所属专辑:Blues
歌手: Bob Dylan
时长: 05:51
Blind Willie McTell - Bob Dylan[00:00:00]
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Seen the arrow on the doorpost[00:00:18]
看着门框上的箭头[00:00:24]
Saying this land is condemned[00:00:24]
说这片大地受到诅咒[00:00:32]
All the way from new orleans[00:00:32]
从新奥尔良[00:00:38]
To jerusalem[00:00:38]
一路到耶路撒冷[00:00:43]
I traveled through east texas[00:00:43]
我经过德克萨斯州的东部[00:00:50]
Where many martyrs fell[00:00:50]
许多烈士在那里牺牲[00:00:55]
And I know no one can sing the blues[00:00:55]
而且我知道没人能把蓝调[00:01:01]
Like blind willie mctell[00:01:01]
唱出盲眼威利麦克泰尔的味道[00:01:10]
Well I heard the hoot owl singing[00:01:10]
我听到猫头鹰在歌唱[00:01:17]
As they were taking down the tents[00:01:17]
当他们在收拾帐篷的时候[00:01:23]
The stars above the barren trees[00:01:23]
透过光秃秃的枝桠可以看到夜空的星星[00:01:28]
Were his only audience[00:01:28]
那是他仅有的听众[00:01:35]
Them charcoal gypsy maidens[00:01:35]
手抓炭笔的吉普赛姑娘[00:01:41]
Can strut their feathers well[00:01:41]
一定能把猫头鹰的羽毛描绘得栩栩如生[00:01:47]
But nobody can sing the blues[00:01:47]
没人能把蓝调[00:01:53]
Like blind willie mctell[00:01:53]
唱出盲眼威利·麦克泰尔的味道[00:02:03]
See them big plantations burning[00:02:03]
看到大种植园熊熊燃烧的烈火[00:02:09]
Hear the cracking of the whips[00:02:09]
听到鞭打的声音[00:02:14]
Smell that sweet magnolia blooming[00:02:14]
闻到木兰花开的味道[00:02:19]
See the ghosts of slavery ships[00:02:19]
奴隶船上的鬼魂[00:02:26]
I can hear them tribes a-moaning[00:02:26]
发出凄厉的悲啼[00:02:33]
Hear the undertakers bell[00:02:33]
入殓师敲响钟声[00:02:39]
Nobody can sing the blues[00:02:39]
没人能把蓝调[00:02:44]
Like blind willie mctell[00:02:44]
唱出盲眼威利·麦克泰尔的味道[00:02:50]
Theres a woman by the river[00:02:50]
河边有位女士[00:02:57]
With some fine young handsome man[00:02:57]
和几个年轻英俊的男士站在一起[00:03:03]
He's dressed up like a squire[00:03:03]
他一副乡绅模样[00:03:09]
Bootlegged whiskey in his hand[00:03:09]
手里端着走私回来的威士忌[00:03:14]
Theres a chain gang on the highway[00:03:14]
高速公路上有一群锁链囚徒[00:03:21]
I can hear them rebels yell[00:03:21]
他们的嘶喊声震耳欲聋[00:03:27]
And I know no one can sing the blues[00:03:27]
而且我知道没人能把蓝调[00:03:33]
Like blind willie mctell[00:03:33]
唱出盲眼威利·麦克泰尔的味道[00:04:06]
Well God is in heaven[00:04:06]
上帝住在天堂[00:04:13]
And we all want what's his[00:04:13]
一个人人趋之若鹜的地方[00:04:19]
But power and greed and corruptible seed[00:04:19]
但是权利,贪婪和腐败的种子[00:04:24]
Seem to be all that there is[00:04:24]
霸占了这块土地[00:04:31]
I'm gazing out the window[00:04:31]
我凝视窗外[00:04:37]
Of the st james hotel[00:04:37]
圣詹姆斯的酒店映入眼帘[00:04:43]
And I know no one can sing the blues[00:04:43]
而且我知道没人能把蓝调[00:04:49]
Like blind willie mctell[00:04:49]
唱出盲眼威利麦克泰尔的味道[00:04:54]