The Changing Lights - Stacey Kent

The Changing Lights - Stacey Kent (史黛西·肯特)

Written by：Kazuo Ishiguro/Jim Tomlinson

Were we leaving Rio
我们是刚离开里约吗
Or were we in New York
我们身在纽约吗
I remember bossa nova on the breeze
我还记得风中的巴萨诺瓦
We were in the back seat
我们坐在费用高昂的
Of a cab we couldn't afford
出租车后座上
You were holding my old rucksack on your knees
你抱着我的帆布背包
You leaned towards your window
靠向车窗
To see the traffic up ahead
看着前方川流不息
These commuters here you said
你说这儿的上班族
Could be the walking dead
就像行尸走肉
And we vowed to guard our dreams
我们发誓要守护我们的梦想
From all the storms that lay ahead
不管前方有多少风暴在等待
From the winds of fear and age and compromise
不管这多令人恐慌 不惧年岁增长 绝不妥协
And we laughed about the hopelessness
我们嘲笑着人们
Of so many peoples lives
毫无希望地生活
As we slowly moved towards the changing lights
当我们缓慢驶向红绿灯时
It was near Les Invalides
就快到荣军院了
Or perhaps Trafalgar Square
也可能是特拉法尔加广场
It was late at night the city was asleep
已经是深夜了 整座城市都沉沉睡去
You were clowning in the back seat
你在车里打趣
With some friends we'd found somewhere
跟我们在途中偶遇的朋友
The kind back then we always seemed to meet
那是我们总能遇到的人
There were those in this great world you said
你说在这个大千世界 总是有一些人
Just fated to go far
命中注定奔赴远方
And among the lucky ones
在那辆车里的我们
Were we inside that car
是幸运儿中的幸运儿
And your friends began to sing
你的朋友开始高歌
When you wish upon a star
当你对着星星许愿时
And you clapped along like you didn't have a care
你满不在乎地合起手掌
But once I turned to glance at you
但当我目光掠过你的脸
As we drove across the square
当车辆开过广场时
And your face looked haunted in the changing lights
你的脸在斑驳的光影里显得极为窘迫
Was it last September
记得大概是去年九月份
It was autumn more or less
多多少少是秋天吧
You were waiting to cross some busy boulevard
你站在路边准备过马路
Talking on your phone
一头说着电话
To your family I guess
我猜电话那头是你的家人
Your briefcase tucked up high beneath your arm
一头夹着手提包
As I approached you turned around
当我走近你时你转过身来
A question in your eye
眼里充满困惑
As though I might ignore you
好像我忽视了你
And just simply walk on by
径直朝我走来
But we smiled and talked awhile
但我们笑着交谈了一会儿
About each others lives
聊着各自的生活
And once or twice I caught a wistful note
我注意到你似乎也有那么点不舍
Then you moved towards the crossing
但随后你朝十字路口的方向走去
As the cars slowed to a halt
当车辆都减速停下
And we waved and parted beneath the changing lights
我们在红绿灯下挥手告别
And we waved and parted beneath the changing lights
我们在红绿灯下挥手告别