A Puzzlement (谜题) - Yul Brynner

I do not know

我确实不知道

I am not sure

并不确信

I am not sure of anything

我熟知的一切

When I was a boy

当我还是年少时

World was better spot

世界总是美好的

What was so was so

什么都不会改变

What was not was not

依旧美好

Now I am a man

如今我长大成人了

World have changed a lot

世界已不如你所想般美好

Some things nearly so

事过境迁

Others nearly not

物是人非

There are times I almost think

我总是认为

I am not sure of what I absolutely know

我并不确信我熟知的一切

Very often find confusion

总是感到困惑

In conclusion I concluded long ago

总之 我很久以前就有过推断

In my head are many facts

我的脑海中有许多事实

That as a student I have studied to procure

那是我作为一个学生的时候学到的

In my head are many facts

我的脑海中有许多事实

Of which I wish I was more certain I was sure

我希望我能更加确定 我很确定

Is a puzzlement

这是个谜题

Shall I join with other nations in alliance

我该与其他国家联姻吗

If allies are weak am I not best alone

如果同盟很弱 那我孤军奋战岂不是战胜不了其他国家

If allies are strong with power to protect me

如果同盟很强大 有力量保护我

Might they not protect me out of all I own

但他们也许并不会保护我 还是需要我独自面对一切

Is a danger to be trusting one another

把希望寄托在其他人身上不是个明智的举动

One will seldom want to do what other wishes

人们很少会去做其他人希望你做的事情

But unless someday somebody trust somebody

除非有一天人们可以相互信任

There'll be nothing left on earth excepting fishes

那一定是世界上没有人类的时候才会出现的情景吧

There are times I almost think

我总是认为

Nobody sure of what he absolutely know

没有人会确信他自以为熟知的一切

Everybody find confusion

每个人都有困惑

In conclusion he concluded long ago

总之 他很久以前就有过推断

And it puzzle me to learn

这让我感到很困惑 当我了解到

That tho' a man may be in doubt of what he know

尽管一个人也许会质疑他所知道的真相

Very quickly he will fight

但很快他就会反抗

He'll fight to prove that what he does not know is so

他会努力证明 就算他不知道真相 事实也不过如此

Oh oh

Sometimes I think that people going mad

有时我觉得人们真是疯了

Ah ah

Sometimes I think that people not so bad

有时我又觉得人们其实也很善良

But not matter what I think

但不论我怎样认为

I must go on living life

我都要继续生活下去

As leader of my kingdom I must go forth

作为这片国土的领袖 我必须大步向前

Be father to my children and husband to each wife

做好孩子们的父亲以及妻子们的丈夫的角色

Etcetera etcetera and so forth

还有其他我应该肩负起的责任

If my Lord in Heaven Buddha show the way

天堂中的上帝啊 能否给我指出一条明路

Everyday I try to live another day

每天我都试着过一种不同的生活

If my Lord in Heaven Buddha show the way

天堂中的上帝啊 能否给我指出一条明路

Everyday I do my best for one-more day

每天我都竭尽所能 希望自己能再活久一点

But is a puzzlement

但这是个谜题