The Silver Lady-Suzanne Vega

[ti:The Silver Lady] [ar:Suzanne Vega] [al:Close Up Vol 4, Songs of Famil] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Silver Lady - Suzanne Vega (苏珊·薇格) [00:17.97]When I was a little girl
当我还是个小女孩时 [00:11.70]Younger than nine or ten
那时我才八九岁 [00:17.71]I once spoke to the silver lady
我就跟银色女神对过话了 [00:22.40]But I never saw her again
但那次之后我再也没见过她 [00:27.77]To me she flew out of the sky
对我而言 她应该是飞到无边的天空了 [00:38.90]She was born riding on the water
她生来就凌于水上 [00:44.65]Her hair blew all around her
她的秀发在她四周随风飘逸 [00:49.40]She was the crazy mans only daughter
而她有个疯狂的老爸 是家里唯一的女儿 [00:52.71]I used to see her every day
我过去每天都能见到她 [01:00.79]Riding her golden pony
骑在她那金色独角马上 [01:07.41]Only once did I hear her laugh
我只听过一次她的笑声 [01:11.79]And it echoed far and lonely
那笑声荡气回肠 充满孤独 [01:18.92]Once I watched the river run
有次我看到河水泛滥 翻滚不息 [01:22.92]And I wandered too far from home
而我从家走到很远的地方 [01:30.10]There I met the silver lady
在那 我遇见了银色女神 [01:34.35]She was crying all alone
她独自地哭着 [01:39.91]I said lady why are you crying
我问她为何哭泣 [01:50.79]If I had wings like you
如果我有和你一样的翅膀 [01:56.35]I would be flying over this river
我会飞过这条河 [02:02.10]And singing like only birds do
像鸟儿一样歌唱 [02:07.47]Well she threw back her head and she smiled at me
她便转过身 冲我微笑 [02:13.29]Her tears how they shone in the sun
她的泪珠在阳光下闪闪发光 [02:18.54]She said I have no wings to fly with
她说 我没有翅膀 [02:23.79]If I did I would surely be gone
要是我有的话 我肯定飞过去了 [02:29.41]My brothers have all gone far away
我的哥哥们都飞走了 [02:35.35]To follow their hearts and be free
为的是追随他们的心和自由 [02:41.10]But I am the youngest and my father is ageing
可我是最年幼的 我的父亲也老了 [02:46.54]And all hes got left is me
我是他的唯一了 [02:51.66]I love my father dearly
我深爱我的父亲 [03:03.16]Madman though he may be
尽管他是个疯子 [03:08.47]It would break his heart if I should leave him
但要是我走了 他会心碎的 [03:14.16]But this life is killing me
可这样的生活让我生不如死 [03:20.10]I feel the ocean pulling me
我仿佛听到大海正在召唤我 [03:25.60]The breezes come and tell me things
微风拂过 告诉了我这一切 [03:30.66]I want to go with them wherever they go
我想随风远去 随风飘散 [03:36.29]And see what the new morning brings
去领略全新的早晨所带来的一切 [03:39.85]So she sadly turned away from me
于是她悲伤地离我而去 [03:44.98]So I stumbled my way back home
我也跌跌撞撞地回了家 [03:52.98]The next day I heard she had taken her horse
第二天 我听到她驾着马 [03:58.41]And gone off to parts unknown
到了没有人知道的地方 [04:03.79]Her father stayed inside his lonely house
他的父亲孤独地待在家中 [04:14.66]And he never more came into town
再也没有到过镇上 [04:20.35]He could be seen roaming the riverside
有人看到他在河边徘徊 [04:25.73]And they say that he jumped in and drowned
据说他掉进了河里 淹死了 [04:31.80]Long though I waited she never returned
我等了很久很久 她还是没有回来 [04:36.04]But when I felt a silver breeze
可是当我感受到一阵银色的微风抚过时 [04:43.10]I knew she had sent it from wherever she was
我知道那是她从远方带来的诉说 [04:48.23]To tell us that now she was free
想告诉我她现在活得很自由