Einstein Was a Surfer - Jimmy Buffett

Einstein Was a Surfer - Jimmy Buffett



There's a photo of a genius
这里有一张天才的照片
Standing by the ocean
站在海边
In a pea coat and cool hat
穿着双排扣大衣和很酷的帽子
In 1943
在1943年


On a beach in Santa Barbara
在圣巴比伦的沙滩上
He's looking quite contented
他看起来极易满足
His world is only matter
他的世界是唯一重要的
And energy
还有力量


Past the Channel Islands
通过海峡群岛
Out into the cosmos
进入宇宙
There are worlds in motion
世界在行动
That only he can see
只有他能看到


He's smiling as he's thinking
他面带微笑思考
The harbor lights are blinking
海港的灯火在闪烁
He's the smartest cookie
他是最聪明的
Ever was ever will be
一直都是


Einstein was a surfer
爱因斯坦是个冲浪者
There really is no doubt
真的是毫无疑问
Cause the universe was his home break
因为宇宙是他休息的地方
And we're still all paddlin' out
我们还都在外面划桨


On an iceberg off Newfoundland
在纽芬兰岛的一座冰山上
A lyric sits half-frozen
一半冻结
Waiting for a comet
等侯一颗彗星
To crash into the sea
坠入大海


It's drifting towards the tropics
它飘向热带地区
And melting into topics
融入主题
Fills the sea with answers
将海填满答案
That have always worked for me
这对我来说总是奏效


Bass notes from the chasm
深渊中挽救低音的音符
At speeds that we can't fathom
以我们不可能推测的速度
Music is the language
音乐是近和遥远的
Of the near and distant stars
星的语言


Black holes humming b-flat
黑洞嗡嗡作响
Heard only by street cats
只有街头的猫听到
Astronauts in orbit
宇航员在轨道上
And singers in the bars
歌手在酒吧


Einstein was a sailor
爱因斯坦是个水手
With a universal song
唱着普遍的歌
His sails were tight his course was right
他的风帆是紧的，他的路线是不错的
So let's just all cruise along
所以让我们所有的人去巡航


Order to disorder
命令混乱
It's the way we all fly
这是我们飞行的方式
Light speed is all you need
光速是你需要的所有
To pass the future by
通往未来


There's a YouTube of a genius
在YouTube上有一个天才
Gliding over liquid
滑动在液体上
Sultan of the short board
苏丹的短板上
In two thousand and ten
在2010年


He looks like Valentino
他看起来像Valentino
Moving like neutrinos
像中微子移动
To the oceans in the heavens
在天堂的海洋
Where no wave rider's been
那里没有波浪车手


Einstein was a surfer
爱因斯坦是一位冲浪者
Who found the perfect break
找到了完美的破解
Where the strings of time
时间的字符串
Meet the final chime
遇见最后的编钟
It's the path all surfers take
它是所有冲浪者采取的路径