Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler

I'm Jeremiah Dixon
我叫Jeremiah Dixon
I am a Geordie boy
我是一个来自基尼的男孩
A glass of wine with you sir
为尊贵的先生端上一杯葡萄酒
And the ladies I'll enjoy
享受搀扶女士的荣耀
All Durham and Northumberland
不管是达勒姆还是诺森伯兰郡
Is measured up by my own hand
都曾用我的双手丈量过
It was my fate from birth
我的命运从一出生就已注定
To make my mark upon the earth
在地球上留下我的记号
He calls me Charlie Mason
他叫我查理梅森
A stargazer am I
我是一个天文学家
It seems that I was born
似乎天生就是
To chart the evening sky
要绘制这神秘的夜空
They'd cut me out for baking bread
他们摧毁了我的梦想 让我来烤面包
But I had other dreams instead
然而我的心里早已埋藏了别的梦想
This baker's boy from the west country
一个西部乡村的面包师的儿子
Would join the Royal Society
也将要融入这高贵的上流社会
We are sailing to Philadelphia
我们正驶向费城
A world away from the coaly Tyne
那里远离产煤的泰恩河
Sailing to Philadelphia
驶向费城
To draw the line
来勾画我的航线
The Mason-Dixon line
一条梅森狄克逊的生命轨迹
Now you're a good surveyor Dixon
现在你是个很棒的测量员了 狄克逊
But I swear you'll make me mad
但我发誓 你会让我疯狂的
The West will kill us both
西部的人会把我们都杀了
You gullible Geordie lad
你轻信基尼的那家伙
You talk of liberty
你谈论自由
How can America be free
美国怎么才能自由
A Geordie and a baker's boy
一个基尼少年和一个面包师的儿子
In the forest of the Iroquois
在印第安的森林里
Now hold your head up Mason
现在抬起头来 梅森
See America lies there
看美国就在那里
The morning tide has raised
早上的潮汐已经来临
The capes of Delaware
在特拉华州的海湾
Come up and feel the sun
来吧 过来感受即将到来的朝阳
A new morning is begun
新的一天开始了
Another day will make it clear
有一天你定会明白
Why your stars should guide us here
为何你的指路明灯会指引我们来到这里
We are sailing to Philadelphia
我们正驶向费城
A world away from the coaly Tyne
那里远离产煤的泰恩河
Sailing to Philadelphia
驶向费城
To draw the line
来勾画我的航线
The Mason-Dixon line The Mason-Dixon line
一条梅森狄克逊的生命轨迹