonna, she still has not showed
我們看到這個空籠子現在腐蝕
We see this empty cage now corrode
她的舞台斗篷曾經流過的地方
Where her cape of the stage once had flowed
提琴手，他現在走上了路
The fiddler, he now steps to the road
他寫道，欠下的東西都已歸還
He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed
在裝載魚的卡車後面
On the back of the fish truck that loads
當我的良心爆炸時
While my conscience explodes
口琴演奏萬能鍵和雨
The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
現在只剩下約翰娜的這些幻象
And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain
"Visions Of Johanna" / Marianne Faithfull
(originally by Bob Dylan)
Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?
We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it
And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it
Lights flicker from the opposite loft
In this room the heat pipes just cough
The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off
Just Louise and her lover so entwined
And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind
Inside the museums, infinity goes up on trial
Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while
But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues
You can tell by the way she smiles
See the primitive wallflower freeze
When the jelly-faced women all sneeze
Hear the one with the mustache say, "jeeze
I can't find my knees"
Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule
But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel
The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him
Sayin', "name me someone who's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him"
But like Louise always says
"Ya can't look at much, can ya man?"
As she, herself, prepares for him
And Madonna, she still hasn't showed
We see the empty cage now corrode
Where her cape of the stage once had flowed
The fiddler, he now steps on the road
He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed
On the back of the fish trucks that load
While my conscience explodes
The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain
文章定位：
