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- The Clash something about England 歌詞
- The Clash
- They say immigrants steal the hubcaps
他們說是那些移民
Of the respected gentlemen
讓可敬的紳士們吃了虧
They say it would be wine an' roses
他們說這裡將滿是美酒和玫瑰
If England were for Englishmen again
如果把英國還給英國人的話
I saw a dirty overcoat
望遠處看一件臟兮兮的大衣
At the foot of the pillar of the road
在路邊燈柱的下面
Propped inside was an old man
裡面裹著一位老人
Whom time would not erode
精神矍鑠
When the night was snapped by sirens
當寧靜的夜晚被警報聲打碎
Those blue lights circled past
一輛輛警車從身邊繞過
The dance hall called for an' ambulance
舞廳的人們喊來了救護車
The bars all closed up fast
酒吧急忙地趕走了客人
My silence gazing at the ceiling
我沉默不語盯著天花板
While roaming the single room
在房間裡不停踱步
I thought the old man could help me
我覺得老人能夠幫助我
If he could explain the gloom
疏解我的煩憂
You really think it's all new “
你真的覺得社會煥然一新了？”
You really think about it too “
你真的那樣認真想過？ ”
The old man scoffed as he spoke to me
老人說著，不禁冷笑
I'll tell you a thing or two “
我講些故事給你聽聽”
I missed the fourteen-eighteen war
我躲過了殘酷的一戰
But not the sorrow afterwards
卻難逃接踵而至的不幸
With my father dead and my mother ran off
父親戰死母親離家而去
My brothers took the pay of hoods
哥哥們辛苦拉扯我長大
The twenties turned the north was dead
二十年代剛到北方就發生了巨變
The hunger strike came marching south
絕食抗議和示威遊行向南部擴散
At the garden party not a word was said
貴族們在園遊會上卻隻字不提
The ladies lifted cake to their mouths
女士們繼續大快朵頤美味的糕點
The next war began and my ship sailed
接著二次世界大戰爆發我乘上戰艦出征
With battle orders writ in bed
床頭壓著戰鬥命令和軍令狀
In five long years of bullets and shells
戰火紛飛總算在漫長的五年中活下來
We left ten million dead
身後留下千萬俱冰冷的屍體
The few returned to old Piccadilly
很少人能活著回到老皮卡迪利大街
We limped around Lester Square
我們只好在倫敦的萊斯特廣場上跛行流浪
The world was busy rebuilding itself
世界正忙著從戰爭中恢復
The architects could not care
偉大的造物主對我們也毫不在乎
But how could we know when I was young
試想那時年少無知的我
All the changes that were to come?
又怎麼能想到將來會發生什麼？
All the photos in the wallets on the battlefield
錢包裡的親人相片散落在戰場的灰燼上
And now the terror of the scientific sun
新式武器的恐怖陰雲籠罩在人們頭頂
There was masters an' servants an' servants an' dogs
高貴的主人和低賤的僕人，低賤的僕人和狗
They taught you how to touch your cap
他們若尤其是地教導你如何去遵守禮節
But through strikes an' famine an' war an' peace
然而，經過無數的罷工和飢荒、戰爭與和平
England never closed this gap
英國從未縮小社會差距，從而變得美好起來
So leave me now the moon is up
你走吧，天已經黑了
But remember all the tales I tell
但請務必銘記我上面所說的故事
The memories that you have dredged up
這些從腦海裡找出來的苦痛回憶
Are on letters forwarded from hell
都是自地獄轉寄而來的
The streets were now deserted
街上空寂無人
The gangs had trudged off home
連夜晚活動的地痞流氓們也歸了家
The lights clicked off in the bedsits
狹窄的房間裡，人們把燈光滅去
Old England was all alone
深夜裡，古老的英國孤寂難堪
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