Death in Arkansas - Eliza Gilkyson

I remember how the wood would smell
犹记当年木材清香
Just as the last great tree was felled
最后一棵古树倒下时
Like many that came before
如同前辈们一样
It was used for table and a door
化作餐桌与门廊
A palette and a long hall rack
画板与长廊衣架
Hung my great grandfather's hat
曾挂祖父的旧帽
A stable and a barn a bed and a seat
马厩谷仓 床榻座椅
A roof and fence and a floor that creaked
吱呀作响的地板 围栏与房梁
And a coffin leanin against the wall
一口棺木斜倚在墙边
When there was a death in Arkansas
当阿肯色传来死讯时
I liked the wagons and the wheels
我怀念那些马车与车轮
The wind that knocked us down in the fields
怀念将我们吹倒的田野疾风
And the girls with the southern drawl
怀念姑娘们绵软的南方口音
And those that came before were the pictures on the wall
而先辈们化作墙上的旧相片
And the lone dogs howled and the crows would caw
野狗哀嚎 乌鸦啼叫
When there was a death in Arkansas
当阿肯色传来死讯时
We were laid to rest out under the sun
我们长眠在温暖的阳光下
And we breathed our last
吐出最后一息
And it was done
生命就此终结
And the air redeemed us and we would learn
清风将我们救赎 我们终将明白
That a life was hallowed and we wouldn't burn
生命如此神圣 我们不会焚毁
Hands folded gently to say goodbye
双手轻合 道别离
It was just this place underneath the sky
这只是苍穹下的方寸之地
Do you see our bones hidin like a toad
你可看见我们如蟾蜍般藏匿的骸骨
In the old red dirt that is now a road
曾经的红土路如今铺成大道
Beneath the sign that blinks off on
霓虹招牌在暮色里明灭
And a shopping mall where the house is gone
购物中心吞噬了老屋的残骸
Forgetting that a soul may call
无人记得这里曾有灵魂呼唤
When there is a death in Arkansas
当阿肯色的往事随风而逝
And a quilten patch of new concrete
新铺的混凝土像拼布补丁
Helps the trucks roll down the street
载重卡车碾过旧日街巷
There's a Dollar Store by the setting sun
夕阳下的廉价商店亮起招牌
And a sign on the church says His Will is Done
教堂的告示牌写着"神的旨意已达成"
I can't see the birds or find the fields
我再也看不见飞鸟 寻不回那片田野
That hold my bones beneath the wheels
那里曾安放着我的骸骨 如今已被车轮碾过
And a mother worries that her son won't call
一位母亲忧心忡忡 担心儿子杳无音讯
And a tv stares at a blinking wall
电视机对着闪烁的墙壁发呆
But the lone dogs howl and the crows still call
但孤犬仍在嚎叫 乌鸦依旧啼鸣
When there is a death in Arkansas
每当阿肯色州有人逝去