Retrospective - Tom Paxton

Retrospective - Tom Paxton
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Now when the paint was dry
如今颜料已干
And the colours set
色彩也已凝固
It was painful yet
却依然令人心痛
To an honest eye
在诚实的眼中
Here where the walls were hung
这里墙上挂满了
With the sweat of years
岁月的汗水
The familiar fears
熟悉的恐惧
Since the hands were young
从年轻的手开始
Now in a battered chair
如今坐在破旧的椅子上
With his tea gone cold
茶已凉透
And his hands grown old
双手已苍老
He was sit and stare
他只能呆坐着凝视
Here where his life is hung
这里挂着他的生命
With the blood in view
血汗清晰可见
There's been nothing new
生活毫无新意
Since the hands were young
从年轻的手开始
Schoolboys laugh in the streets below
学校的孩子们在街上嘲笑他
Laughter cruel as the long ago
笑声如同往昔般残酷
Fingers point through the bitter years
手指穿过那些苦涩的岁月
And the bitter tears
和那些苦涩的泪水
Now when the paint was dry
如今颜料已干
And the die was cast
命运已定
It was clear at last
终于清晰可见
It was all a lie
这一切都是谎言
Red never left his hand
红色从未离开他的手
And the blue was wrong
而蓝色却错了
With a green too strong
绿色又太过浓烈
Never what he planned
从未如他所愿
Now in a rumpled bed
如今躺在凌乱的床上
With a night to kill
度过漫长的夜晚
He'll be painting still
他仍在坚持绘画
If he isn't dead
只要他还未离世
Now he can only stare
如今他只能凝视
As the old dream falls
旧梦破碎
At the mocking walls
面对嘲笑的墙壁
And the walls are bare
墙上却一片空白