《The Ballad of Donald White (Broadside Show)》歌词

[00:00:00] The Ballad of Donald White (Broadside Show) - Bob Dylan

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[00:02:52] My name is Donald White you see

[00:02:55] 我的名字是唐纳德·怀特你看

[00:02:55] I stand before you all

[00:02:59] 我就站在你们面前

[00:02:59] I was judged by you a murderer

[00:03:02] 你把我当做杀人犯

[00:03:02] And the hangman's knot must fall

[00:03:06] 刽子手的心结必须解开

[00:03:06] I will die upon the gallows pole

[00:03:09] 我会被处以绞刑

[00:03:09] When the moon is shining clear

[00:03:13] 皎洁的月光

[00:03:13] And these are my final words

[00:03:16] 这是我最后的遗言

[00:03:16] That you will ever hear

[00:03:21] 你会听到的歌

[00:03:21] If I had some education

[00:03:24] 如果我接受过教育

[00:03:24] To give me a decent start

[00:03:29] 给我一个好的开始

[00:03:29] I might have been a doctor or

[00:03:32] 我可能是个医生

[00:03:32] A master in the arts

[00:03:35] 艺术大师

[00:03:35] But I used my hands for stealing

[00:03:38] 但我用手偷东西

[00:03:38] When I was very young

[00:03:43] 在我很小的时候

[00:03:43] And they locked me down in jailhouse cells

[00:03:45] 他们把我关进了监狱

[00:03:45] That's how my life begun

[00:03:51] 我的人生就是这样开始的

[00:03:51] Oh the inmates and the prisoners

[00:03:54] 囚犯和囚犯

[00:03:54] I found they were my kind

[00:03:58] 我发现他们和我是一类人

[00:03:58] And it was there inside the bars

[00:04:01] 就在酒吧里

[00:04:01] I found my peace of mind

[00:04:05] 我找到了内心的平静

[00:04:05] But the jails they were too crowded

[00:04:07] 可监狱里人满为患

[00:04:07] Institutions overflowed

[00:04:11] 机构泛滥

[00:04:11] So they turned me loose to walk upon

[00:04:14] 所以他们让我放任自流

[00:04:14] Life's hurried tangled road

[00:04:20] 人生匆匆曲折坎坷

[00:04:20] And there's danger on the ocean

[00:04:23] 海上危机四伏

[00:04:23] Where the salt sea waves split high

[00:04:27] 咸咸的海浪翻滚着

[00:04:27] And there's danger on the battlefield

[00:04:30] 战场上危机四伏

[00:04:30] Where the shells of bullets fly

[00:04:34] 子弹飞舞的地方

[00:04:34] And there's danger in this open world

[00:04:37] 这开放的世界危机四伏

[00:04:37] Where men strive to be free

[00:04:41] 人们努力追求自由

[00:04:41] And for me the greatest danger

[00:04:44] 对我来说最大的危险就是

[00:04:44] Was in society

[00:04:50] 曾经混迹社会

[00:04:50] So I asked them to send me back

[00:04:53] 所以我请求他们送我回去

[00:04:53] To the institution home

[00:04:56] 回到机构的家

[00:04:56] But they said they were too crowded

[00:04:59] 但他们说太挤了

[00:04:59] For me they had no room

[00:05:03] 对我而言他们无处容身

[00:05:03] I got down on my knees and begged

[00:05:06] 我双膝跪地苦苦哀求

[00:05:06] Oh please put me away

[00:05:10] 请把我带走

[00:05:10] But they would not listen to my plea

[00:05:14] 可他们不听我的请求

[00:05:14] Or nothing I would say

[00:05:19] 或者我一言不发

[00:05:19] And so it was on Christmas eve

[00:05:22] 就这样在平安夜

[00:05:22] In the year of '59

[00:05:26] 在1959年

[00:05:26] It was on that night I killed a man

[00:05:29] 就在那天晚上我杀了一个人

[00:05:29] I did not try to hide

[00:05:33] 我不想躲藏

[00:05:33] The jury found me guilty

[00:05:35] 陪审团判我有罪

[00:05:35] And I won't disagree

[00:05:39] 我不会反驳

[00:05:39] For I knew that it would happen

[00:05:42] 因为我知道这一切终会发生

[00:05:42] If I wasn't put away

[00:05:46] 如果我没有被关起来

[00:05:46] And I'm glad I've had no parents

[00:05:49] 我很高兴我没有父母陪伴

[00:05:49] To care for me or cry

[00:05:54] 关心我还是伤心落泪

[00:05:54] For now they will never know

[00:05:56] 现在他们永远不会知道

[00:05:56] The horrible death I die

[00:06:00] 可怕的死亡让我痛不欲生

[00:06:00] And I'm also glad I've had no friends

[00:06:03] 我也很高兴我没有朋友

[00:06:03] To see me in disgrace

[00:06:07] 看见我奇耻大辱

[00:06:07] For they'll never see that hangman's hood

[00:06:10] 因为他们永远看不到刽子手的地盘

[00:06:10] Wrap around my face

[00:06:16] 裹着我的脸

[00:06:16] Farewell unto the old north woods

[00:06:19] 永别了北方的树林

[00:06:19] Of which I used to roam

[00:06:23] 我常常漫步其中

[00:06:23] Farewell unto the crowded bars

[00:06:25] 告别拥挤的酒吧

[00:06:25] Of which've been my home

[00:06:29] 这就是我的家

[00:06:29] Farewell to all you people

[00:06:32] 再见了你们所有人

[00:06:32] Who think the worst of me

[00:06:36] 把我想得最坏的人

[00:06:36] I guess you'll feel much better when

[00:06:39] 我想你会感觉好多了

[00:06:39] I'm on that hanging tree

[00:06:44] 我在那棵垂死挣扎的树上

[00:06:44] But there's just one more question

[00:06:47] 但还有一个问题

[00:06:47] Before they kill me dead

[00:06:51] 在他们杀了我之前

[00:06:51] I'm wondering just how much

[00:06:54] 我在想到底要多少钱

[00:06:54] To you I really said

[00:06:58] 我真心对你说

[00:06:58] Concerning all the boys that walk

[00:07:01] 关心所有的男孩

[00:07:01] Down a road like me

[00:07:05] 像我一样踏上旅途

[00:07:05] Are they enemies or victims

[00:07:08] 他们是敌人还是受害者

[00:07:08] Of your society

[00:07:13] 你的社会