The Clerical Conspiracy - Sabbat

The Clerical Conspiracy - Sabbat
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I have wealth beyond measure
我拥有无价的财富
My treasures are words
我的珍宝是文字
Forged by time in a tale of
在时光中锻造
Such beauty they cry to be heard
如此美丽 它们渴望被倾听
Still a young fool was I as
然而我仍是个年轻的愚者
My story begins
当我的故事开始时
Yet like all fools considered
却像所有愚者一样
Myself to be wise
自认为智慧非凡
A match for all things
自以为能应对世间万物
But the lessons I've learned
但那些生活教给我的课
I will never forget
我将永远铭记
When your teacher is life then
当生活成为你的老师时
Success is survival and
成功即是生存
Failure is death
失败便是死亡
From early years I saw the world
年少时我看这世界
Through tunnel-vision eyes
目光狭隘如井底之蛙
My cloistered mind philosophized
我封闭的心灵曾高谈哲理
And fossilized
却日渐僵化
Secure in my belief was I
我曾笃信不疑
Assured throughout my life the
终其一生都坚信
Only things that could sustain me
唯一能支撑我的
Were the words of Jesus Christ
唯有基督的箴言
There is no way to fight a foe
面对从内部袭来的敌人
Who strikes from the inside
根本无从抵抗
And once within we can begin to
一旦踏入此地 我们便可着手
Smite this pagan pride
粉碎这些异教徒的傲慢
We shall take their graven images
我们将夺取他们雕刻的偶像
And grind them in the dirt
将其碾入尘土
For that men can live in paradise
若有人能活在极乐世界
Must be the Devils work
定是恶魔所为
The clerical conspiracy begins
神职者的密谋就此展开
We shall wash away your sins
我们将涤净你的罪孽
We have come to purify
我们前来净化
To purge you of your liberty
要剥夺你们的自由
Absolve you of all sanity
消除你们所有理性
The 'truth' you want to hear
你们想听的"真相"
We shall provide
将由我们提供
How can we hope to save these
我们怎能妄想拯救
Heathen when we know not of
这些异教徒 当我们甚至
Their ways
不了解他们的方式
One of us must journey southward
我们中必须有人南行
Infiltrate and then assuage
潜入安抚 再化解纷争
Only when we have this knowledge
唯有掌握这般认知
Can we finalise our plans
方能敲定最终计划
Greet them with a velvet glove
以天鹅绒手套相迎
Then crush them 'neath an iron hand
再以铁腕将其碾碎
Christian soldiers armed with virtue
基督士兵披挂美德
Hearts afire with blind obsession
炽热之心 盲目沉沦
Cannot see the difference 'twixt
分不清怜悯与压迫的界限
Compassion and oppression
慈悲与压迫本是一体两面
These were the days I believed that
那曾是我笃信的岁月
Salvation was mine
自以为救赎在握
When I worshipped apostles
当我虔诚膜拜使徒
Believing their gospels to be divine
深信他们的福音神圣非凡
My life drifted by in a warm summer haze
生命在温暖夏雾中悄然流逝
And I thought I would bath in the light
我曾以为能沐浴圣光终老
Of our lord 'till the end of my days
虔诚侍奉我主直至生命尽头
But destiny mocked me
命运却将我嘲弄
And fate did bequest
天命赋予我使命
That the strength of my faith in
让我对全能上帝的信仰
The Lord God Almighty be put to the test
经受严苛考验
My son your word is matchless as
吾儿 你的言语无与伦比
A scribe you have been blessed
作为抄写员 你已蒙受天恩
Your skill and faith in God doth
你的虔诚与才能
Qualify you for our quest
使你胜任此行使命
You will sail to Southern England
你将扬帆前往南英格兰
And recount their blasphemies
记录异端亵渎之罪
For the first step in their cure
治愈的第一步
Must be to learn of theit disease
必先了解其病症根源
For one so young so great an honour
年少得此殊荣
To be chosen for this task
被选中担此重任
Have I the stength
我是否有力量
Would I be worthy
我是否配得上
Questions that I dared not ask
那些我不敢问的问题
Was I to be a missionary searching
我是否该成为传教士
For lost souls to save
寻找迷失的灵魂去拯救
Or just another pawn in their
还是仅仅沦为
Monastic power games
修道院权力游戏中的棋子
The clerical conspiracy begins
神职者的密谋就此展开
We shall wash away your sins
我们将涤净你的罪孽
We have come to purify
我们前来净化
To purge you of your liberty
要剥夺你们的自由
Absolve you of all sanity
消除你们所有理性
The 'truth' you want to hear
你们想听的"真相"
We shall provide
将由我们提供
How can we hope to save these
我们怎能妄想拯救
Heathen when we know not of
这些异教徒 当我们甚至
Their ways
不了解他们的方式
You Wat Brand must journey southward
沃特·布兰德 你必须南行
Infiltrate and then assuage
潜入安抚 再化解纷争
Only when we have this knowledge
唯有掌握这般认知
Can we finalise our plans
方能敲定最终计划
Greet them with a velvet glove
以天鹅绒手套相迎
Then crush them 'neath an iron hand
再以铁腕将其碾碎
Christian soldiers armed with virtue
基督士兵披挂美德
Hearts afire with blind obsession
炽热之心 盲目沉沦
Cannot see the difference 'twixt
分不清怜悯与压迫的界限
Compassion and oppression
不过一线之遥
And so with terror in my heart
怀揣着惊惶颤抖的心
I learned what had to be
我领悟了使命昭昭
That I must tour these foriegn shores
必须远渡异国海岸
My cross for company
与胸前十字共飘摇
Those who had preceded me
那些先我而去的魂灵
Of pagan devils warned
异教魔鬼的警示
With fearful tales of christian souls
基督徒灵魂的恐惧传说
Since martyred on their horns
殉道者角上血迹斑斑
In my tale I will tell how we
我的故事将诉说
All were decieved
我们如何被蒙蔽
For in truth I was hunted not
真相是我并非猎手
Hunter as I had believed
而是猎物 如梦初醒
How could I have known that the
我怎能预知
Guide they'd provide was to
他们给予的指引
Show me far more than I'd ever
向我展现了远超
Imagined I could have desired
我所能想象的渴望
So soon would I learn
很快我便明白
What a fool I had been
自己曾是那般愚昧
There is more than one side to a coin
硬币总有两面
Life is not what it seems
生活非表面所见
It's no more than a dream
不过幻梦一场