Walt Whitman's Niece (LP版) - Billy Bragg/Wilco (照办乐队)
Last night or the night before that
昨天晚上或者前天晚上
And I won't say which night
我不会说是哪天晚上
A seaman friend of mine
我一个水手朋友
And I'll not say which seaman
我也不会说是哪个水手
Walked up to a big old building
他走到一座高大的老建筑旁
And I won't say which building
我也不会说是哪个建筑
And would have not walked up the stairs
他本来不会走上楼梯的
Not to say which stairs
我不说是哪个楼梯
If there had not been two girls
如果当时没有那两个姑娘
Leaving out the names of those two girls
这两个姑娘的名字我也省略了
I recall a door a big long room
我记得有一扇门 一间大大的长方形屋子
And I'll not tell which room
我不会告诉你是哪间屋子的
I remember a deep blue rug
我记得有一块深蓝色的小地毯
But I can't say which rug
但我不能说是哪块地毯
A girl took down a book of poems
一个姑娘取下一本诗集
Not to say which book of poems
我不说是哪一本诗集
And as she read I laid my head
当她读着诗 我把我的头
And I can't tell which head
我不能告诉你是哪个头
Down in her lap
靠在她的腿上
And I can't mention which lap
我也不能说是哪条腿
My seaman buddy and his girl moved off
我的水手朋友和她的姑娘离开了
After a couple of pages
只读了几页诗
And there I was all night long
而我在那里待了一整晚
Laying and listening and forgetting the poems
躺在那里静静聆听诗句 又静静地忘记
And as well as I could recall
我也记得
Or my seaman buddy could recollect
或者我的水手朋友记得
The girl had told us that she was a niece
那个姑娘告诉我们她是
Of Walt Whitman but not which niece
沃尔特·惠特曼的一个侄女 但我不会说是哪个侄女
And it takes a night and a girl
我们花了一整晚时间和这姑娘交谈
And a book of this kind
听她读诗
A long long time to find it's way back
我们花了好久好久才找到回家的路
Last night or the night before that
昨天晚上或者前天晚上
And I won't say which night
我不会说是哪天晚上
A seaman friend of mine
我一个水手朋友
And I'll not say which seaman
我也不会说是哪个水手
Walked up to a big old building
他走到一座高大的老建筑旁
And I won't say which building
我也不会说是哪个建筑
And would have not walked up the stairs
他本来不会走上楼梯的
Not to say which stairs
我不说是哪个楼梯
If there had not been two girls
如果当时没有那两个姑娘
Leaving out the names of those two girls
这两个姑娘的名字我也省略了
I recall a door a big long room
我记得有一扇门 一间大大的长方形屋子
And I'll not tell which room
我不会告诉你是哪间屋子的
I remember a deep blue rug
我记得有一块深蓝色的小地毯
But I can't say which rug
但我不能说是哪块地毯
A girl took down a book of poems
一个姑娘取下一本诗集
Not to say which book of poems
我不说是哪一本诗集
And as she read I laid my head
当她读着诗 我把我的头
But I can't tell which head
但我不能告诉你是哪个头
Down in her lap
靠在她的腿上
And I can't mention which lap
我也不能说是哪条腿