Sugar Trade - James Taylor

Sugar Trade - James Taylor (詹姆斯·泰勒)
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by：James Taylor/Timothy Mayer/Jimmy Buffett

Now back when this earth was a silver blue jewel
回到地球如蓝宝石般璀璨的岁月
And back when your grandfather's father was young
回到你祖父的父亲还年轻的时光
Men of these shores made and gave up their lives
海岸边的人们奉献并牺牲了生命
Pulling up fish from the sea
只为从海中捕捞鱼获
While down in the african slavery trade
而在非洲的奴隶贸易中
Stealing young men to cut sugar cane
他们掠夺年轻人去砍甘蔗
Rum to new bedford and codfish from maine
朗姆酒运往新贝德福德，鳕鱼来自缅因
They were building a wall that will always remain
他们筑起了一道永远无法抹去的墙
Oh the crown and the cross the musket and chain
哦，王冠与十字架，火枪与锁链
The white man's religion the family name
白人的宗教与家族的名字
Two hundred years later and who is to blame
两百年后，谁该为此负责
The captain or the cargo or the juice of the sugar cane
是船长，是货物，还是甘蔗的汁液
The doryman he knows when the riptides will run
渔夫知道何时会有激流
He sets out his nets and he sits in the sun
他撒下渔网，坐在阳光下
He thinks of his family and drinks of his rum
他思念家人，饮下朗姆酒
And he waits for the codfish to come
等待着鳕鱼的到来
It's the same god damned ocean that keeps them alive
正是这同一片该死的海洋 让他们得以生存
It will swallow you up it will let you survive
它会吞噬你 也会让你活下去
It will heal you and steal you and take you away
它会治愈你 也会偷走你 带你远离
Like a note in a bottle with nothing to say
就像漂流瓶里的纸条 无话可说
Now back when this earth was a silver blue jewel
回到地球如蓝宝石般璀璨的岁月
Back when your grandfather's father was young
回到你祖父的父亲还年轻的时候
Men of these shores made and gave up their lives
海岸边的人们奉献并牺牲了生命
Pulling up fish from the sea
只为从海中捕捞鱼获