The Beat Hotel

Paris nineteen fifty-six, number nine rue Git le Coeur
巴黎1956，中央第九大道
Word is out and everybody's beating on the door
生活在别处，人人敲着门
Madame Rachou will let you in, just smile and ring the bell
只要微笑并摇铃，瑞秋夫人便会给你开门
Welcome to Nirvana at the Beat hotel
欢迎来到天堂，在垮掉派旅馆
The sweet smell of Pernod, a Gauloise cigarette
甜腻的茴香酒，高卢的雪茄
It's a cosmic congregation but you ain't seen nothing yet
它是个超群的集会，不过你还什么都没看到
It's an open invitation, an existential clientele
它是公开的邀请，是存在主义的追随者
All looking for Nirvana at the Beat hotel
都在寻找涅槃，在垮掉派旅馆
They looked for it in New York City and San Francisco Bay
他们在纽约找它，也在旧金山海湾
They looked for in bebop jazz and it blew them all away
他们寻找比波普爵士乐，而它杀死了他们
They tried out every avenue and then said "What the hell,
他们找遍每条街，抱怨“搞什么鬼？”
We'll look for it in Paris at the Beat hotel"
我们都在巴黎找它，从垮掉派旅馆
Burroughs came up from Tangiers, Ginsberg from New York
巴罗斯从丹吉尔来，金斯堡来自纽约
Kerouac came up from Italy and slept out in the park
意大利的凯鲁亚克来了，睡在公园里
Gregory Corso came and went and where he's at no one can tell
格雷戈里柯索来了，没人知道他在哪
He's still looking for Nirvana at the Beat hotel
他还在寻求涅槃，在垮掉派旅馆
Take me to your leader, take me to the man
带我去见你的首领，带我去见那个大佬
This ragged band of poets, Christians, Buddhists, Jews
这是诗人、基督徒、佛教徒、犹太人的乌合之众
Someone has got the answer, someone's got the perfect plan
有人得到了想要的答案，有人完成了绝妙的计划
If you're looking in the alleys, if you're looking in the bars
你到了任何大街小巷和酒吧
You'll find us in the gutter, looking at the stars
都会发现在贫民区，仰望星星的我们
This ragged band of poets, Christians, Buddhists, Jews
这是诗人、基督徒、佛教徒、犹太人的乌合之众
A new Beat generation searching for the Muse
后垮掉派正寻找他们的缪斯
Some found it in the arms of a mystic mademoiselle
一些人找到了，在那位神秘女孩的怀抱里
Looking for Nirvana at the Beat hotel
寻找着天堂，在垮掉派旅馆
The rooms count up to forty-one, but you can sleep out in the hall
共有41间房，不过也能睡走廊
For a few centimes you can get a drink and write your poems on the wall
付几枚生丁能得杯酒，还可以在墙上写诗
And the ********* mixes with the Tukish toilet smell
这里的味道像大麻混合着土耳其式厕所
It's all part of Nirvana at the Beat hotel
这是垮掉派旅馆的一部分，涅槃的一部分
Alex Campbell strums an old guitar someone picked up in Spain
艾利克斯·坎贝尔漫不经心地拨奏着那把有人从西班牙捡来的吉他
Ginsberg's howling poetry and Kerouac's drunk again
金斯堡吼出诗歌，凯鲁亚克又喝醉了
The rent is overdue there must be something they can sell
交不出房租，一定有些能卖的东西
Maybe they can sell Nirvana at the Beat Hotel
也许他们能卖了这片天堂
Someone's taking photographs, Janine takes off her clothes
有人在拍照留念，而珍妮脱衣留念
Marlene's meditating and concentrating on her toes
玛琳沉思着，全神贯注于自己的脚趾
Jasmine hides in room sixteen and curls up in her shell
杰斯敏躲在16号房，卷曲着身体
She's communing with Nirvana at the Beat Hotel
她正在融入天堂，在垮掉派旅馆
Take me to your leader, take me to the man
带我去见你的首领，带我去见那个大佬
Someone has got the answer, someone's got the perfect plan
有人得到了想要的答案，有人完成了绝妙的计划
If you're looking in the alleys, if you're looking in the bars
你到了任何大街小巷和酒吧
You'll find us in the gutter, looking at the stars
都会发现在贫民区，仰望星星的我们
They did it for the journey and not for getting there
他们只为旅途，而不为到达
Fame is in a whisper when you pay the taxi fare
名声只不过是付车费时的耳语
It's just this side of Heaven and a long, long way from Hell
它只是天堂的一面，离地狱很远的路
It's somewhere in Nirvana at the Beat Hotel
那是涅槃的某个境界，在垮掉派旅馆
Nothing lasts forever, and forever's in a rhyme
没有东西会长久，而“长久”很押韵
It's a Buddha-like connection and everybody has their time
这是个佛教意味的联结，人人皆有时日
If you want to drink the water you've got to dig into the well
想喝水就得要先挖井
Maybe then you'll find Nirvana at the Beat Hotel
也许你会找到天堂，在垮掉派旅馆
It was over by nineteen sixty-three and everyone had gone
1963年后那地方就完了，大家都已离去
But they'd opened up the road and the revolution was getting won
不过他们已经开辟了新路，改革即将成功
When the poems were painted over and they rang the final bell
当那些诗纷纷被印出来，他们最后一次摇了摇铃
It was goodbye to Nirvana at the Beat Hotel
这是对垮掉派旅馆最后的道别
The myth is stronger than the truth, and truth can sometimes lie
谣言总胜过真相，而真相有时会撒谎
To see it all for what it was you need an uncorrupted eye
想看清它的本质，要有双未被污染的眼睛
Was the journey worth it, only time will tell
这段旅程是否有意义，只有时间能给你答案
Still looking for Nirvana, at the Beat Hotel
依旧寻找着天堂， 在垮掉派旅馆
Take me to your leader, take me to the man
带我去见你的首领，带我去见那个大佬
Someone has got the answer, someone's got the perfect plan
有人得到了想要的答案，有人完成了绝妙的计划
If you're looking in the alleys, if you're looking in the bars
你到了任何大街小巷和酒吧
You'll find us in the gutter, looking at the stars
都会发现在贫民区，仰望星星的我们