里昂夜读英语美文[490]:你一身白衣

You All in White -- Leonard Cohen

《你一身白衣》--莱昂纳德·科恩

Whatever cities are brought down

无论城市是否被推倒

I will always bring you poems

我会一直带给你诗篇

And the fruit of orchards I pass by

和每一个我路过的果园的果实

Strangers in your bed

床榻上的陌生人

Excluded by our grief

排除在我们的悲伤之外

Listening to sleep-whispering

听着睡前的蜜语

Will hear their passion beautifully explained

将他们的炽热完美的展示

And weep because they cannot kiss your distant face

啜泣，是因为他们不能亲吻你冷漠的脸庞

Lovers of my beloved

吾爱挚爱

Watch how my words put on her lips like clothes

看着我的词语如何像衣服覆盖在她的嘴唇上

Fruit is pyramided on the window-sill

锥形的果实在窗台上

Songs flutter against the disappearing wall

振翅的鸟叫声对抗那正要消失的墙

Is it the king

是哪位国王

Who lies beside you listening?

在你身侧倾听

Is it Solomon or David

是所罗门或者大卫

Or stuttering Charlemagne?

还是口吃的查理大帝？

Is that his crown in the suitcase beside your bed?

他的王冠是在你床边的行李箱中吗？

When we meet again

当我们再相见

You all in white

你一身白衣

I smelling of orchards

我闻到果园的芬芳

When we meet

当我们相见

But now you awaken

但现在你醒悟了

And you are tired of this dream

你被这个梦所累

Turn toward the sad-eyed man

转向那眼神充满哀伤的人

He stayed by you all the night

他陪伴你度过了所有的夜晚

You will have something to say to him

你一定有些事想对他说

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