Island Of Souls - Sting

Billy was born within sight of the shipyard
在船坞里人的注视中，比利降生了
First son of a riveter's son
他是铆焊工的第一个儿子
And Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadow
轮船渐生阴影 比利天天长大
Her great hull would blot out the light of the sun
巨大的船身 遮蔽住太阳
And six days a week he would watch his poor father
一周六天 他见他可怜的爸爸
A working man live like a slave
每天劳碌着 活得像个奴隶
He'd drink every night and he'd dream of a future
爸爸每晚喝酒 每晚梦到未来
Of money he never would save
梦到永不可能的积蓄
And Billy would cry when he thought of the future
想到了未来 比利只好哭泣
Soon came a day when the bottle was broken
过不多久，那一天到了 他们掷碎了香槟酒瓶
They launched the great ship out to sea
将大船驶进海洋 在荒芜的海滩
He felt he'd been left on a desolate shore
比利感觉自己被遗弃了
To a future he desperately wanted to flee
想到未来 比利绝望地想到逃离
What else was there for a shipbuilder's son
一个铆焊工的儿子又能怎样
A new ship to be built new work to be done
一艘新船等着造 一件新的工作等着完结
One day he dreamed of the ship in the world
一天 比利梦到船在世界邀游
It would carry his father and he
载着他和他爸爸
To a place they would never be found
去一个人们永远找不着的地方
To a place far away from this town
去一个远远离开这座城镇的地方
Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship
落在这个囚笼中　落在钢船的骨架里
All the workmen suspended like flies
所有的工人悬吊着　样子就像一只只苍蝇
Caught in the flare of acetylene light
在电焊枪的弧光中
A working man works till the industry dies
他们不停工作 直到某一天工业界消失匿迹
And Billy would cry when he thought if the future
想到未来 比利只有哭泣
Then what they call an industrial accident
后来 被人们称为工伤事故的东西
Crushed those it couldn't forgive
辗碎了它不肯饶恕的人
They brought Billy's father back home in an ambulance
救护车运回了比利的爸爸
A brass watch a cheque maybe three weeks to live
一块铜表　一张支票　他的爸爸只有三星期可活
And what else was there for a riveter's son
一个铆焊工的儿子又能怎样
A new ship to be built new work to be done
一艘新船等着造 一件新的工作等着完结
That night he dreamed of the ship in the world
那天晚上 比利又梦到船在世界邀游
It would carry his father and he
载着他和他爸爸
To a place they could never be found
去一个人们永远找不着的地方
To a place far away from this town
去一个远远离开这座城镇的地方
A Newcastle ship without coals
一艘纽卡斯尔的船 不用烧煤炭
They would sail to the island of souls
将他们载向灵魂的岛屿