Funeral Ikos - The King's Singers (国王歌手合唱团)/John Tavener
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Written by:John Tavener/Daryl Runswick
Why these bitter words of the dying o brethren
为什么这些痛苦的话语即将死去的兄弟们
Which they utter as they go hence
当他们离去时吐露心声
I am parted from my brethren
我与我的兄弟分离
All my friends do I abandon and go hence
我会不会抛弃我的朋友离我而去
But whither I go that understand I not
但我要去哪里你不明白我不知道
Neither what shall become of me yonder
我在那边会变成什么样
Only God who hath summoned me knoweth
只有召唤我的上帝知道
But make commemoration of me with the song
用这首歌来纪念我
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
哈利路亚哈利路亚
Alleluia
哈利路亚
But whither now go the souls
但现在灵魂该何去何从
How dwell they now together there
他们现在如何在一起
This mystery have I desired to learn but none can impart aright
我渴望了解这种神秘的东西但谁都无法传授给我
Do they call to mind their own people as we do them
他们会不会像我们一样想起自己的同胞
Or have they forgotten all those who mourn them and make the song
还是说他们忘记了所有为他们哀悼并创作这首歌的人
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
哈利路亚哈利路亚
Alleluia
哈利路亚
We go forth on the path eternal and as condemned
我们在这条永恒的道路上勇往直前
With downcast faces present ourselves before the only God eternal
面带愁容来到唯一永恒的上帝面前
Where then is comeliness where then is wealth
美丽在哪里财富在哪里
Where then is the glory of this world
那这世界的荣耀在哪里
There shall none of these things aid us but only to say oft the psalm
这一切对我们没有任何帮助只有我们时常吟诵圣歌
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
哈利路亚哈利路亚
Alleluia
哈利路亚
If thou hast shown mercy unto man o man
如果你对人类仁慈
That same mercy shall be shown thee there
你也会得到同样的怜悯
And if on an orphan thou hast shown compassion
如果你怜悯孤儿
The same shall there deliver thee from want
同样的东西会拯救你脱离困苦
If in this life the naked thou hast clothed
如果这一生你一丝不挂
The same shall give thee shelter there and sing the psalm
他会为你遮风挡雨唱响圣歌
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
哈利路亚哈利路亚
Alleluia
哈利路亚
Youth and the beauty of the body fade at the hour of death
青春和肉体的美丽在死亡的那一刻都黯然失色
And the tongue then burneth fiercely and the parched throat is inflamed
舌头剧烈燃烧干渴的喉咙发炎
The beauty of the eyes is quenched then the comeliness of the face all altered
一双眼睛的美丽消失了面容的清秀也全部改变了
The shapeliness of the neck destroyed and the other parts have become numb
脖子的形状被破坏其他部位都麻木了
Nor often say Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
也不常说哈利路亚哈利路亚
Alleluia
哈利路亚
With ecstasy are we inflamed if we but hear that there is light eternal yonder
如果我们听到那边有永恒的光芒我们是否欣喜若狂
That there is paradise wherein every soul of righteous ones rejoiceth
天堂在那里每个正直的人都欢欣鼓舞
Let us all also enter into Christ that we may cry aloud thus unto God
让我们都进入基督,向神大声呼求
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
哈利路亚哈利路亚
Alleluia
哈利路亚