A Cautionary Song-The Decemberists

[ti:A Cautionary Song] [ar:The Decemberists] [al:Castaways And Cutouts] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Cautionary Song - The Decemberists
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:10.56]There's a place your mother goes
你妈妈去了一个地方 [00:12.91]When everybody else is soundly sleeping
当每个人都酣然入睡时 [00:16.71] [00:20.34]Through the lights of Beacon Street
穿过比肯大街的灯火 [00:22.64]And if you listen
如果你侧耳倾听 [00:24.07]You can hear her weeping
你可以听到她在哭泣 [00:26.54] [00:27.66]She's weeping
她伤心落泪 [00:29.00] [00:31.57]'Cause the gentlemen are calling
因为先生们打来电话 [00:34.44]And the snow is softly falling on her petticoat
雪花轻轻落在她的裙子上 [00:38.89] [00:41.45]And she's standing in the harbor
她伫立在港口 [00:44.37]And she's waiting for
她在等待 [00:45.86]The sailors in the jolly boat
水手们坐在快乐船上 [00:49.15]See how they approach
看看他们是怎么来的 [00:51.12] [00:54.73]With dirty hands and trousers torn
双手肮脏裤子破旧不堪 [00:57.12]They grapple till she's safe within their keeping
他们扭打在一起直到她安全落入他们的掌心 [01:00.83] [01:04.28]A gag is placed between her lips
她的唇间塞了一个烟 [01:06.82]To keep her sorry tongue from any speaking
让她沉默不语 [01:10.68] [01:11.33]Or screaming
或者尖叫 [01:13.77] [01:15.63]And they row her out to packets
他们把她送出去 [01:18.74]Where the sailors' sorry racket
水手们心怀歉意 [01:21.22]Falls for maidenhead
爱上了梅登黑德 [01:23.61] [01:25.32]And she's scarce above the gunwales
她难得一见 [01:28.43]When her clothes fall to a bundle
当她的衣服散落成一捆 [01:31.03]And she's laid in bed On the upper deck
她躺在甲板上的床上 [01:35.41] [01:37.75]Lalalala
拉拉拉拉 [01:40.70] [01:57.63]And so she goes from ship to ship
所以她一船接一船地奔波 [02:00.85]Her ankles clasped
她的脚踝 [02:02.14]Her arms so rudely pinioned
她的双臂被无情地束缚着 [02:05.42] [02:08.79]'Till at last she's satisfied
直到她心满意足 [02:11.08]The lot of the marina's teeming minions
码头上熙熙攘攘的小喽啰 [02:15.28]In their opinions
在他们看来 [02:17.53] [02:20.25]And they tell her not to say a thing
他们叫她什么都不要说 [02:23.54]To cousin kindred
致亲戚 [02:24.98]Kith or kin or she'll end up dead
不管是亲人还是朋友她最后都会死去 [02:28.00] [02:30.13]And they throw her thirty dollars
他们给她三十美元 [02:33.04]And return her to the harbor where she goes to bed
把她送回她睡觉的港口 [02:37.24] [02:37.82]And this is how you're fed
这就是你赖以生存的方式 [02:40.31] [02:42.22]So be kind to your mother
所以善待你的母亲 [02:47.17] [02:48.06]Though she may seem an awful bother
尽管她看起来令人讨厌 [02:52.37] [02:53.07]And the next time
下一次 [02:54.99]She tries to feed you collard greens
她想给你吃羽衣甘蓝 [02:59.68] [03:02.77]Remember what she does when you're asleep
记得她在你睡着时做的事 [03:05.31] [03:06.22]-End-
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