And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Liam Clancy 以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 Now when i was a young man and i carried my pack 当我还是个年轻人的时候我背起背包 And i lived the free life of the rover 我过着自由不羁的生活 From the murray's green basin to the dusty out back 从Murray绿色的水盆到落满灰尘的后院 I waltzed my matilda all over 我跳着华尔兹我的马蒂尔达舞 Then in 1915 my country said 'son 到了1915年我的国家说孩子 It's time to stop rambling there's work to be done' 是时候别再东拉西扯了还有正事要做 And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun 他们给了我一顶马口铁帽子和一把枪 And they sent me away to the war 他们把我送上战场 And the band played waltzing matilda 乐队演奏着华尔兹 As the ships pulled away from the quay 当船只驶离码头 And amid all the tears flag waving and cheers 在一片泪水中旗帜迎风飘扬欢呼 We sailed off to galipolli 我们驶往加利波里 And how i remember that terrible day 我记得那可怕的一天 How our blood stained the sand and the water 我们的鲜血染红了沙滩和海水 And how in that hell that they called suvla bay 在他们称之为苏沃拉湾的地狱里 We were butchered like lambs to the slaughter 我们像待宰的羔羊一样任人宰割 Johnnie turk was ready oh he primed himself well JohnnieTurk蓄势待发他准备好了 He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shell 他用枪林弹雨向我们倾泻火力 And in five minutes flat we were all blown to hell 短短五分钟我们就被炸得落花流水 Nearly blew us all back home to australia 差一点就把我们吹回了澳大利亚 But the band played waltzing matilda 乐队演奏着华尔兹 As we stuck to bury our slain 我们奋力埋葬我们的牺牲者 We burned ours and the turks buried theirs 我们烧毁我们的家园土耳其人埋葬他们的家园 And we started all over again 我们重新开始 Those who were living just tried to survive 那些活着的人只想活下去 In a mad world of blood death and fire 在这血腥、死亡和烈火交织的疯狂世界里 And for ten weary weeks i kept myself alive 在令人厌倦的十个星期里我让自己充满活力 While around me the corpses piled higher 在我身边尸横遍野 Then a big turkish shell knocked me arse over head And when i awoke in my hospital bed 当我在病床上醒来 And saw what it had done and i wished i was dead 看到它的所做所为我希望我已经死去 Never knew there were worse things than dying 从来不知道还有比死亡更可怕的事 For no more i'll go waltzing matilda 再也不要这样我要去跳华尔兹 All round the green bush far and near 到处都是绿色的灌木丛 For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs No more waltzing matilda for me 我再也不会跳华尔兹了 They collected the wounded the crippled the maimed 他们召集了受伤的瘸的和残废的 And they shipped us back home to australia 他们把我们送回澳大利亚老家 The armless the legless the blind the insane 无臂无腿盲目疯狂 Those proud wounded heroes of suvla 苏沃拉那些骄傲的受伤英雄 And as our ship pulled in to circular key 当我们的船驶入环型键 And i looked at the place where my legs used to be 我看着我曾经的双腿 I thanked christ there was no one there waiting for me 我感谢上帝没有人在等我 To grieve and to mourn and to pity 悲伤哀悼怜悯 And the band played waltzing matilda 乐队演奏着华尔兹 As they carried us down the gangway 当他们带着我们走下楼梯时 But nobody cheered they just stood there and stared 但没有人欢呼他们只是站在那里目不转睛地盯着我 And turned all their faces away 他们都转过脸去 So now every april i sit on my porch 所以现在每个四月我都会坐在门廊上 And i watch the parade pass before me 我看着游行队伍从我面前经过 And i see my old comrades how proudly they march 我看见我的老战友多么骄傲地昂首阔步