Divers - Joanna Newsom

Divers - Joanna Newsom

The diver is my love
我的爱人是潜水员
And I am his if I am not deceived
如果我不曾被背叛 那我也是
Who takes one breath above for every hour below the sea
岸上呼吸一次能在水下呆一小时的那个男人的爱人
Who gave to me a jewel
他给我的一颗宝石
Worth twice this woman's life though it cost her less
甚至值这个女人生命的两倍 但是不如 退潮时
Than laying at low tide to see her true love phosphoresce
她躺着去看她的真爱闪耀那般珍贵
And in an infinite regress
在无限倒退中
Tell me why is the pain of birth
告诉我 为什么生育的痛楚
Lighter borne than the pain of death
轻于死亡的痛楚
I can't claim that I loved you first
我也不是说我是先爱上你的
But I loved you best
我是说 我最爱你
You know we must abide
我知道我们必须容忍对方
Each by the rules that bind us here:
规则将我们捆绑
The divers and the sailors and the women on the pier
潜水员们 水手们和在码头的女人
But how do you choose your form
你怎么能选择自己的模样
How do you choose your name
你怎么能选择你的名字
How do you choose your life
你怎么能选择你的生活
How do you choose the time
你又该如何选择你的时间
you must exhale and kick and rise
你的呼吸 快乐和成长
And in an infinite capsize
在无限的倾覆中
Like a boat tearing down the coast
如一头公牛冲向海岸
Double hulls bearing double masts
如船体忍受桅杆
I don't know if you loved me most
我不知道你是否是最爱的我那个
But you loved me last
但是你是最后爱我的那个
Recall the word you gave
想起你曾对我说的话
To count your way across the depths of this arid world
数数你穿越这个荒芜深渊世界的步伐
Where you will yoke the waves that lay a bed of shining pearls
你会扼制住波浪 躺在一床闪耀的珍珠上
I dream it every night:
我每晚都能梦见
The ringing of the pail the motes of sand dislodged
木桶的声响 沙子被驱赶尘封
the shucking quick and bright:
愉悦而快速地剥动
The twinned and cast off shells reveal a single heart of white
被丢弃的孪生贝壳露出一片赤诚之心
And in an infinite backslide
在无限的倒退中
Ancient boulders sink past the west
古老的边境 夕阳西下
Like a sword at the bearer's fall
如一把剑承载了整个秋天
I can't claim that I knew you best
我无法断言我最了解你
But did you know me at all
但你完全了解我吗
A woman is alive a woman is alive
女人也是人啊 女人也是人啊
You do not take her for a siren
你不能把她当做海妖
An anchor on a stone alone unfaceted and fine
把她当一个孤零零又尚未雕琢完好地符号吧
And never will I wed
我也不会哭的
I'll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom of my life
我会在生命的尽头追寻珍珠的死亡
And ever hold my breath 'til I may be the diver's wife
我会屏住呼吸 直到我成为潜水员的妻子
See how the infinite divides
看这无尽的分歧是如何产生的
And the divers are not to blame
潜水员是不会被谴责的
For the rift spanning distant shores
而裂痕生成遥远的海岸
You don't know my name
你不知道我的名字
But I know yours
但我知道你的名字