Sweeney (Live From Wagga Wagga/ Australia, 1972|1993 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty/Hamilton County Bluegrass Band

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It was somewhere in September

那是在九月的某个角落

And the sun was goin' down

夕阳正缓缓西沉

When I came in search of coffee

我寻觅着一杯咖啡

To a darling river town

来到这迷人的河畔小镇

Come and have a drink we'll call it

来吧 共饮一杯 我们称它为

'Tis a fitting name I think

这名字再贴切不过

And 'Twas raining for a wonder

而奇迹般地 雨开始飘落

Up at come and have a drink

在"来喝一杯"的小酒馆

Underneath the pub verandah

酒馆檐下暂歇息

I was resting on a bunk

我正斜倚在长椅

When a stranger rose before me

忽有醉汉踉跄至

And he said that he was drunk

自称酩酊难自持

He apologised for speaking

他致歉唐突开口

There was no offence he swore

赌咒绝非存歹意

But he somehow seemed to fancy

只是恍惚觉面善

That he'd seen my face before

似曾相识旧相识

He agreed you can't remember

他承认记忆早已模糊

All the chaps you chance to meet

那些萍水相逢的面孔

And he said his name was sweeney

他说自己名叫斯威尼

People lived in Sussex street

曾在苏塞克斯街安家

He was camping in a stable

栖身于废弃的马厩

That he swore that he was right

却坚称那是理想居所

Only for the blanky horses walkin'

唯有无主的马群整夜

Over him all night

从他身旁踱步而过

He'd apparently been fighting

他显然刚经历一场打斗

For his face was black and blue

脸上青一块紫一块

And it looked as though the horses

看起来像是被马蹄

Had been treading on him too

狠狠践踏过一般

But an honest genial twinkle

但那只完好的眼睛里

In the eye that wasn't hurt

闪烁着真诚友善的光芒

Seemed to hint of something better

仿佛暗示着更美好的可能

Spite of drink and rags and dirt

尽管酗酒潦倒 满身污垢

He was born in Parramatta

他生在帕拉马塔小镇

And he said with humour grim

带着苦涩的幽默说道

That he'd like to see the city

想在烈酒夺命之前

'Ere the liquor finished him

去看看城市的模样

But he couldn't raise the money

可始终凑不够盘缠

He was d**ned if he could think

绞尽脑汁也想不明白

What the government was doing here

政府在此有何作为

He offered me a drink

他递来一杯酒邀我共饮

I declined 'Twas self denial

我婉拒了 这算是自我克制

And I lectured him on booze

而后我对他大谈酗酒的危害

Using all the hackneyed arguments

搬出那些陈词滥调的说教

That preachers mostly use

尽是牧师们惯用的论调

Things I'd heard in temperance lectures

那些禁酒讲座里听来的话

I was young and rather green

那时我年少不谙世事

And I ended by referring to the man

最后我竟用"该隐"来比喻他

He might have been

他本可以留下

But he couldn't stay to argue

却无心继续争辩

For his beer was nearly gone

杯中酒已所剩无几

He was glad he said to meet me

他说很高兴遇见我

And he'd see me later on

约定改日再相逢

But he guessed he'd have to go

但此刻他必须离开

And get his bottle filled again

去将空瓶重新斟满

And he gave a lurch and vanished

踉跄着消失在雨夜

In the darkness and the rain

在黑暗与雨幕之中

And a afternoons in cities

城市里的某个午后

When the rain is on the land

当雨水浸透大地时

Visions come to me of Sweeney

斯威尼的身影浮现眼前

With his bottle in his hand

手中还握着那瓶酒