Tapestry - Don McLean

Tapestry - Don McLean (唐·麦克林)

Every thread of creation is held in position
让每次创新的想法都用在合适的地方
By still other strands of things living
那些依旧处于困境之中的人们
In an earthly tapestry hung from the skyline
如天幕一般
Of smoldering cities so gray and so vulgar
压抑的城市如此灰暗
As not to be satisfied with their own negativity
自己也无法承受
But needing to touch all the living as well
但是却想要碰触所有生物
And every breeze that blows kindly is one crystal breath
微风吹拂如水晶般呼吸
We exhale on the blue diamond heaven:
我们在蓝色如钻石般的天堂里呼吸
As gentle to touch as the hands of the healer
如此温柔像医者的抚摸
As soft as farewells whispered over the coffin
像告别般低语婉转
Were poisoned by venom with each breath we take
我们的呼吸像有毒一般
From the brown sulfer chimney and the black highway snake
灰暗的烟囱和蜿蜒的公路
And every dawn that breaks golden is held in suspension
每个黎明时分的宁静都被打破
Like the yolk of the egg in albumen
像蛋清与蛋黄
Where the birth and the death of unseen generations
看不到每一代的出生和死亡在哪里
Are interdependant in vast orchestration
他们会在广阔无垠的天地里相互依存吗
And painted in colors of tapestry thread
被染得色彩斑斓
When the dying are born and the living are dead
当新生生命在灭亡
And every pulse of your heartbeat is one liquid moment
你的每一次心跳都如流水般逝去
That flows through the veins of your being
在你的血管中流动
Like a river of life flowing on since creation
像生命的河流
Approaching the sea with each new generation
每一代都在向大海靠近
Youre now just a stagnant and rancid disgrace
如今你停滞不前
That is rapidly drowning the whole human race
将会把人类埋没
And every fish that swims silent every bird that fly freely
鱼儿在安静地游着，鸟儿在自由地飞着
Every doe that steps softly
每一步都很温柔
Every crisp leaf that falls all the flowers that grow
树叶落下，花朵生长
On this colorful tapestry somehow they know
在这多彩的地方，竟无人知晓
That if man is allowed to destroy all we need
若是有人要摧毁着一切
He will soon have to pay with his life for his greed
他会为此付出代价