所属专辑:Fodder on My Wings
歌手: Nina Simone
时长: 06:27
I remember this afternoon [00:00:12]
我还记得这个下午[00:00:15]
When my sister came into the room [00:00:15]
当我姐姐走进房间[00:00:18]
She refused to say how my father was [00:00:18]
她拒绝告诉我父亲的近况[00:00:20]
But I knew he'd be dying soon [00:00:20]
但我知道他命不久矣[00:00:23]
And I was oh so glad and it was oh so sad [00:00:23]
我既感到无比欣慰,又感到无比悲伤。[00:00:28]
That I realized that I despised this man I once called father [00:00:28]
我意识到,我曾深恶痛绝这个曾称为父亲的男人[00:00:34]
In his hanging on with fingers clutching [00:00:34]
他紧紧抓住不放,手指紧握[00:00:39]
His body now just eighty-eight pounds [00:00:39]
他的身体现在只有88磅重[00:00:42]
Blinded eyes still searching for some distant dream [00:00:42]
盲眼仍追寻遥远梦影[00:00:47]
That had faded away at the seams dying alone naturally [00:00:47]
那梦想已在孤独中褪色,悄然死去[00:01:08]
I was his favorite child I had him a little while [00:01:08]
我曾是他最爱的孩子我有过他一段时间[00:01:13]
Just as long as I could play the piano and smile a little smile [00:01:13]
只要我能弹钢琴面带微笑[00:01:19]
Just when I needed him most he was already a ghost [00:01:19]
正当我最需要他的时候,他却已如幽灵般消逝[00:01:24]
And for all my life there where promises [00:01:24]
我这一生的承诺[00:01:26]
And they always have been broken [00:01:26]
它们总是支离破碎[00:01:29]
Leaving me alone with all my troubles [00:01:29]
让我独自面对所有烦恼[00:01:34]
Not ever once touching me and saying [00:01:34]
从未触碰我,也未说出口[00:01:38]
Daughter I'll help you get over [00:01:38]
女儿我会帮你度过难关[00:01:40]
Now he's fading away and I'm glad to say [00:01:40]
如今他渐渐远去我很高兴地说[00:01:45]
He's dying at last naturally [00:01:45]
他终自然离世[00:02:04]
It's a very sad thing to see that my mother with all her heart [00:02:04]
看到我的母亲全心全意地 [00:02:09]
Believes the words that the Bible said 'til death do us two part' [00:02:09]
深信圣经所言,直至死亡将我们分离[00:02:14]
For her that was forever and ay he decided her night and day [00:02:14]
对她来说这就是永恒他决定了她的日夜[00:02:19]
How could some English words so small affect someone so strangely [00:02:19]
英语单词怎会对一个人产生如此奇怪的影响[00:02:29]
Taking her away from us her soul included [00:02:29]
把她从我们身边带走包括她的灵魂[00:02:34]
She might es well be gone with him all the children are excluded [00:02:34]
她可能会跟他一起走所有的孩子都被排除在外[00:02:39]
Loneliness is hell I know so well [00:02:39]
孤独如同地狱,我深知其味[00:02:44]
For I'm alone naturally [00:02:44]
因为我独自一人[00:03:57]
I waited three weeks for him to die [00:03:57]
我等了他三个星期才死去[00:04:03]
I waited three weeks for him to die [00:04:03]
我等了他三个星期才死去[00:04:13]
Every night he was calling on me I wouldn't go to him [00:04:13]
每天晚上他都来找我我不会去找他[00:04:23]
I waited three weeks for him to die three weeks for him to die [00:04:23]
我等了他三周等他死三周[00:05:07]
And after he died after he died every night I went out [00:05:07]
他死后每天晚上我都会出去[00:05:14]
Every night I had a flight it didn't matter who it was with [00:05:14]
每天晚上我都要搭飞机和谁在一起不重要[00:05:19]
'Cos I knew what it was about and if you could read between lines [00:05:19]
因为我知道发生了什么,如果你能读懂言外之意[00:05:24]
My dad and I close as flies I loved him then and I loved him still [00:05:24]
我与父亲亲密无间,我过去爱他,现在仍然爱他。[00:05:32]
That's why my heart's so broken [00:05:32]
因此我心碎如尘[00:05:39]
Leaving me to doubt God in His mercy [00:05:39]
让我对上帝的慈悲心生疑虑[00:05:47]
And if He really does exist then why does He desert me [00:05:47]
若真有其神,何弃我于不顾?[00:05:56]
When he passed away I smoked and drank all day [00:05:56]
他离世那天,我整日借烟消愁,以酒为伴[00:06:07]
Alone again naturally[00:06:07]
再次自然地孤独一人[00:06:12]