Practical Arrangement - Sting

Am I asking for the moon

我是痴心妄想吗

Is it really so implausible

真的如此不可思议吗

That you and I could soon

相信你我很快就能

Come to some kind of arrangement

达成某种约定

I'm not asking for the moon

我不是痴人说梦

I've always been a realist

我一直是现实主义者

When it's really nothing more

我们所需的

Than a simple rearrangement

不过是个简单的转变

With one roof above our heads

你我同住一个屋檐下

A warm house to return to

共同组建个温暖的家

We could start with separate beds

我们不必同床共枕

I could sleep alone or learn to

我会适应独自入睡

I'm not suggesting that we've find

我不是说我们能找到

Some earthly paradise forever

永恒的人间天堂

I mean how often does that happen now

如今有人能找的到吗

The answer's probably never

答案可能是从来没有

But we could come to an arrangement

但你我可以达成一种约定

A practical arrangement

履行这个务实的安排

And you could learn to love me

你也可以尝试爱我

Given time

日久也许会生情

I'm not promising the moon

我无法承诺给你月亮

I'm not promising a rainbow

或是彩虹

Just a practical solution

只有这个可行的方案

To a solitary life

消除你我的孤独

I've be a father to your boy

我愿和你生子

A shoulder you could lean on

让你依靠

How bad could it be

做我的妻子

To be my wife

能有多糟糕呢

With one roof above our heads

你我同住一个屋檐下

A warm house to return to

共同组建个温暖的家

You wouldn't have to cook for me

你无需为我下厨

You wouldn't have to learn to

也不必去学

I'm not suggesting that this proposition here

我不是说这个提议

Could last forever

能够天长地久

I'm no intention of deceiving you

我无意欺骗你

You're far too clever

你是如此冰雪聪明

But we could come to an arrangement

但你我可以达成一种约定

A practical arrangement

履行这个务实的安排

And perhaps you're learn to love me

或许你也可以尝试着爱我

Given time

日久也许会生情

It may not be the romance

这也许和你设想的浪漫

That you had in mind

相去甚远

But you could learn to love me

但是你可以尝试爱我

Given time

日久终能生情