God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) - Etta James

God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) - Etta James (埃塔·詹姆丝)
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Cain slew Abel Seth knew not why
该隐杀害亚伯 塞特不明缘由
For if the children of Israel
若以色列的子民
Were to multiply
本当生生不息
Why must any of the children
为何偏要这些孩子
Why must they die
为何偏要死去
So he asked and the Lord
他追问着上帝
And the Lord said
上帝只回答
Man means nothing
人类毫无意义
He means less to me
他在我眼中不值一提
Than the lowliest cactus flower
连最卑微的仙人掌花都不如
Or the humblest yucca tree
甚至比不上最普通的丝兰树
Chases 'round this desert
他在荒漠中徒劳追逐
'Cause he thinks that's
只因妄想
Where I'll be
能在那里找到我
That's why I love mankind
这就是我深爱人类的原因
I recoil in horror from the foulness of Thee
你的污秽令我恐惧战栗
From the squalor and the filth and the misery
从肮脏污秽与苦难深渊中
How we laugh up here in heaven
我们在天堂俯视发笑
At the prayers you offer me
笑看你们献上的祈祷
That's why I love mankind
这就是我深爱人类的原因
The Christians and the Jews
基督徒与犹太教徒
Were having a jamboree
正举行狂欢盛宴
The Buddhists and the Hindus
佛教徒与印度教徒
The Buddhists and the Hindus
佛教徒与印度教徒
Joined on satellite TV
通过卫星电视连线
Picked their four greatest priests
选出四位至高祭司
And they began to speak
他们开始发声
And they said
他们说道
Lorda plague is on the world
主啊 世间瘟疫横行
Lord no man is free
主啊 无人得享自由
The temples that we built to you
我们为您建造的圣殿
Have tumbled down
已轰然倒塌
Fell into the sea
坠入深海
Lord if you won't take care of us
主啊 若您不愿眷顾我们
Please please let us be
求您 求您放过我们
And the Lord said
上帝只回答
And the Lord said:
主如此宣告：
I burn down your cities
我焚毁你们的城邑
How blind you must be
你们竟如此盲目
I take you your children
我夺走你们的孩童
And you say how blessed are we
你们总说蒙受神恩何其有幸
You must all be crazy to
定是疯癫才会如此
Put your faith in me
将信仰尽数托付于我
That's why I love mankind
这就是我深爱人类的原因
You really need me
你们如此需要我
That's why love I love mankind
这就是我垂爱人间的缘由