The Rock - Harry Chapin

The Rock - Harry Chapin
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The rock is gonna fall on us
巨石即将砸向我们
He woke with a start
他从梦中惊醒
And he ran to his mother
奔向母亲身旁
The fear dark in his heart
心中充满恐惧
And he told her of the vision
向她诉说所见
That he was sure he'd seen
那确信的预兆
She said go back to sleep son
母亲却说快睡吧孩子
You're having a bad dream
你只是做了噩梦
Silly child
傻孩子
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
谁不知道那块巨石悬在镇子上方
Silly child
傻孩子
Everybody knows that
谁不知道
It won't tumble to the ground
它永远不会坠落
Silly child
傻孩子
Remember chicken little said
还记得小鸡说
The sky was falling down
天要塌下来
Silly
幼稚
Well nothing ever came of that
终究无人理会这警告
The world still whirls around ahhh
世界依旧旋转如常
The rock is gonna fall on us
巨石即将砸向我们
He stood and told the class
他站在教室郑重宣告
The professor put his chalk down
教授放下粉笔
And peered out through his glasses
透过镜片投来目光
But he went on and said
他却继续说着
I've seen it high up on the hill
我曾见它高悬山巅
If it doesn't fall this year
若今年不坠落
Then very soon it will
也终将倾塌
Crazy boy
疯孩子
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
谁不知道那块巨石悬在镇子上方
Silly child
傻孩子
Everybody knows that
谁不知道
It won't tumble to the ground
它永远不会坠落
We've more important studies
我们有更重要的事要研究
Than your fantasies and fears
无暇理会你的幻想与恐惧
Crazy boy
疯孩子
You know that rock's been perched up
你难道不知道那块巨石
There for a hundred thousand years yee
已经矗立了十万年之久
The rock is gonna fall on us
巨石即将砸向我们
He told the magistrates
他向官员们警告道
I believe that we can stop it
我相信我们能阻止它
But the time is getting late
但时间已所剩无几
You see I've done all the research
你看我已做尽调查
My plans are all complete
我的计划万无一失
He was showing them contingencies
他正展示应急预案
When they showed him to the street
却被他们赶出门外
Just a madman
不过是个疯子罢了
Everybody knows
人尽皆知的事实
The rock leans over the town
巨石正悬在城镇上方
Just a
不过是
Everybody knows
人尽皆知的事实
That it won't tumble to the ground
它不会轰然倒下
Just a
不过是
Everybody knows
人尽皆知的事实
Of those who say the end is near
那些预言末日的人
Everybody knows
人尽皆知的事实
That life goes on as usual around here yee
生活仍会照常继续 耶
He went up on the mountain
他独自登上山巅
Beside the giant stone
伫立在巨石旁边
They knew he was insane
人们都当他疯癫
So they left him all alone
任他孤身陷危难
He'd given up enlisting help for
他放弃寻求援助
There was no one else
因无人愿施援手
He spent his days devising ways
昼夜苦思冥想间
To stop the rock himself
独寻止石之方略
One night while he was working
那夜他正独自忙碌
Building braces on the ledge
在悬崖边加固支架
The ground began to rumble
大地突然开始震颤
The rock trembled on the edge
危石在崖边摇晃欲坠
The rock is gonna fall on us
巨石即将砸向我们
Run or you'll all be crushed
快逃否则粉身碎骨
And indeed the rock was moving
巨石确实开始移动
Crumbling all to dust
崩裂成漫天尘土
He ran under it with one last hope
他怀揣最后希望奔向巨石
That he could add a prop
想用支柱撑起崩塌
And as he disappeared the rock came to a stop
当他消失时 岩石停止了滚落
The people ran into the street
人们涌上街道张望
But by then all was still
可那时万籁俱寂
The rock seemed where it always was
巨石仿佛从未移动
Or where it always will be
或将永远停驻原地
When someone asked
直到有人发问
Where he had gone they said
他们说那孩子去了哪里
Oh he was daft
哦 真是个傻子
Who cares about that crazy fool
谁在乎那个疯癫的傻瓜
And then they'd start to laugh
说罢便哄堂大笑
But high up on the mountain
但在那高山之巅
When the wind is hitting it
当狂风呼啸而过
If you're watching very closely
若你凝神细看
The rock slips a little bit
巨石正微微松动