歌词
By the rivers dark
河流黑暗处
I wandered on
我辗转徘徊
I lived my life
我度过一生
in Babylon
在巴比伦
and I did forget
我忘记了
my holy song
我的圣歌
and I had no strength
我无能为力
in Babylon
在巴比伦
by the rivers dark
河流黑暗处
where I could not see
我无从看见
who was waiting there
等在那儿的人
who was hunting me
狩猎我的人
and he cut my lip
他切开我的唇
and he cut my heart
切开我的心
so I could not drink
因而我无法
from the river dark
畅饮河流黑暗
and he covered me
他覆盖了我
and I saw within
我从中看到
my lawless heart
我的非法的心
and my wedding ring
我的婚戒
I did not know
我不知道
and I could not see
我无从看到
who was waiting there
等在那儿的人
who was hunting me
狩猎我的人
by the rivers dark
河流黑暗处
I panicked on
我惊慌失措
I belonged at last
我最终属于
to Babylon
巴比伦
then he struck my heart
他用致命一击
with a deadly force
刺穿我的心
and he said,“This heart
他说:“这心
it is not yours.”
不是你的。”
and he gave the wind
他把我的婚戒
my wedding ring
交给了风
and he circled us
让我们与万物
with everything
旋转不停
by the rivers dark
河流黑暗处
in a wounded dawn
受伤的黎明中
I live my life
我度过一生
in Babylon
在巴比伦
tho' I take my song
我从枯枝
from a withered limb
获取我的歌
both song and tree
歌与树
they sing for him
为他高唱
be the truth unsaid
未说出的真理
and the blessing gone
消逝的祝福
if I forget
如果忘记
my Babylon
我的巴比伦
I did not know
我不知道
and I could not see
我无从看见
who was waiting there
等在那儿的人
who was hunting me
狩猎我的人
by the rivers dark
河流黑暗处
where it all goes on
清凉世界
by the rivers dark
河流黑暗处
in Babylon
在巴比伦
(REF:Book of Longing By L.C.)
(北岛 译)
专辑信息
5.Suzanne
10.Hallelujah
12.I'm Your Man
15.Who By Fire
16.The Partisan
19.The Guests
28.The Future
29.Closing Time
30.Anthem
32.Love Itself
37.The Traitor