Mr. Tanner - Harry Chapin

Mr. Tanner - Harry Chapin
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Mister Tanner was a cleaner from a town in the Midwest
坦纳先生是中西部小镇的洗衣店主
And of all the cleaning shops around he'd made his the best
在众多洗衣店中 他的店铺最为出色
He also was a baritone who sang while hanging clothes
他亦是位男中音 边晾衣服边歌唱
He practiced scales while pressing tails and sang at local shows
烫熨西装时练声 也在本地演出中献唱
His friends and neighbors
他的朋友和邻居们
Praised the voice that poured out from his throat
都称赞他动人的歌喉
They said that he should use his gift instead of cleaning coats
说他该用这天赋 而非终日与衣物为伴
But music was his life
但音乐才是他生命的光
It was not his livelihood
音乐并非他的谋生之道
And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good
却让他心潮澎湃 满心欢畅
He sang from his heart and he sang from his soul
他用心灵歌唱 用灵魂吟唱
He did not know how well he sang; It just made him whole
不知自己唱得多好 只觉生命完整无缺
His friends kept working on him to try music out full time
朋友们不断劝说 让他全职追逐音乐梦想
A big debut and rave reviews a great career to climb
期待盛大首演 好评如潮 事业蒸蒸日上
Finally they got to him he would take the fling
最终他被说动 决心放手一搏
A concert agent in New York agreed to have him sing
纽约的演出经纪人 答应给他登台机会
There were plane tickets phone calls
机票电话 筹备匆忙
Money spent to rent the hall
耗尽积蓄 租下殿堂
It took most of his savings but he gladly used them all
虽散尽钱财 却甘之如饴
But music was his life it was not his livelihood
音乐是生命 非谋生之计
And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good
却让他心潮澎湃 满心欢畅
He sang from his heart and he sang from his soul
他用心灵歌唱 用灵魂吟唱
He did not know how well he sang; It just made him whole
不知自己唱得多好 只觉生命完整无缺
The evening came he took the stage his face set in a smile
夜幕降临 他登上舞台 脸上挂着微笑
In the half filled hall the critics sat watching on the aisle
半满的音乐厅里 评论家们坐在过道冷眼旁观
The concert was a blur to him spatters of applause
整场音乐会在他耳中模糊不清 只有零星的掌声
He did not know how well he sang he only heard the flaws
他不知道自己唱得多好 只听见每个瑕疵
But the critics were concise it only took four lines
但评论家们言简意赅 仅用四行文字
And no one could accuse them of being over kind
没人能指责他们过于仁慈
Mr Martin Tanner Baritone of Dayton
马丁·坦纳先生 来自代顿的男中音
Ohio made his Town Hall debut last night
昨晚在市政厅完成了首演
He came well prepared but unfortunately
他准备充分 却事与愿违
His presentation was not up to contemporary professional standards
他的表演未能达到当代专业水准
His voice lacks the range of tonal color necessary to
他的嗓音缺乏必要的音色层次
Make it consistently interesting
难以持续吸引听众
Full time consideration of another endeavor might be in order
或许该考虑转行谋生
He came home to Dayton and was questioned by his friends
他回到代顿镇 面对朋友的追问
But he smiled and just said nothing and he never sang again
只报以沉默的微笑 从此绝口不唱
Excepting very late at night when the shop was dark and closed
唯有深夜打烊后 在漆黑的店铺里
He sang softly to himself as he sorted through the clothes
他整理衣物时轻声哼唱
But music was his life it was not his livelihood
音乐是生命 非谋生之计
And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good
却让他心潮澎湃 满心欢畅
And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul
他用心灵歌唱 以灵魂吟唱
He did not know how well he sang; It just made him whole
不知自己唱得多好 歌声只让他完整