Dead Man’s Boots - Sting

Dead Man's Boots - Sting
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You see these work boots in my hands
你看我手中这双工作靴
They'll probably fit ye now my son
儿子啊 它们现在也许正合你的脚
Take them they're a gift from me
收下吧 这是我赠予你的礼物
Why don't you try them on
何不试着穿上它们呢
It would do your old man good to see you
若能看到你 老父亲便心满意足
Walking in these boots one day
有朝一日 穿着这双靴子
And take your place among
在船坞辛勤劳作的人群中立足
The men who work upon the slipway
与那些男人们并肩同行
These dead man's boots
这双逝者留下的旧靴
Though they're old and curled
虽已老旧翘边
When a feller needs a job and a place in the world
当小伙子需要工作 需要在这世上立足
And it's time for a man to put down roots
是时候落地生根
And walk to the river in his old man's boots
穿着父亲的旧靴 走向那河畔
He said "I'm nearly done and asking this
他说："我已将近迟暮 只求你一事"
That ye do one final thing for me
为我完成这最后一桩心愿
You're barely but a sapling
你还只是棵稚嫩幼苗
And you think that you're a tree
你总以为自己是棵树
If ye need a seed to prosper
若想种子茁壮成长
Ye must first put down some roots
必先深深扎根土壤
Just one foot then the other
一步接一步向前
In these dead man's boots "
在这逝者的靴中
These dead man's boots know
这双逝者的靴知晓
Their way down the hill
归途的山径
They could walk there themselves
它们自会找到方向
And they probably will
而他们多半会如此
There's a place for ye there to sink your roots
那里有你们扎根生长的土地
And take a walk down the river in these dead man's boots
穿着逝者的靴子沿河漫步
I said "Why in the Hell would I do that
我却问："我究竟为何要如此？"
And why would I agree "
又怎会心甘情愿？
When his hand was all that I'd received
我所得到的 不过是他伸出的手
As far as I remember
就我记忆所及
It's not as if he'd spoiled me with
他并非用溺爱将我包围
His kindness up to then ye see
你明白 他过往的仁慈不过如此
I'd a plan of me own and
我自有筹谋
I'd quit this place when I came of age September
待到九月成年时 我便要离开此地
These dead man's boots know their way down the hill
这双亡者之靴熟稔下山的路途
They can walk there themselves and they probably will
它们能独自前行 或许终将如此
I'd plenty of choices and plenty other routes
我有万千选择 无数通途
And he'd never see me walking in these dead man's boots
他永不会看见我 踏着亡者之靴远足
What was it made him think
是什么让他觉得
I'd be happy ending up like him
我会甘心落得和他一样的下场
When he'd hardly got two halfpennies left
当他穷得只剩几个铜板
Or a broken pot to piss in
连个破尿壶都没有
He wanted this same thing for me was that his final wish
他竟想让我也走上这条路 难道这是他最后的愿望
He said "What the hell are ye gonna do "
他问"你他妈的到底想干什么"
I said "Anything but this "
我说"干什么都行 除了这个"
These dead man's boots know their way down the hill
这双亡者之靴熟稔下山的路途
They can walk there themselves and they most likely will
他们自会前行 这几乎是必然
But they won't walk with me
但他们不会与我同行
'Cos I'm off the other way
因为我要走另一条路
I've had it up to here I'm gonna have my say
我已忍无可忍 现在我要说出心里话
When all ye've got left is that cross on the wall
当你们仅剩墙上的十字架
I want nothing from you
我不需要你给予任何
I want nothing at all
我根本什么都不需要
Not a pension nor a pittance
不要养老金 也不要微薄救济
When your whole life is through
当你的人生走到尽头
Get this through your head
你给我听清楚
I'm nothing like you
我与你截然不同
I'm done with all the arguments
我已厌倦了所有的争吵
There'll be no more dispute
再也不会有任何争端
And ye'll die before ye see me in your dead man's boots
你宁可死去，也休想看到我穿上你那死人的靴子