Talkin' World War III Blues (Live at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - May 1963) - Bob Dylan

Some time ago a crazy dream came to me

不久前，我做了一个疯狂的梦

I dreamt I was walkin'

我梦见自己被卷入

Into World War Three

第三次世界战争

I went to the doctor the very next day

第二天我去医院看病

To see what kinda words he could say

问医生，这是否代表什么病情

He said it was a bad dream

他说，这只是一个噩梦

I wouldn't worry 'bout it none

所以我也用不着担心什么

Though

尽管

They were my own dreams

它们不过是个梦

And they're only in my head

只发生在我头脑之中

I said “Hold it Doc

我说：当心点，大夫

A World War passed through my brain”

世界大战在我头脑中进行

He said “Nurse get your pad

他说：护士，记下来

This boy's insane”

这小伙子有神经病

He grabbed my arm I said “Ouch ”

他抓住我的胳膊，我叫道，哎呀

As I landed on the psychiatric couch

然后就被抛上精神病医师的躺椅

He said “Tell me about it”

他说，和我谈谈这件事情

Well the whole thing started

好吧，这件事是

At 3 o'clock fast

从3点开始的

It was all over by quarter past

一刻钟之后就结束了

I was down in the sewer

我走进下水道

With some little lover

和一个小情人在一起

When I peeked out from a manhole cover

从锅炉盖子向外偷看

Wondering who turned the lights on

奇怪，到底是谁打开那么多灯

Well I got up

然后我走出去

And walked around

到处逛

And up and down the lonesome town

在这孤独的小镇到处游荡

I stood a-wondering

站在这里，不知道

Which way to go

该去何方

I lit a cigarette

把香烟点燃

On a parking meter

靠在停车计价器边

And walked on down the road

然后又走在我的路上

It was a normal day

这只是平常的一天

Well I rung the fallout shelter bell

好吧，我摇响辐射掩体的警铃

And I leaned my head

我歪着头

And I gave a yell

尖声叫唤

“Give me a string bean

给我点豆子吃

I'm a hungry man”

我在挨饿

A shotgun fired and away I ran

有人开枪了，我赶紧跑掉

I don't blame them too much though

不过我也不太怪他们

I know I look funny

我知道自己看上去怪可笑的

Down at the corner by a hot-dog stand

来到路边的热狗摊

I seen a man

看到一个男人

I said “Howdy friend

就说：你好哇，朋友

I guess there's just us two”

我想这儿只有我们两个

He screamed a bit and away he flew

他就尖叫一声，抱头鼠窜

Thought I was a Communist

可能觉得我是个共产主义者

Well I spied a girl

好吧，我弄来一个姑娘

And before she could leave

在她走掉之前

“Let's go and play Adam and Eve”

我说，让我们来扮演亚当和夏娃吧

I took her by the hand

我拉着她的手

And my heart it was thumpin'

我的心怦怦直跳

When she said “Hey man you crazy or sumpin'

她说：嘿，小子，你是疯，还是傻

You see what happened last time they started”

你难道没看到上次他们弄出什么事情

Well I seen a Cadillac window uptown

我在镇上看到一辆卡迪拉克开着窗

And there was nobody aroun'

却没有一个人在里面

I got into the driver's seat

我坐上司机的位子

And I drove down 42nd Street

开到第42大街

In my Cadillac

开着我的卡迪拉克

Good car to drive after a war

这可是大战后的顶级好车

Well I remember seein' some ad

好吧，我想起要看点广告

So I turned on my Conelrad

所以就打开我的电磁波

But I didn't pay my Con Ed bill

但是我还没付电费

So the radio didn't work so well

所以广播信号也不怎么样

Turned on my record player—

打开我的录音机

It was Rock-a-day Johnny singin'

整日摇滚的约翰尼在唱着

“Tell Your Ma Tell Your Pa

告诉**妈，告诉你爸爸

Our Love's A-gonna Grow Ooh-wah Ooh-wah”

我们的爱在成长，噢，哇，噢，哇

I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue

我感到孤单又忧郁

I needed somebody to talk to

我需要有人来谈谈

So I called up the operator of time

所以我打电话给声讯报时台

Just to hear a voice of some kind

只是为了听到别人的声音

“When you hear the beep

当你听到哔哔声

It will be three o'clock”

就是到了三点钟

She said that for over an hour

她说了足有一小时

And I hung up

于是我挂上了电话

Well the doctor interrupted me just about then

好吧，就在这时医生打断了我

Sayin' “Hey I've been havin'

说，嘿，我也做过

The same old dreams

同样的梦

But mine was a little different you see

但是我的梦和你有点不一样

I dreamt that the only person left

我梦见战后生还的唯一一个人

After the war was me

是我

I didn't see you around”

但我可没看到你呀

Well now time passed and now it seems

好吧，时间已经过去

Everybody's having them dreams

每个人都有自己的梦

Everybody sees themselves

每个人都看到

Walkin' around with no one else

自己独自走过，没有别人

Half of the people can be

有些人可能会

Part right all of the time

永远部分正确

Some of the people can be

有些人可能会

All right part of the time

暂时全部正确

But all of the people can't be

但是没有人

All right all of the time

能永远全部正确

I think Abraham Lincoln said that

我想这是亚伯拉罕林肯的话

“I'll let you be in my dreams

我可以让你进入我的梦

If I can be in yours”

如果你让我进入你的梦

I said that

我这样说道