所属专辑:Life On A String
歌手: Laurie Anderson
时长: 04:07
Let me tell you a story about Kokovoko[00:00:27]
让我来告诉你一个关于Kokovoko的故事[00:00:32]
The island where I come from[00:00:32]
我就是来自这个岛屿[00:00:38]
The beaches are littered with rotten coconuts[00:00:38]
沙滩上散落着腐烂的椰子[00:00:44]
And there are pieces of old skulls lying all around[00:00:44]
沙滩上还有一具从前的头骨散落在那里[00:00:50]
Jewels and sand and rising water[00:00:50]
珠宝 沙子 潮汐[00:00:52]
Visions I've seen and cries I've heard[00:00:52]
我看过这些景色 听过这些哭喊[00:00:58]
I can't put these things into words[00:00:58]
我无法用语言来描述它们[00:01:00]
Might as well put some beans[00:01:00]
不妨放一些豆子在里面[00:01:04]
In a hollow gourd and shake it shake it[00:01:04]
在中空的葫芦中摇晃[00:01:18]
I've floated on an icecap with a white polar bear[00:01:18]
我和一只白色的北极熊漂浮在冰盖上[00:01:22]
I've floated up and down the golden stairs[00:01:22]
我在金色的楼梯上下漂浮[00:01:26]
I've seen whales and caught in sails all twiskeetwee[00:01:26]
我看见鲸鱼被扬着帆的渔船捕捞[00:01:31]
But me I don't say much[00:01:31]
而我 我不会多说什么[00:01:42]
Jewels and sand and rising water[00:01:42]
珠宝 沙子 潮汐[00:01:45]
Visions I've seen and cries I've heard[00:01:45]
我看过这些景色 听过这些哭喊[00:01:50]
I can't put these things into words[00:01:50]
我无法用语言来描述它们[00:01:53]
Might as well put some beans[00:01:53]
不妨放一些豆子在里面[00:01:55]
In a hollow gourd[00:01:55]
在中空的葫芦中[00:02:34]
There are lots of people who talk just to hear the sound[00:02:34]
这儿有很多人都说他们听到过这样的声音[00:02:39]
The sound the sound of their own voices[00:02:39]
那是他们自己的声音[00:02:44]
But take an empty shell and put it up to your ear[00:02:44]
取一个空的贝壳然后把它放在你的耳旁[00:02:51]
You can hear the ocean rumbling around in there[00:02:51]
你可以听见海浪在你耳边翻腾[00:02:57]
Ooo the greasy wheel it goes round[00:02:57]
油腻的轮子在不停地翻滚着[00:03:02]
The humming of the breeze it makes a whishing[00:03:02]
微风发出呼呼的声音[00:03:05]
And whirring sound[00:03:05]
呼呼作响[00:03:08]
The sudden silence when the burning sun goes down[00:03:08]
日落时寂静的片刻[00:03:31]
Jewels and sand and rising water[00:03:31]
珠宝 沙子 潮汐[00:03:34]
Visions I've seen and cries I've heard[00:03:34]
我看过这些景色 听过这些哭喊[00:03:39]
I can't put these things into words[00:03:39]
我无法用语言来描述它们[00:03:42]
Might as well put some beans[00:03:42]
不妨放一些豆子在里面[00:03:45]
In a hollow gourd and shake it shake it[00:03:45]
在中空的葫芦中摇晃[00:03:50]