Viva La Vida - Coldplay (酷玩乐队)

TME享有本翻译作品的著作权

Written by：Christopher Anthony John Martin/Guy Rupert Berryman/William Champion/Jonathan Mark Buckland

I used to rule the world

我曾经统治世界

Seas would rise when I gave the word

只要我一声令下 海潮也会为之翻涌

Now in the morning I sleep alone

如今在清晨时分 我孤眠独宿

Sweep the streets I used to own

目光扫过曾经属于我的街道

I used to roll the dice

我曾经手执命运之骰

Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

感受过敌人眼中的恐惧

Listen as the crowd would sing

聆听过民众的齐声高歌

Now the old king is dead

如今旧王已逝

Long live the king

新王万岁

One minute I held the key

上一刻 我手中握着钥匙

Next the walls were closed on me

而下一秒我便身陷囹圄

And I discovered that my castles stand

我发现我的城堡矗立于

Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

摇摇欲坠的盐柱与沙堆之上

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

我听到耶路撒冷的钟声回荡在空中

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

罗马骑兵的歌声响彻云霄

Be my mirror my sword and shield

化身为我的明镜 我的利剑与盾牌

My missionaries in a foreign field

我那远在异国他乡的传教士们

For some reason I can't explain

由于某种我无法解释的理由

Once you go there was never

一旦你离去

Never an honest word

逆耳忠言便不复存在

But that was when I ruled the world

但那是我主宰世界之时

It was the wicked and wild wind

恶劣又狂妄的风席卷而来

Blew down the doors to let me in

吹过一扇扇的门 让我进入其中

Shattered windows and the sound of drums

破碎的窗户和震耳欲聋的鼓声

People couldn't believe what I'd become

人们无法相信我如今的模样

Revolutionaries wait

革命者们在静静等待

For my head on a silver plate

我的头颅落在一只银盘里

Just a puppet on a lonely string

只是被一根细绳悬挂着的木偶

Oh who would ever want to be king

究竟有谁渴望成为一名国王

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

我听到耶路撒冷的钟声回荡在空中

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

罗马骑兵的歌声响彻云霄

Be my mirror my sword and shield

化身为我的明镜 我的利剑与盾牌

My missionaries in a foreign field

我那远在异国他乡的传教士们

For some reason I can't explain

由于某种我无法解释的理由

I know Saint Peter won't call my name

我知道圣人彼得不会呼唤我的名字

Never an honest word

逆耳忠言便不复存在

But that was when I ruled the world

但那是我主宰世界之时

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

Hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

听到耶路撒冷的钟声回荡在空中

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

罗马骑兵的歌声响彻云霄

Be my mirror my sword and shield

化身为我的明镜 我的利剑与盾牌

My missionaries in a foreign field

我那远在异国他乡的传教士们

For some reason I can't explain

由于某种我无法解释的理由

I know Saint Peter won't call my name

我知道圣人彼得不会呼唤我的名字

Never an honest word

逆耳忠言便不复存在

But that was when I ruled the world

但那是我主宰世界之时