Stories Of The Street - Leonard Cohen (莱昂纳德·科恩)
The stories of the street are mine
街上的故事是关于我的
The spanish voices laugh
西班牙人的笑声在弥漫
The cadillacs go creeping down
凯迪拉克正在缓慢前进
Through the night and the poison gas
穿过黑夜和毒气弹
I lean from mu window sill
我静静地倚靠在窗前
In this old hotel I chose
我选择住在这个老旅馆
Yes one hand on my suicide
我一手将遗书抓紧
And one hand on the rose
另一手将玫瑰握住
I know you've heard it's over now
我想你已听说了坏消息
And war must surely come
战火即将蔓延到这里
The cities they are broke in half
许多城市已满目苍痍
And the middle men are gone
许多人已不知去向
But let me ask you one more time
但让我再问你们一次
O children of the dust
黄昏的孩子们
These hunters who are shrieking now
窗外那些尖叫着的猎手
Do they speak for us
是否正代表我们说话
And where do all these highways go
这大道到底通往何地
Now that we are free
既然我们已获得自由
Why are the armies marching still
为何家乡的军队仍然在不断地行军
That were coming home to me
这会让我回家吗
O lady with your legs so fine
女士 你的腿脚灵便
O stranger at your wheel
陌生人坐上了你的车
You are locked into your suffering
你们深陷苦痛
And your pleasures are the seal
封印就是你们的欢乐
The age of lust is giving birth
欲望的时代正产下婴孩
But both the parents ask the nurse
而父母们在催促着护士
To tell them fairy tales on both sides of the glass
目光从眼镜两边射出 催促她讲些童话故事
Now the infant with his cord
这新生儿套着绒裤
Is hauled in like a kite
像只风筝般被拉扯
And one eye filled with blueprints
他一只眼里布满了蓝图
One eye filled with night
另一只眼充满了悲伤
O come with me my little one
跟我来吧 小宝贝
And we will find that farm
我们会找到那个农场
And grow us grass and apples there
让我们种下绿草和苹果
To keep all the animals warm
与那些动物互相依傍
And if by chance I wake at night
若碰巧我在晚上惊醒
And I ask you who I am
然后询问你 我是谁
O take me to the slaughter house
就带我去屠宰场
I will wait there with the lamb
让我和羊儿一起等待
With one hand on a hexagram
我一手将六角星抓紧
And one hand on a girl
另一手将女孩抱牢
I balance on a wishing well
在祈愿中我求得安宁
That all men call the world
愿人人都召唤世界
We are so small between the stars
在群星间我们太渺小
So large against the sky
对于天空却太巨大
And lost among the subway crowds
我们失散在地铁的人群中
I try to catch your eye
我尽力让你能找到我