Desolation Row(Live) - Bob Dylan

Desolation Row (Live) - Bob Dylan

They're selling postcards of the hanging
他们把那张处私刑绞死的照片当作明信片来卖
They're painting the passports brown
他们把护照都刷成了咖啡色
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
美容院里挤满了水手
The circus is in town
马戏团也已巡游至此
Here comes the blind commissioner
这边厢来了位瞎子参议院
They've got him in a trance
大家看着他晃晃悠悠，恍恍惚惚
One hand is tied to the tight rope walker
一只手和一个走钢丝的人一起绑着
The other is in his pants
另一只手插在裤子里
And the riot squad they're restless
暴乱的队伍已经焦躁不安
They need somewhere to go
他们需要去某个新的地方
As Lady and I look out tonight
女士与我，正向外望着
From Desolation Row
从这条荒凉小街
Cinderella she seems so easy
灰姑娘，看上去如此随意
It takes one to know one she smiles
彼此彼此啦 她微笑着说
And puts her hands in her back pockets
然后把双手插入后面的口袋
Bette Davis style
活脱一副贝蒂戴维斯的老明星范儿
And in comes Romeo he's moaning
那边厢罗密欧又过来，苦逼着脸悲叹
You Belong to Me I Believe
你是属于我的 我相信
And someone says
另一些人赶紧说
You're in the wrong place my friend
朋友，你来错地方咯
You better leave
你最好还是马上走
And the only sound that's left
当救护车已经远去
After the ambulances go
最后唯一剩下的声响
Is Cinderella sweeping up
只有灰姑娘，在那条荒凉小街上
On Desolation Row
默默地扫地
Now the moon is almost hidden
现在，月亮几乎已经没影了
The stars are beginning to hide
星星也开始躲了起来
The fortunetelling lady
那个算命的占卜女巫
Has even taken all her things inside
也已把她的鬼把戏都收拾妥当
All except for Cain and Abel
除了该隐和亚伯
And the hunchback of Notre Dame
和钟楼怪人卡西莫多
Everybody is making love
每个人都正忙着缠绵
Or else expecting rain
或期待老天能下场雨
And the Good Samaritan he's dressing
那个乐善好施的撒玛利亚人，他正在精心打扮
He's getting ready for the show
正为一个派对做着准备
He's going to the carnival tonight
今晚他将出席，在荒凉小街上
On Desolation Row
举办的一场狂欢嘉年华
Now Ophelia she's neath the window
奥菲利娅，她靠在窗前
For her I feel so afraid
对她我感到很害怕
On her twenty second birthday
在她22岁生日的那天
She already is an old maid
已然变成了一个大龄的女仆
To her death is quite romantic
死亡对她来说是那么地罗曼蒂克
She wears an iron vest
她穿着一件铁制的背心
Her profession's her religion
宗教信仰是她的职业
Her sin is her lifelessness
枯燥乏味却是她犯下的罪孽
And though her eyes are fixed upon
虽然她的双眸紧紧地凝视
Noah's great rainbow
诺亚的那道伟大的彩虹
She spends her time peeking
但她也会花一点点的时间，偷瞥一眼
Into Desolation Row
荒凉小街上所发生的一切
Across the street they've nailed the curtains
过了大街，人们已经钉妥帘幕
They're getting ready for the feast
大家都在迎接一场盛宴
The Phantom of the Opera
那个歌剧院的幽灵
A perfect image of a priest
打扮成一副完美的祭祀的模样
They're spoonfeeding Casanova
人们在一勺一勺地喂食卡萨诺瓦
Get him to feel more assured
让他感觉更加地明白
Then they'll kill him with self confidence
然后他们会以自信的罪名杀害他
After poisoning him with words
而在那之前，先用语言来毒死他
And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls
接着幽灵朝着皮包骨头的姑娘们咆哮
Get Outa Here If You Don't Know
从这儿滚出去，假如你们还搞不清楚的话
Casanova is just being punished for going
卡萨诺瓦正在接受严厉惩戒，只因他跑去了
To Desolation Row
那条荒凉小街
At midnight all the agents
午夜，所有的特工们
And the superhuman crew
和超级人类联盟
Come out and round up everyone
四处围捕每一个
That knows more than they do
知道得比他们还多的人
Then they bring them to the factory
他们把他们带进工厂
Where the heart attack machine
那里有台心脏撞击机
Is strapped across their shoulders
它被绑在捉来人们的肩膀上
And then the kerosene
然后是煤油
Is brought down from the castles
从城堡中流淌下来
By insurance men who go
某个保险推销员会去查看
Check to see that nobody is escaping
确定是否真的没人能够逃脱
To Desolation Row
去往那条荒凉小街
Yes I received your letter yesterday
是的，我昨天收到了你的来信
About the time the door knob broke
门把手突然坏了
When you asked how I was doing
当你问到我最近如何的时候
Was that some kind of joke
这算不算是一个笑话
All these people that you mention
你提到的所有这些人们
Yes I know them they're quite lame
是的，我都认识，他们都瘸了
I had to rearrange their faces
我必须重新组合他们的面孔
And give them all another name
并各取一个新的名字
Right now I can't read too good
现在我并不怎么能阅读了
Don't send me no more letters no
请不要再给我寄信，不要再寄了
Not unless you mail them
除非，你是从
From Desolation Row
荒凉小街上，将它们一一寄出