The Ballad of Bill Hubbard

歌词
Two things that have haunted me most are the days when I had to
最折磨我的事情有两件,一是我不得不去回收那些账簿,
collect the paybooks; and when I left Bill Hubbard in no-man's-land.
二是我把比尔·哈伯德留在了无人区。
I was picked up and taken into their trench.
那时我被带到他们的壕沟里,
And I'd no sooner taken
当我听到有人叫我的时候,
two or three steps down the trench when I heard a call, 'Hello Razz,
我就走到两个或三个台阶下的沟渠,
I'm glad to see you.
“你好,拉兹,很高兴见到你,
This is my second night here,' and he said
这是我在这里的第二晚”,他说。
'I'm feeling bad,' and it was Bill Hubbard,
“我感觉不太好”,说话的是比尔·哈伯德,
one of the men we'd trained in England,
他是是我在英国集训过的,
one of the original battalion.
也是原来一个营队里面的。
I had a look at his wound,
我看了下他的伤口,
rolled him over; I could see it was probably a fatal wound.
把他翻过身来,我看这可能是致命的伤口。
You could imagine what pain he was in,
你可以想象他是怎样的痛苦,
he was dripping with sweat; and after
他全身冒着汗。
I'd gone about three shellholes,
后来我跑过了三个炮眼,
traversed that, had it been...had
穿过它们,如果有…有
there been a path or a road I could have done better. He pummeled me,
有一条路或者通道的话,我本可以做得更好。他连续锤击我说,
'Put me down, put me down, I'd rather die, I'd rather die, put me down.'
“放我下来,放我下来。我宁愿死,我宁愿死,放我下来,”
I was hoping he would faint.
我当时甚至希望他能晕倒,
He said 'I can't go any further, let me die.'
他说“我不能再往前走了,让我死吧。”
I said 'If I leave you here Bill you won't be found,
我说如果我把你留在这里,比尔,没有人能再找到你,
let's have another go.' He said 'All right then.'
我们再坚持一下。”他说“那好吧”。
And the same thing happened;
但是同样的对话还是发生了一遍。
he couldn't stand it any more, and I had to leave him there,
他再也受不了了,我只好把他留在那里,
in no-man's-land."
在那片无人的荒野上。
专辑信息
1.Amused to Death
2.Perfect Sense, Pt. II
3.It's a Miracle
4.Perfect Sense, Pt. I
5.The Bravery of Being Out of Range
6.The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
7.What God Wants, Pt. I
8.Late Home Tonight, Pt. I
9.Late Home Tonight, Pt. II
10.Too Much Rope
11.What God Wants, Pt. II
12.What God Wants, Pt. III
13.Three Wishes