How Fortunate the Man with None (Live from Auditori Forum, Barcelona, Spain. March 22nd, 2005) - Dead Can Dance/Brendan Perry/Bertolt Brecht/John Willett

You saw sagacious solomon

你看见了睿智的所罗门

You know what came of him

你了解他的起源

To him complexities seemed plain

对他而言 复杂似是简单

He cursed the hour that gave birth to him

然而他诅咒自己降生的时刻

And saw that everything was vain

将一切视为徒劳

How great and wise was solomon

多么伟大而智慧的所罗门

The world however did not wait

然而世界并不等待

But soon observed what followed on

而是很快见证了接下来所发生的

Its wisdom that had brought him to this state

是智慧让他变成了这样

How fortunate the man with none

一无所有的人多幸运

How fortunate the man with none

一无所有的人多幸运

You saw courageous caesar next

接下来你看见了勇敢的凯撒

You know what he became

你知道他成为了什么

They deified him in his life

在他的一生中人们将他奉若神明

Then had him murdered just the same

也同样将他杀害

And as they raised the fatal knife

当人们举起致命的刀

How loud he cried you too my son

他哭喊的多么响亮 你们也是我的子民

The world however did not wait

然而世界并不等待

But soon observed what followed on

而是很快见证了接下来所发生的

Its courage that had brought him to that state

是勇气让他变成了这样

How fortunate the man with none

一无所有的人多幸运

How fortunate the man with none

一无所有的人多幸运

You heard of honest socrates

你听说过忠诚的苏格拉底

The man who never lied

一个从未说谎的人

They werent so grateful as youd think

人们并未如你所想的感激他

Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried

代替遵守他尝试制定的法则

And handed him the poisoned drink

人们递给他一杯毒酒

How honest was the peoples noble son

这位人们的尊贵之子多么的诚实

The world however did not wait

然而世界并不等待

But soon observed what followed on

而是很快见证了接下来所发生的

Its honesty that brought him to that state

是诚实让他变成了这样

How fortunate the man with none

一无所有的人多幸运

How fortunate the man with none

一无所有的人多幸运

Here you can see respectable folk

这里你能看见值得尊重的人们

Keeping to gods own laws

遵守着上帝自己的法则

So far he hasnt taken heed

迄今他仍未注意

You who sit safe and warm indoors

你们这些人坐在安全而温暖的家中

Help to relieve out bitter need

只能帮助减轻痛苦的需求

How virtuously we had begun

我们开始得多么合乎道德

The world however did not wait

然而世界并不等待

But soon observed what followed on

而是很快见证了接下来所发生的

Its fear of God that brought us to that state

是对上帝的恐惧让我们变成了这样

How fortunate the man with none

一无所有的人多幸运

How fortunate the man with none

一无所有的人多幸运