Tramp the Dirt Down - Elvis Costello

Tramp The Dirt Down - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
I saw a newspaper picture
我看到报纸上的照片
From the political campaign
来自政治竞选现场
A woman was kissing a child
一个女人正亲吻着孩子
Who was obviously in pain
那孩子显然痛苦不堪
She spills with compassion
她满溢着怜悯之情
As that young child's
当那稚嫩的脸庞
Face in her hands she grips
被她紧握在掌心
Can you imagine all that greed and avarice
你可曾想象这般贪婪与私欲
Coming down on that child's lips
那孩子的唇上落下冰冷一吻
Well I hope I don't die too soon
但愿我不会过早离世
I pray the Lord my soul to save
我祈求上帝拯救我的灵魂
Yes I'll be a good boy
是的 我会做个好孩子
I'm trying so hard to behave
我如此努力保持克制
Because there's one thing I know
因为有一件事我很清楚
I'd like to live
我渴望活着
Long enough to savour
活到能够品味人生的滋味
That's when they finally put you in the ground
当黄土终于将你掩埋
I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down
我将站在你坟茔上 将泥土踩实
When England was the whore of the world
当英格兰沦为世界**
Margaret was her madam
玛格丽特便是那老鸨
And the future looked as bright and as clear as
未来曾如沥青般
The black tarmacadam
漆黑却闪着虚假的光
Well I hope that she sleeps well at night isn't
我但愿她夜夜安眠
Haunted by every tiny detail
不被每个细微的罪孽惊扰
When she held that lovely face in her hands
当她捧起那张可爱的脸庞
All she thought of was betrayal
心中却只充斥着背叛的念头
And now the cynical ones say
如今那些愤世嫉俗者说
That it all ends the same in the long run
漫长岁月终将让一切归于相同
Try telling that to the desperate father
但请试着告诉那位绝望的父亲
Who just squeezed the life from his
他刚刚亲手扼杀了
Only son
自己唯一的骨肉
And how it's only voices in your head
而这一切不过是脑海中的呢喃
And dreams you never dreamt
那些你从未敢做的梦
Try telling him the subtle difference
试着向他解释那微妙差别
Between justice and contempt
在正义与轻蔑之间
Try telling me she isn't angry with
试着告诉我她怎能不愤怒
This pitiful discontent
面对这可怜的怨愤
When they flaunt it in your face as
当他们耀武扬威时
You line up for punishment
你却排着队接受惩罚
And then expect you to say Thank you straighten up
还指望你说声谢谢 挺直腰杆
Look proud and pleased
骄傲而满足地展示
Because you've only got the symptoms
因为你只看到了表象
You haven't got the whole disease
还未触及问题的核心
Just like a schoolboy
就像一个学生
Whose head's like a tin-can filled up with dreams
脑袋里装满了梦想
Then poured down the drain
却最终付诸东流
Try telling that to the boys on both sides
试着告诉两边的年轻人
Being blown to bits or beaten and
被炸成碎片或遭受毒打
Maimed
致残
Who takes all the glory and none of the shame
谁享尽荣光却无半点愧疚
Well I hope you live long now
愿你长寿安康
I pray the Lord your soul to keep
我祈求上帝护佑你的灵魂
I think I'll be going before
我想我将在
We fold our arms and start to weep
我们抱臂痛哭之前离去
I never thought for a moment
我从未想过会有这么一刻
That human life could be so cheap
人命竟如此轻贱
When they finally put you in the ground
当他们最终将你埋入黄土
They'll stand there laughing and tramp the dirt down
他们只会站在那儿笑着践踏