The End of the World(Live) - Laurie Anderson

The End of the World (Live) - Laurie Anderson
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Ladies and gentlemen please welcome back to London Laurie Anderson

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Hi This evening I'll be reading
嗨 今晚我将朗读
From a book I just finished
我刚读完的一本书
And since a lot of it is about the future
既然其中很多内容关于未来
I'm going to start more or less
我打算从差不多
On the last page
最后一页开始
And tell you about my grandmother
让我告诉你关于我祖母的故事
Now she was a Southern Baptist Holy Ruler
她是一位南方浸信会的圣洁统治者
And she had a very clear idea about the future
她对未来有着非常清晰的看法
And of how the world would end
关于世界将如何终结
In fire
在烈火中
In fire
在烈火中
Like in Revelations
就像《启示录》中所描述的那样
Like in Revelations
就像《启示录》中所描述的那样
And when I was ten my grandmother told me
在我十岁那年，祖母告诉我
The world would end in a year
世界将在一年后终结
So I spent the whole year praying
于是我整年都在祈祷
And reading the Bible
阅读圣经
And alienating all my friends and relatives
疏远了所有的朋友和亲人
And finally the big day came
终于，那个大日子到来
And absolutely nothing happened
却什么都没有发生
Just another day
只是又一个平凡的日子
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Now my grandmother was a missionary
我的祖母曾是一位传教士
And she had heard
她听说
That the largest religion in the
世界上最大的宗教
World was Buddhism
是佛教
So she decided to go to Japan
于是她决定前往日本
To convert Buddhists
去感化佛教徒
And to inform them about the end of the world
并告诉他们世界末日即将来临
And to inform them about the end of the world
并告诉他们世界末日即将来临
And she didn't speak Japanese
她不会说日语
So she tried to convert them with a combination
所以她尝试用手势结合的方式去感化他们
Of hand gestures
用手势
Sign language and hymns in English
手语和英文赞美诗
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The Japanese had absolutely no idea what
日本人完全不明白
She was trying to get at
她到底想表达什么
And when she got back to the United States she was
当她回到美国时
Still talking about the end of the world
她仍在谈论世界末日
And I remember the day she died
我记得她去世的那天
She was very excited She was like a small bird perched
她非常激动 像一只小鸟
On the edge of her bed near the window in the hospital
栖息在病床边缘 靠近窗户
Waiting to die
等待死亡的降临
And she was wearing these pink
她穿着粉色的
Nightgowns and combing
睡衣 梳理着头发
Her hair so she'd look pretty for the big moment
她梳理着头发，为那重要时刻而打扮
When Christ came to get her
当基督来接她时
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And she wasn't afraid but then
她并不害怕，但就在那一刻
Just at the very last
就在最后的瞬间
Minute something happened
发生了某些事
That changed everything
改变了一切
Because suddenly at the very
因为突然间 在最后的时刻
Last minute she panicked
她感到恐慌
After a whole life of praying and predicting
在祈祷和预言了一生之后
The end of the world she panicked
关于世界末日的预言 她感到恐慌
And she panicked because she couldn't decide
她恐慌是因为无法决定
Whether or not to wear a hat
是否要戴帽子
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And so when she died she went into the future
所以当她去世时 她进入了未来
In a panic with absolutely no idea of
在恐慌中 毫无头绪
What would be next
不知未来将如何