The Letters - Leonard Cohen
Written by:Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson
You never liked to get
你从不喜欢收到
The letters that I sent
我寄的信
But now you've got the gist
但现在你理解了
Of what my letters meant
我信的用意
You're reading them again
你重新阅读它们
The ones you didn't burn
那些你没有烧毁的信件
You press them to your lips
你把我满页的关心
My pages of concern
紧含在你的唇间
I said there'd been a flood
我说这儿有过一场洪水
I said there's nothing left
我说这里什么都没留下
I hoped that you would come
我期待你会来
I gave you my address
我给了你我的地址
Your story was so long
你的故事太长
The plot was so intense
情节太紧张
It took you years to cross
耗费你多年去越过
The lines of self-defense
那自我防御的线
The wounded forms appear
伤口的形态
The loss the full extent
显露损伤,最大程度
And simple kindness here
和这儿的单纯善良
The solitude of strength
孤独的力量
I said there'd been a flood
我说这儿有过一场洪水
I said there's nothing left
我说这里什么都没留下
I hoped that you would come
我期待你会来
I gave you my address
我给了你我的地址
You walk into my room
你走进我的房间
You stand there at my desk
你站在我的桌前
Begin your letter to
为下一个
The one who's coming next
到来的人
Begin your letter to
开始写信
The one who's coming next
为下一个到来的人
You never liked to get
你不会收到
The letters that I sent
我寄出的信
But now you've got the gist
但现在你理解了
Of what my letters meant
我信的用意
You're reading them again
你重新阅读它们
The ones you didn't burn
那些你没有烧毁的信件
You press them to your lips
你把我满页的关心
My pages of concern
紧含在你的唇间
I said there'd been a flood
我说这儿有过一场洪水
I said there's nothing left
我说这里什么都没留下
I hoped that you would come
我期待你会来
I gave you my address
我给了你我的地址
Your story was so long
你的故事太长
The plot was so intense
节太紧张
It took you years to cross
它耗费你多年去越过
The lines of self-defense
那自我防御的线
The wounded forms appear
伤口的形态
The loss the full extent
显露损伤,最大程度
And simple kindness here
和这儿的单纯善良
The solitude of strength
孤独的力量