The Beat Hotel

Paris nineteen fifty-six, number nine rue Git le Coeur
巴黎1956年，中央第九大道
Word is out and everybody's beating on the door
生活在別處，人人敲著門
Madame Rachou will let you in, just smile and ring the bell
只是微笑並搖鈴，瑞秋夫人便會給你開門
Welcome to Nirvana at the Beat hotel
歡迎來到天堂，在垮掉的旅店

甜膩的茴香酒，高盧的雪茄
The sweet smell of Pernod, a Gauloise cigarette
它是個超群的群體，不過你還什麼都沒看見
It's a cosmic congregation but you ain't seen nothing yet
它是公開邀請的，是存在主義的追隨者
It's an open invitation, an existential clientele
都在尋找涅槃，在垮掉的旅店
All looking for Nirvana at the Beat hotel
他們在紐約找它，也在舊金山海灣

他們尋找比波普爵士樂，而它殺死了他們
They looked for it in New York City and San Francisco Bay
他們找遍每條街，抱怨“搞什麼鬼？”
They looked for in bebop jazz and it blew them all away
我們都在巴黎找它，從垮掉的旅店
They tried out every avenue and then said 'What the hell,
巴羅斯從丹吉爾來，金斯堡來自紐約
We'll look for it in Paris at the Beat hotel'
意大利的凱魯亞克來了，睡在公園裡

格雷戈里柯索來了，沒人知道他在哪
Burroughs came up from Tangiers, Ginsberg from New York
他還在尋求涅槃，在垮掉的旅館
Kerouac came up from Italy and slept out in the park
帶我去見你的首領，帶我去見那個大佬
Gregory Corso came and went and where he's at no one can tell
這是詩人、基督徒、佛教徒、猶太人的烏合之眾，有人得到了想要的答案，有人完成了絕妙的計劃
He's still looking for Nirvana at the Beat hotel
你到了任何大街小巷和酒吧

都會發現在貧民區，仰望星星的我們
Take me to your leader, take me to the man
這是詩人、基督徒、佛教徒、猶太人的烏合之眾
Someone has got the answer, someone's got the perfect plan
後垮掉派正尋找他們的繆斯
If you're looking in the alleys, if you're looking in the bars
一些人找到了，在那位神秘女孩的懷抱裡，尋找著天堂
You'll find us in the gutter, looking at thestars
在垮掉派旅館

共有41間房，不過也能睡走廊
This ragged band of poets, Christians, Buddhists, Jews
付幾枚生丁能得杯酒，還可以在牆上寫詩
A new Beat generation searching for the Muse
這裡的味道像大麻混合著土耳其式廁所
Some found it in the arms of a mystic mademoiselle
這是垮掉派旅館的一部分，涅槃的一部分
Looking for Nirvana at the Beat hotel
艾利克斯·坎貝爾漫不經心地撥奏著那把有人從西班牙撿來的吉他

金斯堡吼出詩歌，凱魯亞克又喝醉了，交不出房租
The rooms count up to forty-one, but you can sleep out in the hall
一定有些能賣的東西
For a few centimes you can get a drink and write your poems on the wall
也許他們能賣了這片天堂
And the ********* mixes with the Tukish toilet smell
有人在拍照留念，而珍妮脫衣留念
It's all part of Nirvana at the Beat hotel
瑪琳沉思著，全神貫注於自己的腳趾

傑斯敏躲在16號房，捲曲著身體
Alex Campbell strums an old guitar someone picked up in Spain
她正在融入天堂，在垮掉派旅館
Ginsberg's howling poetry and Kerouac's drunk again
帶我去見你的首領，帶我去見那個大佬
The rent is overdue there must be something they can sell
有人得到了想要的答案，有人完成了絕妙的計劃
Maybe they can sell Nirvana at the Beat Hotel
你到了任何大街小巷和酒吧，都會發現在貧民區

仰望星星的我們，他們只為旅途
Someone's taking photographs, Janine takes off her clothes
而不為到達
Marlene's meditating and concentrating on her toes
名聲只不過是付車費時的耳語
Jasmine hides in room sixteen and curls up in her shell
它只是天堂的一面，離地獄很遠的路
She's communing with Nirvana at the Beat Hotel
那是涅槃的某個境界，在這個垮掉派旅店

沒有東西會長久，而“長久”很押韻
Take me to your leader, take me to the man
這是個佛教意味的聯結，人人皆有時日
Someone has got the answer, someone's got the perfect plan
想喝水就得要先挖井
If you're looking in the alleys, if you're looking in the bars
也許你會找到天堂，在垮掉派旅館
You'll find us in the gutter, looking at the stars
1963年後那地方就完了，大家都已離去

不過他們已經開闢了新路，改革即將成功
They did it for the journey and not for getting there
當那些詩紛紛被印出來，他們最後一次搖了搖鈴
Fame is in a whisper when you pay the taxi fare
這是對垮掉派旅館最後的道別
It's just this side of Heaven and a long, long way from Hell
謠言總勝過真相，而真相有時會撒謊
It's somewhere in Nirvana at the Beat Hotel
想看清它的本質，要有雙未被污染的眼睛

這段旅程是否有意義，只有時間能給你答案
Nothing lasts forever, and forever's in a rhyme
依舊尋找著天堂， 在垮掉派旅館
It's a Buddha-like connection and everybody has their time
帶我去見你的首領，帶我去見那個大佬
If you want to drink the water you' ve got to dig into the well
有人得到了想要的答案，有人完成了絕妙的計劃
Maybe then you'll find Nirvana at the Beat Hotel
你到了任何大街小巷和酒吧

都會發現在貧民區，看著星星的我們
It was over by nineteen sixty-three and everyone had gone
仰望著星星
But they'd opened up the road and the revolution was getting won
我們將看著星星
When the poems were painted over and they rang the final bell
It was goodbye to Nirvana at the Beat Hotel

The myth is stronger than the truth, and truth can sometimes lie
To see it all for what it was you need an uncorrupted eye
Was the journey worth it, only time will tell
Still looking for Nirvana, at the Beat Hotel

Take me to your leader, take me to the man
Someone has got the answer, someone's got the perfect plan
If you're looking in the alleys, if you're looking in the bars
You'll find us in the gutter, looking at the stars

Looking at the stars

We'll looking at the stars