- Dan Fogelberg Sutter's Mill 歌词
- Dan Fogelberg
- In the spring of forty-seven,
那是1847年的春天
So the story, it is told,
故事便从那时开始
Old john sutter went to the mill site
老约翰.萨特在磨坊外
Found a piece of shining gold.
捡到了一块金子
Well, he took it to the city
于是他带着它去了城里
Where the word, like wildfire, spread.
在那里关于金矿的消息 ，如野火般蔓延开来
And old john sutter soon came to wish he'd
老萨特很快开始后悔
Left that stone in the river bed.
为什么不把那块石头留在河床上
For they came like herds of locusts
人们如同成群的蝗虫聚集
Every woman, child and man
男人、女人和孩子们
In their lumbering conestogas
在大篷车笨重的前行中
They left their tracks upon the land.
将车辙留在原野上
(chorus)
有人无功而返 ，有人得偿所愿
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人长眠异乡 ，有人图财害命
Some would die and some would kill
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
Some would thank the lord for their deliverance
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
And some would curse john sutter's mill.
他们有的来自纽约
Well, they came from new york city,
有的来自阿拉巴马
And they came from alabam'
他们做着发财梦
With their dreams of finding fortunes
来到这片荒蛮的土地
In this wild unsettled land.
一些人命丧箭下
Well, some fell prey to hostile arrows
在他们试图穿越平原时
As they tried to cross the plains.
一些人消失在落基山脉
And some were lost in the rocky mountains
身体冻僵而死
With their hands froze to the reins.
噢
Oh...
有人无功而返 ，有人得偿所愿
(chorus)
有人长眠异乡 ，有人图财害命
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
Some would die and some would kill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
Some would thank the lord for their deliverance
一些人执著前行奔向加州
And some would curse john sutter's mill.
一些人驻足不前休养生息
(music)
在1860年的春天
他们终于征服了西部
Well, some pushed on to california
铁路紧随其后，铺往西部
And others stopped to take their rest.
这片土地终于被开发和征服
And by the spring of eighteen-sixty
然而当约翰萨特离开人世时
They had opened up the west.
自己却一文不名
And then the railroad came behind them
噢
And the land was plowed and tamed,
有人无功而返 ，有人得偿所愿
When old john sutter went to meet his maker,
有人长眠异乡 ，有人图财害命
He'd not one penny to his name.
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
Oh...
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
(chorus)
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人的欲望却永远无法满足
Some would die and some would kill
Some would thank the lord for their deliverance
And some would curse john sutter's mill.
And some would curse john sutter's mill
Some men's thirsts are never filled.
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