Last Great American Whale - Lou Reed

Last Great American Whale - Lou Reed (娄.里德)
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They say he didn't have an enemy
传说它从未树敌
His was a greatness to behold
它的伟岸令人惊叹
He was the last surviving progeny
它是最后的血脉延续
The last one on this side of the world
这世间仅存的传奇
He measured a half mile from tip to tail
身长绵延半英里
Silver and black with powerful fins
银黑相间 鳍肢强健
They say he could split a mountain in two
相传它能劈开山峦
That's how we got the Grand Canyon
大峡谷由此诞生
Last great American whale
最后的美洲巨鲸
Last great American whale
最后的美洲巨鲸
Last great American whale
最后的美洲巨鲸
Last great American whale
最后的美洲巨鲸
Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes
有人说在五大湖见过它
Some say they saw him off of Florida
有人说在佛罗里达见过它
My mother said she saw him in Chinatown
母亲说她曾在唐人街见过它身影
But you can't always trust your mother
但母亲的话未必可信
Off the Carolinas the sun shines brightly in the day
卡罗莱纳海岸 白昼阳光灿烂
The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night
夜晚灯塔幽光如魅
The chief of a local tribe had killed a racist mayor's son
部落酋长杀死种族主义市长之子
And he'd been on death row since 1958
自1958年便身陷死囚牢笼
The mayor's kid was a rowdy pig
市长之子是头粗野的猪猡
Spit on Indians and lots worse
对印第安人吐唾施暴
The old chief buried a hatchet in his head
老酋长将战斧深埋入它的头颅
Life compared to death for him seemed worse
对它而言 活着比死亡更痛苦
The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing
部落兄弟聚集在灯塔下歌唱
And tried to conjure up a storm or rain
试图召唤来一场暴风雨
The harbor parted the great whale sprang full up
港湾分开 巨鲸腾空跃起
And caused a hugh tidal wave
掀起滔天巨浪
The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief
海浪摧毁监狱 解放了酋长
The tribe let out a roar
部落发出震天怒吼
The whites were drowned the browns and reds set free
白人沉没 红褐肤色重获自由
But sadly one thing more
可悲的是还有后续
Some local yokel member of the NRA
某个持枪协会的乡巴佬成员
Kept a bazooka in his living room
在客厅藏着火箭筒
And thinking he had the chief in his sight
自以为瞄准了首领
Blew the whale's brains out with a lead harpoon
用铅制鱼叉轰碎了鲸鱼的脑浆
Last great American whale
最后的美洲巨鲸
Last great American whale
最后的美洲巨鲸
Last great American whale
最后的美洲巨鲸
Last great American whale
最后的美洲巨鲸
Well Americans don't care for much of anything
美国人从不在意世间万物
Land and water the least
土地与水源最受轻贱
And animal life is low on the totem pole
动物生命在图腾柱底端
With human life not worth more than infected yeast
人命贱如发霉的酵母
Americans don't care too much for beauty
美国人对美漠不关心
They'll sh*t in a river dump battery acid in a stream
他们往河里排泄 向溪流倾倒电池酸液
They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach
他们将看着死老鼠被冲上海岸
And complain if they can't swim
却抱怨自己无法畅游
They say things are done for the majority
他们说一切为多数人而做
Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
眼见未必为实 耳听皆为虚妄
It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me
就像我画家朋友唐纳德所说
"Stick a fork in their a** and turn them over they're done"
"用叉子翻个面 这些家伙早已完蛋"