1816， The Year Without a Summer - Rasputina

Creager

In the spring of 1315
公元1315年春
There began an era of unpredictable weather
一个变幻莫测的气候时代就此开启
It did not lift until 1851
直至1851年方才消散
You remember 1816 as the year without a summer
你可曾记得1816年，那个无夏之年
June 1816
1816年六月
A sudden snowstorm blankets all the countryside
一场猝不及防的雪暴 笼罩了广袤田野
So Mary Shelley had to stay inside and she wrote Frankenstein
玛丽·雪莱因此闭门不出 写下了《弗兰肯斯坦》
Oh 1816 was the year without a summer
哦，1816年，那是个无夏之年
Grain couldn't ripen under these conditions
谷物在这般境遇下难以成熟
It was brought indoors in urns and pots
人们将它们移至室内，用瓮罐盛放
It'd go from ninety-five degrees to freezing within hours
气温会在数小时内，从九十五度骤降至冰点
A brutal struggle for the people and the starving livestock
对百姓和饥饿的牲畜来说，这都是一场残酷的煎熬
During the most severe years of this little ice age
在这小冰期最为严酷的岁月里
We looked for scapegoats to blame
人们四处寻觅替罪羊，以解心中困惑
Many people tried to blame it all on a vast Freemason conspiracy
许多人试图将这一切归咎于一场庞大的共济会阴谋
Or Benjamin Franklin and his experiments with electricity
亦或是本杰明·富兰克林和他那些电学实验
The eruption of the volcano Tambora
坦博拉火山的喷发
Blanketed the earth with ash
将地球笼罩在火山灰之下
That was a real cause discovered by some explorer
这真相终被探险家揭开
Years later looking back at the past
在多年之后，回溯往昔时
I will give you my red colour
我愿将我的红润气色赠予你
To take away your sickly pallor
以驱散你病态的苍白
For you are so very choleric of complexion
你的面色如此焦躁不安
Please beware the mounting sun and all dejection
请当心那渐升的日头，以及所有的颓丧
1816 was the year without a summer
1816年，是那个没有夏天的年份