《The Ballad of Ira Hayes》歌词

[00:00:00] The Ballad of Ira Hayes - Kris Kristofferson (克里斯·克里斯托佛森)/Gillian Welch (吉莉恩·韦尔奇)/David Rawlings

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[00:00:05] Ira Hayes

[00:00:08] 爱尔兰Hayes

[00:00:08] Call him drunken Ira Hayes

[00:00:11] 叫他醉醺醺的爱尔兰 Hayes

[00:00:11] He won't answer anymore

[00:00:14] 他不会再回答

[00:00:14] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian

[00:00:17] 印第安人既不会喝酒

[00:00:17] Nor the Marine that went to war

[00:00:23] 也不再是那上战场的水兵

[00:00:23] Gather round me people there's a story I would tell

[00:00:29] 大家聚集在我身边吧我来讲个故事

[00:00:29] About a brave young Indian you should remember well

[00:00:35] 说的是我们应该记住的勇敢的印第安人

[00:00:35] From the land of the Pima Indian

[00:00:38] 他来自皮玛印第安地区

[00:00:38] A proud and noble band

[00:00:42] 一个自豪而富贵的部落

[00:00:42] Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land

[00:00:48] 在亚利桑那凤凰谷放牧

[00:00:48] Down the ditches for a thousand years

[00:00:51] 他们沿着壕沟里生活了千年的岁月

[00:00:51] The water grew Ira's peoples' crops

[00:00:53] 河水曾经浇灌着爱尔兰人的庄稼

[00:00:53] 'Till the white man stole the water rights

[00:00:56] 可是后来白人偷走了水权

[00:00:56] And the sparklin' water stopped

[00:01:00] 水中的粼粼碧光不再

[00:01:00] Now Ira's folks were hungry

[00:01:02] 现在 爱尔兰的人们很饥饿

[00:01:02] And their land grew crops of weeds

[00:01:06] 他们的庄稼地里杂草丛生

[00:01:06] When war came Ira volunteered

[00:01:09] 当战争来袭 爱尔兰人甘愿奉献

[00:01:09] And forgot the white man's greed

[00:01:13] 忘记了白人的贪婪

[00:01:13] Call him drunken Ira Hayes

[00:01:16] 叫他醉醺醺的爱尔兰 Hayes

[00:01:16] He won't answer anymore

[00:01:19] 他不会再回答

[00:01:19] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian

[00:01:22] 印第安人既不会喝酒

[00:01:22] Nor the Marine that went to war

[00:01:27] 也不再是那上战场的水兵

[00:01:27] There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill

[00:01:30] 他们在牙买加的山头引发了战争

[00:01:30] Two hundred and fifty men

[00:01:33] 有250个人参与

[00:01:33] But only twenty-seven lived to walk back down again

[00:01:41] 但是只有27个人活了下来

[00:01:41] And when the fight was over

[00:01:43] 当战斗结束的时候

[00:01:43] And when Old Glory raised

[00:01:46] 当星条旗升起在

[00:01:46] Among the men who held it high

[00:01:49] 那些高举它的人们中间的时候

[00:01:49] Was the Indian Ira Hayes

[00:01:53] 那是印第安爱尔兰共和军 Hayes

[00:01:53] Call him drunken Ira Hayes

[00:01:57] 叫他醉醺醺的爱尔兰 Hayes

[00:01:57] He won't answer anymore

[00:02:00] 他不会再回答

[00:02:00] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian

[00:02:03] 印第安人不会喝酒

[00:02:03] Nor the Marine that went to war

[00:02:07] 也不是那上战场的水兵

[00:02:07] Ira returned a hero

[00:02:10] 爱尔兰有一个英雄回归了

[00:02:10] Celebrated through the land

[00:02:13] 在大地上尽情庆祝

[00:02:13] He was wined and speeched and honored;

[00:02:16] 他开怀饮酒 他得到了人们的尊敬

[00:02:16] Everybody shook his hand

[00:02:19] 所有人都挥着手

[00:02:19] But he was just a Pima Indian

[00:02:22] 但是他只是个Pima 印第安人

[00:02:22] No water no crops no chance

[00:02:25] 没有水源 没有庄稼 也没有机会

[00:02:25] At home nobody cared what Ira'd done

[00:02:29] 在家乡 没有人在乎爱尔兰做了什么

[00:02:29] And when did the Indians dance

[00:02:32] 当印第安人跳舞的时候

[00:02:32] Call him drunken Ira Hayes

[00:02:36] 叫他醉醺醺的爱尔兰 Hayes

[00:02:36] He won't answer anymore

[00:02:39] 他不会再回答

[00:02:39] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian

[00:02:42] 印第安人既不会喝酒

[00:02:42] Nor the Marine that went to war

[00:02:47] 也不再是那上战场的水兵

[00:02:47] Then Ira started drinkin' hard;

[00:02:50] 接着 爱尔兰人会喝醉的

[00:02:50] Jail was often his home

[00:02:53] 监狱就是他的家

[00:02:53] They'd let him raise the flag and lower it

[00:02:56] 他们会让他升起国旗 也会让它落下

[00:02:56] Like you'd throw a dog a bone

[00:03:00] 那是轻而易举的

[00:03:00] He died drunk one mornin'

[00:03:02] 有一天早晨他因为酒醉而死亡

[00:03:02] Alone in the land he fought to save

[00:03:05] 他独自在这片大地上为了生存而战斗

[00:03:05] Two inches of water in a lonely ditch

[00:03:09] 水沟里那两尺深的水

[00:03:09] Was a grave for Ira Hayes

[00:03:13] 就是爱尔兰 Hayes的坟墓

[00:03:13] Call him drunken Ira Hayes

[00:03:16] 叫他醉醺醺的爱尔兰 Hayes

[00:03:16] He won't answer anymore

[00:03:20] 他不会再回答

[00:03:20] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian

[00:03:22] 印第安人既不会喝酒

[00:03:22] Nor the Marine that went to war

[00:03:27] 也不再是那上战场的水兵

[00:03:27] Yeah call him drunken Ira Hayes

[00:03:29] 叫他醉醺醺的爱尔兰 Hayes

[00:03:29] But his land is just as dry

[00:03:32] 但是这片土地很干涸

[00:03:32] And his ghost is lyin' thirsty

[00:03:35] 他的鬼魂充满渴望

[00:03:35] In the ditch where Ira died

[00:03:40] 在他死亡的臭水沟里