The Orange Monkey - PJ Harvey
Written By:Polly Jean Harvey
A restlessness took hold my brain
心头焦虑挥之不去
And questions
各种各样的问题
I could not hold back
没法回避不去想
An orange monkey on a chain
铁链上橙色的猴子
On a bleak uneven track
在荒凉崎岖的小路
Told me that to understand
记忆告诉我 要深刻理解
You must travel back time
就必须回到过去
I took a plane to a forein land
乘航班飞往陌生土地
And said
告诉自己
I'll write down what I find
我会写下我的新发现
Beneath a mountain's jagged shelves
在山脉崎岖不平的岩石下
Cloacked with snow and shadows sheer
终年是积雪和巨大的阴影
Plates tipped up upon themselves
大陆板块碰撞挤压的结果
The pain of fifty million years
五千万年的伤痛
And mules and goats were running wild
骡子和山羊狂奔
A happy chaos carried on
乱世和逍遥同在
And old men and young boys smiled
老人和孩子笑着
And worked until the day was gone
牧牛马直到日落
Packs of sandy-coloured dogs
一群沙色的狗
Walked streets that looked like building sites
在街上悠闲地走着 街道两旁是破旧的房屋
But piles of rocks and dust and smog
但这岩石 灰尘和烟雾
Could not hold block out a different light
也抵挡不了岁月的变迁
When I returned
当我再次回到这里
I ran to meet
偶然遇见那一只猴
The monkey but his face had changed
它的神色已经改变
He stood before me on two feet
就站在我面前两英尺的地方
The track was now a motorway
那条小路也已然变成了公路