There Were Roses-Cara Dillon

[ti:there were roses] [ar:cara dillon] [al:299075] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]There Were Roses - Cara Dillon [00:06.96]My song for you this evening
今夜我为你歌唱 [00:10.40]Is not to make you sad
不是为了让你忧伤 [00:13.39]Nor for adding to the sorrows
不愿增加悲痛 [00:16.72]Of this troubled northern land
在这战火纷飞的北方土地上 [00:20.21]But lately I've been thinking
让我给你讲个故事 [00:23.02]And it just won't leave my mind
它萦绕在我脑海里不曾散去 [00:26.66]I'll tell you about two friends one time
我想向你讲述我曾经的朋友 [00:30.01]Who were both good friends of mine
两个皆是我的挚友 [00:33.23]Isaac he was Protestant
艾萨克是新教徒 [00:36.71]And Sean was Catholic born
而肖恩信奉天主教 [00:38.07]But it never made a difference
这本不会造成困扰 [00:43.03]For the friendship it was strong
毕竟他们的友情是那么牢靠 [00:46.91]And sometimes in the evening
晴朗的夜里 [00:49.68]When they heard the sound of drums
他们听见鼓声四起 [00:53.02]They said they won't divide us
他们说我们不会分离 [00:56.00]We will always be as one
我们永远在一起 [01:00.80]There were roses roses
他们就像玫瑰 火红的玫瑰 [01:07.53]There were roses
骄傲的花开在大地 [01:12.70]And the tears of a people ran together
人们的泪水浇灌着这里 [01:32.60]It was on a Sunday morning
星期天早上 [01:35.84]When the awful news came round
噩耗传来 [01:39.16]Another killing had been done
又一起杀戮 [01:42.28]Just outside Newry Town
就发生在纽里镇 [01:46.17]We knew that Isaac danced up there
我们知道艾萨克曾在那儿跳舞 [01:48.99]We knew he liked the band
我们听说他喜欢那个乐队 [01:51.63]But when we heard that he was dead
但当我们听到他已经死去 [01:55.64]We just could not understand
我们无法相信 [01:58.86]Now fear it filled the countryside
恐惧弥漫在镇上 [02:00.90]There was fear in every home
也在每一个家庭中蔓延 [02:05.36]When late at night a car came
深夜一辆车子开来 [02:08.19]Prowling round the Ryan Road
徘徊在莱恩道旁 [02:11.98]A Catholic would be killed tonight
必须死一个天主教徒 [02:15.27]To even up the score
这样我们才能扯平 [02:18.42]Oh Christ it's young MacDonald
哦天哪 那是麦克唐纳 他还依然年轻 [02:21.40]They have taken from the door
就这样被抓了出来 面对私刑 [02:25.24]There were roses roses
他们就像玫瑰 火红的玫瑰 [02:31.42]There were roses
骄傲的花开在大地 [02:36.35]And the tears of a people ran together
人们的泪水浇灌着这里 [02:56.91]Isaac was my friend he cried
艾萨克曾悲声恸哭 [02:59.73]He begged them with his tears
声泪俱下恳求他们网开一面 [03:02.78]But centuries of hatred
然而哭声淹没在千百年的仇恨里 [03:05.83]Have ears that do not hear
没人听得见 [03:09.54]An eye for an eye
以牙还牙 以眼还眼 [03:13.18]That was all that filled their minds
仇恨的思想到处蔓延 [03:15.79]And another eye for another eye
一人死去 一人偿命 [03:19.37]Till everyone was blind
直到尸横遍野 血流漂杵 [03:22.71]Now I don't know where the moral is
我不知道道德何处安放 [03:25.99]Or where the song should end
歌声何时停唱 [03:29.61]But I wonder just how many wars
不知道还有多少战争 [03:32.47]Are fought between good friends
本是兄弟阋墙 [03:35.15]And those who give the orders
施号发令的人 [03:38.77]Are not the ones to die
一个不曾死去 [03:42.39]It's Scott and young MacDonald
死去的人只有年轻的史考特 麦克唐纳 [03:45.21]And the likes of you and I
和那些普通人 像你我这样 [03:50.16]There were roses roses
他们就像玫瑰 火红的玫瑰 [03:56.77]There were roses
骄傲的花开在大地 [04:01.85]And the tears of a people ran together
人们的泪水浇灌着这里