Matty - Christy Moore

Matty - Christy Moore

Matty went out on a frozen night
Matty在一个寒冷的夜晚外出
Making heading for the pub his shoulders hunched up tight
他蜷缩着身子朝酒吧奔去
His head down on the railroad track
沿着铁轨往前走
And his old cow Delia sad lowin' him back
他的老相好Delia很难过 盼着他回来
He met with a dark and troubled man
他遇上一个黝黑的 好像碰上了麻烦的人
As he passed him by called back at him
他经过他时 被他拦下了
Hey Matty can't you see what's become of me
Matty 你难道看不出来我遭遇了什么吗
In this country of the blind
在这个冷漠的国度
The house I've left is dead to me
我离开的房子对我而言已没有任何意义
To me rhyming and my poetry
对我来说 音乐和诗歌就是一切
All I've got is the beat of the stagger
我所拥有的只是这些杂乱无章的旋律
Heading down the Curragh Line
求几根Curragh line抽抽
But Matty passed on as quick as he could
但是Matty快速跑开了
He couldn't stand such a crooked man sober
他无法忍受一个怪人在此胡言乱语
All he wanted was the lights of the bar
他憧憬的是酒吧里的灯红酒绿
The Nightingale and the Wild Rover
听着The Nightingale和乐队the Wild Rover的歌曲
When he came in
当他走进酒吧时
They were sayin he was back
大家说 他回来了
OH did Delia drive you out
Delia把你赶出来了吗
With your spoutin' and your swearin'
不齿于你的喋喋不休和信誓旦旦吗
We don't want to hear about Bunker Hayden
我们不想听Bunker Hayden
Maybe you'll sing us the Girls of Kinkane
也许你会给我们唱Girls of Kinkane
The fear an ti eyed him steadily
眼中充满了恐惧之情
As he handed him a pint of porter
当他给他一品脱酒时
You must have seen the bishop's ghost tonight
你今晚肯定醉得能看见主教的鬼魂
To put the dry look back in your eye
吓得你神情呆滞
But Matty would not be taken in
但Matty不会上当
By their jibin' and their regalin'
不会听信他们的把戏
He found himself a fresh blown crew
他给他自己找到了一个新伙伴
And fell in with their sportin' and their bailin'
和他们一起玩乐逗趣
As he was going home in that very same spot
他回家的路上 还是同一个地方
He met his dark familiar
他又碰见了刚刚那个人
He seen him comin' back down the line
他看见他沿着街道回来
And he was bright and strange and fine
他是如此光彩照人 奇异而美好
As he passed him by Matty threw out his arms
当他经过时 Matty伸出双臂
Trying to grab hold of his likeness
想拥抱那种美好
In the morning they found his frozen corpse
清晨他们发现他僵硬的尸体
And the butt of Curragh Line
还有Curragh Line的烟头
And at the wake
在守夜时
They were lashin' down
他们围坐一团
The drops of brandy
喝起了白兰地酒
The old fashioned habit
这是传统习俗
In the church they were lashin' down pounds and fivers
在教堂他们洒下纸钱
So Matty would be fine in the old by and by
以保Matty以后安好