Skellig 孤岛苦修士

今天试着把 Loreena McKennitt的Skellig也翻译了一下。

"Skellig" 孤岛苦修士

 

 

 

O light the candle, John

 

The daylight has almost gone

 

The birds have sung their last

 

The bells call all to mass

 

噢，年轻的约翰，请点起烛火

 

白昼消逝，夜晚就要来临

 

鸟儿已经唱完最后一首歌

 

晚祷的钟声已经响起

 

 

 

Sit here by my side

 

For the night is very long

 

There's something I must tell

 

Before I pass along

 

在我旁边坐下吧

 

这一晚将会非常漫长

 

在我安息以前

 

有些事情我必须告诉你

 

 

 

I joined the brotherhood

 

My books were all to me

 

I scribed the words of God

 

And much of history

 

我加入了兄弟会

 

书籍是我的一切

 

我抄写上帝的话语

 

撰写许多的历史

 

 

 

Many a year was I

 

Perched out upon the sea

 

The waves would wash my tears,

 

The wind, my memory

 

许多年了，

 

我栖息在海上，

 

海浪冲刷我的泪水

 

海风洗涤我的记忆

 

 

 

I'd hear the ocean breathe

 

Exhale upon the shore

 

I knew the tempest's blood

 

Its wrath I would endure

 

我曾经听到海洋的呼吸

 

那是从海岸发出的叹息

 

我知道暴风雨的血气

 

我历经它的愤怒

 

 

 

And so the years went by

 

Within my rocky cell

 

With only a mouse or bird

 

My friend; I loved them well

 

许多年过去了，

 

在我的岩石小屋里，

 

一只鼠一只鸟

 

是我的朋友，我爱它们。

 

 

 

And so it came to pass

 

I'd come here to Romani

 

And many a year it took

 

Till I arrived here with thee

 

我的安息终于到来

 

我来到罗马

 

经过了很多年

 

我与你一同来到这里

 

 

 

On dusty roads I walked

 

And over mountains high

 

Through rivers running deep

 

Beneath the endless sky

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在无尽的苍穹下

 

一路风尘仆仆

 

穿过深深的河谷

 

翻越高高的山梁

 

 

Beneath these jasmine flowers

 

 

 

Amidst these cypress trees

 

I give you now my books

 

And all their mysteries

 

在茉莉花下

 

在柏树丛中

 

我把我所有珍爱的书籍

 

并所承载的传奇都留给你

 

 

 

Now take the hourglass

 

And turn it on its head

 

For when the sands are still

 

'Tis then you'll find me dead

 

现在拿起沙漏

 

倒放在这里

 

当流沙停止的时候

 

我已经安息

 

 

 

O light the candle, John

 

The daylight is almost gone

 

The birds have sung their last

 

The bells call all to mass

 

噢，年轻的约翰，请点起烛火

 

白昼消逝，夜晚就要来临

 

鸟儿唱完了最后一首歌

 

晚祷的钟声已经响起