The Magdalene Laundries - The Chieftains

The Magdalene Laundries - The Chieftains/Joni Mitchell (琼尼·米契儿)
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I was an unmarried girl
我是个未嫁的姑娘
I'd just turned twenty-seven
刚满二十七岁韶华
When they sent me to the sisters
就被送进修道院
For the way men looked at me
因男人投来的目光
Branded as a Jezebel
被烙上荡妇的印记
I knew I was not bound for Heaven
自知与天堂无缘
I'd be cast in shame
终将背负着耻辱
Into the Magdalene laundries
沦落至洗衣房劳作
Most girls come here pregnant
多数姑娘来时已身怀六甲
Some by their own fathers
有些竟是被生父糟蹋
Bridget got that belly
布里奇特隆起的腹部
By her parish priest
是教区神父造的孽啊
We're trying to get things white as snow
我们拼命漂洗污渍
All of us woe-begotten-daughters
这群被诅咒的苦命姑娘
In the steaming stains
在蒸腾的污痕里
Of the Magdalene laundries
终日搓洗于抹大拉洗衣房
Prostitutes and destitutes
妓女与贫苦无依之人
And temptresses like me--
还有像我这般堕落女子
Fallen women--
失足的女人啊
Sentenced into dreamless drudgery
被判在这无梦的苦役中煎熬
Why do they call this heartless place
为何将这无情之地唤作
Our Lady of Charity
我们的慈善圣母院
Oh charity
噢 所谓的慈悲
These bloodless brides of Jesus
这些耶稣苍白的新娘们
If they had just once glimpsed their groom
若她们曾瞥见过新郎一眼
Then they'd know and they'd drop the stones
便会放下手中石块 幡然醒悟
Concealed behind their rosaries
念珠背后藏着伪善面孔
They wilt the grass they walk upon
她们踏过的青草都会枯萎
They leech the light out of a room
所到之处连光芒都被吞噬
They'd like to drive us down the drain
妄图将我们逼入绝境
At the Magdalene laundries
在这玛德琳洗衣坊里
Peg O'Connell died today
佩格·奥康奈尔今日逝去
She was a cheeky girl
她是个俏皮姑娘
A flirt
爱调情
They just stuffed her in a hole
他们就把她关进暗牢
Surely to God you'd think at least some bells should ring
天啊 难道不该有警钟敲响
One day I'm going to die here too
终有一日我也将葬身于此
And they'll plant me in the dirt
被他们埋进土里
Like some lame bulb
像颗坏死的球茎
That never blooms come any spring
永远等不到春天绽放
Not any spring
再无春日可期
No not any spring
不 再不会有春天
Not any spring
再无春日可期