Before the Deluge-Jackson Browne

[ti:Before The Deluge] [ar:Jackson Browne] [al:The Very Best Of Jackson Browne] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Before the Deluge - Jackson Browne (杰克逊·布朗)
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:37.34]Some of them were dreamers
有些人是梦想家 [00:41.82]And some of them were fools
有些人是傻瓜 [00:45.97]Who were making plans and thinking of the future
制定计划展望未来 [00:51.11] [00:54.91]With the energy of the innocent
带着天真无邪的活力 [00:59.10]They were gathering the tools
他们在收集工具 [01:03.75]They would need to make their journey back to nature
他们需要踏上返璞归真的旅程 [01:11.73] [01:12.50]While the sand slipped through the opening
当细沙从开口处滑落 [01:16.83]And their hands reached for the golden ring
他们的手伸向金戒指 [01:21.05]With their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge
他们用真心寻求彼此的庇护 [01:26.83] [01:31.03]In the troubled years that came before the deluge
在大洪水到来之前的那些艰难岁月里 [01:40.70]Some of them knew pleasure
有些人知道快乐 [01:44.90]And some of them knew pain
他们中的一些人知道痛苦 [01:48.63]And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
对有些人来说重要的只是那一刻 [01:55.49] [01:57.59]And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
张开青春勇敢而疯狂的羽翼 [02:01.93]They went flying around in the rain
他们在雨中四处飞舞 [02:06.26]And their feathers once so fine grew torn and tattered
他们曾经那么美好的羽毛也变得支离破碎 [02:12.97] [02:15.43]And in the end they traded their tired wings
到了最后他们放弃了疲惫的羽翼 [02:19.92]For the resignation that living brings
为了生活带来的无奈 [02:22.68] [02:24.42]And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
交换着耀眼而脆弱的爱 [02:29.24]For the glitter and the rouge
为了耀眼的光芒和胭脂 [02:32.34] [02:33.94]And in the moment they were swept before the deluge
在被洪水席卷的那一刻 [02:39.34] [02:41.16]Now let the music keep our spirits high
现在让音乐鼓舞我们的士气 [02:45.45] [02:50.38]And let the buildings keep our children dry
让我们的子孙后代幸免于难 [02:56.09] [02:56.62]Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
让造物慢慢地揭开它的秘密 [03:02.56] [03:04.13]By and by--
渐渐地 [03:08.97]When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
当我们心中失落的光芒洒向天空 [03:12.93]Some of them were angry
有些人很生气 [03:17.38] [03:19.31]By the men who learned
被那些懂得 [03:22.48]At the way the earth was abused
地球被蹂躏的样子 [03:26.77]By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power
被那些懂得如何将她的美丽转化为力量的男人俘获 [03:35.83]And they struggled to protect her from them
他们奋力保护她免受伤害 [03:40.53]Only to be confused
只是迷惑不解 [03:44.48]By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour
在最后一个小时她愤怒的程度 [03:49.60] [03:53.04]And when the sand was gone and the time arrived
当沙滩消失时间到来 [03:57.70]In the naked dawn only a few survived
黎明时分只有少数幸存者 [04:00.62] [04:02.57]And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge
试图理解如此简单如此庞大的事物 [04:09.04] [04:11.02]Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge
相信他们注定要在大洪水之后存活 [04:19.04]Now let the music keep our spirits high
现在让音乐鼓舞我们的士气 [04:26.16] [04:28.11]And let the buildings keep our children dry
让我们的子孙后代幸免于难 [04:34.39]Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
让造物慢慢地揭开它的秘密 [04:42.02]By and by--
渐渐地 [04:46.57]When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
当我们心中失落的光芒洒向天空