North Country Blues-Joan Baez

[ti:North Country Blues] [ar:Joan Baez] [al:The Contemporary Ballad Book] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]North Country Blues - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹)
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供 [00:05.55]Come gather 'round friends
朋友们请围坐过来 [00:08.17]And I'll tell you a tale
听我讲述一个故事 [00:12.05]Of when the red iron pits ran plenty
关于红铁矿场繁荣的往昔 [00:19.67]But the cardboard filled windows
如今纸板封堵的窗户 [00:22.74]And old men on the benches
和长椅上的老人 [00:26.36]Tell you now that the whole town is empty
诉说着小镇已成空城 [00:34.67]In the north end of town
在镇子的北端 [00:36.73]My own children are grown
我的孩子们已长大成人 [00:41.42]But I was raised on the other
但我却在另一处成长 [00:48.85]In the wee hours of youth
在年少微曦的晨光里 [00:51.86]My mother took sick
母亲染病卧床 [00:55.73]And I was brought up by my brother
是兄长将我抚养成人 [01:04.04]The iron ore poured
铁矿如血流淌 [01:06.17]As the years passed the door
岁月推门而过 [01:10.29]The drag lines and the shovels they was a-humming
拖缆与铁锹终日嗡鸣作响 [01:17.74]'Til one day my brother
直到那天兄长他... [01:20.92]Failed to come home
他终究没能回家 [01:24.86]The same as my father before him
如同先父那般命丧井下 [01:32.42]Well a long winter's wait
漫长寒冬的等待里 [01:34.98]From the window I watched
我倚窗凝望 [01:38.92]My friends they couldn't have been kinder
邻里乡亲待我如至亲 [01:46.98]And my schooling was cut
未及完成学业 [01:49.74]As I quit in the spring
便在春日辍学 [01:53.67]To marry John Thomas a miner
嫁与矿工约翰·托马斯 [02:01.99]Oh the years passed again
岁月又悄然流逝 [02:04.37]And the givin' was good
生活曾慷慨馈赠 [02:08.26]With the lunch bucket filled every season
便当盒四季常满的日子 [02:15.75]What with three babies born
三个婴孩相继降生 [02:18.81]The work was cut down
矿工的活计却骤减 [02:22.63]To a half a day's shift with no reason
半日工钱也难寻缘由 [02:30.87]Then the shaft was soon shut
矿井终是封了井口 [02:32.94]And more work was cut
生计更见艰难 [02:37.18]And the fire in the air it felt frozen
空气中燃烧的火焰仿佛冻结 [02:44.94]'Til a man come to speak
直到有人来宣告 [02:47.50]And he said in one week
他说一周之后 [02:51.31]That number eleven was closing
十一号矿井将永远关闭 [02:59.49]They complained in the East
东部的资本家抱怨着 [03:01.99]They are paying too high
说开采成本太高 [03:05.75]They say that your ore ain't worth digging
声称这里的矿石不值得挖掘 [03:13.43]That it's much cheaper down
说南方矿场更划算 [03:16.68]In the South American towns
在南美小镇的矿区里 [03:20.38]Where the miners work almost for nothing
矿工们终日劳作却所获无几 [03:28.12]So the mining gates locked
矿井大门终被紧锁 [03:30.75]And the red iron rotted
赤铁矿在岁月中锈蚀 [03:34.81]And the room smelled heavy from drinking
房间里弥漫着浓重的酒气 [03:42.37]Where the sad silent song
哀伤沉寂的歌谣 [03:45.32]Made the hour twice as long
让时光愈发漫长 [03:49.13]As I waited for the sun to go sinking
我独坐等待落日西沉 [03:57.19]I lived by the window
我常倚在窗边 [03:59.87]As he talked to himself
听他独自呢喃 [04:03.94]This silence of tongues it was building
沉默在唇齿间蔓延堆积 [04:11.40]Then one morning's wake
直到某个清晨醒来 [04:14.34]The bed it was bare
床榻已空空荡荡 [04:18.40]And I's left alone with three children
独留我与三个孩子相依 [04:26.52]The summer is gone
夏日悄然逝去 [04:28.91]The ground's turning cold
大地渐染寒霜 [04:32.71]The stores one by one they're a-foldin'
商铺一家接一家关门倒闭 [04:40.09]My children will go
我的孩子们终将离去 [04:43.09]As soon as they grow
待他们羽翼丰满之时 [04:48.40]Well there ain't nothing here now to hold them
这荒芜故土再无可留恋