The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance - Sting

The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance - Sting

In the streets around here
在这条街上
There was nobody tougher than me
没有人比我坚强
I was quick with me fists and fast with me
我眼疾手快
Footwork as you can plainly see
步法如你所见
But while fighting was useful for getting your way
但是如果战斗对你是有帮助的
Among the toughs of the town where you could hold sway
在你可以支配思想的城镇里
There had to be something that was better than this
总有比这个好的事情
I was fifteen years old and I'd never been kissed
我15岁还有初吻
Well of course she'd ignore me her friends would all sneer
她无视我的存在，她的朋友都在嘲笑我
At me bloody nose dripping and me cauliflower ear
我那流血的鼻子，我的菜花耳
For it's hard to convince in a romantic pose
这很难用浪漫的姿态解释
With a lovely black eye and a broken nose
用可爱的明眸和受伤的鼻子
Where a girl is attracted to skills more refined
一个姑娘容易被一些技巧吸引
Than the pugilist's art and so I inclined
远比拳击艺术更加精妙，我更倾向于
To take meself serious as a modern romancer
把自己当成虚构小说的作家
And I secretly learnt all the moves of a dancer
我悄悄掌握了舞者的动作
Ye swing to the left ye swing to the right
向左摇摆，向右摇摆
Keep your eyes on your partner more or less like a fight
眼神盯着舞伴，至少看起来像场战斗
Ye just follow the rhythm and ye keep to the beat
跟着节奏跳动
The important thing's never to look at your feet
重要的是不要盯着你的脚
Then a miracle happens your mind's in a trance
奇迹发生了，你的思想在沉睡
Though the strategy's subtle retreat and advance
战略很微妙，以退为进
It's all about attitude all in your stance
这需要态度，取决于你的姿态
Attention to detail leaving nothing to chance
注重细节，不要留有后路
Which explains how the pugilist finally learned how to dance
拳击手最后学会如何跳舞
Well I'd waltz with a broomstick and if I was caught
如果我被抓着 我宁愿自己和扫帚跳舞
I'd pretend I was sweeping or practicing sport
我会伪装成自己在打扫或是在练习
But I really had eyes for your mother ye see
我真的对你妈妈的想法有意见
Wanting her to acknowledge this new version of me
想让她对我有新的印象
But now everyone's watching expecting I'll fail
每个人都在期待看我怎么失败
But there's fire in me belly there's wind in me sails
我满腔怒火，扬帆起航
I knew it was risky and I was taking a chance
我知道自己在铤而走险
I couldn't retreat now I had to advance
我不能撤退，只能前进
So I swing to the left I swing to the right
向左摇摆，向右摇摆
Keep me eyes on me partner like I would in a fight
双眼盯着舞伴，好似在打仗
I just keep to the rhythm and follow the beat
跟着旋律跳动
The important thing's never to look at yr feet
重要的是没有看自己的脚
But a miracle's happened and your mind's in a trance
奇迹发生了，你的思想在沉睡
They're all laughing and cheering and looking askance
他们都在欢呼雀跃
On the night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance
在拳击手学会起舞的夜里
It's a three-minute round and you're back in yr corner
三分钟的来回，你回到自己的角落
You're licking yr wounds just like little Jack Horner
你在舔舐自己的伤口像Jack H一样orner
Don't let your guard down try a jab with your right
不要放松警惕，尝试用你的右手猛击
Or you're losing on points by the end of the night
否则你就失去重点迷失在黑夜里
Then a miracle happens and everyone's screaming
奇迹发生，每个人在欢呼雀跃
You're pinching yourself just in case you're still dreaming
你掐了自己确保不是梦境
You've taken the initiative you've taken your chance
你采取主动，抓住机会
It's the night when this pugilist finally learned how to dance
在拳击手学会起舞的夜里
In a bout where the strategist's bridges were burned
在一个让策略崩塌的回合
Where it seemed that his fortune had suddenly turned
他的幸运让一切改写
'Twas the night that this scrapper was suddenly dapper
这个拳击手在今夜突然衣衫整洁
And this poor fellow's heart was still going like the clappers
这个倒霉家伙的的心还在不断跳动
The night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance
在拳击手学会起舞的夜里