Lucky Like St. Sebastian - Momus

Lucky Like St. Sebastian - Momus
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Once upon a time there was a man called Saul
从前有个人名叫扫罗
Who persecuted Christians until he saw
他迫害基督徒直到他看见
The work was bearing fruit for the Christians
基督徒的工作结出了果实
So the man changed his opinions
于是他改变了自己的观点
And his Christian name to Paul
并将他的基督徒名字改为保罗
And he wrote important chapters in the Bible
他在圣经中写下了重要的篇章
But the blood on his writing
但他书写的手上
Hand reeked to high heaven
血迹斑斑，臭气冲天
And Paul resolved to die
保罗决心赴死
So he wrote to friends in Rome
于是他写信给罗马的朋友
A senator who owed him a favour
一位欠他人情的元老院议员
Asking for an executioner
请求派来一名刽子手
So Paul could make his exit as a martyr
好让他以殉道者的身份离世
The senator sent this answer:
议员如此回复道：
He said Should you be
他说 但愿你能
So lucky like St Sebastian
像圣塞巴斯蒂安那样幸运
Preferring the ache to the aspirin
宁愿忍受疼痛 也不愿服用止痛药
Swooning as they shoot the arrows
他们射箭时 你晕眩不已
Through your narrow chest
箭矢穿透你瘦削的胸膛
Stripping naked in the Circus Maximus
在马克西穆斯竞技场中 你赤身裸体
With a martyr eating lioness
与一只吞噬殉道者的母狮为伴
Bartering with flesh for a little pain
用肉体换取些许痛苦
Scenes like this give
这样的场景
Sadomasochism a bad name
让施虐与受虐蒙上了恶名
Once there was a man who
曾经有一个男人
Loved a woman too much
爱一个女人爱得太深
To give up hope when he saw she
即使看到她对他毫无兴趣
Wouldn't touch him with a barge pole
也不愿放弃希望
He spent his whole life in the Inferno
他一生都活在地狱中
He composed in thirty four cantos
他写了三十四章诗篇
O Dante though I'm anti
哦，但丁，虽然我反对
Such romantic speculation
这种浪漫的幻想
I'm your hypocrite reader
我是你虚伪的读者
In the same situation
身处同样的境地
I'm your double oh me
我是你的影子 哦 我
I'm your brother in pain
我是你痛苦的兄弟
But Alighieri if you'll
但阿利吉耶里 如果你愿意
Listen there's a difference
倾听 这里有个区别
Between your Beatrice and my Paula
你的贝雅特丽齐与我的保拉之间
She's anonymous and now a waitress
她无名无姓 如今只是个女侍
It's comic but not divine
这滑稽却非神圣
The tragedy is no one's dying
悲剧在于无人为我而死
Should I be so lucky like St Sebastian
我是否能像圣塞巴斯蒂安般幸运
Going out with a bang just hear me
在轰然中离去 只需听我
Whimpering with joy as Mr Death
在喜悦中呜咽 当死神
Receives his blue eyed boy
迎接他蓝眼睛的男孩
Surrender unto Caesar or to
向凯撒或上帝投降
God it makes no odds
这并无区别
There's just one thing the
殉道者只想说一件事：
Martyr wants to say:
他说道：
He says Tell me Mrs Lincoln
告诉我，林肯夫人，
Did you enjoy the play
你喜欢这场戏吗？