Rest Employed

（song by the Stupendium)
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One-fifty-one thousand, six hundred people die
十--五万--一千，又六百个人死去，
Everyday on Earth
——在地球上的每一天
And if that's not a reason to cry
而如果那还不足以让你落泪的话
WELL...
好吧……
It's an awful lot of paperwork
那可代表着一堆繁冗的文书
It's your first day at work
你入职的第一天
How've you settled in?
待得怎么样？
Shaken off the rigor mortis?
才刚摆脱尸僵？
Sorted out your pencil tin?
仅整理好铅笔盒？
Welcome to our newest resident skeleton
欢迎我们新来的这位骷髅实习生
What better heaven than a desk to spend forever in?
还有比永远都能打发时光的办公桌还要消遣的天堂吗？
Now your body may be shrivelled up and worthless
也许你千疮百孔的身躯已腐朽得一文不值
At least we know your funeral will be a civil service
但至少我们得知你的葬礼服务将体面出殡
Persons so superfluous are living on the surface
过剩的人口正在地表上增殖
It's nothing so perturbing
何需烦恼不安
We're just trimming off the surplus
我们只需裁剪掉多余部分即可
It isn't murder if you cause a little accident
若你造成了些小意外别直呼谋杀
We prefer to word it as some
我们更愿意将其冠名为
'MORTAL MIDDLE MANAGEMENT'
“凡人中值管理措施”
There's a door
有一扇后门
We've got millions of applicants
我们的求职人员正在那排起长龙
Dying for some corporate incorporeal entanglement
为了这份解决灵体瓜葛的工作而挤破头皮

任何生灵终将逝去
Everything living has to die
But to die you need not apply
但你无需申请你的死亡
WE'LL
我们会
FIND
找到
YOU
你
When your time's through
当你的时间耗尽时
Take a number wait in line
在队伍里拿好号码
Live your life and we'll be
好好享受余生而我们将
RIGHT
尾
BE-
随
HIND
而
YOU
来
Nothing certain but
世事无常但除
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡与赋税
So I guess you'd better
所以我想你要尽量
Get some practise
上手实习
Nothing certain but
世事无常但除
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡与赋税
So I guess you'd better
所以我想你要尽量
So I guess you'd better...
所以我想你要尽量……

You've got targets to prove yourself
你需要些指标来证明自己
Here's some targets peruse yourself
这些款项需要你亲自研读
Shoo a few humans off the mortal shelf
把些许凡人从生死簿上随手扫掉
To the floor
任其向下堕去
We'll be polishing the coffins
我们会趁机把棺材好好抛光
As you off a couple more
在你努力完成指标的时候
We need:
“我们需要：
*A botanist(die)
一位植物学家、
*Two paleontologists(die)
两位古生物学家或化石学家、
*A newspaper columnist(die)
一位新闻专栏写手、
(whose views MAY be communist)
（最好是个共产主义者）
*A shoe salesman(die)
一个卖鞋的家伙
(possible balloon hobbyist)
（尽量是个气球爱好者）
ps:just another couple popped clogs for your shopping list
只不过又是你购物清单上的一连串名字

No slacking on the grave packing
送葬可不能耽误
Ever more to kill
死者多多益善
Death row DEPLORABLES
一连串的死亡不仅触目兴叹
INCURABLES
无可救药
and 'SORT OF ILL'
还“有点”病入膏肓
Every person,animal and plant has a form to fill
每位先生、每种动植物都需要填好表格
We've got departments
我们甚至有个部门
Solely tasked with killing chlorophyll
专职负责带走叶绿素
So of course you will
因此你理所当然地
Toe the life-line and behave
要在生命线上踮起脚尖好好表现
Or you'll be filing dandelions
不然就会化作蒲公英随风消散
Before you've had your tea break
甚至来不及品口下午茶
Humanity's in balance
人类都被挂在天平上等待差额的调和
If that balance isn't repaid
而如果这种和谐的制衡被谁打破
Interns can be INHUMED and REPLACED
被取代的实习生就只能迁坟而葬

Everything living has to die
万物都会归于死亡
But to die you need not apply
可冥界无需你的应聘
WE'LL
等着
FIND
我们
YOU
上门
When your time's through
只要你的时代过去了
Take a number wait in line
带着叫号单专心排队
Live your life and we'll be
善度你最后的时光而我们将
RIGHT
在
BE-
你
HIND
身
YOU
后
Nothing certain but
“万事皆虚”并不适用于
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡和赋税
So I guess you'd better
因此我猜你最好
Get some practise
好好练习
Nothing certain but
“万事皆虚”并不适用于
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡和赋税
So I guess you'd better
因此我猜你最好
So I guess you'd better...
因此我猜你最好

ASHES TO ASHES
尘归尘
NINE TO FIVE
朝九晚五
The light in the tunnel has been privatised
土下的最后一抹曙光早已被私人占据
Robes were so behind the times
礼袍是多么地不合年代
These obituaries don't give any time for SCYTHES
讣告也无法延迟镰刀的落下
Population moderation's not the worst fate
最糟糕的宿命远不是种群适度
Your occupation's the salvation of the hearse trade
你的工作可是对殡葬行业的伟大救赎
For generations we've been racing for the FIRST place
世世代代我们都在为着出单率而力争上游
But we've spent the centuries in SECOND to the birth rate
但千年百纪后我们才放缓了次时代的更替

Everything living has to die
世间一切最后只会沦为无物
But to die you need not apply
不过想要离开这个世界不用报告
WE'LL
你会
FIND
被我们
YOU
发现
When your time's through
在终焉时刻来临之际
Take a number wait in line
手持编码跟在人群后
Live your life and we'll be
安心等待大限到来而我们
RIGHT
就
BE-
在
HIND
这
YOU
呢
Nothing certain but
没什么能被确定除了
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡和赋税
So I guess you'd better
因而我觉得你需要
Get some practise
多点实践
Nothing certain but
亘古不变的真理只有
DEATH
死亡
AND
与
TAXES
赋税
So I guess you'd better
那就请好自为之
so I guess you'd better...
请一定要好自为之……

Dear intentions,
亲爱的各位应聘生：
We're gathered here today to pay tribute to the life of the past.
今日我们齐聚一堂，满怀敬意地为已故之人的亡魂而哀悼
And to welcome him to the office.
而事务所在此恭迎他的加入
May he REST EMPLOYED.
愿其永垂不“休”
(Great!)
（完）