A Boy Named Sue (一个叫苏的男孩) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) // My daddy left home when I was three 我三岁的时候我爸爸离开了家 And he didn't leave much to ma and me 没有给我和妈妈留下什么 Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze 只有这把老吉他和一个空酒杯 Now I don't blame him cause he ran and hid 现在,我不责备他跑掉不见 But the meanest thing that he ever did 但是他做过的最卑鄙的事情是 Was before he left he went and named me Sue 在他走之前他给我起名叫Sue Well he must of thought that is quite a joke 他一定认为这样很好笑 And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk 确实也得到了很多乡亲的嘲笑 It seems I had to fight my whole life through 看上去我将要终生为之战斗了 Some gal would giggle and I'd get red 一些伙计咯咯地笑直到我生气了 And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head 一些伙计大笑直到我打坏了他们的头 I tell ya life ain't easy for a boy named Sue 我告诉你,生活对一个叫Sue的男孩来说是很艰难的 Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean 我很快长大而且变得很刻薄 My fist got hard and my wits got keen 我的拳头变得很结实,我的智慧很敏锐 I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame 我不得不到处流浪去掩盖我的耻辱 But I made a vow to the moon and stars 但是我对星星和月亮发过誓言 That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars 我一定会找遍所有便宜的餐厅和酒吧 And kill that man who gave me that awful name 并且杀死给我起名的那个人 Well it was Gatlinburg in mid-July 七月中旬,我到达了盖特林堡镇 And I just hit town and my throat was dry 刚到这里,我感到口很渴 I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew 我想我要停下来去喝杯啤酒 At an old saloon on a street of mud 在泥泞的街道上有一个古老的酒吧 There at a table dealing stud 在昏暗的角落里有个桌子上正玩着牌 Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue 那只给我这个烂名字的脏野狗也正坐在那里 Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad 我知道那个阴险的人是我自己的亲爸爸 From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had 我从妈妈的一张破旧的老照片里认识的他 And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye 我认得他面颊上的伤疤和邪恶的眼神 He was big and bent and gray and old 他很高大,驼背,头发白了,很老 And I looked at him and my blood ran cold 看着他我的血液都冰冷了 And I said: 'My name is Sue How do you do 我说,我叫Sue,你过得好吗 Now you gonna die " That's what I told him 现在我要杀了你,这就是我告诉他的 Well I hit him hard right between the eyes 我朝他两眼之间狠狠地打了过去 And he went down but to my surprise 他倒下了,但是出乎我意料的是 He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear 他拿出一把刀子来,割掉了我的一只耳朵 But I busted a chair right across his teeth 我又将一把椅子砸到他的牙齿上 And we crashed through the wall and into the street 我们撞破了墙,纠缠到了街道上 Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer 在泥地上混着血液和啤酒纠缠着 I tell ya I've fought tougher men 我跟你说,我打得很用力 But I really can't remember when 但我却记不起 He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile 他什么时候开始像骡子一样踢我,像鳄鱼一样咬我 I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss 我听到他大笑着,诅咒着 He went for his gun and I pulled mine first 他去拿他的枪,但是我先掏出了我的 He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile 我看见他站在那里微笑着 And he said: "Son this world is rough 他说,儿子,人生是艰苦的 And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough 如果想要成功,就要变得坚强 And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along