The Riddle

Nik Kershaw
Nik Kershaw
The Riddle
谜语

我拥有强健的双臂
i got two strong arms
拥有巴比伦的庇佑
blessings of babylon
时光流转
with time to carry on
罪恶与错误鞭挞着
and try
我不断尝试
for sins and false alarms
于是，美利坚勇敢
so to america the brave
聪明的人活了下来
wise men save
在河畔的树旁
near a tree by a river
地上有个洞
there's a hole in the ground
里面是个年迈的老农
where an old man of aran
他走来踱去
goes around and around
夜幕中
and his mind is a beacon
他的心是一盏明灯
in the veil of the night
出于一种奇异的风尚
for a strange kind of fashion
他亦正亦邪
there's a wrong and a right
可他从未，从未为你而战
but he'll never, never fight over you
我为我们准备了计划
i got plans for us
那些洗碗槽的夜
nights in the scullery
那些取代我的白昼
and days instead of me
我只知道，我们探讨的
i only know what to discuss
不是别的，只有光
of for anything but light
聪明的人为你而战
wise men fighting over you
不像我
it's not me you see
不像你当作情人的我
pieces of valentine
我仅仅用一首自己的歌
with just a song of mine
来埋葬燃烧的岁月
to keep from burning history
来埋葬石油和黄金的季节
seasons of gasoline and gold
聪明的人蜷曲
wise men fold
在河畔的树旁
near a tree by a river
地上有个洞
there's a hole in the ground
里面是个年迈的老农
where an old man of aran
他走来踱去
goes around and around
夜幕中
and his mind is a beacon
他的心是一盏明灯
in the veil of the night
出于一种奇异的风尚
for a strange kind of fashion
他亦正亦邪
there's a wrong and a right
可他从未，从未为你而战
but he'll never, never fight over you
不需要你们来计划
i got time to kill
我有时间去杀死
sly looks in corridors
走廊上一张张狡黠的面孔
without a plan of yours
有只黑鸟在蓝鸟山上歌唱
a blackbird sings on bluebird hill
唱着大自然的赞歌
thanks to the calling of the wild
聪明人的孩子
wise mens child
在河畔的树旁

地上有个洞
[02:53]near a tree by a river
里面是个年迈的老农
[02:55]there's a hole in the ground
他走来踱去
[02:57]where an old man of aran
夜幕中
[03:00]goes around and around
他的心是一盏明灯
[03:02]and his mind is a beacon
出于一种奇异的风尚
[03:04]in the veil of the night
他亦正亦邪
[03:07]for a strange kind of fashion
可他从未，从未为你而战
[03:09]there's a wrong and a right
在河畔的树旁
[03:32][03:11]but he'll never, never fight over you
地上有个洞