First We Take Manhattan(Live in Dublin) - Leonard Cohen

First We Take Manhattan (Live in Dublin) - Leonard Cohen (莱昂纳德·科恩)

They sentenced me
他们判我
To twenty years of boredom
二十年的穷困孤寂
For trying to change the system
因我试图改造体系
From within
从内部改造体系
I'm coming now
现在我来了
I'm coming to reward them
来褒奖他们的努力
First we take manhattan
我们首选曼哈顿
Then we take berlin
之后是柏林
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
我向往着天堂这唯一的真理
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
我听命于自己皮肤上的胎记
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
我信服这武器的魅力
First we take manhattan
我们首选曼哈顿
Then we take berlin
之后是柏林
I'd really like to live beside you baby
我多想依靠在你怀里
I love your body
心爱着你的身体
And your spirit and your clothes
灵魂甚至外衣
But you see that line there moving
你看到那些形色匆匆的脸庞了吗
Through the station
在车站
I told you i told you told you
我想告诉你
I was one of those
我也是其中一个
Ah you loved me as a loser
你爱我即使我一败涂地
But now you're worried
但你似乎更担心
That i just might win
我可能会胜利
You know the way to stop me
你知道阻止我的方法
But you don't have the discipline
爱我使你没能自律
How many nights i prayed for this
多少个夜晚我祈求上帝
To let my work begin
让我开始工作
First we take manhattan
我们首选曼哈顿
Then we take berlin
之后是柏林
I don't like your fashion business mister
我不喜欢那些社会名流先生
And i don't like these ***
也不喜欢这些药物
That keep you thin
让你消瘦
I don't like what happened to my sister
我不喜欢我姐妹遭遇的痛苦
First we take manhattan
我们首选曼哈顿
Then we take berlin
之后是柏林
I'd really like to live beside you baby
我多想依靠在你怀里
I love your body
心爱着你的身体
And your spirit and your clothes
灵魂甚至外衣
But you see that line there moving
你看到那些形色匆匆的脸庞了吗
Through the station
在车站
I told you i told you told you
我想告诉你
I was one of those
我也是其中一个
And i thank you for those items
我认为那些东西
That you sent me
你寄给我的那些
The monkey and the plywood violin
钱和胶合板小提琴
I practiced every night
我每晚都练习
Now i'm ready
现在我准备好了
First we take manhattan
我们首选曼哈顿
Then we take berlin
之后是柏林
I am guided
我被指引着
Ah remember me
记住我
I used to live for music
我曾经为音乐而活
Remember me
记住我
I brought your groceries in
我给你买了杂货
Well it's father's day
那是父亲节
And everybody's wounded
每个人都受伤了
First we take manhattan
我们首选曼哈顿
Then we take berlin
之后是柏林