歌名:Epitaph(墓志铭)
专辑:In The Court Of The Crimson King
歌手:King Crimson(克里姆森国王)
风格:之所以说他们前卫摇滚,是因为他们整张专辑五首歌风格每首都完全不一致,此乃前卫。
这首歌的歌词也是毫无疑问的诗歌,延续着King Crimson一贯的针砭时弊悲观厌世的风格。(忘记了是什么诗体,英文写诗有严格的音节限定)歌曲运用了弦乐勾勒,恢弘大气,正如歌词,一座小小的墓志铭反映出了社会的悲凉和冷酷。这首歌,与昨天的那一首一样,我的翻译没办法达到原文韵味的万分之一。
Epitaph
the wall on which the prophets wrote
刻满先知预言的墙壁
Is cracking at the seams.
如今只剩断壁残垣,
Upon the instruments of death
在沾满死亡的武器上
The sunlight brightly gleams.
阳光正灿烂明媚
When every man is torn apart
当所有人都被
With nightmares and with dreams,
梦魇和希望吞噬时,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
当寂静淹没了哀嚎声之时,
As silence drowns the screams.
他们的墓前,并没有月桂环。(月桂冠本身是荣誉的象征,被用在古代奥林匹克中,相当于今天的奖牌,放在这里不太知道是什么意思。。)
Confusion will be my epitaph,
“困惑”,将会是我的墓志铭,
As i crawl a cracked and broken path
当我在这条苍凉破败的小路上踉跄前行时,
If we make it we can all sit back
如果我们成功了,我们当然可以坐下来
And laugh.
开怀大笑,
But i fear tomorrow i'll be crying,
但我现在惧怕着明天的我将会哭泣,
Yes i fear tomorrow i'll be crying.
是的,我担心我明天将会哭泣,
Yes i fear tomorrow i'll be crying.
我担心我明天将会哭泣。
Between the iron gates of fate,
在命运的铁门间,
The seeds of time were sown,
时间的种子被播撒下,
And watered by the deeds of those
为它们曾经的丰功伟绩所浇灌,
Who know and who are known;
谁知道,谁又曾经知道?
Knowledge is a deadly friend
如果失去了规则的束缚,
When no one sets the rules.
知识将是一个致命的朋友;
The fate of all mankind i see
全人类的命运,
Is in the hands of fools.
竟被这群傻子玩弄于鼓掌之间。
Confusion will be my epitaph,
“困惑”,将会是我的墓志铭,
As i crawl a cracked and broken path
当我在这条苍凉破败的小路上踉跄前行时,
If we make it we can all sit back
如果我们成功了,我们当然可以坐下来
And laugh.
开怀大笑,
But i fear tomorrow i'll be crying,
但我现在惧怕着明天的我将会哭泣,
Yes i fear tomorrow i'll be crying.
是的,我担心我明天将会哭泣,
Yes i fear tomorrow i'll be crying.
我担心我明天将会哭泣。
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