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Let Us Begin(What Are We Making Weapons For) (Remaster) - John Denver (约翰·丹佛)
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I am the son of a grassland farmer
我是草原农夫的子孙
Western oklahoma nineteen forty three
1943年俄克拉荷马西部
I always felt grateful to live
始终感恩能生活在这片
In the land of the free
自由的土地
I gave up my father to South Korea
将父亲献给朝鲜战场
The mind of my brother to Vietnam
让兄长的灵魂留在越南
Now there's a banker who says
如今银行家冷眼宣告
I must give up my land
必须放弃祖辈的田产
There are four generations
这片沃土之下
Of blood
流淌着
In this topsoil
四代人的血脉
Four generations of love
四代人的挚爱
On this farm
都倾注在这片农场
Before I give up
在我放弃之前
I would gladly
我宁愿
Give up my right arm
献出我的右臂
What are we making weapons for
我们为何要制造武器
Why keep on feeding the war machine
为何持续喂养战争机器
We take it right out of the mouths
我们正从孩子们口中
Of our babies
夺走生存的食粮
Take it away from the hands
从穷人手中
Of the poor
剥夺希望
Tell me what are
告诉我
We making weapons for
我们为何要制造武器
I had a son and my son was a soldier
我曾有个儿子 他是一名士兵
He was so like my father
他多像我的父亲
He was so much like me
又如此肖似我自己
To be a good comrade was the best
成为忠诚战友是他
That he dreamed he could be
毕生追寻的荣光
He gave up his future to revolution
他将青春献给革命
His life to a battle
生命祭奠战场
That just can't be won
注定无望的战争
For this is not living to live
这般苟活 岂能算作人生
At the point of a gun
在枪口胁迫下喘息
I remember the nine hundred days
我仍记得那九百个昼夜
Of Leningrad
列宁格勒围城岁月
The sound of the dying
垂死者的呻吟
The cut of the cold
刺骨严寒的刀割
I remember the moments I prayed
记得那些祈祷的瞬间
I would never grow old
祈求永远不必长大
What are we making weapons for
我们为何要制造武器
Why keep on feeding the war machine
为何持续喂养战争机器
We take it right out of the mouths
我们正从孩子们口中
Of our babies
夺走生存的食粮
Take it away from the hands of the poor
从穷人的手中剥夺
Tell me what are we making weapons for
告诉我 我们制造武器究竟为何
For the first time in my life
这是我人生中第一次
I feel like a prisoner
我如同困兽般被囚禁
A slave to the ways of the powers
沦为权贵阶层的奴隶
That be
身不由己
And I fear for my children as
我为孩子们忧心忡忡
I fear for the for the future I see
更恐惧眼前这片未来光景
Tell me how can it be
告诉我为何会如此
We're still fighting each other
我们仍在自相残杀
What does it take
究竟要付出多少代价
For a people to learn
要让一个民族明白
If our song is not sung as a chorus
若我们的歌声不能汇聚成合唱
We surely will burn
我们终将自取灭亡
What are we making weapons for
我们为何要制造武器
Why keep on feeding the war machine
为何持续喂养战争机器
We take it right out
我们正在剥夺
Of the mouths of our babies
孩子们口中的食粮
Take it away from the hands
从穷人手中
Of the poor
剥夺希望
Tell me what are
告诉我
We making weapons for
我们为何要制造武器
Have we forgotten
难道我们已经遗忘
All the lives that were given
那些逝去的生命
All the vows that were taken
那些许下的誓言
Saying never again
承诺永不再战
Now for the first time
此刻是第一次
This could be the last time
或许也是最后一次
If peace is our vision
若和平是我们的愿景
Let us begin
就让我们即刻启程
Have we forgotten
难道我们已经遗忘
All the lives that were given
那些逝去的生命
All the vows that were taken
那些许下的誓言
Saying never again never again
承诺永不再重演 永不再重演
Now for the first time
此刻是第一次
This could be the last time
或许也是最后一次
If peace is our vision
若和平是我们的愿景
Let us begin let us begin
就让我们开始行动 即刻启程