Only a Dream - Mary Chapin Carpenter

I can recall the sound of the wind
我还能记起，风的声音
As it blew through the trees and the trees would bend
它从树林中穿过，树枝低垂
I can recall the smell of the rain
我还能忆起，雨的气息
On a hot summer night Coming through the screen
炎热的夏夜，透过窗户，扑面而来
I'd crawl in your bed when the lightning flashed
当闪电照亮天地，我会爬上你的床铺
And I'd still be there
我会待在那里
When the storm had passed Dead to the world
风暴向世界传递着死亡的讯息
To the morning cast
直至晨光熹微
Its light all around your room
照亮了你的屋子
We lived on a street where the tall elm shade
我们居住在一条掩映于榆树林中的街道
Was as green as the grass and as cool as a blade
树叶青翠欲滴，凉爽无比
That you held in your teeth as
你的嘴里，叼着一片树叶
We lay on our backs Staring up
仰面躺下，望着天空
At the blue and the blue stared back
蔚蓝的天空也俯瞰着你
I used to believe we were just like those trees
我曾相信，我们会长得像那些树一样
We'd grown just as tall and as proud as
我们会长得高大挺拔，傲骨铮铮
We pleased With our feet on the ground and our arms in the breeze
我们脚踩着大地，在微风中，张开双臂，感到无比舒适
Under a sheltering sky Twirl me about
这片天空，将我庇护
And twirl me around Let me grow dizzy and fall to the ground
我不停旋转，直至头晕目眩，跌倒在地
And when I look up at you looking down
当我抬起头，你正在俯视
Say it was only a dream
告诉我，那只是一个梦
A big truck was parked in the drive one day
有一天，一辆大客车停在路边
They wrapped us in paper and moved us away
他们用纸把我们裹住，把我们搬走
Your room was no longer next door to mine
你的屋子不再在我的隔壁
And this kid sister thing was old by that time
这种孩子间的游戏太过老套
But oh how our dreams went bump in the night
但是，哦，我们的梦怎会在夜里破碎
And the voices downstairs getting into a fight
楼下传来了争吵的声音
And the next day a silence you could cut with a knife
第二天，无比寂静
And feel like a blade at your throat
好似在你的喉咙上抵着刀片
Twirl me about and twirl me around
我不停旋转
Let me grow dizzy and fall to the ground
直至头晕目眩，跌倒在地
When I look up at you looking down
当我抬起头，你正在俯视
Say it as only a dream The day you
说，那不过是一个梦
Left home you got an early start
你离开家的那天，很早就起身
I watched your car back out in the dark
我看着你的车消失在黑暗中
I opened the door to your room down the hall
我打开你的房门，走到门厅
I turned on the light And all that
打开灯，我只看见
I saw Was a bed and a desk and couple of tacks
一张床，一张书桌，一些大头钉
No sign of someone who expects to be back
一切都告诉我，你不会再回来
It must have been one hell of a suitcase you packed
你的行李箱一定装了很多东西
Twirl me about twirl me around
我不停旋转
Let me grow dizzy and fall to the ground
直至头晕目眩，跌倒在地
When I look up at you looking down
当我抬起头，你正在俯视
Say it was only a dream
告诉我，那只是一个梦