The Queen And The Soldier-Suzanne Vega

[ti:The Queen And The Soldier] [ar:Suzanne Vega] [al:Suzanne Vega] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Queen And The Soldier - Suzanne Vega (苏珊·薇格) [00:19.74]The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
士兵终于敲响了女王的门 [00:24.06]He said I am not fighting for you any more
他喊着 我将再不为您冲锋陷阵 [00:29.23]The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
女王觉得她见过这个年轻人 [00:33.64]And slowly she let him inside
她犹豫着请他进门 [00:37.62] [00:38.62]He said I've watched your palace up here on the hill
他说 我已见过您这山巅的宫殿 [00:43.31]And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
我只想知道的是什么样女人让我们把生命奉献 [00:48.32]But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
明天我就将离去 您也不必再把我记起 [00:52.29] [00:53.30]Only first I am asking you why
但是请先告诉我这一切的原因 [00:57.92] [00:59.19]Down in the long narrow hall he was led
女王没有回应 将他带到內闱 [01:03.29]Into her rooms with her tapestries red
墙上血红的织锦兀自铺陈 [01:07.86]And she never once took the crown from her head
士兵看着女王王冠的光华出神 [01:12.57] [01:13.13]She asked him there to sit down
女王请他坐下详谈 [01:16.43] [01:20.17]He said I see you now and you are so very young
看到您比我想象中更为年轻 [01:24.76]But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
我愈加想不通 这场一将功成万骨枯的战争 [01:29.78]And I've got this intuition says it's all for your fun
如果只是为了博君一笑 [01:34.75]And now will you tell me why
这缘由实在令我困扰 [01:38.89] [01:39.88]The young queen she fixed him with an arrogant eye
女王骄傲地盯着士兵的双眼 [01:44.51]She said You won't understand and you may as well not try
你既不会懂 也没必要问 [01:49.68]But her face was a child's and he thought she would cry
但他分明看见 女王婴孩般的容颜将要哭泣 [01:54.41]But she closed herself up like a fan
尽管瞬时她又将一切掩蔽 平静地说起 [01:58.28] [01:59.45]And she said I've swallowed a secret burning thread
曾经我将一条秘密的火链吞进内里 [02:04.70]It cuts me inside and often I've bled
它在我心中刀绞斧劈 使我鲜血淋漓 [02:09.69]He laid his hand then on top of her head
他不由将手轻抚女王的头顶 [02:14.23]And he bowed her down to the ground
把她揽向地面 [02:17.95] [02:38.68]Tell me how hungry are you How weak you must feel
那么告诉我您有多么渴望 您感到多么虚妄 [02:43.31]As you are living here alone and you are never revealed
您在这里形影相吊已历多少时光 [02:48.39]But I won't march again on your battlefield
请告诉我 即便我不再冲杀在您的疆场 [02:53.45]And he took her to the window to see
说着 他把女王搀到窗旁 [02:57.19] [02:58.42]And the sun it was gold though the sky it was gray
屋外赫日当中 像灰烬里的金矿 [03:03.21]And she wanted more than she ever could say
此时 她从未如此希望倾诉衷肠 [03:08.25]But she knew how it frightened her and she turned away
而这个念头又让她如此恐慌 [03:13.27]And would not look at his face again
她转过身去 不再看士兵一眼 [03:16.81] [03:17.89]And he said I want to live as an honest man
士兵说 我立志做一个正直的人 [03:23.00]To get all I deserve and to give all I can
去倾我所能 去担我应当 [03:27.90]And to love a young woman who I don't understand
去爱一个年轻的女人 一个谜一般的姑娘 [03:32.72]Your highness your ways are very strange
女王殿下 我想 您需要改变您的过往 [03:37.41] [03:40.17]But the crown it had fallen and she thought she would break
王冠忽然滚落 女王以为它竟要残破 [03:45.06]And she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached
但她呆呆站着为自己内心的悸动而羞赧 [03:49.67] [03:50.18]She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
然后 她把士兵领到门外 [03:54.80]She would only be a moment inside
她说 稍等 我去去就来 [03:59.08] [04:00.02]Out in the distance her order was heard
她究竟是在何处颁布了命令 [04:04.58]And the soldier was killed still waiting for her word
让这里年轻的士兵失去了生命 [04:09.52]And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred
他死的时候还在等着女王的消息 而女王选择了她偏爱的孤寂 [04:14.71]The battle continued on
战争也终究延续下去