意大利作家亞歷山德羅巴里科1998年所著的《海上鋼琴師》講述了孤兒一九〇〇天才的一生。《海上鋼琴師》被改編成同名電影，成為史上流傳最廣的電影之一，其中幾乎照搬這部作品中的臺詞至今仍為影迷為所津津樂道。

　　1.How do you do it down there? How do you choose just one?上了岸，何去何從?

　　2.Arent youu ever just scared of breaking apart at the thought of it? The enormity of it.思前想后，你不怕精神崩潰?那樣的日子怎么過?

　　3.It wasnt what I saw that stopped me, Max, it was what I didnt see。 Do you understand that? What I didnt see.我停下來，不是因為所見，是因為所不見。你明不明白?是因為看不見的東西。

　　4.And if that keyboard is infinite, then on that keyboard there is no music you can play.無限大的鍵盤，怎奏得出音樂?

　　5.But never more than fit between prow and stern.但范圍離不開船頭與船尾之間。

　　6.What I did not see was where the whole thing came to an end, the end of the world.我看不見城市的盡頭，我需要看見世界盡頭。

　　7.Thats the truth, Max, they never end. That keyboard is infinite.事實如此，無窮無盡，鍵盤無限大。

　　8.It was all very final on that gangway and I was grant too in my over coat. I cut quite a figure, and I was getting off, guaranteed. That wasnt the problem.當年，我踏上跳板，不覺得困難。我穿上大衣，很神氣，自覺一表人才，有決心，有把握，有信心。

　　9.But 2000 people at a time, and there were wishes here.這艘船每次只載客兩千，既載人，有載夢想。

　　10.You get me up on that gangway and you rill out in front of me a keyboard of millions of keys, Millions and billions of keys that never end.走過跳板，前面的鍵盤有無數的琴鍵。

　　11.I was born on this ship, and the world passed me by.我生于船，長與船，世界千變萬化。

　　12.In all that sprawling city, there was everything except an end. There was no end.連綿不絕的城市，什么都有，除了盡頭，沒有盡頭。

　　13.You are infinite. And on those keys, the music that you can make is infinite.音樂是無限的。在琴鍵上，奏出無限的音樂。

　　14.After all, I dont exist for anyone.反正，世間沒人記得我。

　　15.Hey，Max! Imagine the music I could play with two right arms. Hope I can find a piano up there.兩條右臂能彈出什么音樂? 希望天堂有鋼琴

　　16.Forgive me, my friend, but Im not getting off.朋友，原諒我。我不下船了。

　　17.All that city you just couldnt see an end to it.城市那么大，看不到盡頭。

　　18.Land? Land is a ship too big for me. Its a woman too beautiful, its a voyage too long, a perfume too strong, its music I dont know how to make.陸地?對我來說，陸地是艘太大的船，是位太美的美女。是條太長的航程，是瓶太香的香水，是篇無從彈奏得樂章。

　　19.Take a piano, hmm? The keys begin, the keys end. You know there are 88 of them. Nobody can tell you different. They are not infinite.拿鋼琴來說，鍵盤有始也有終。有88個鍵，錯不了，并不是無限的。

　　20.You played put your happiness, but on a piano that was not infinite! I learned to live that way.在有限的鋼琴上，我自得其樂，我過慣那樣的日子。

　　21.I like that. That I can live by.我喜歡那樣，我應付得來。

　　22.I can never get off this ship. Im blessed I can step off my life.我沒法舍棄這艘船，我寧可舍棄自己的生命。

　　23.One woman, one house, one piece of land to call your own, one landscape to look at, one way to die. All that world just weighing down on you. You dont even know where it comes to an end.愛一個女人，住一間屋子，買一塊地，望一個景，走一條死路。太多選擇，我無所適從，漫無止境，茫茫無際。

　　24.You are the exception, Max. You are the only one who knows Im here. You are a minority, and youd better get used of it.除了你，Max，只有你知道我在這里，你屬于少數，你最好習慣一下。

　　25.Christ! Did you see the streets? Just the street-----there were thousands of them.唉!只是街道，已經好幾千條。

　　26.The end? Please? Can you please just show me where it ends?盡頭在哪里?可以給我看看盡頭么?

　　27.You are sitting on the wrong bench. Thats Gods piano.不是給凡人奏的，是給上帝奏的。