Old Men and Butterflies - Angelo Branduardi

Old Men and Butterflies - Angelo Branduardi

Just off a highway a many ringed oak tree
紧邻高速公路旁有一棵橡树 它有多年树龄
Guarding forever his corner of meadow
誓死保卫着牧场
Saw one hot june day a dusty old pedlar
炎热的六月天 一个风尘仆仆的小商贩
Footsore and weary look round him
步履蹒跚 面容疲惫
For shadow
寻找着阴凉地
"Come my weary friend and lay
来吧 我疲累的朋友
Your pack upon the ground
把包袱放在地上
And I will keep you safe if
我会保你安全
You should care to rest your head
你可以安心休息
Come my weary friend and
来吧 我疲惫的朋友
Lay your troubles all around
抛弃你的烦恼
And listen to the music
听听音乐
In the leaves above your bed "
从你上方的树叶间传来
Gladly the old man
那位老人高兴地
Lay down by the oak tree
靠着榆树躺下
Muttered his thanks and fell soundly asleep
喃喃低语着谢谢 安详地睡着了
The old pedlar
那位老商贩
Slept on for many an hour
睡了几个小时
Resting his head on his hand by and by:
枕在自己的手上面
He dreamed a dream
他梦见
That he'd left his old body
他已离开他苍老的躯体
And had become a fine gold butterfly
变成了一个漂亮的金蝴蝶
The golden butterfly went flitting
金色蝴蝶翩跹起舞
Flower after nower
在花丛间
And dreamed he was an old man
然后又梦见自己已老
Fast asleep for many an hour
沉睡数小时
The golden butterfly went flitting
金色蝴蝶翩跹起舞
Flower after flower
在花丛间
And dreamed he was an old man
然后又梦见自己已老
Sound asleep for many an hour
沉睡数小时
The old pedlar slept on beneath
老商贩沉睡在
The great oak tree
巨大的榆树下
Dreaming his butterfly dream
梦着他的蝴蝶梦
Where he new free
在梦里他自由飞翔
The golden butterfly went flitting
金色蝴蝶翩跹起舞
Flower after flower
在花丛间
And dreamed he was an old man
然后又梦见自己已老
Who could sleep for many an hour
沉睡数小时
The golden butterflies go flitting
金色蝴蝶翩跹起舞
Ever to explore
似乎在找寻什么
But dream that they are old men
然后又梦见自己已老
Who can sleep for evermore
永久沉睡