The Geographic North Pole(Live) - Laurie Anderson

The Geographic North Pole (Live) - Laurie Anderson
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The summer of 1974 was brutally hot in New York
1974年的夏天，纽约酷热难耐
And I kept thinking about how nice and icy it
我一直在想，北极该是多么凉爽宜人
Must be at the North Pole And then I though
然后我突然想到
“Wait a second why not go ”
“等等，为什么不去呢？”
You know like in cartoons where
你知道，就像动画片里那样
They hang going to
他们把去北极的计划
The North Pole on their door knobs
挂在门把手上
And they just take off
然后就直接出发了
So I spent a couple of weeks preparing for the trip
于是，我花了几周时间准备这次旅行
Getting a hatchet a huge backpack maps
买了一把斧头、一个大背包、地图
Knives sleeping bags
刀具、睡袋
Lures and a three month supply of Banic
鱼饵和三个月的Banic补给
A versatile high-protein paste that can be
这是一种多功能高蛋白糊状物
Made into flat bread biscuits or cereal
可以做成扁面包、饼干或麦片
Now I had decided to hitch hike and one day I just
我决定搭便车，有一天
Walked out onto Austin Street
我径直走到奥斯汀街上
Weighing down seventy pounds of gear
背负着七十磅的装备
And stuck out my thumb
伸出拇指搭便车
Going North I asked the driver
一路向北 我问司机
As I struggled into a station wagon
费力挤进一辆旅行车
After I got out of New York
离开纽约之后
Most of the rides were trucks
大多数搭的都是卡车
Until I reached the Hudson Bay and began
直到抵达哈德逊湾 开始
To hitch in small mail planes
搭乘小型邮政飞机
The pilots were usually guys who'd
飞行员通常是那些
Gone to Canada to
逃到加拿大去
Avoid the draft or else embittered Vietnam vets
躲避征兵的人，或者是心怀怨恨的越战老兵
Who never wanted to go home again
他们再也不想回家
Either way they always wanted to show
无论哪种情况，他们总是想展示
Off a few of their stunts
一些他们的特技
We'd go swooping along the rivers doing
我们会沿着河流俯冲
Loop do loops and baby
做回旋和翻滚，宝贝
And they'd drop me off at an airstrip
他们把我送到一个简易机场
“There'll be another plane by here couple
“几周后会有另一架飞机经过这里；再见；祝你好运”
Of weeks; see ya; good luck ”

I never did make it all the way to the geographic pole;
我最终没能到达地理北极；
It turned out to be a restricted area and no
原来那里是禁区，
One was allowed to fly in or even over it
不允许任何人飞入甚至飞越
I did get within a few miles of the
但我确实到达了距离北极几英里的地方
Magnetic pole though
磁北极而已
So it wasn't really that disappointing
所以并没有那么令人失望
I entertained myself in the evenings
我在夜晚自娱自乐
Cooking or smoking
做饭或抽烟
And watching the blazing light of
看着那熊熊燃烧的光芒
The huge Canadian
巨大的加拿大
Sunsets as they turned the lake into fire
日落将湖面染成火焰
Later I lay on by back looking up
后来我躺下仰望天空
At the Northern lights
在北极光下
And imagining there'd been
想象着
A nuclear holocaust and
一场核灾难
That I was the only human being left in all of
我是整个北美大陆
North America and what would I do then
唯一幸存的人类 我该何去何从
And then when these lights went out
当这些光芒消失时
I stretched out on
我躺在地上
The ground watching the stars as
仰望星空
They turned around
他们转身离去
And their enormous silent
留下那巨大而无声的寂静
I finally decided to turn back because of my hatchet
我终于决定返回，因为我的斧头
I'd been chopping some wood and the hatchet flew
我正砍着木头，斧头却飞了出去
Out of my hand on the upswing
从我的手中脱手而出
And I did what you should never do
我做了你永远不该做的事
When this happens:
当这种情况发生时：
I looked up to see where it had gone
我抬头寻找它的去向
And it came down
它突然落下
Fffooo just missing my head and I thought
嗖的一声，差点砸中我的头，我心想
My God I could be working around
天啊，我可能会在这里
Here with a hatchet
带着斧头工作
Emme in my skull and I'm ten miles
斧头嵌进我的头骨，而我离机场
From the airstrip
还有十英里
And nobody in the whole world
这世界上没有人
Knows where I am
知道我在哪里
Daddy Daddy it was just like you said
爸爸 爸爸 就像你说的那样
Now that the living outnumber the dead
如今生者已多于逝者
Where I come from it's a long thin thread
我来自的地方 是一条细长的线
Across an ocean Down a river of red
穿过海洋 沿着红色的河流
Now that the living outnumber the dead
如今生者已多于逝者
Speak my language
请说我的语言