歌词
It was just before dawn
破晓前的片刻
One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
在阴郁的一九四四年,注定悲痛的清晨
When the forward commander
当前线的指挥官
Was told to sit tight
要求撤离战场之际
When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
却被告知应该坚守住阵地
And the Generals gave thanks
附夹着上将们致来的谢意
As the other ranks held back
敌军们的坦克受到牵制
The enemy tanks for a while.
掩护下,军官们陆续撤退
And the Anzio bridgehead
安奇奥桥头堡得以保全
Was held for the price
而代价仅仅是几百条
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
再普通不过的生命
And old King George
老迈的国王乔治
Sent Mother a note
寄向母亲一封短信,
When he heard that father was gone.
在他知晓我父亲阵亡的消息后
It was, I recall,
那封信件,在我的印象里,
In the form of a scroll,
呈卷轴状
With gold leaf and all.
上头有金制叶片,我只能记起这么多了
And I found it one day
那天我发现了它
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
在一个满是老照片的抽屉里,被埋在了底层
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
此刻回想起这些,双眼仍旧饱含泪水
His Majesty signed
国王陛下署名其上
With his own rubber stamp.
再盖上他的橡胶戳章
It was dark all around.
战场,四周黯淡无光
There was frost in the ground
地面还结着冰霜,
When the tigers broke free.
在虎式坦克冲破防线之刻
And no one survived
而皇家步兵团C连的士兵们
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
无人得以生还
They were all left behind,
他们被置留在战场上
Most of them dead,
绝大多数难逃一死
The rest of them dying.
剩下的处在垂死边缘
And that's how the High Command
这就是那些高层指挥官
Took my daddy from me.
夺走我父亲的全部过程
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