歌词
I've gone without bread, I've slept in the mud
我曾走过，无衣无食；我曾休憩，眠于泥泞
I've given my best while they 've screamed for my blood
他们尖刻地抨击我，而我已尽我所能
I've begged and I've bullied for any small chance to perform
我曾卑躬屈膝，也曾虚张声势，只为任何渺茫的表演机会
At nights I've awakened, my guts in a knot
深夜梦醒，愁肠千结
Remembering how much I gave up and for what
忆及自己放弃了多少，又为了什么
Some paints and some costumes are a pitiful tent in a storm
化妆品与戏服充当着风暴中可怜的帐篷
A handful of coins, a trunk always packed
一把硬币，一个总是塞满的后备箱
No family, no home, just this madness to act
无家可归，无依无靠，唯余对表演的狂热
Still I have a theory about this disease we contract
关于我们所感染的顽疾，我持这样的看法：
That most men are equally crazy as actors in fact
大多数人实际上同演员一样疯狂
Why does a boy carve his name on a tree?
男孩为何刻名于树？
Or the first-born inherit the throne?
长子为何继承王位？
What is a sculptor aspiring to be
当雕塑家刻石半生
When he spends half his life carving stone?
他在渴望成为何人？
Kings build their tombs for the ages
终其一生，国王建其陵墓
Poets and fools fill up their pages
诗人和愚者诉言于书
What are we hoping for? What do we fear?
我们希望何物？我们恐惧何物？
I say we yearn to leave something that lasts
我说那是我们渴望留下恒久之物
To be known for what little we've done
渴望因微不足道的贡献而流芳百世
Men tell their children the tales of their pasts
人们给孩子讲述过去的传说
And each man gives his name to his son
且每个男人都让其子承袭其名
Something in song or in story
歌谣传颂，故事传说
Something in blood, something of glory
血脉相承，荣光加身
Something that won't fade away in a year
永远不会瞬息消逝
Well, I will not flicker and die like an ember
如此，我将不会生如闪光而死同灰烬
Too many men flicker and die
太多生命鲜活而转瞬即逝
I will leave something behind to remember
我要留下什么以供后人铭记
Somehow I must - don't ask me why
不知缘由，而我必须如此——请勿问我究竟为何
I have no wealth, at least none I can claim
我既无财富——至少不值一提
And no patience for carving in stone
也无琢磨石块的耐心
All that I have are my skill and my name
我所拥有的一切不过是才能与吾名
And this chance to make both of them known
我仍有机会令二者广为人知
This is my key to the portal
这将引领我解开迷题——
How I can leave something immortal
我该如何留下不朽之物
Something that time cannot make disappear
岁月悠悠而不能致其消亡
Something to say: I was here!
它将告诉世人：我曾来过这世上！
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