The Box - John Denver

The Box - John Denver (约翰·丹佛)

Lyrics by：Kendrew Lascelles/Charles Stillwell

Composed by：Kendrew Lascelles/Charles Stillwell

Once upon a time in the land of Hushabye
从前在那安乐乡
Around about the wondrous days of yore
昔日的美好时光
I came across a sort of box
我偶然发现一个盒子
Bound up with chains and locked with locks
被铁链缠绕 铜锁锁紧
And labeled kindly do not touch it's war
贴心地附有标签“不要碰 这是战争”
Decree was issued 'round about
到处都颁布了法令
All with a flourish and a shout
所有人都欢呼雀跃
And a gaily colored mascot tripping lightly on before
色彩鲜艳的吉祥物在前面欢快地跳跃
Don't fiddle with this deadly box or break the chains or pick the locks
别摆弄这个致命的盒子 或者试图打破锁链
And please don't ever play about with war
永远不要轻易挑起战争
Well the children understood
孩子们都明白这道理
Children happen to be good
孩子们都表现很好
They were just as good around the time of yore
其实孩子们之前就表现很好
They didn't try to pick the locks or break into that deadly box
他们没有试图撬锁或者打开致命的盒子
They never tried to play about with war
他们从没有轻易挑起战争
Mummies didn't either
母亲们也没有
Sisters aunts grannies neither
所有家中的女眷都没有
Cause they were quiet and sweet and pretty in those wondrous days of yore
因为昔日的美好时光里 她们都是安静 甜美又漂亮的
Well very much the same as now not the ones to blame somehow
当然现在也是如此 她们不管怎样都不该被责备
For opening up that deadly box of war
因为打开了致命的战争之盒的罪责
But someone did
但有人这么做了
Someone battered in the lid
有人猛击盒盖
And spilled the insides out across the floor
将里面的东西洒向大地
A sort of bouncy bumpy ball made up of guns
枪支 炮弹
And flags and all the tears and horror
旗帜 泪水和恐惧
And the death that goes with war
还有随战争而来的死亡
It bounced right out
全都弹出来 布满人间
And went bashing all about
到处乱撞
And bumping into everything and stored
一处也不放过
And what was sad
令人难过的是
And most unfair is that it didn't really seem to care
最不公平的是似乎没有人在意
Who much it bumped
撞到了谁
Or why or what or for
或者说为什么 凭什么 怎么可以
It bumped the children mainly
主要是撞到了孩子们
And I'll tell you this quite plainly
我清楚地告诉你们
It bumps them every day
那些孩子们每天都不能幸免
And more and more
越来越多的孩子们
And leaves them dead and burned and dying
无辜死去 化为灰烬 奄奄一息
Thousands of them sick and crying
成千上万的孩子们被疾病困扰 哭声不断
Cause when it bumps it's really very sore
因为一旦战争之盒被打开 它的危害是无穷的
Now there's a way to stop the ball
现在有个办法阻止这一切
It isn't difficult at all
事实上这并不难
All it takes is wisdom
只需要智慧
I'm absolutely sure that we could get it back into the box
我绝对相信我们有能力把这一切放回到盒子里
And bind the chains and lock the locks
再一次用铁链铜锁封好
No one seems to want to save the children any more
但似乎没有人想再救孩子们了
Well that's the way it all appears
事情就是这样发生的
Cause it's been bouncing 'round for years and years
因为战争已经肆虐了很久很久
In spite of all the wisdom whiz since those wondrous days of yore
尽管自昔日的美好时光以来 有数不尽的能人异士
And the time they came across the box
他们发现盒子的时候
Bound up with chains and locked with locks
那盒子被铁链缠绕 铜锁锁紧
And labeled kindly do not touch it's war
贴心地附有标签“不要碰 这是战争”