歌词
It’s four in the morning, the end of December
现在是凌晨四点，十二月已到尾声，
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
我正写信给你，只想看看你是否好多了
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
纽约很冷，但我喜欢我现在住的地方
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.
音乐在克林顿街彻夜回响
I hear that you're building
我听闻你正在建造
your little house deep in the desert
你在荒漠深处的小屋
You're living for nothing now
你已生无所求
I hope you’re keeping some kind of record
但愿你是在尝试另一种体验
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
是的，简带着你的一缕头发来过
She said that you gave it to her
她说，你把这个交给她的那个夜晚
That night that you planned to go clear
你打算将一切理清
Did you ever go clear?
你可曾理清？
Ah, the last time we saw you
上一次我们见面
you looked so much older
你看起来老了许多
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
你的那件翩翩蓝雨衣，肩膀处已经开裂
You'd been to the station to meet every train
你总是去到车站，等候每一班列车
And you came home without Lili Marlene
但是你回家时，身边依然没有莉莉·玛莲
And you treated my woman
你对待我的女人
to a flake of your life
只像你生命里的一抹轻尘
And when she came back
当她回来时
she was nobody’s wife
她不再是任何人的妻子
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
我能想象你嘴角衔着玫瑰的样子
One more thin gypsy thief
又一个吉卜赛骗子
Well I see Jane's awake --
简醒来了——
She sends her regards.
她向你问好。
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
我能对你说什么呢，我的兄弟，置我于死地的人
What can I possibly say?
我能说什么？
I guess that I miss you,
或许我在想你
I guess I forgive you
或许我原谅你了
I'm glad you stood in my way.
很高兴你曾挡过我的路。
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
如果你能拜访这里，不论是为了我或是简
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.
你会发现你的敌人沉寂了，而他的女人自由了。
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
是的，谢谢你，从她眼里带走忧愁
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.
我以为这是好的，所以我从未尝试。
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
简带着你的一缕头发来过
She said that you gave it to her
她说，你把这个交给她的那个夜晚
That night that you planned to go clear
你打算将一切理清
——Sincerely, L .Cohen
——你诚挚的，L·科恩
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