When The Master Calls The Roll - Rosanne Cash

When The Master Calls The Roll - Rosanne Cash

Girl with hair of flaming red
头发火红的女孩
Seeking perfect lover
寻找完美的情人
For to lie down on her feather bed
躺在她的羽毛床上
Soul secrets to uncover
带着未解开的灵魂之谜
Must be gentile must be strong
他一定是异教的，他一定很强壮
With disposition sunny
有开朗的性格
Just as faithful as the day is long
永远忠诚
And careful with his money
花钱精打细算
And so the open letter read
信已启已读
The news boy did deliver
送报男孩送来了报纸
Three months later plans were made to wed
三个月后，结婚的计划已经制定好了
Down by the King James river
在国王詹姆斯河的下流
Know the season may come
季节变换
Know the season may go
春去秋来
When love is joined together
当爱结合在一起
With whoever be made whole
人生才会变得完整
When the master calls the roll
当主人呼唤着名单上的名字
Oh my darling will you leave
哦，亲爱的，你会离我而去吗？
Take me to the altar
带我去到圣坛之上
I don't have strength to watch you as you leave
我没有勇气看你离去
But my love will never fault her
但是我永远不会责怪她
Oh my darling Marry Anne
哦，我亲爱的Mary Anne
The march to war is calling
战争在呼唤
Somewhere far across these southern lands
在远离这南国的土地上
The bands of brothers falling
成群的兄弟倒在血泊之中
My tender bride the tides demand
我温柔的新娘，我必须
That I leave you with your mother
把你托付给你的母亲
With my father's riffle in one hand
一手拿着我父亲的步枪
Your locket in the other
一手握着你的吊坠
Know the season may come
季节变换
Know the season may go
春去秋来
Beware the storm clouds gather
注意那密布的乌云
Take heat in warm of soul
用灵魂的热度取暖
When the master calls the roll
当主人呼唤着名单上的名字
But can this union be preserved
这结合会长久吗？
The soldier boy was crying
士兵男孩在哭泣
I will never travel back to her
我永远回不到她的身边了
But not for lack of trying
并不是因为不够努力
It's a love of one true heart at last
一份真诚的爱
That made the boy a hero
让男孩最后变成了英雄
But a riffle ball and a cannon blast
但是一颗子弹，一枚炸弹
Cut him down to zero
摧毁了他
Oh Virginia once I came
哦，我曾来过弗吉尼亚州
I'll see you when I'm younger
年轻的时候我来过
And I'll know you by your hills again
在这山峦之上，我再次认识了你
This town from 6 feet under
认识了这六英尺下的坟墓
Know the season may come
季节变换
Know the season may go
春去秋来
A man is torn asunder
他死去了
But someday we may know
但是某天我们或许会知道
When the master calls the roll
当主人呼唤着名单上的名字
Though the storm clouds gather
即使乌云密布
Let the union be made whole
也让爱人重逢吧
When the master calls the roll
当主人呼唤着名单上的名字