歌词
The famine had affected many people
饥荒影响了许多人
From Ireland to the shores of the Baltic Sea
从爱尔兰到波罗的海沿岸
The soaring cost of food meant it took most of your earnings
食品价格飞涨意味着你要花掉你大部分的积蓄
Which meant the shutting down of much of industry
这意味着许多行业的倒闭
But no one knows for sure why the rebellion began
但没人知道为什么反抗开始了
Or why it quickly spread from state to state
以及它为什么快速席卷各个地区
When in the mountains and the plains, from Galway to Ukraine
在山地和平原，从高威到乌克兰
Came the Rising of 1848
一八四八年的起义到来了
1848
A pitchfork guess no match for a rifle
干草叉也许不是来复枪的对手
But there's nothing that will give the king a fright
但并没有什么可以吓到国王
As when he looks out of the window
当他望向窗外
And sees his castle burning in the night
他会看到他的城堡在黑夜中燃烧
But that's what happened in fifty different countries
但这正是在50个不同的国家所发生的事
Where the landlords oft encountered such a fate
在那些地主们经常遇到这样的事的地方
From Budapest to Sicily life would never be the same
从布达佩斯到西西里的生活将不再一样
After the Rising of 1848
在1848年的起义之后
1848
Marx and Engels wrote a book which spread as quickly as the flames
马克思和恩格斯写了一本书，它像烈火一样快速传播
From which the feudal barons had to flee
那些个封建贵族不得不逃跑
From the workers in the cities, from the peasants in the towns
城市里的工人，城镇里的贫穷农民
And even from the petit bourgeoisie
甚至是小资产阶级
United for a time by a common sense of purpose
为了同一个目标而团结起来
To finally throw off the crushing weight of the dynastic rule of hereditary Lords
来最终摆脱世袭制王朝统治的沉重负担
Who owned the Europe of 1848
摆脱那些统治欧洲的人
1848
Tens of thousands died before it all was over
成千上万的人死了
And some say it all ended in defeat
有人说一切都以失败告终
But the landscape was transformed when serfdom was abolished
但是农奴制被废除后，社会现象有了改变
Which is why we don't see history repeat
这就是为什么我们没有看到历史重演
And the monarchs remembered when peasants with pitchforks
君主们还记得那些拿着干草叉的农民
Came to burn down their estate
烧毁了他们的财产
And most of them decided democracy was better
他们的大多数人认为民主体制
Than the Rising of 1848
比1848年的起义更好
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