Empire of the Clouds - Iron Maiden

Empire of the Clouds - Iron Maiden
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To ride the storm to an empire of the clouds
迎战风暴，直抵云霄帝国
To ride the storm they climbed
为迎风暴，他们登临
Aboard their silver ghost
登上那银色幽灵
To ride the storm to a kingdom that will come
迎战风暴，驶向未竟之国
To ride the storm and damn the rest Oblivion
穿越风暴，蔑视其余，直抵遗忘之境
Royalty and dignitaries brandy and cigars
皇室显贵，白兰地与雪茄
Grey lady giant of the skies
灰色的女士，天空的巨擘
You hold them in your arms
你将他们拥入怀中
The millionth chance they laughed
他们曾嘲笑那万分之一的可能
To take down his majesty's craft
竟能击落这艘皇家飞艇
To India they say magic carpet float away
人们说它将如魔毯飘向印度
An October fateful day
那个宿命般的十月之日
Mist is in the trees
薄雾轻绕林间
Stone sweats with the dew
石头沁出露珠
The morning sunrise red before the blue
晨光初现 赤色染尽天边
Hanging at the mast
悬系于高桅之上
Waiting for command
静候指令下达
His majesty's airship
陛下的空中巨舰
The R101
皇家飞艇R101
She's the biggest vessel built by man
她是人类建造的最大航空器
A giant of the skies
天空中的庞然巨物
For all you unbelievers
那些不信之人啊
The Titanic fits inside
泰坦尼克号也能容纳其中
Drum roll tight her canvas skin
帆布蒙皮如鼓面般紧绷
Silvered in the sun
阳光镀上银辉
Never tested with the fury
未曾领略狂风的肆虐
With the beating yet to come
那冲击尚未到来
The fury yet to come
那狂暴尚未降临
In the gathering gloom
暮色渐浓时分
The storm rising in the west
风暴自西方升起
The coxswain stared
舵手凝视
Into the plunging weather glass
坠入骤变的气压计
We must go now
我们必须启程
We must take our chance with fate
我们必须与命运一搏
We must go now
我们必须启程
For a politician he can't be late
政客绝不能迟到
The airship crew awake for thirty
飞艇船员已清醒三十小时
Hours at full stretch
持续奋战
But the ship is in their backbone
然而飞艇已融入他们的骨血
Every sinew every inch
每一寸筋骨 每一寸肌肤
She never flew at full speed
她从未全速飞翔
A trial never done
一次未完成的试炼
Her fragile outer cover
她脆弱的外壳
Her achilles would become
将成为她的阿喀琉斯之踵
An achilles yet to come
尚未显现的弱点
Sailors of the sky
天空的航海家
A hardened breed
坚韧的族群
Loyal to the king and an airship creed
效忠国王 坚守飞艇信仰
The engines drum
引擎轰鸣
The telegraph sounds
电报声响起
Release the cords
松开缆绳
That bind us to the ground
解开大地的束缚
Said the coxswain Sir she's heavy
舵手报告："长官 她太重了"
She'll never make this flight
这次飞行恐怕无法完成
Said the captain damn the cargo
船长下令：舍弃这货物
We'll be on our way tonight
我们今夜就将启程
Groundlings cheered in wonder
围观人群惊叹欢呼
As she backed off from the mast
当她缓缓脱离桅杆
Baptizing them her water
用她的水为他们施洗
From the ballast fore and aft
从船首到船尾的压舱水
Now she slips into our past
如今她已逝入往昔岁月
Fighting the wind as it rolls you
与狂风抗争 任它将你席卷
Feeling the diesels that push you along
感受柴油机的轰鸣 推你向前
Watching the channel below you
注视脚下 海峡在下方延伸
Lower and lower into the night
夜色渐深 你不断下坠
Lights are passing below you
灯火如流 从你身下掠过
Northern France asleep in their beds
法国北部 人们安睡梦乡
Storm is raging around you
风暴肆虐 将你团团包围
A million to one that's what he said
他曾说过 生还希望渺茫
Reaper standing beside her
死神伫立在她身旁
With his scythe cuts to the bone
镰刀挥舞，深及骨髓
Panic to make a decision
恐慌之中，亟待决断
Experienced men asleep in their graves
经验丰富的人们长眠墓中
Her cover is ripped and she's drowning
防护已然撕裂，她正逐渐沉没
Rain is flooding into the hull
暴雨倾泻，灌入舱体
Bleeding to death and she's falling
仿若失血殆尽，她正急速坠落
Lifting gas is draining away
升力气体正迅速流失
We're down lads came the cry
我们坠落了 伙计们 呼喊声传来
Bow plunging from the sky
舰首从天空直坠而下
Three thousand horses silent
三千匹马儿 此刻却寂然无声
As the ship began to die
巨舰也随之走向消亡
The flares to guide her path
那些曾为引路的信号弹
Ignited at the last
却在最后时刻才被点燃
The empire of the clouds
那云端的帝国
Just ashes in our past
如今只余过往中的一抔尘灰
Just ashes at the last
最终只余一抔灰烬
Here lie their dreams
他们的梦想长眠于此
As I stand in the sun
当我沐浴在阳光下
On the ground where they built
在那曾铸就辉煌的土地上
And the engines did run
引擎曾昼夜不息
To the moon and the stars
直指月与星辰
Now what have we done
如今我们究竟做了什么
Oh the dreamers may die
追梦之人或许会逝去
But the dreams live on
但梦想将永远延续
Dreams live on
梦想永续
Dreams live on
梦想永续
Now a shadow on a hill
山丘上的一道剪影
The angel of the east
来自东方的天使
The empire of the clouds
那云端的帝国
May rest in peace
愿其安息长眠
And in a country churchyard
在乡间教堂的墓园里
Laid head to the mast
将头靠在桅杆上
Eight and forty souls
四十八个灵魂
Who came to die in France
长眠于法兰西的土地