Thousands Are Sailing - The Pogues

Thousands Are Sailing—The Pogues

The island it is silent now
小岛现在一片岑寂
But the ghosts still haunt the waves
但海浪旁仍有幽魂萦绕
And the torch lights up a famished man
火炬的光照亮了那个可怜的人
Who fortune could not save
饥肠辘辘 财富无存
Did you work upon the railroad
你是铁路上卖力的工人？
Did you rid the streets of crime
你是街头清除罪犯的军人？
Were your dollars from the white house
你的钱是白宫给的？
Were they from the five and dime
还是杂货店里挣的？
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you
那些老歌让你觉得讽刺还是欣慰？
And did they still make you cry
它们是否仍能让你哭泣？
Did you count the months and years
你是否难以忘怀度日如年
Or did your teardrops quickly dry
抑或泪水很快风干
Ah no says he 'twas not to be
不 他说 我上船启程来这儿时
On a coffin ship I came here
它还不是一条棺材船
And I never even got so far
并且我也从没到那个地步
That they could change my name
以至于他们可以随便改了我的名字
Thousands are sailing
万人航行
Across the western ocean
横渡大西洋
To a land of opportunity
来到机遇的土地
That some of them will never see
他们中有人从不曾见
Fortune prevailing
盛行的财富
Across the western ocean
在大洋彼岸
Their bellies full
他们肚子虽空
Their spirits free
但精神飞扬
They'll break the chains of poverty
他们立志要拧断贫穷的锁链
And they'll dance
于是他们起舞 昂扬
In Manhattan's desert twilight
在曼哈顿沙漠的黄昏里
In the death of afternoon
在午后的死寂中
We stepped hand in hand on Broadway
我们手拉手踏行于百老汇
Like the first man on the moon
气魄犹如登月第一人
And "The Blackbird" broke the silence
忽然 The Blackbird 的乐声划破沉寂
As you whistled it so sweet
你甜美地跟着哼唱
And in Brendan Behan's footsteps
走在布兰登贝汉的足迹里
I danced up and down the street
我不禁在街上跳来舞去
Then we said goodnight to Broadway
然后我们向百老汇道别晚安
Giving it our best regards
致以我们极致的敬意
Tipped our hats to Mister Cohen
我们向Cohan先生脱帽致礼
Dear old Times Square's favorite bard
那位亲爱的老时代广场最喜爱的诗人
Then we raised a glass to JFK
然后我们举杯向J.F.K.
And a dozen more besides
还有很多很多人
When I got back to my empty room
当我回到我空荡的房间
I suppose I must have cried
我想我肯定是哭了
Thousands are sailing
万人航行
Again across the ocean
再一次地穿越大海
Where the hand of opportunity
在那里 机遇之手
Draws tickets in a lottery
抓取运气彩票
Postcards we're mailing
我们寄出的明信片
Of sky-blue skies and oceans
有关天蓝色的天空和海洋
From rooms the daylight never sees
来自那不见日光的房间
Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees
在那里圣诞树也不会泛出光亮
But we dance to the music
但是我们仍然随音乐起舞
And we dance
我们跳舞
Thousands are sailing
万人航行
Across the western ocean
穿越大西洋
Where the hand of opportunity
在那里 机遇之手
Draws tickets in a lottery
抓取运气彩票
Where e'er we go we celebrate
无论走在何方 我们都赞美高歌
The land that makes us refugees
这片让我们成为难民的土地
From fear of Priests with empty plates
远离了手持空盘子的祭司的恐怖
From guilt and weeping effigies
远离了罪行和哭泣的肖像
And we dance
我们起舞