The Origin of Love - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
When the earth was still flat
当时地球表面还是平坦的
And clouds made of fire
云都是一团团烈焰
And mountains stretched up to the sky
山峰高高耸立
Sometimes higher
有时还穿过天际
Folks roamed the earth like big rolling kegs
人们在大地上游荡 就像滚动的木桶
They had two sets of arms
他们有两双手
They had two sets of legs
有四只脚
They had two faces peering
只有一个巨大的头
Out of one giant head
却长着两张不同的脸
So they could watch all around them
所以他们可以目看四周 眼观八方
As they talked; while they read
可以一边说话 一边看书
And they never knew nothing of love
对爱也一无所知
It was before the origin of love
这还是爱情起源之前的事
The origin of love
爱的起源
The origin of love
爱的起源
The origin of love
爱的起源
And there were three sexes then
当时世界上有三种性别
One that looked like two men
一种是双雄合体
Glued up back to back
两个男生背靠背黏在一起
Called the children of the sun
被称作太阳之子
And similiar in shape and girth
跟这长得比较相似且体积差不多大的
Was the children of the earth
被称作大地之女
They looked like two girls rolled up in one
这种是双雌合体
And the children of the moon
还有一种 被称作月亮之子
Were like a fork stuck on a spoon
就像叉子卡在了汤匙上那样
They were part sun part earth part daughter part son
一半是太阳之子 一半是大地之女 既雌雄合体
The origin of love
爱的起源
Now the gods grew quite scared
而当时众神对人类的力量和反抗
Of our strength and defiance
越发地感到惶恐
And Thor said I'm gonna kill them all with my hammer
雷神说 让我一锤下去 把他们都劈光光吧
Like I killed the giants"
就像我用雷劈死巨人那样
But the Zeus said No
但宙斯说且慢
You better let me use my lightning like scissors
最好用我的闪电剪来对付他们
Like I cut the legs off the whales
就像我把鲸鱼的四肢砍断
Dinosaurs into lizards
让恐龙变成蜥蜴那般
Then he grabbed up some bolts
接着他便拿起闪电
And he let out a laugh
大笑一声
Said I'll split them right down the middle
说我要把他们从正中间切开
Gonna cut them right up in half
劈成两半
And the storm clouds gathered above
接着空中乌云密布 风暴肆虐
Into great balls of fire
汇聚成一个巨大的火球
And then fire shot down from the sky in bolts
接着火球在空中一击而下
Like shining blades of a knife
闪电像锋利的刀锋那般砍了下来
And it ripped right through the flesh
活生生地把太阳之子
Of the children of the sun and the moon
大地之女 以及月亮之子的躯体
And the earth
给劈成两半
And some Indian god sewed the wound up
而某个印度神明伸出援手 缝合了人类的伤口
Into a hole
在肚子上
Pulled it 'round to our bellies
留下了如洞穴般的伤痕
To remind us the price we pay
让人类记住这次惨重的代价
And Osiris and the gods of the nile
而尼罗河之神奥西里斯
Gathered up a big storm
唤起巨大风暴
To blow a hurricane
形成飓风
To scatter us away
让大风大雨
In a flood of wind and rain
把我们通通吹散
And a sea of tidal waves
再用海水潮汐的力量
To wash us all away
把我们通通冲走
And if we don't behave
而要是我们还不老实一点
They'll cut us down again
那帮神明会再次把我们砍断
We'll be hopping around on one foot
到那时我们就只有单脚着地
And looking through one eye
独眼张望了
Last time I saw you
上次我见到你时
We just split in two
我们才刚刚被劈成两半
You was looking at me
你看着我
I was looking at you
我也看着你
You had a way so familiar
感觉你似曾相识
But I could not recognize
但我认不出你是谁
'Cause you had blood in your face
因为你脸上留有的血迹
And I had blood in my eyes
我眼里也布满血丝
But I could swear by your expression
但我敢发誓 从你表情看得出
That the pain down in your soul
你灵魂深处的伤痛
Was the same as the one down in mine
跟我受到的伤痛完全一样
That's the pain
那种疼痛
That cuts a straight line down through the heart
是心如刀割般的痛 因为我们的心被活生生切成两半
We call it love
我们便称之为爱
We wrapped our arms around each other
于是我们抱在一起 双手环着对方
Trying to shove ourselves back together
试着想把我们俩重新粘合到一块
We were making love
然后我们亲密结合
Making love
融为一体
It was a cold dark evening such a long time ago
这是很久前的事了 还记得当时是个寒冷阴暗的夜晚
When by the mighty hand of Jove
强大的丘比特伸出援手帮了我们一把
It was a sad story how we became
这是一个悲伤的故事 我们从四脚生物
Lonely two-legged creatures
活生生地成了孤独的两脚生物
It's the story
这就是关于爱的起源的
The origin of love
故事
That's the origin of love
这就是爱的起源
Oh year the origin of love
爱的起源
The origin of love
爱的起源
The origin of love
爱的起源