歌词
"My son ask for thyself another
我的儿子
Kingdom, for that which I leave
找一个与你相称的王国吧
is too small for thee."
马其顿给你的地方不足
Near to the east
临近东方
In a part of ancient Greece
在古希腊的一隅
In an ancient land
有片古老的土地
Called Macedonia
叫做马其顿
Was born a son
国王腓力二世
To Philip of Macedon
诞下了一个儿子
The legend his name
这传奇的名字
Was Alexander
叫做亚历山大
At the age of nineteen
在19岁时
He became the Macedon King
他成为了马其顿的国王
And he swore to free
他发誓要打下
All of Asia Minor
全小亚细亚的天下
By the Aegian Sea
直到爱琴海
In 334 B.C.
在公元前334年
He utterly beat
他把波斯军队
The armies of Persia
打得落花流水
Alexander the Great
亚历山大大帝
His name struck fear into hearts of men
他的名字令无数人闻风丧胆
Alexander the Great
亚历山大大帝
Became a legend 'mongst mortal men
成为凡人的传奇
King Darius the third
大流士三世
Defeated fled Persia
败走波斯
The Scythians fell
斯基泰骑兵
By the river Jaxartes
在锡尔河畔大败
Then Egypt fell
紧接着埃及在围攻中投降
To the Macedon King as well
也成为了马其顿王的囊中之物
And he founded the city
他在埃及停军休整，建立了一座城市
Called Alexandria
叫做亚历山德里亚
By the Tigris river
在底格里斯河畔
He met King Darius again
他再次遇到大流士三世
And crushed him again
在阿贝拉会战中
In the battle of Arbela
再次将他击败
Entering Babylon
他率军进入巴比伦
And Susa, treasures he found
在苏萨掠夺财富
Took Persepolis
拿下波斯的首都
The capital of Persia
波斯波利斯
Alexander the Great
亚历山大大帝
His name struck fear into hearts of men
他的名字令无数人闻风丧胆
Alexander the Great
亚历山大大帝
Became a God amongst mortal men
成为凡人的传奇
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A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke
弗里吉亚的戈迪亚斯王在他的战车上打了一个结
And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot'
亚历山大却将所谓戈尔迪乌姆之结一刀两断
And legend said that who untied the knot
传说如果谁能解开这个结
He would become the master of Asia
他就会成为亚洲之王
Hellenism he spread far and wide
他将希腊文化远播
The Macedonian learned mind
还有马其顿人智慧的头脑
Their culture was a western way of life
他们的文化是西方世界的雏形
He paved the way for Christianity
他为基督教文明的到来铺平了道路
Marching on, marching on
前进，前进
The battle weary marching side by side
战争的疲惫与大军的征途并肩前行
Alexander's army line by line
逐渐弥漫在每个士兵之中
They wouldn't follow him to India
他们不想随他进攻印度
Tired of the combat, pain and the glory
战斗、痛苦和荣耀一切都让人感到厌倦
Alexander the Great
亚历山大大帝
His name struck fear into hearts of men
他的名字令无数人闻风丧胆
Alexander the Great
亚历山大大帝
He died of fever in Babylon
在巴比伦发热而死
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