所属专辑:Chuck
歌手: Chuck Berry
时长: 03:47
Dutchman (荷兰人) - Chuck Berry (查克·贝里)[00:00:00]
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Written by:Chuck Berry[00:00:00]
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A Bunch of guys was in this bar room[00:00:02]
一群人聚集在这个酒吧里[00:00:06]
Most of them had been there half the day[00:00:06]
他们中的大部分人在这里已经待了半天了[00:00:14]
They'd been telling jokes and fairy tales[00:00:14]
他们讲着笑话 或者讲着童话故事[00:00:16]
Lying just to pass the time away[00:00:16]
只为消磨时光[00:00:25]
Then suddenly someone cracked the bar room door[00:00:25]
忽然之间 有人打破了酒吧的门[00:00:30]
And then pushed it open wide[00:00:30]
然后将它敞开[00:00:34]
And this huge tall dark dude bowed his head and stepped inside[00:00:34]
这个高大强壮又忧郁的男人 低下头 踏进酒吧[00:00:45]
I wonder where he's from some blonde asked[00:00:45]
我想知道他来自哪里 一些金发碧眼的美女们蠢蠢欲动[00:00:49]
The wind must have blown him in[00:00:49]
一定是风把他带来的[00:00:53]
But an old Dutchman offered him a drink[00:00:53]
但是 一个年老荷兰人 想请他喝一杯酒[00:00:56]
What will it be whisky rum or gin[00:00:56]
是什么酒呢 威士忌朗姆酒 还是其它的[00:01:00]
Sick and fido a redhead shouted[00:01:00]
酒不够烈啊 一个红头发的男人大声喊着[00:01:04]
Show his way back to the street[00:01:04]
他跌跌撞撞 走到街上[00:01:07]
But the Great Dane just walked over[00:01:07]
然后一只大丹狗跟着他[00:01:09]
And licked his hand and lay down at his feet[00:01:09]
舔了舔他的手 然后趴在他的脚边[00:01:14]
He said if you spare me that drink Dutchman[00:01:14]
他说 你能为我留着那杯酒吗 荷兰人[00:01:17]
I promise I tell you how[00:01:17]
我向你承诺 我会告诉你原因[00:01:21]
That I came to be the helpless sight[00:01:21]
我看着我面前的这个男人[00:01:25]
That stands before you now[00:01:25]
那无助的双眼[00:01:28]
I used to be an artist[00:01:28]
我曾是一名艺术家[00:01:30]
Not one who sits and fiddle on the kerb[00:01:30]
并不是拉小提琴的那种[00:01:36]
But in my day and time my music was considered superb[00:01:36]
在我全盛时期 人们对我的音乐评价极高[00:01:44]
I wrote a song about a poor kid raised down in New Orleans[00:01:44]
我写了一首关于新奥尔良 一个贫穷小男孩的崛起之歌[00:01:51]
It didn't make the hall of fame[00:01:51]
并不是为了成名而写[00:01:53]
But it bought us shrimp rice and beans[00:01:53]
但它确实给我带来了回报[00:01:58]
He kept at it until he made the big time[00:01:58]
他持续创作 终于功成名就[00:02:01]
Playing town after town[00:02:01]
他四处旅行[00:02:05]
Until he met a woman he fell in love with[00:02:05]
直到他遇见一个女人 坠入爱河[00:02:08]
And it really turned his life around[00:02:08]
这真的使他的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化[00:02:12]
She had eyes like Cleopatra and a head of luxurious hair[00:02:12]
她有双克利欧佩特拉那般迷人的眼睛 她有一头飘逸的秀发[00:02:19]
With the brilliance of her beauty none other could compare[00:02:19]
她的美无与伦比[00:02:26]
When she lifted her eyes to his her lips would fall apart[00:02:26]
当她看向你的时候 她轻轻扬起嘴角 你会立刻为她沉沦[00:02:33]
Each time she allowed him kiss her it near petrified his heart[00:02:33]
每一次她允许他吻她的时候 他都受宠若惊[00:02:40]
But when he ask her would she marry him[00:02:40]
但是当他问她 是否愿意嫁给他[00:02:43]
He'd give her everything he had[00:02:43]
他愿意为她倾尽所有[00:02:47]
She turned and walked away and it nearly drove him mad[00:02:47]
她却转身离去 这让他几欲疯狂[00:02:56]
He promised her a half a million and would even pay in advance[00:02:56]
他承诺给她五十万 甚至会给她更多[00:03:03]
If she would let him prove himself or at least give him a chance[00:03:03]
只要她愿意给他一次机会 证明自己[00:03:10]
And if he should go blind and hand to use his hands to feel[00:03:10]
如果有一天他老的看不见 那么他会用他的双手去为她服务[00:03:17]
He would hire someone to do her work and prepare her every meal[00:03:17]
他也可以雇人照顾她 为她准备好一日三餐[00:03:25]
How could a man love a woman so much[00:03:25]
一个男人怎么会这么爱一个女人呢[00:03:28]
Not one of you would think[00:03:28]
那种爱你无法想象[00:03:31]
Well I did and I still do[00:03:31]
好吧 这个人就是我 我仍然爱她[00:03:34]
Hey Dutchman you promised me a drink[00:03:34]
嘿 荷兰人 你答应给我一杯酒呢[00:03:39]