First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom

判我二十年穷困孤寂

For trying to change the system from within

因我试图从内部改造体系

I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them

现在我来了 来褒奖他们的努力

First we take manhattan then we take berlin

我们首选曼哈顿 之后是柏林

I'm guided by a signal in the heavens

我向往着天堂这唯一的真理

I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin

我听命于自己皮肤上的胎记

I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons

我信服这武器的魅力

First we take manhattan then we take berlin

我们首选曼哈顿 之后是柏林

Id really like to live beside you baby

我多想依靠在你怀里

I love your body and your spirit and your clothes

心爱着你的身体 灵魂甚至外衣

But you see that line there moving through the station

你看到车站那些形色匆匆的脸庞了吗

I told you I told you told you I was one of those

我想告诉你 我也是其中一个

Ah you loved me as a loser but now you're worried that I just might win

你爱我即使我一败涂地 但你似乎更担心我胜利

You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline

你知道阻止我的方法 爱我使你没能自律

How many nights I prayed for this to let my work begin

多少个夜晚我祈求上帝 让我的任务延续

First we take manhattan then we take berlin

我们首选曼哈顿 之后是柏林

I don't like your fashion business mister

我不喜欢那些社会名流先生

And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin

也不喜欢这些让你消瘦的药物

I don't like what happened to my sister

我不喜欢我姐妹遭遇的痛苦

First we take manhattan then we take berlin

我们首选曼哈顿 之后是柏林

Id really like to live beside you baby

我多想依靠在你怀里

And I thank you for those items that you sent me

我感谢你寄给我的那些东西

The monkey and the plywood violin

猴子和夹板小提琴

I practiced every night now I'm ready

我每天晚上都练习 现在已经准备好了

First we take manhattan then we take berlin

我们首选曼哈顿 之后是柏林

I am guided

音乐指导着我

Ah remember me I used to live for music

记得我曾经为音乐而活

Remember me I brought your groceries in

还记得我带给你的食物

Well its fathers day and everybodys wounded

那是父亲节 每个人都受伤了

First we take manhattan then we take berlin

我们首选曼哈顿 之后是柏林