- Leonard Cohen The Captain 歌詞
- Leonard Cohen
- Now the Captain called me to his bed
上尉把我叫到他的床前
慌亂地抓住我的手
He fumbled for my hand
“拿著這些銀槓”，他說
“這是我的命令”
'Take these silver bars' he said
“命令什麼，這兒又沒有別人
'Im giving you command'
只有你和我
其他人或陣亡或撤退
'Command of what, theres no one here
或正與敵人酣戰”
“抱怨、抱怨，你只會這樣
Theres only you and me
自我們迷失之後
若不是聖主受難
All the rest are dead or in retreat
則人間遭受浩劫”
Or with the enemy'
“願主寬恕你的靈魂
如此惡劣的玩笑
'Complain, complain, thats all youve done
四周心如煤炭熊熊燃燒
血肉如煙升起”
Ever since we lost
“少年我知道你飽受磨難
但再忍受一會吧
If its not the Crucifixion
讓士兵傷心的事
亦必使殺手微笑”
Then its the Holocaust'
“上尉，我將離開，我必須走了
你的雙手沾染了鮮血
'May Christ have mercy on your soul
但是上尉如果你知道請你告訴我
立身之地何在？ ”
For making such a joke
屠殺之中
無處立身
Amid these hearts that burn like coal
但若有女子牽你的手
And the flesh that rose like smoke'
就和她站到一起吧”
我離開了田納西的妻子
'I know that you have suffered, lad
西貢（胡志明市）的孩子
我賭上性命不是來聽
But suffer this awhile
這些西部鄉村歌謠的”
“抱歉，但你若是無法
Whatever makes a soldier sad
高度提升你的愛
那你就是我在找的人
Will make a killer smile'
來吧，和我一起”
“你掌權的日子結束了”，我喊道
'Im leaving, Captain, I must go
“別想再召集我
Theres blood upon your hand
我甚至不知道
我們為誰而戰、因何而戰”
But tell me, Captain, if you know
“我站在必輸無疑的
Of a decent place to stand'
天堂的對立面
“我用我的兩點（“蛇眼”指兩次擲出一點）
'There is no decent place to stand
來抵抗注定的七點”
“我已讀過《世界人權宣言》（1948）
In a massacre
有一部分可以信任
但自由之重無人承擔
But if a woman take your hand
那就交給你吧”
上尉將死
Go and stand with her'
上尉未傷
我看著手裡的銀槓（軍徽）
'I left a wife in Tennessee
把它們戴到襯衫上
And a baby in Saigon
I risked my life, but not to hear
Some country western song'
'Ah, but if you cannot raise your love
To a very high degree
Then youre just the man Ive been thinking of
So come and stand with me'
'Your standing days are done', I cried
'Youll rally me no more
I dont even know what side
We fought on, or what for'
'Im on the side thats always lost
Against the side of Heaven
Im on the side of Snake-eyes tossed
Against the side of Seven'
'And Ive read the Bill of Human Rights
And some of it was true
But there wasnt any burden left
So Im laying it on you'
Now the Captain he was dying
But the Captain wasnt hurt
The silver bars were in my hand
Pinned them to my shirt
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