The Sick Note - Sean Cannon
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Dear Sir I write this note to you
亲爱的先生我写下这封信给你
To tell you of me plight
告诉你我的困境
And at the time of writing
在我写这篇文章的时候
I am not a pretty sight;
我并不美丽;
My body is all black and blue
我遍体鳞伤
My face a deathly gray
我脸色苍白
And I write this note to say
我写下这封信是想说
Why Paddy's not at work today
为什么帕迪今天没来上班
While working on the fourteenth floor
在十四楼工作的时候
Some bricks I had to clear;
我必须清理一些砖块;
Now to throw them down from
现在把他们从
Such a height was not a good idea
这么高的地方不是个好主意
The foreman wasn't very pleased
工头不太高兴
He beeing an awkward sod
He said I'd have to cart them down
他说我得把它们运走
The ladders in me hod
我的心中充满希望
Now clearing all these bricks
现在清理所有的砖块
By hand it was so very slow
用手慢慢地移动
So I hoisted up a barrel
于是我举起一个枪管
And secured the rope below
系紧下方的绳索
But in me haste to do the job
可我迫不及待地付诸行动
I was to blind to see
我盲目无知
That a barrelful of building bricks
那是一桶积木
Was heavier than me
比我更沉重
So when I untied the rope
所以当我解开绳索
The barrel fell like lead
枪管像铅一样掉落
And clinging tightly to the rope
紧紧抓住绳索
I started up instead
我开始行动
Well I shot up like a rocket
我像火箭一样扶摇直上
Till to my dismay I found
直到我沮丧地发现
That halfway up
在半路上
I met the bloody barrel comming down
我遇到了即将倒下的枪管
Well the barrel broke me shoulder
枪管打断了我的肩膀
As to the ground it sped
急速冲向地面
And when I reached the top
当我到达巅峰
I banged the pully with my head
我的头砰砰直跳
Well I clung on tight through numbed
我紧紧抓牢麻木不已
Shock from this almighty blow
这致命一击让我震惊不已
And the barrel spilled out half
枪管洒了一半
The bricks fourteen floors below
地下十四层的那种东西
Now when these bricks had fallen
现在当这些砖头散落一地
From the barrel to the floor
从枪管到地板
I then outweighed the barrel and
我的重量超过了枪管
So started down once more;
于是再次出发;
Still clinging tightly to the rope
依然紧紧抓住绳索
I sped towards the ground
我加速冲向地面
And I landed on the brocken bricks
我落在残垣断壁上
That were all scattered round
四处散落
Well I lay there groaning on the ground
我躺在那里瘫倒在地呻吟着
I thougth I'd passed the worst
我以为我已经度过了最艰难的时刻
When the barrel hit the pully-wheel
当枪管撞上拖轮
And then the bottom burst
然后彻底崩溃
Well a shower of bricks rained down on me
一场枪林弹雨落在我身上
I hadn't got a hope
我没有一丝希望
As I lay there moaning on the ground
当我躺在地上呻吟时
I let go of the bloody rope
我松开了绳索
The barrel than being heavier
而不是越来越重
It started down once more
再次开始崩塌
And landed right across me
降落在我面前
As I lay upon the floor
当我躺在地板上
Well it broke three ribs
折断了三根肋骨
And my left arm and I can only say
我只能说
That I hope you'll understand
我希望你能明白
Why Paddy's not a work today
为什么Paddy今天没有上班