歌词与中文翻译
The Story of chess
《象棋的故事》
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Each game of chess
每一场结束的棋局
Means there's one less
都意味着又少了
Variation left to be played
一种对阵的可能
Each day got through
每一个流走的日子
Means one or two
都意味着又少了
Less mistakes remain to be made
一两个要犯的错误
Not much is known
关于象棋诞生之初
Of early days of chess beyond a fairly vague report
除了模糊的传说，我们知之甚少
That fifteen hundred years ago two princes fought
据说在一千五百年以前，两个王子
Though brothers, for a Hindu throne
为了印度的王位，兄弟阋墙，两相交战
Their mother cried
他们的母亲以泪洗面
For no-one really likes their offspring fighting to the death
因为没人愿意看到自己的骨肉互相厮杀
She begged them stop the slaughter with her every breath
她竭尽全力恳求他们停止屠杀
But sure enough one brother died
但不出意外，其中一个兄弟沙场战死
Sad beyond belief
她的痛苦无药可解
She told her winning son
于是告诉胜利的孩子
You have caused such grief
你让我心如刀绞
I can't forgive this evil thing you've done
我无法原谅你如此不仁不义的行径
He tried to explain
他试着去解释
How things had really been
事情的经过
But he tried in vain
但他的努力都是徒劳
No words of his could mollify the queen
任何言语都无法安慰母后
And so he asked the wisest men he knew
因此，他向所知道最智慧的人求教
The way to lessen her distress
安抚她的痛楚
They told him he'd be pretty certain to impress
他们告诉他一定可以改变她的看法
By using model soldiers on
只要使用兵士模型在一个
A checker board to show it was his brother's fault
黑白交格的木板上演示出一切都他兄弟的过错
They thus invented chess
他们就这样发明了象棋
Chess displayed no inertia
象棋的发展并没有就此停滞
Soon spread to Persia, then west
很快就传到了波斯和以西的地区
Next the Arabs refined it,
然后阿拉伯人细化了它
Thus redesigned, it progressed
经过重新设计，象棋有了很大发展
Still further yet
流传到了更远的地方
And when Constantinople fell in 1453
当1453年，君士坦丁堡陷落之后
One would have noticed every other refugee
欧洲人发现在每一个难民的
Included in his bags a set
背包里都有一套象棋
Once in the hands
当象棋传入了
And in the minds of leading figures of the Renaissance
文艺复兴时期的名流手中之后
The spirit and the speed of chess made swift advance
象棋的理念和对阵速度得到了迅速发展
Through all of Europe's vital lands
它传遍了欧洲重要的领地
Where we must record
我们必须记得在那里
The game was further changed
象棋再次得到了改进
Right across the board
几乎所有的棋子
The western touch upon the pieces ranged
都被添入了西欧特色
King and queen and rook
国王、皇后与车
And bishop, knight and pawn
主教、骑士与兵卒
All took on the look
都变成了我们今天看到的样子
We know today, the modern game was born
现代象棋就此诞生
And in the end
总而言之，我们可以看到
We see a game that started by mistake in Hindustan
一个因印度斯坦一场误会中诞生的游戏
And boosted in the main by what is now Iran
在现在的伊朗地区经过发展
Become the simplest and most complicated pleasure
成为了最简单也最复杂的娱乐方式
Yet devised for just the kind of mind who would appreciate
就是为能欣赏这个经过仔细研究
This well researched and fascinating yarn.
引人入胜的故事的人而设