A Dream(口白) - Lou Reed

A Dream (梦想) - Lou Reed (卢·里德)/John Cale
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It was a very cold clear fall night
那是个清冷刺骨的秋夜
I had a terrible dream
我做了个可怕的梦
Billy name and brigid were playing under my stair case
比利和布里吉德在我楼梯下玩耍
On the second floor about two o'clock in the morning
凌晨两点 二楼传来声响
I woke up
我惊醒过来
Because amos and archie had started barking
因为阿莫斯和阿奇开始吠叫
That made me very angry
这让我怒火中烧
Because I wasn't feeling well and I told them
抱病的我厉声呵斥它们
I was very cross the real me
真实的我愤怒不已
That they just better remember
他们最好铭记于心
What happened to sam the bad cat
山姆那只坏猫的遭遇
That was left at home and got sick and went p**sy heaven
被遗弃在家 病重去了喵星
It was a very cold clear fall night
那是个清冷刺骨的秋夜
Some snowflakes were falling
雪花轻轻飘落
Gee it was so beautiful
天啊 如此绝美
And so I went to get my camera to take some pictures
我取来相机 想要留住这景致
And then I was taking the pictures
那时我正拍着照片
But the exposure thing wasn't right
但曝光总是不对劲
And I was going to call fred or gerry
我想打电话给弗雷德或杰瑞
To find out how to get set it
问问该怎么调整
I was too late
可惜为时已晚
And then I remembered they were still probably at dinner
才想起他们应该还在晚餐
And anyway
更何况
I felt really bad and didn't want to talk to anybody
我情绪低落 不想和任何人交谈
But the snowflakes were so beautiful and real looking
但那些雪花如此美丽 栩栩如生
And I really wanted to hold them
我多想将它们捧在手心
And that's when I heard the voices
就在这时 我听见了声响
From down the hall near the stairs
从楼梯旁的走廊传来
So I got a flashlight
于是我拿起手电筒
And I was scared and I went out into the hallway
心怀恐惧地走进走廊
There's been all kinds of troubles
最近这片街区
Lately in the neighborhood
总是麻烦不断
And someone's got to bring home the bacon and anyway
总得有人养家糊口 无论如何
There were brigid and billy playing
布里吉德和比利正在玩耍
And under the stair case
在楼梯下方
Was a little meadow sort of like the park at 23rd street
有片小草地 就像23街的公园
Where all the young kids go and play frisbee
年轻人们都在那里玩飞盘
Gee that must be fun
天啊 那一定很有趣
Maybe we should do an article on that in the magazine
也许我们该在杂志上写篇相关文章
But they'll just tell me I'm stupid and it won't sell
但他们只会说我愚蠢 说这卖不出去
But I'll hold my ground this time I mean
但这次我选择坚守阵地 我是说
It's my magazine isn't it
这是我的杂志 不是吗
So I was thinking that as the snowflakes fell
当雪花飘落时 我不禁思索
And I heard those voices having so much fun
听见那些欢声笑语如此快活
Gee it would be so great to have some fun
天啊 若能加入该有多好
So I called billy
于是我呼唤比利
But either he didn't hear me or he didn't want to answer
可不知是他没听见 还是不愿回应
Which was so strange
这感觉如此陌生
Because
因为
Even if I don't like reunions I've always loved billy
虽然我不喜欢重聚 但我始终深爱比利
I'm so glad he's working
真高兴他还在工作
I mean it's different than ondine
我是说 这跟翁丁娜完全不同
He keeps touring with those movies
他带着那些电影四处巡演
And he doesn't even pay us and the film
甚至不付我们酬劳 那部电影
I mean the film's just going to disintegrate and then what
我是说 电影终将消逝 然后呢
I mean he's so normal off of ***
我是说他清醒时明明很正常
I just don't get it
我就是想不通
And then I saw john cale
后来我遇见了约翰·凯尔
He's been looking really great
他看起来状态绝佳
He's been coming by the office to exercise with me
他常来办公室和我一起锻炼
Ronnie said I have a muscle
罗尼说我练出了肌肉
But he's been really mean since he went to aa
但自从他戒酒后 就变得特别刻薄
I mean what does it mean
这究竟意味着什么
When you give up drinking and then you're still so mean
戒酒后却依然刻薄如初
He says I'm being lazy but I'm not
他说我懒散 但我并非如此
I'm just can't find any ideas
只是灵感枯竭无处寻
I mean I'm just not
坦白说
Let's face it
我确实
Going to get any ideas up at the office
在办公室里找不到任何灵感
And seeing john made me think of the velvets
遇见约翰让我想起地下丝绒
I had been thinking about them
我一直在想着他们
When I was on st marks place
当我走在圣马克街时
Going to that new gallery those sweet new kids have opened
去那家新开的画廊 那些可爱的年轻人创办的
But the thought I was old
却突然意识到自己已不再年轻
And then I saw the old dom
这时我看见了老剧场
The old club where we did our first shows
那个我们初次演出的老俱乐部
It was so great
曾经多么美好
I don't understand about that velvet's first album
始终无法理解天鹅绒首张专辑的深意
I mean I did the cover
我曾亲手设计封面
I was the producer
担任制作人的角色
I always see it repackaged
却总见它改头换面
I've never gotten a penny from it
未得分文回报
How could that be
这怎说得通
I should call henry
该给亨利打个电话
But it was good seeing john
但见到约翰真好
I did a cover for him
还为他制作过封面
But I did in black and white and he change it to color
我用黑白描绘 他却擅自染上色彩
It would have been worth more if he'd left it my way
若保留我的原意 或许会更珍贵
But you can never tell any body anything I've leaned that
可你永远无法向他人言说 这是我所领悟的
I tried calling again to billy and john
我再次呼唤比利与约翰
They wouldn't recognize me it was like I wasn't there
他们视我如空气 仿佛我不曾存在
Why won't they let me in
为何将我拒之门外
Then I saw lou
直到我遇见卢
I'm so mad at him
我对他愤怒难平
Lou reed got married and didn't invite me
卢·里德结婚竟未邀我出席
I mean is it because he thought I'd bring too many people
莫非是怕我携友过多扰了清净
I don't get it
实在难以理解
Could have at least called
至少该拨通电话告知
I mean he's doing so great
如今他风光无限
Why doesn't he call me
为何却断了音讯
I saw him at the mtv show
在MTV现场遇见他
And he was one row away and he didn't even say hello
仅隔一排却视而不见
I don't get it
实在难以理解
You know I hate lou
你知道我厌恶卢
I really do
真心厌恶
He won't even hire us for his videos
他甚至不愿让我们参与他的MV
And I was proud of him
而我曾以他为傲
I was so scared today
今日我却如此惶恐
There's blood leaking thought my shirt
鲜血浸透了我的衣衫
From those old scars from being shot
那些中弹留下的旧伤疤
And the corset I wear to keep my insides in was hurting
束身衣勒得内脏生疼
And I did three sets of fifteen pushups
我做了三组十五个俯卧撑
Four sets of ten setups
四组十个仰卧起坐
But then my insides hurt
但内脏又开始绞痛
And I saw drops of blood on my shirt and I remember
血滴在衬衫上晕开时 我突然想起
The doctors saying I was dead
医生曾宣判过我的死亡
Then later they had to take blood out of my hand
后来他们不得不从我手上抽血
'Cause they ran out or veins
因为血管已经找不到了
But then
但随后
All this thinking was making me an old grouch
这些思绪让我变成了一个暴躁的老头
And you can't do anything anyway so
反正你也无能为力
If they wouldn't let me play with them in my own dream
如果他们不让我在自己的梦里和他们玩耍
I was just going to have to make another
那我就只能再造一个
And another
再一个
And another
再一个
Gee wouldn't it just be so funny if I died in this dream
嘿 要是我死在这场梦里该多讽刺
Before I could make another one up
在我编织出下一个梦境之前
And nobody called
无人来电
And nobody came
无人问津