歌词
In nineteen hundred forty five
在1945那年
Among the Jews who were left alive
在幸存的犹太人中
There came a visionary man
来了一位空想家
Who turned his wrath into a plan
他要把他的愤怒付诸实践
Abba Kovner was his name
他的名字是阿巴科夫纳
As a partisan he earned his fame
身为游击队员他声望显赫
He was a Vilna rebel Jew
为维尔纳的犹太义军铸造传说
A poet warrior through & through
是将信念贯彻始终的战士和诗人
He met some surviving ghetto fighters
他与幸存的犹太战士们相遇
Zionists & socialists conspired
筹划锡安主义者和社会主义者联手
They gathered in a Lublin flat
他们聚集在卢布林的公寓
& round the kitchen table sat
围绕着餐桌环坐在旁
They gave themselves a Hebrew name
他们为自己起了希伯来的名
& with this word they did proclaim
以此名作为他们的誓言
That vengeance is what God would will,
复仇，主已下达指示
Were there a God, & so they'd kill
因主永在，他们决心诛灭
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
You might say it was insane
你可能说这简直不可理喻
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
That it was misdirected pain
这是一种无理无据的苦难
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
They didn't want the war to end
可他们不想战争就这样结束
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
They wanted one thing, Nakam: Revenge
他们只为同一目的，纳卡姆：复仇！
For every Jew the nazis gassed
为每一位被纳粹毒死的犹太人
For every racist law they passed
为他们通过的每一条种族法案
For every wrong that wasn't right
为他们犯下的每一道荒谬罪行
For all the dead Nakam would fight
为所有牺牲的纳卡姆同胞而战
They formed a band of forty strong
他们伙同了四十多人
To straighten out what had been wrong
只为追究他们的罪行
They chose to poison water mains
他们选在下水道投毒
Just as the Jews of old were blamed
正如古时犹太人总被诬陷的那样
In Nuremberg & Hamburg town
在纽伦堡和汉堡的城中
Their agents worked the underground
他们的人在地下工作
They took up jobs by the riverside
在河畔边默默的等待
& waited for the poison to arrive
等待毒药最终的抵达
& Kovner went to Tel Aviv
柯夫纳前往特拉维夫
To see what help he could receive
寻求一切可得的援助
But the Haganah did not agree
可哈加纳组织却拒绝
To join in his conspiracy
参与他所谋划的计划
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
You might say it wasn't right
你可能说这绝不是正义
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
An eye for an eye leaves all without sight
以眼还眼是如此的短视
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
They didn't want to make amends
可他们不想去原谅他们
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
They wanted one thing, Nakam: Revenge
他们只为同一目的，纳卡姆：复仇！
So Abba Kovner headed back
现在阿巴科夫纳只能掉头
With vials of poison in his sack
带着口袋里的几瓶毒药
Upon an British navy ship
然而在一艘英国军舰上
But to his plan the Brits were tipped
他的计划竟被英国人破坏了
They took him into custody
他们羁押了科夫纳
& the poison fell into the sea
连毒药也沉入大海
Kovner spent a year in jail
他在狱中关了一年
& so plan A did not prevail
所以计划A就此失败
The rest of the group was dispersed
组织的残余成员就此分散
& all their backup plans were cursed
他们的后备计划也就此流产
But in an agent in a bakery he
然而他潜入一家面包房
Secured some poison from Paris
又从巴黎弄到了一些毒药
As soon as the poison bread had risen
一旦毒药面包烘制出来
He took it to an allied prison
他就运进了盟军的战俘营
& various reports have said
各种报道都大肆报道
There were 100's of SS prisoners dead
近百名党卫军战俘被害
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
You might say that it was wrong
你可能说这也是种罪行
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
But were their actions weak or strong?
可他们的行动算欺弱还算锄强？
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
& who are we to judge & condemn?
而我们凭什麽能来批判和谴责？
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
They wanted one thing, Nakam: Revenge
他们只为同一目的，纳卡姆：复仇！
& so Nakam was all disbanded
因此，纳卡姆全员就此解散
On Palestina's shore they landed
他们登陆在巴勒斯坦的岸上
& Abba Kovner & his crew
阿巴科夫纳和他的团伙一起
Became like many other Jews
融入犹太人与历史再无瓜葛
They put aside their rage & hate
他们把愤怒和仇恨都一道舍弃
& worked to build a Jewish state
为建设犹太人的国家努力工作
With Jewish towns & Jewish farms,
努力创造犹太人的城镇与农地
& Jewish guns & nuclear arms
以及犹太人的枪火还有核武器
Now can vengeance put upon a shelf
现在复仇就能被束之高阁
Be taken out later on someone else?
以防有人将其再次进行吗？
Well careful how you read this tale.
你好好仔细读这则故事
Lest your own prejudice prevail
别让你的偏见主导自己
For look around the world today
如今环顾全世界
& consider the role vengeance plays
再思考下复仇的影响
For history has its unpaid debts
因为历史有未偿的债务
& is it better if we forget?
所以我们就该忘了更好？
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
You might say it was absurd
你可能说这是无稽之谈
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
But what becomes of a dream deferred?
可什麽促成他们的梦想？
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
& how could they just start again?
而他们又怎能重新生活？
Six million Germans...
六百万德国人……
They wanted one thing, Nakam: Revenge
他们只为同一目的，纳卡姆：复仇！
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