Trying to Get to Heaven - Bob Dylan
The air is getting hotter
天气越来越热
There's a rumbling in the skies
天空有轰隆声
I've been wading through the high muddy water
我一直都在艰难地淌过这些浑水
With the heat rising in my eyes
我的眼睛都在灼烧
Every day your memory grows dimmer
每天你的记忆都在消褪
It doesn't haunt me like it did before
我现在的记忆不像以前
I've been walking through the middle of nowhere
我走过无名小镇
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
希望在他们关门之前到达天堂
When I was in Missouri
当我在密苏里的时候
They would not let me be
他们不会让我随心所欲
I had to leave there in a hurry
我必须尽快离开那儿
I only saw what they let me see
我只能看见他们让我看的
You broke a heart that loved you
你伤害了一颗爱你的心
Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore
现在你可以密封住这本书不要再写
I've been walking that lonesome valley
我走在人烟稀少的峡谷
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
希望在他们关门之前到达天堂
People on the platforms
站在站台上的人们
Waiting for the trains
正在等待火车
I can hear their hearts a-beatin'
我能听到他们心脏的跳动
Like pendulums swinging on chains
就像链条上的钟摆
I tried to give you everything
我想给你所有
That your heart was longing for
你心里面所盼望的
I'm just going down the road feeling bad
我走过这些糟糕的路
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
希望在他们关门之前到达天堂
I'm going down the river
我穿过河流
Down to New Orleans
到达新奥尔良
They tell me everything is gonna be all right
他们告诉我一切都会好起来的
But I don't know what “all right” even means
但是我不知道好起来是什么意思
I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane
我和Mary Jane女士骑着童车
Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore
Mary Jane女士在巴尔的摩有个家
I been all around the world boys
孩子 我去过世界任何地方
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
现在我希望在他们关门之前到达天堂
Gonna sleep down in the parlor
准备在客厅睡觉
And relive my dreams
使我的梦重现
I'll close my eyes and I wonder
我闭上我的眼睛思考
If everything is as hollow as it seems
是否一切事都像它看起来那么空洞
Some trains don't pull no gamblers
一些火车不拉赌徒
No midnight ramblers like they did before
也不拉他们以前拉的午夜游客
I been to Sugar Town I shook the sugar down
我到达糖城 我把糖摇晃下来
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
现在我希望在他们关门之前到达天堂