It Begins with a Blessing / Once I Awakened / But It Ends with a Curse(2008 Remaster) - Kevin Ayers

It begins with a blessing
始于祝福的馈赠
But it ends with a curse
终成诅咒的枷锁
Making life easy But making it worse
生活看似轻松 实则愈发沉重
My mask is my master
面具成为我的主宰
The trumpeter weeps
号手在低声啜泣
But his voice is so weak
他的声音如此微弱
As he speaks from his sleep
在梦中呓语呢喃
Singing Why why why are we sleeping
唱着为何为何为何我们仍在沉睡
Now people are watching
众人皆在观望
People who stare
凝视的目光
Waiting for something
等待某个答案
That's already there
那早已存在的真相
Tomorrow I'll find it
明日我将寻得
The trumpeter screams
号手嘶声呐喊
Then remembers that he's hungry
却记起腹中饥馑
And he drowns in his dreams
沉溺于梦境深渊
Singing Why why why are we sleeping
唱着为何为何为何我们仍在沉睡
My head is a night club
我的脑海是座夜店
With glasses and wine
酒杯与红酒摇曳
But the customers dancing
但纵情起舞的宾客们
They're just marking time
不过虚度光阴
You can turn to your partner and say
你可转身问同伴
How does it seem
这一切可还如意
And she will look at you and say
她将凝视着你答道
Get out of my dream
从我的梦境中抽离
Oh why why why are we sleeping
为何我们仍在沉睡
Once I awakened my eyes filled with tears
当我睁开双眼 泪水已盈眶
I had been sleeping for thousands of years
恍若沉睡了千年时光
Dreaming a life full of problems and sadness
梦中尽是困苦与哀伤
Endlessly turning in spirals of madness
在疯狂的漩涡里无尽轮回
Where the wind blows
风往何处吹
That's where it all goes
万物便往何处坠
It follows the song
它追随着歌声
Like its dream singing
如同梦中的吟唱
So it begins with a blessing
始于祝福
But it ends with a curse
终成诅咒的枷锁
Making life easy
让生活看似轻松
But making it worse
实则愈发艰难
Just turn to your partner and say
转身问你的同伴
How does it seem
这一切可还如意
He'll look at you and say
他会凝视着你说道
Get out of my dream
从我的梦境中抽离
Why why why are we sleeping
为何 为何 我们仍在沉睡