Samson in New Orleans - Leonard Cohen (莱昂纳德·科恩)

You said that you were with me

你曾说和我在一起

You said you were my friend

也曾说你是我的朋友

Did you really love the city

你是否真的喜欢这座城市

Or did you just pretend

或仅仅只是伪装的客套话

You said you loved her secrets

你曾说喜欢她的隐秘

And her freedoms hid away

可以随意隐匿在何处

"She was better than America "

她可比美国强多了

That's what I heard you say

这是我听你说的

You said "How could this happen "

你说 这怎么可能发生？

You said "How can this be

怎么会变成这样？

The remnant of dishonor

幸存者被侮辱

On the bridge of misery "

在苦难之桥上

And we who cried for mercy

我们哭泣着祈求仁慈

From the bottom of the pit

在黢黑的深渊

Was our prayer so damn unworthy

为何我们的祈祷没有回音

The sun rejected it

圣子为何默然不语

So gather up the killer

那就召集杀手们吧

Get everyone in town

叫上镇子里的每一个人

Standing by those pillars

站在我的身旁

That may take this temple down

我要攻陷那座皇宫

The king so kind and solemn

仁慈又庄严的国王

He wears a bloody crown

他戴着血腥的皇冠

So stand me by that column

都聚集到我的身旁

That may take this temple down

我要攻陷那座皇宫

You said "How could this happen "

你说 这怎么可能发生？

You said "How can this be

怎么会变成这样？

The chains are gone from heaven

锁链从天堂消失

The storms are wild and free "

肆虐狂野的风暴

There's other ways to answer

还有其他解答的方法

That suddenly is true

确定无疑

I'm blind with death and anger

我已经被死亡和愤怒蒙蔽了双眼

And that's no place for you

没有你的容身之所了

There's a woman in the window

窗户边的女人

There's a bed in tinsel town

闪金镇的床

I'll write you when it's over

当一切结束我会给你写信

Let me take this temple down

我要攻陷那座皇宫

You said you loved her secrets

你曾说喜欢她的隐秘

Her freedoms hid away

可以随意隐匿在何处

She was better than america

她可比美国强多了

That's what I heard to say

这是我听你说的