Sounds Expensive - Stephin Merritt

Sounds Expensive - Stephin Merritt
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I would like fo you to have this emerald ring
我想将这枚祖母绿戒指赠予你
It was crafted many years before the ming
它诞生于明朝之前的遥远年代
Since the story's far too sad to tell
因故事太过悲伤，难以言说
I'll sing
我愿以歌代述
It was made for the blind concubine lola li
它曾为盲妃洛拉莉而造
Who was famous for being a little choosy
她以挑剔闻名于世
Her rejections were something no man could survive
她的拒绝无人能够承受
So the ring-maker had himself buried alive
于是戒指匠人将自己活埋
It's a terrible tale full of passion and gore
这是一个充满激情与血腥的可怕故事
That sure sounds expensive
听起来确实代价高昂
We can't wait to hear more
我们迫不及待想听更多
In a few generations it came to a monk
几代人后，它来到了一位僧侣手中
Who said "things of this world
他说：“世间万物
Are all baubles and junk "
皆为浮华与废物”
So he gave it to lola lo
于是他将它赠予了洛拉卢
Some general's wife
一位将军的妻子
Which was quickly discovered
这很快被发现
He paid with his life
他付出了生命的代价
It's a tale of violence
这是一个关于暴力的故事
A thing we deplore
我们谴责的事情
But it sounds expensive
但听起来很昂贵
What are you stopping for
你为何停下脚步
A bad playwright gave it to his new ingenue
一位糟糕的剧作家将它赠予了他的新女演员
The impossibly bad actress sweet lola lu
那位演技糟糕却甜美的女演员洛拉卢
But the playwright said something
但剧作家说了些不该说的话
He shouldn't have said
他不该说的
And now both the playwright and
如今剧作家和女演员都已离世
The actress are dead
他们都已逝去
It's a kind of thing no one can make anymore
这是一种再也无法复制的珍贵之物
And it sounds expensive when it
当它坠地时，听起来价值连城
Falls to the floor
当它坠地时，听起来价值连城