A Postcard to Nina

Night Falls Over Kortedala

Jens Lekman

歌词

Nina I can be your boyfriend

琳娜我可以做你的男友

so you can stay with your girlfriend

这样你便可以和女友长厮守

Your father is a sweet old man

你爸爸是位可爱的老头儿

but it is hard for him to understand

但他也许难以理解

that you wanna love a woman

你爱上了一位女友

Nina I can be your boyfriend

琳娜我可以做你的男友

if it puts an end to all this nonsense

如果我的到来可以理清这些麻烦

First time I see you in Berlin

第一次我在柏林遇见你

And you don't tell me anyting

你并没有向我敞开心扉

Until outside your dad's apartment

直到站在你爸门口

Oh God, Jesus Christ

噢上帝啊耶稣哦

I try to focus on your eyes

我努力凝视你的双眸

we're having dinner with your family now

此刻我们正与你的家人共进晚餐

keep a steady look at your left eyebrow

我看着你的左眉

If it's raised, it means yes

扬起眉宇表示同意

If it's not it means take a guess

平眉黯淡留我猜疑

Hey! You! Stop kicking my legs

嘿！你！快别踢我的腿啦

I'm doing my best

看我正在尽力呢

can you pass the figs

帮我递一下无花果呗

Your father puts on my record

你爸爸正在拷问我呢

he saids: so tell me how you met her

他问：说说你是怎么认识她的

I get embarrassed and change the subject

我有点尴尬悄悄转移话题

and put my hand on some metal object

将手摆在一个金属物件上

He jokes and says that's a liedetector

他开了个玩笑说这是一个谎言戳穿器

he Takes out the booklet and starts reading

他掏出一本小册子念出声来

So i heard you're moving out next season

我听说你下个月要搬出去

I say: Yeah, New York is nice that time of year

我说：不错这个季节纽约正美着呢

almost as green as it is here

差不多和这儿一样郁郁葱葱

He says: I thought you were moving to Sweden?

他说：我觉得你要搬去瑞典？

Oh God, what have I done?

噢上帝啊我都干了些啥

i came to Berlin to have some fun

我只是来柏林找点乐子

then it turned into buffalo

结果变成一个陷阱

on your fathers wall a big crucifix

我就像你爸那墙上钉着的受难耶稣

guess thats why he wont let u go

猜想着为啥他不让你走

his catholic heart is big and slow

他天主教徒的心脏跳得深沉而庄重

you know I'll do anything for love

你知道我愿为爱付出一切

but Nina what were you thinking of?

但是琳娜啊你怎么想呢？

But Nina I can be your boyfriend

琳娜我可以做你的男友

So you can stay with your girlfriend

这样你便可以和女友长厮守

Your father is mailing me all the time

你爸爸没日没夜给我发伊妹儿

He says he just wants to say hi

他称只是问候

I send back "out of office, auto-replies"

我回复“已下班自动回复”

Nina I just want to check in

琳娜我只想路线不平一声吼

'cause I think about you every second

因为我时时刻刻都想着你

So I send you this postcard just to say

我寄出这张明信片只是想告诉你