House of the Rising Sun - Woody Guthrie

There is a house in New Orleans

在新奥尔良有一所房子

You call the Rising Sun

你可以叫它旭日小屋

It's been the ruin of many a poor soul

这里是不幸的灵魂的葬身之地

And me oh God I'm one

上帝啊 我就是其中一个

If I'd listened to what mama said

如果我听了我妈妈的话

I'd be at home today

今天应该会在家里好好的

Being so young and foolish poor girl

做一个年轻又贫穷的傻姑娘

I let a gambler lead me astray

我被一个赌徒引入歧途

My mother she's a tailor

我妈妈是一个裁缝

Sews those new blue jeans

缝纫那些新的蓝色牛仔裤

My sweetheart he's a drunkard Lord God

我的爱人 他是一个酒鬼 我的上帝

He drinks down in New Orleans

他在新奥尔良借酒浇愁

The only thing a drunkard needs

酒鬼需要的唯一的东西

Is a suitcase and a trunk

就是一个手提箱和一辆卡车

The only time that he's half satisfied

他唯一感到快乐的时候

Is when he's on a drunk

就是他喝醉了的时候

He fills his glasses to the brim

他把酒杯满上

Passes them around

把它们分发出去

The only pleasure that he gets out of life

他逃避现实的唯一乐趣

Is a-hoboin' from town to town

就是在各个村庄游手好闲

Go and tell my baby sister

记得要跟我妹妹说

Never do like I have done

不要跟我一样

Shun that house down in New Orleans

关了那个在新奥尔良的小屋吧

That they call that Rising Sun

就是那个叫旭日的小屋

It's one foot on the platform

一只脚踏在站台

One foot on the train

一只脚踏在火车上

I'm going back down to New Orleans

我即将踏上回新奥尔良之路

To wear my ball and my chain

去戴上我的脚镣和锁链

Going back down to New Orleans

回到新奥尔良

My time is almost run

我的时间快到了

Going back down to New Orleans

回到新奥尔良

To that house of the Rising Sun

回到旭日小屋