North Country Blues (Album Version)-Bob Dylan

[ti:North Country Blues] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:SLIPCASE CONTAINING 3 CD'S] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]North Country Blues (北方乡村布鲁斯) (Album Version) - Bob Dylan [00:04.31]Come gather round friends
走过来吧，我的朋友们 [00:06.81]And Ill tell you a tale Of when the red iron pits ran plenty
我要给你们讲一个故事,那是在红铁矿全盛时期的事 [00:14.24] [00:15.92]But the cardboard filled windows
但那时，窗户都是用纸板糊成 [00:18.60]And old men on the benches
老人们静静坐在长椅上 [00:20.47] [00:22.53]Tell you now that the whole town is empty
告诉你，这里如今已是一座空城 [00:26.09] [00:30.33]In the north end of town
在那北方尽头的小镇 [00:32.46]My own children are grown
我的孩子们都在这里成人 [00:34.27] [00:36.89]But I was raised on the other
但我是在另一个小镇成长 [00:39.57] [00:42.94]In the wee hours of youth
在这短暂的年轻时光 [00:45.44]My mother took sick
我的母亲就生了重病 [00:46.75] [00:49.80]And I was brought up by my brother
我是被我的兄长抚养的 [00:52.42] [00:53.86]The iron ore poured As the years passed the door
铁矿被不断倾倒出来,岁月从门前匆匆逝去 [00:59.97] [01:02.60]The drag lines an the shovels they was a-humming til one day my brother
他们拖曳重负，拼命挖掘，低声吟唱,直到有一天，我的哥哥 [01:09.52] [01:11.33]Failed to come home
再也不能回到家中 [01:12.95] [01:14.51]The same as my father before him
而我的父亲早已先他一步丧命 [01:17.39] [01:21.94]Well a long winters wait
漫长的冬天就要到来 [01:24.13]From the window I watched
我站在窗前，翘首凝望 [01:26.12] [01:28.37]My friends they couldn't have been kinder
朋友们对我都格外友善 [01:31.43] [01:33.36]And my schooling was cut
我也从此结束了学校时光 [01:35.86]As I quit in the spring
我就在那年春天离开学校 [01:37.66] [01:40.35]To marry john thomas a miner
嫁给约翰托马斯，他也是个矿工 [01:42.10] [01:48.87]Oh the years passed again
岁月再度飞快流逝 [01:50.62]And the givin was good
它带给我美好的礼物 [01:52.24] [01:54.17]With the lunch bucket filled every season
每季的食物都很丰盛 [01:56.67] [02:01.25]What with three babies born
我生下了三个孩子 [02:03.00]The work was cut down
工作量也相应减少了 [02:04.43] [02:08.59]To a half a days shift with no reason
无缘无故就成了半日上班 [02:10.84] [02:14.46]Then the shaft was soon shut
之后矿井很快关闭 [02:16.65]And more work was cut
更多的工作也被缩减 [02:18.39] [02:20.70]And the fire in the air it felt frozen til a man come to speak
空气里的火焰也感觉凝固寒冷直到有个人前来讲话 [02:29.44]And he said in one week
某一个星期，他来到小镇说 [02:31.06] [02:33.86]That number eleven was closin
第十一号矿山停止运营 [02:36.30] [02:42.16]They complained in the east
他们到东部去抱怨 [02:44.85]They are paying too high
他们付出了太多代价 [02:46.79] [02:48.97]They say that your ore ain't worth digging
他们说，你们的矿山不值得开采 [02:51.90] [02:55.21]That its much cheaper down
还有更多廉价劳动力 [02:57.39]In the south american towns
在那南美的小镇 [02:59.01] [03:02.08]Where the miners work almost for nothing
那里的矿工们几乎不要薪金 [03:04.69] [03:10.68]So the mining gates locked
所以矿山的大门被锁起 [03:12.62]And the red iron rotted
红色的铁矿很快腐烂 [03:14.43] [03:17.30]And the room smelled heavy from drinking
屋子里总是酒气熏天 [03:19.74] [03:23.41]Where the sad silent song
唱起这悲伤沉默的歌曲 [03:25.98]Made the hour twice as long
会让时间变得更漫长 [03:28.91] [03:30.29]As I waited for the sun to go sinking
而我就唱着歌等待太阳下沉 [03:33.21] [03:36.33] I lived by the window
我呆在窗边 [03:38.52]As he talked to himself
听着他喃喃自语 [03:40.33] [03:43.38]This silence of tongues it was building
他愈说，屋里愈是寂静 [03:46.13]Then one mornings wake
于是一个清晨我醒来 [03:52.00]The bed it was bare
床边已经空空如也 [03:53.75] [03:56.30]The summer is gone
夏日已经过去 [03:58.36] [04:05.16]The grounds turning cold
大地正在变冷 [04:06.72] [04:09.40]The stores one by one theyre a-foldin
商店接连倒闭 [04:11.84] [04:12.53]My children will go
我的孩子们也要离开 [04:17.52] [04:18.33]As soon as they grow
他们很快就要长大 [04:19.82] [04:22.63]Well there ain't nothing here now to hold them
啊，到时这里也没什么能留住他们的了