Here’s to the State of Mississippi(LP版) - Phil Ochs

Here's to the State of Mississippi (LP版) - Phil Ochs
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Here's to the State of Mississippi
献给密西西比州
For underneath her borders
在她的边界之下
The devil draws no lines
恶魔肆无忌惮横行
If you drag her muddy river
若你拖曳那浑浊的河流
Nameless bodies you will find
无名尸骸将浮现眼前
Whoa the fat trees of the forest
啊 那茂密森林的树木
Have hid a thousand crimes
已掩藏了无数罪行
The calender is lying
日历在说谎
When it reads the present time
当它标示着当下时光
Whoa here's to the land
啊 敬这片土地
You've torn out the heart of
你已掏空它的心脏
Mississippi find yourself another country
密西西比 去寻找另一个国度吧
To be part of
去重新安身
And here's to the people of Mississippi
敬密西西比的人民
Who say the folks up north
他们说北方那些人
They just don't understand
他们永远无法理解
And they tremble in their shadows
在阴影中瑟瑟发抖
At the thunder of the Klan
当三K党的雷声轰鸣
Oh the sweating of their souls
啊 灵魂的汗液
Can't wash the blood from off their hands
洗不净手上的血迹
They smile and shrug their shoulders
他们微笑耸肩
At the murder of a man
面对谋杀无动于衷
Oh here's to the land
啊 这片土地
You've torn out the heart of
你已掏空它的心脏
Mississippi find yourself
密西西比啊 去寻找
Another country to be part of
另一个值得归属的国度吧
And here's to the schools of Mississippi
让我们举杯"致敬"密西西比的学堂
Where they're teaching all the children
那里正教导着孩子们
That they don't have to care
冷漠是生存法则
All of rudiments of hatred
仇恨的种子
Are present everywhere
在每寸土地生根发芽
And every single classroom
每一间教室
Is a factory of despair
都是绝望的工厂
And there's nobody learning
无人知晓
Such a foreign word as fair
公平为何物
Oh here's to the land
啊 这片土地
You've torn out the heart of
你已掏空它的心脏
Mississippi find yourself another
密西西比 去另寻
Country to be part of
容身之所吧
And here's to the cops of Mississippi
献给密西西比的警察们
They're chewing their tobacco
他们嚼着烟草
As they lock the prison door
一边锁上监狱大门
Their bellies bounce inside them
大腹便便晃荡着
As they knock you to the floor
将你打倒在地
No they don't like taking prisoners
他们不爱抓俘虏
In their private little war
在这场私人小战争里
And behind their broken badges
破碎警徽的背后
There are murderers and more
这里充斥着凶手与罪恶
Oh here's to the land
啊 这片土地
You've torn out the heart of
你已掏空它的心脏
Mississippi find yourself another country
密西西比 去寻找另一个国度吧
To be part of
去重新安身
And here's to the judges of Mississippi
敬密西西比的法官大人们
Who wear the robe of honor
披着庄严法袍
As they crawl into the court
匍匐爬进法庭
They're guarding all the bastions
他们用虚伪的法律堡垒
With their phony legal fort
守卫着所有要塞
Oh justice is a stranger
噢 正义形同陌路
When the prisoners report
当囚犯们申诉时
When the black man stands accused
当黑人遭受指控
The trial is always short
审判总是如此草率
Oh here's to the land
啊 这片土地
You've torn out the heart of
你已掏空它的心脏
Mississippi find yourself another country
密西西比 去寻找另一个国度吧
To be part of
去重新安身
And here's to the government of Mississippi
让我们为密西西比的政府干杯
In the swamp of their bureaucracy
在官僚主义的泥沼中
They're always bogging down
他们总是深陷其中
And criminals are posing
而罪犯们正伪装成
As the mayors of the towns
小镇的市长大人
They're hoping that no one sees the sights
他们希望无人目睹这般景象
And hears the sounds
听闻这些声音
And the speeches of the governor
州长的演说
Are the ravings of a clown
不过是小丑的癫狂呓语
Oh here's to the land you've torn
哦 敬你撕裂的这片土地
Out the heart of
掏空了
Mississippi
密西西比的心脏
Find yourself another country to be part of
去寻找另一个国度容身吧
And here's to the laws of Mississippi
这是献给密西西比的法律
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
议员们在拖延的马戏团里聚集
While the Constitution is drowning
当宪法正在沉没
In an ocean of decay
在腐朽的海洋中
Unwed mothers should be sterilized
未婚母亲应该被绝育
I've even heard them say
我甚至听他们这么说
Yes corruption can be classic
是的 腐败可以很经典
In the Mississippi way
以密西西比的方式
Oh here's to the land you've torn
哦 敬你撕裂的这片土地
Out the heart of
掏空了
Mississippi find yourself another country
密西西比 去寻找另一个国度吧
To be part of
去重新安身
And here's to the churches of Mississippi
这里还有密西西比的教堂
Where the cross once made of silver
曾经银光闪耀的十字架
Now is caked with rust
如今锈迹斑斑
And the Sunday morning sermons pander
周日清晨的布道曲意逢迎
To their lust
沉沦于他们的欲望
Oh the fallen face of Jesus is choking
啊 耶稣垂死的面容在尘土中窒息
In the dust
被尘埃掩埋
Heaven only knows in which God
天堂才知晓他们该信仰
They can trust
哪位神明
Oh here's to the land you've torn out
啊 敬这片被你撕裂的土地
The heart of
掏空了它的心脏
Mississippi find yourself another country
密西西比 去寻找另一个国度吧
To be part of
去重新安身