里昂夜讀英語美文[490]:你一身白衣

You All in White -- Leonard Cohen

《你一身白衣》--萊昂納德·科恩

Whatever cities are brought down

無論城市是否被推倒

I will always bring you poems

我會一直帶給你詩篇

And the fruit of orchards I pass by

和每一個我路過的果園的果實

Strangers in your bed

床榻上的陌生人

Excluded by our grief

排除在我們的悲傷之外

Listening to sleep-whispering

聽著睡前的蜜語

Will hear their passion beautifully explained

將他們的熾熱完美的展示

And weep because they cannot kiss your distant face

啜泣，是因為他們不能親吻你冷漠的臉龐

Lovers of my beloved

吾愛摯愛

Watch how my words put on her lips like clothes

看著我的詞語如何像衣服覆蓋在她的嘴唇上

Fruit is pyramided on the window-sill

錐形的果實在窗臺上

Songs flutter against the disappearing wall

振翅的鳥叫聲對抗那正要消失的墻

Is it the king

是哪位國王

Who lies beside you listening?

在你身側(cè)傾聽

Is it Solomon or David

是所羅門或者大衛(wèi)

Or stuttering Charlemagne?

還是口吃的查理大帝？

Is that his crown in the suitcase beside your bed?

他的王冠是在你床邊的行李箱中嗎？

When we meet again

當(dāng)我們再相見

You all in white

你一身白衣

I smelling of orchards

我聞到果園的芬芳

When we meet

當(dāng)我們相見

But now you awaken

但現(xiàn)在你醒悟了

And you are tired of this dream

你被這個夢所累

Turn toward the sad-eyed man

轉(zhuǎn)向那眼神充滿哀傷的人

He stayed by you all the night

他陪伴你度過了所有的夜晚

You will have something to say to him

你一定有些事想對他說

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