The Ragpicker’s Dream - Mark Knopfler

When Jack Frost came for Christmas
当圣诞老人带来冬日
With a brass monkey date
在冷若铜猴的日子
The rail-king and the scarecrow
火车王与稻草人
Hopped a Florida freight
偷乘佛罗里达货运列车
And they blew on their paper cups
他们吹着纸杯
And stared through the steam
透过蒸汽凝视
Then they drank half a bottle
他们喝了半瓶酒
Of Ragpicker＇s Dream where
半瓶拾荒者的梦想酒中
The whiskey keeps following
威士忌如影随形
Cold pitchers of beer
一罐罐冰冷的啤酒
Me and my associate
我和我的伙伴
Like the clientele here get
如同这里的酒客们一般
The onions and the ＇taters
洋葱与土豆
Rib-eyes on the grill
烤架上肋眼牛排
Toothpicks and luckies
牙签与幸运物
And a coffee refill as
再来一杯咖啡续杯时
The rail-king lay rocking
铁轨之王躺摇
He was leaving the ground
他正离地飞起
Then he was flying like Santa Claus
随后他如圣诞老人般欢乐飞翔
Over the town where
城市上空
He came to the window
他走到窗边
Of a house by a stream
溪边的温馨小屋
It was a family Christmas
这是一个家庭的圣诞节
In the Ragpicker＇s Dream there
在那贫瘠的幻想中
Were kids at the table
都是坐在餐桌旁的孩子
All aglow in the light
光芒四射
Music in the wintertime
冬日里的音乐
Sure carries at night there
在夜里带着武器
Was turkey and gravy
是火鸡和肉汁
Pie and ice cream
馅饼和冰淇淋
And gifts for each and everyone
为每个人准备礼物
In the Ragpicker＇s Dream where
在捡破烂的人的梦中
The red-eye keeps tumbling
红眼不断翻滚
In our glasses of beer
在我们的啤酒杯里
Me and my associate
我和哥们儿
Like the service in here there＇s
就像这里的招待一样糟糕透顶
A ten for your trouble
麻烦你，这是小费十块
You have beautiful hair
你的头发很漂亮
Make the last one two doubles
让最后一杯成为双份烈酒
It＇s a cold one out there where
外面真冷
The scarecrow and the rail-king
稻草人与铁路王
Have started to dance
开始舞蹈
But a nightstick and a billyclub
但执法的棍棒与警棍
Won＇t give peace a chance here
此处不容和平驻足
I think they went thataways
我想他们往那边去了
Your song and dance team
你的歌舞团
Heading home for the holidays
回家过节
With the Ragpicker＇s Dream on
怀揣着看似微不足道的梦想离去
His knees like a fighter
膝盖坚如斗士
The rail-riding king
火车骑士之王
Like a sack of potatoes
笨拙地跌落
Like a bull in the ring where
如同斗牛场上的猛牛
The scarecrow falls over
笨拙倒下如稻草人
With a tear in the seam
线缝间的裂痕
Home for the rover
流浪者的归宿
In the Ragpicker＇s Dream where
在拾荒者的梦境中，那里
The red-eye keeps tumbling
红眼不断翻滚
Like tears in our beer
似酒中泪
Me and my associate
我和我的同伴
Like the ambience here where
这里的氛围如同
They cornered two castaways
他们围困两个无助者
In a white flashlight beam
在聚焦的强光之下
Merry Christmas and happy days
祝你圣诞快乐幸福每一天
In the Ragpicker＇s Dream
拾荒者的梦境