Blind Willie McTell - Bob Dylan
Seen the arrow on the doorpost
看着门框上的箭头
Saying this land is condemned
说这片大地受到诅咒
All the way from new orleans
从新奥尔良
To jerusalem
一路到耶路撒冷
I traveled through east texas
我经过德克萨斯州的东部
Where many martyrs fell
许多烈士在那里牺牲
And I know no one can sing the blues
而且我知道没人能把蓝调
Like blind willie mctell
唱出盲眼威利麦克泰尔的味道
Well I heard the hoot owl singing
我听到猫头鹰在歌唱
As they were taking down the tents
当他们在收拾帐篷的时候
The stars above the barren trees
透过光秃秃的枝桠可以看到夜空的星星
Were his only audience
那是他仅有的听众
Them charcoal gypsy maidens
手抓炭笔的吉普赛姑娘
Can strut their feathers well
一定能把猫头鹰的羽毛描绘得栩栩如生
But nobody can sing the blues
没人能把蓝调
Like blind willie mctell
唱出盲眼威利·麦克泰尔的味道
See them big plantations burning
看到大种植园熊熊燃烧的烈火
Hear the cracking of the whips
听到鞭打的声音
Smell that sweet magnolia blooming
闻到木兰花开的味道
See the ghosts of slavery ships
奴隶船上的鬼魂
I can hear them tribes a-moaning
发出凄厉的悲啼
Hear the undertakers bell
入殓师敲响钟声
Nobody can sing the blues
没人能把蓝调
Like blind willie mctell
唱出盲眼威利·麦克泰尔的味道
Theres a woman by the river
河边有位女士
With some fine young handsome man
和几个年轻英俊的男士站在一起
He's dressed up like a squire
他一副乡绅模样
Bootlegged whiskey in his hand
手里端着走私回来的威士忌
Theres a chain gang on the highway
高速公路上有一群锁链囚徒
I can hear them rebels yell
他们的嘶喊声震耳欲聋
And I know no one can sing the blues
而且我知道没人能把蓝调
Like blind willie mctell
唱出盲眼威利·麦克泰尔的味道
Well God is in heaven
上帝住在天堂
And we all want what's his
一个人人趋之若鹜的地方
But power and greed and corruptible seed
但是权利,贪婪和腐败的种子
Seem to be all that there is
霸占了这块土地
I'm gazing out the window
我凝视窗外
Of the st james hotel
圣詹姆斯的酒店映入眼帘
And I know no one can sing the blues
而且我知道没人能把蓝调
Like blind willie mctell
唱出盲眼威利麦克泰尔的味道