歌词
早期的职员们迅速涌进城市
The early clerk population are fast pouring into the city
这些中年人的工资水平
middle-aged men whose salaries
远远赶不上他们家庭的需求
have by no means increased in the same proportion as their families
虽然没有明确目标 但也在踏实工作
plod steadily along, apparently with no object in view
除了养家糊口 别无他想
but the counting house, knowing by sight almost everybody they meet or overtake
除了礼拜天每天早上他们都会擦身而过
For they have seen them every morning, Sunday excepted
但二十年过去了 却始终没有说过一句话
during the last 20 years but speaking to no-one
(恍如索多玛再现 有又如置身末日审判)
(A resemblance of Sodomy or the last day)
(Sodomy索多玛：《圣经》中的罪恶之地)
1834年10月16日
On the October 16th 1834
议会大楼在火光中轰然崩塌
the Houses of Parliament burned to the ground
伦敦仿佛再度置身末日审判
Once again, it was as though the day of judgement for the city was at hand
惊恐的人群里包括一位伦敦的本土艺术家 约瑟夫·马洛·威廉·特纳
Among the astonished crowd was a Cockney artist named Joseph Mallord William Turner
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