A Place Called England - June Tabor 以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 Written by:Holland' Written by:Holland' I rode out on a bright May morning 我在一个明媚的五月早晨出门 Like a hero in a song 就像歌里的英雄 Looking for a place called England 寻找一个叫做英格兰的地方 Trying to find where I belong 试图找到我的归属 Couldn't find the old flood meadow 找不到那片泛红的草地 Or the house that I once knew 或是我曾经熟悉的房子 No trace of the little river 没有河流的痕迹 Or the garden where I grew 或是我成长的花园 I saw town and I saw country 我见过城镇我见过乡村 Motorway and sink estate 高速公路和豪宅 Rich man in his rolling acres 腰缠万贯的男人 Poor man still outside the gate 可怜的人还在门外 Retail park and burger kingdom 零售公园和汉堡王国 Prairie field and factory farm 大草原和工厂农场 Run by men who think that England's 都是些自以为是的家伙 Only a place to park their car 只有一个地方可以停车 But as the train pulled from the station 当火车驶出车站 Through the wastelands of despair 穿越绝望的荒原 From the corner of my eye 从我的眼角余光 A brightness filled the filthy air 一片光明充斥着肮脏的空气 Someone's grown a patch of sunflowers 有人种了一片向日葵 Though the soil is sooty black 虽然土壤漆黑一片 Marigolds and a few tomatoes 万寿菊和西红柿 Right beside the railway track 就在铁轨旁 Down behind the terraced houses 在露台房子后面 In between the concrete towers 在混凝土塔之间 Compost heaps and scarlet runners 一堆堆的肥和鲜红的灯芯草 Secret gardens full of flowers 开满鲜花的秘密花园 Meeta grows the scent of roses Meeta身上散发着玫瑰的香气 Right beneath the big jet's path 就在那架大型飞机的航线之下 Bid a fortune for her garden 花大钱买她的花园 Eileen turns away and laughs 艾琳转过身去笑了起来 So rise up George and wake up Arthur 所以振作起来乔治唤醒亚瑟 Time to rouse out from your sleep 是时候把你从睡梦中唤醒 Deck the horse in the sea-green ribbons 用海绿色的缎带装饰马 Drag the old sword from the deep 把那把旧剑从深渊里拔出来 Hold the line for Dave and Daniel 等一下戴夫和丹尼尔 As they tunnel through the clay 当他们在粘土中穿行时 While the oak in all its glory 橡树在盛放着它的光辉 Soaks up sun for one more day 沐浴着阳光迎接新的一天 And come all you at home with freedom 回到家里享受自由 Whatever the land that gave you birth 不管你出生在哪里 There's room for you both root and branch 这里有你的容身之所 As long as you love the English earth 只要你热爱英国的大地 Room for vole and room for orchid 给鼠辈留点空间给兰花 Room for all to grow and thrive 给所有人成长和繁荣的空间 Just less room for the fat landowner On his arse in his four-wheel drive England is not flag or Empire 英格兰不是一面旗帜也不是一个帝国 It is not money it is not blood 这不是金钱也不是鲜血 It's limestone gorge and granite fell 这是石灰岩峡谷花岗岩崩塌 It's Wealden clay and Severn mud 这是威尔登的粘土和塞文的泥土 It's blackbird singing from the may-tree 这是黑鸟在五月树上歌唱 Lark ascending through the scales 云雀翱翔天际 Robin watching from your spade Robin看着你的黑桃 And English earth beneath your nails 你的指甲下面是英国的土地 So here's two cheers for a place called England 所以为这个叫做英格兰的地方欢呼吧 Badly used but not yet dead 深受其害但还未死去 A Mr. Harding sort of England 就像哈丁先生就像英国人 Hanging in there by a thread 命悬一线 Here's two cheers for the crazy Diggers 为疯狂的Diggers欢呼两声 Now their hour shall come around 现在他们的时代即将到来 We should plant the seed they saved us 我们应该播种它们拯救了我们 Common wealth and common ground 共同的财富和共同的立场