The True Story of What Was - Ani Difranco

The True Story of What Was - Ani Difranco
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The light blue flickering rhythm
邻居家电视的幽蓝光影
Of the neighbor＇s big console T V
在巨大屏幕上明灭摇曳
Is basking on the ceiling
投映在天花板上
Of another insomniac spree
陪伴又一个失眠的夜
And outside sleep＇s open window
睡意敞开的窗外
Between the drops of rain
雨滴间隙之间
History is writing a recipe book
历史正编纂着苦难的配方
For every earthly pain
为世间所有伤痛书写
Oh to clean up the clutter of echoes
多想拂去那些回响的凌乱碎片
Coming in and out of focus
时而清晰 时而模糊地浮现
Words spoken
说过的话语
Like locusts
如蝗虫般
Sing and sing
不断嗡鸣
In my head
在脑海中
And thing is
而问题是
They often seem
它们常常显得
In my memory＇s long dream
在记忆的长梦中徘徊
To be superfluous to
不过是多余的存在
The true story of what was
无法触及真相的边界
Cuz
因为
Real is real regardless
真实就是真实 无可辩驳
Of what you try to say
无论你如何粉饰
Or say away
或刻意回避
Real is real relentless
真实永远固执地存在
While words distract and dismay
当言语令人分心又沮丧
Words that change their tune
那些反复无常的话语
Though the story remains the same
尽管故事始终如一
Words that fill me quickly
言语迅速填满我心
And then are slow to drain
却迟迟不肯流尽
Dialogues that dither down reminiscent
徘徊不定的对白
Of the way it likes to rain
如同缠绵的雨滴
Every screen
每一块屏幕
A smoke screen
烟雾迷蒙
Oh to dream
啊 多想入梦
Just for a moment
哪怕只一瞬
The picture
那画面
Outside the frame
跃出画框外
Then in a flash
转瞬间
The light blue horizon
淡蓝的地平线
Spanning a sudden black
骤然被黑暗吞没
Is sucked into the vanishing point
被吸入消逝的尽头
And quiet rushes back
寂静重新涌来
To search for the downbeat
在塔布拉鼓的乐章中
In a tabla symphony
寻找那低沉的节拍
To search in the darkness
在黑暗中寻觅
For someone who looks like me
一个与我相似的身影
Though I＇m not really who I said I was
尽管我并非自己宣称的模样
Or who I thought I＇d be
也非我曾以为会成为的人
Just a collection of recollections
不过是记忆的碎片堆积
Conversations consisting
那些对话的痕迹
Of the kind of marks we make
如同我们用力甩动钢笔
When we＇re trying to get a pen to work again
试图让干涸的墨水重现字迹
A lifetime of them
一生的印记啊
Cough cough ahem

I say to me
我对自己低语
Now here listening
此刻正侧耳倾听
I say to the locusts
我对那些蝉鸣诉说
That sing and sing to me sitting
它们不停歇地为我吟唱
Now here on the front porch swing of my eyes:
此刻就在我眼帘前廊的秋千上：
I hereby amend
我在此郑重修正
Whatever I＇ve ever said
所有曾脱口而出的虚妄
With this sigh
以这声长叹为证