The Book of Souls - Iron Maiden

The Book of Souls - Iron Maiden

Sacrifices buried with kings
帝王的陪葬品
Accompany them on a journey with no end
陪伴他们度过漫长且无止境的旅程
To an afterlife that's rich with fruit of all the gods
祈祷神明 愿来世能拥有富足安康
And to face the demons
去对抗地狱之下
Of their underworld haunts
出没的各种鬼怪
The sentient is sent to seek out all the truth
发出感知之力 去找寻所有的真相
A flight to earth that is a given from his birth
自出生之日起 便降临到人间
To rise from ashes of the dead
在众多逝去之人中升起
Out of the fire is sent to fulfil man's desire
炙热的火焰点燃人类心中的欲望
By power day and night and death he ruled them
掌控着昼夜更替 死亡轮回
The sky and earth and the fires too
统治着天地和那熊熊烈火
Two headed reptile symbol of his reign
双头虫是他统治地位的象征
Universes of the underworld
在地狱之下
A life that's full of all the wealth and riches
过着集万千荣华富贵于一身的生活
Can never last for an eternity
是否能够永远长久
After living in a golden paradise
住进黄金天堂后
The ultimate sacrifice
做出最后的牺牲
Prophecy of sky gods the sun and moon
天神的预言 太阳和月亮
Passing of old ways will come true soon
历经古老的方式 一切终会应验
Falling of ages forest of kings
时代的陨落 森林之王
The search for the truth the book of souls
对真相的探求 这就是灵魂之书
The rulers of planets and stars
星球的统治者
The power of the kings of traders and the wars
王权 商人和那战争的力量
Planetary cycles and the phases of the moon
行星运行的周期和那月相
Is in the document a kingdom they will learn
都留下了庞大的记录 便于后人学习
They were praying to the gods of nature
他们向自然之神祈祷
And were living in the cities of stone
他们居住在石头城
Towers reaching upward to the heavens
塔楼直通天堂之上
Sacred wonders for the world unknown
未知的世界里拥有着神圣的奇观
Make their lives be a mystery no more
让他们的生活不再神秘莫测
Records kept and the passing of laws
记录虽已保留下来 但法则却不再存在
Sacred gods to the book of lies
当一种文明逝去了
When a civilization dies
谎言之书奉其为神圣的天神
Prophecy of sky gods the sun and moon
天神的预言 太阳和月亮
Passing of old ways will come true soon
历经古老的方式 一切终会应验
Falling of ages forest of kings
时代的陨落 森林之王
The lost book of souls destruction begins
遗失的灵魂之书 毁灭就此开始
Ascending the throne wearing feathers and shells
登上满是羽毛和贝壳的宝座
He brought back their lives from the void
他们从废墟之中重获新生
Alien invasion brings nothing but death
外星入侵者带来的只是死亡
Mass exodus and plant life destroyed
大规模的撤离 生命物种的毁灭
Domain of the Earth to the journey of truth
在这广阔的大地上 踏上寻觅真相之旅
The underworld caves Mayan slaves
地狱下的洞穴里 皆是玛雅的奴隶们
Defeat of the dark Lords
战胜黑暗领主
The ultimate proof
是最终的证明
In the place where the ancestors rule
在祖先们统治的地方
The book of souls
有本灵魂之书