Epistle To Derroll - Donovan

Epistle To Derroll - Donovan
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Written by：Donovan

Come all you starry starfish living in the deep blue sea
深蓝海底的星斑海星们 请听我诉说
Crawl to me I have a proposition to make thee
游向我吧 我有桩交易要与你们商榷
Would you walk the north sea floor to Belgium from England
可否穿越北海 从英格兰到比利时
Bring me word of a banjo man with a tattoo on his hand
为我寻找手背纹身的班卓琴手踪迹
The spokesman of the starfish spoke as spokesmen should
海星使者如外交官般郑重回应
If'n you met our fee then certainly we would
若你满足酬劳 我们自当效力
Should you cast a looking glass upon the scalloped sand
只需将明镜投向扇贝点缀的沙地
You'll have word word of this banjo man with the tattoo on his hand
纹身班卓琴手的消息便会显现无遗
Oh come you starry starfish I know your ways are caped
来吧 星光海星 我知你身披斗篷游弋
Maybe it's because you're astrologically shaped
或许因你生就星辰轮廓 神秘难及
Converse with the herring shoals as I know you can
请如常与鲱鱼群低语 代我传讯息
Bring me word of the banjo man with the tattoo on his hand
为我寻那纹身班卓琴手 掌心印记
The eldest of the starfish spoke after a sigh
最年长的海星轻叹后 缓缓开口
Youthful as you are young man you have a wisdom eye
年轻人啊 你虽稚嫩却生着慧眼明眸
Surely you must know a looking glass is made from sand
你该知晓 明镜本是沙粒铸就
These young fish are fooling you about your banger man
那些小鱼在哄骗你 关于琴手传说
Oh come then aged starfish riddle me no more
年迈的海星啊 别再让我猜谜
For news I am weary and my heart is sore
我已厌倦追寻 心也疲惫不堪
All on the silent seashore help me if you can
在这寂静海岸 请你们伸出援手
Tell to me if you know of the banjo man
若知晓班卓琴手 请告诉我他的踪迹
All through the seven oceans I am a star most famed
我游遍七大洋 是最耀眼的星辰
Many leggier have I lost an many have I gained
触腕失去又重生 历经沧桑变幻
And strange to say quite recently I've been to Flemish land
说来奇妙 最近我刚到过佛兰德斯的土地
And if you are courteous I'll tell you all I can
若你以礼相待 我必知无不言
Oh you have my full attention I answered him with glee
"我愿洗耳恭听" 我雀跃回应道
His brother stars were twinkling in the sky above the sea
他的星辰兄弟 在海天间闪烁
There I sat there with rapt attention on the sand
我端坐沙滩 屏息凝神
Very anxious for to hear of the banjo man
热切期盼 聆听班卓琴手传说
I have seen this tattooed hand through a ship's porthole
曾透过舷窗 瞥见那只刺青手
Steaming on the watery main through the waves so cold
寒波中破浪 蒸汽船驶向远方
Heard his tinkling banjo and his voice so grand
他拨动琴弦 歌声浑厚悠扬
But you must come to Belgium to shake the tattooed hand
但你必须来比利时 握一握那纹身的手
Oh gladly would I come o gladly would I go
啊 我多么渴望前往 多么渴望启程
Had I not my work to do and my face to show
若不是工作缠身 还需抛头露面
And I rejoice to hear he's well but I must go inland
听闻他安好我欣喜 却不得不返回内陆
Thank you for the words you brought of my banjo man
感谢你带来 我那班卓琴手的消息
I walked along the evening sand as charcoal clouds did shift
我漫步在暮色沙滩 看炭黑云层流转
Revealing the moon shining on the pebble drift
月光忽然倾泻 照亮鹅卵石滩
Contemplating every other word the starfish said
反复思量海星说的每句话
Whistle winds they filled my dreams in my dreaming bed
梦中口哨般的海风 轻拂过我的床榻