A Few Words in Defense of Our Country - Randy Newman

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country - Randy Newman
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I'd like to say a few words
我想说几句话
In defense of our country
为我们的国家辩护
Whose people aren't bad
这里的人民并不坏
Nor are they mean
也不怀恶意
Now the leaders we have
如今的领导者们
While they're the worst that we've had
虽是我们经历过最糟的
Are hardly the worst
但远非这苦难世界
This poor world has seen
所见过的最恶劣
Take the Caesars for example
以凯撒们为例
Within the first few of them
最初那几位帝王
They were sleeping with their sister
与姐妹同床共枕
Stashing little boys in swimming pools
将少年藏于泳池
And burning down the city
纵火焚毁城池
And one of 'em one of 'em
其中一位 其中一位
Appointed his own horse to be Consul of the Empire
竟册封御马为帝国执政官
That's like vice president or something
相当于副总统之职
Wait a minute that's not a very good example is it
稍等 这可不是什么好例子对吧
But wait here's one
且慢 这里倒有个典型
The Spanish Inquisition
西班牙宗教裁判所
It put people in a terrible position
它将人们推向绝境深渊
I don't even like to think about it
我甚至不愿回想那段历史
Well sometimes I like to think about it
不过有时又忍不住思量
Just a few words in defense of our country
仅以片语为我祖国辩护
Whose time at the top
其辉煌鼎盛之时
Could be coming to an end
或许即将走向终结
We don't want your love
此刻我们不需要你的爱
And respect at this point is pretty much out of the question
而尊重也几乎无从谈起
But times like these
但这样的时代
We sure could use a friend
我们确实需要朋友
Hitler
希特勒
Stalin
斯大林
Men who need no introduction
这些无需介绍的名字
King Leopold of Belgium that's right
比利时国王利奥波德 没错
Everyone thinks he's so great
人人都以为他多么伟大
Well he owned The Congo and he tore it up too
他占有刚果却将其摧残
He took the diamonds
他掠走钻石
He took the silver
他抢走白银
He took the gold
他夺走黄金
You know what he left them with
可知他留给当地什么
Malaria
唯有疟疾肆虐
A President once said
曾有总统这样说过
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
"我们唯一需要恐惧的就是恐惧本身"
Now we're supposed to be afraid
如今我们却被告诫要心怀恐惧
It's patriotic in fact and color-coded
这竟被标榜为爱国 还划分了警戒等级
And what are we supposed to be afraid of
我们究竟该畏惧什么
Why of being afraid
原来是要畏惧恐惧本身
That's what terror means doesn't it
这不正是恐怖的定义吗
That's what it used to mean
这本是它最初的含义
You know it kind of pisses me off
这真让我火冒三丈
That this Supreme Court is going to outlive me
最高法院竟将比我更长寿
A couple of young Italian fellas and a brother on the Court now too
如今法庭上坐着几个意大利小伙 还有个黑人兄弟
But I defy you anywhere in the world
但我敢说 放眼全世界
To find me two Italians as tightassed as the two Italians we got
也找不出比我们这儿更古板的意大利人
And as for the brother well
至于那位黑人兄弟
Pluto's not a planet anymore either
就像冥王星不再算行星一样
The end of an Empire is messy at best
帝国的终结总是混乱不堪
And this Empire is ending
这个帝国正走向终结
Like all the rest
如同所有过往
Like the Spanish Armada adrift on the sea
就像西班牙无敌舰队在海上漂泊
We're adrift in the land of the brave and the home of the free
我们在这片勇敢者与自由者的土地上漂泊
Goodbye
再见
Goodbye
再见
Goodbye
再见