Rehearsing My Choir - The Fiery Furnaces

Rehearsing My Choir - The Fiery Furnaces
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by：Matthew Friedberger

But there was one man always whom
但总有一个人
I didn't get along
与我格格不入
The bishop
那位主教
Would head down head down to
常常前往
Deerport station
鹿港车站
To see what stars on
只为追逐银幕上
The silver screen might be seen
闪耀的明星身影
Or broadway stage were all the rage
或百老汇舞台的喧嚣浮华
With his black leather autograph book
手持黑色皮面签名簿
And his black leather pastoral pumps
脚踏黑色皮质主教鞋
And his pressed black robes
身披熨烫平整的黑袍
And his tidy black beard of which he
蓄着精心修剪的黑须
Was so proud
那是他引以为傲的标志
And his hat that stuck out in a crowd
还有那顶在人群中格外显眼的帽子
But there he'd sit
但他总是独自坐着
At his table at the edgewater hotel
在Edgewater酒店角落的桌旁
Wearing his ecclesiastical furs
身披教会长袍的他
And lunching with two giggly and
与两名轻浮嬉笑的年轻人共进午餐
None too healthy looking young men
那两人面色苍白不太健康
And in his shirt pocket up close to
在他衬衫口袋贴近心口的位置
His heart was his
珍藏着他
Autographed picture of Robert Mitchum
罗伯特·米彻姆的亲笔签名照
Which he no doubt used in an impure way
想必是以不洁的方式使用着
And I was at home rehearsing my choir
而我正在家中指导唱诗班排练
On christmas day
圣诞之日
In the afternoon
午后时分
I got a call at home
家中铃声忽响
The bishop was on the phone
主教来电催促
Wanting the choir to go and sing
强令合唱团献唱
On some channel 44 thing
为某电视频道助兴
And I said out of the question the rest of
我断然拒绝道
The day is for their families
佳节当与家人共度
And the bishop became furious
主教勃然大怒
All that time singing western music
整日沉迷西洋音乐
Christmas carols backsliding
圣诞颂歌荒废正业
And no time to represent the diocese
无暇顾及教区事务
But of course he was just upset because
其实他只是恼羞成怒
He wanted to be on the show
因未能登上节目
And he hated women
更因他厌恶女性
And I knew he was angry with me
我知他对我心怀怨怼
But I couldn't worry about it
却无暇为此烦忧
I went about my business
只专注自己的事务
Rehearsing my choir
排练着我的唱诗班
Rehearsing my choir
排练着我的唱诗班
Da da da da da da da

Again da da da da da da da
又来了 嗒嗒嗒嗒嗒嗒嗒
Ugh altos out of tune
女低音又走调了
Da da da da da da da

That's not good da da da da da da da
这可不好 哒 哒 哒 哒 哒 哒 哒
That sounds horrible
听起来糟透了
Next Sunday was my late sister's namesday
下周日是我已故姐姐的命名日
La la la

And the bishop was coming that day to
而主教那天正好要来
Our church to deliver a sermon
我们教堂布道
Which would give me quite a big surprise
这给了我一个巨大的"惊喜"
Decadence in the church
教堂里的堕落之风
Betrayal of our traditions
背叛了我们神圣的传统
Look up in the choir loft for instance the lady in red
抬头望向唱诗班楼座 看那位红衣女士
Eva
伊娃
I ban her from receiving communion
我禁止她领受圣餐
And remove her as choir director
并撤销她唱诗班指挥之职
I couldn't believe my ears
我简直不敢相信自己的耳朵
And the congregation couldn't believe theirs
而全体会众同样震惊不已
And my husband was furious when he was told as
当我丈夫听闻此事时 他怒不可遏
He wasn't there at the time
当时他并不在场
And letters were written and phone calls were placed
人们纷纷写信投诉 电话接连不断
And the matter was taken up and I was granted an audience
事情终于得到重视 我获准当面陈情
And I sat there nervous and frightened
我战战兢兢地坐着
When into the room
直到房间里
Stepped his eminence
出现了那位大人
The Archbishop
大主教阁下
They had a strange deliberating
他们进行了一场诡异的商议
Process at his initiative
由他单方面发起
As it was his prerogative alone
这本是他独享的特权
But the hierarch with the tallest hat and
但那位戴最高帽蓄最长须的尊者
Longest beard would stand in the middle
总是站在正中央
And the prelates with shorter hats and beards radiated out
短帽短须的主教们如星芒四散
With the archbishop in front of them
大主教则端坐众人之前
And then they began to intone
随后他们开始齐声吟唱
And I was left on the other side of the door alone
只留我孤身站在门外彷徨
And when they came out bishop Nikolaki was sent off to
当他们散场时 尼古拉基主教已被发配
San Jose
圣何塞远方