Famous Blue Raincoat

It's four in the morning the end of December
現在是凌晨四點，十二月尾聲
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
此刻正在給你寫信，想知道你可否安好
New York is cold but I like where I'm living
紐約的冬天很冷，但我喜歡我住的地方
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
因為我住的克林頓街，徹夜都響著音樂
I hear that you're building
我聽說你在荒漠深處
your little house deep in the desert
建造著自己的小屋
You're living for nothing now
你現在真的一無所求了嗎
I hope you're keeping some kind of record
我多希望你能有所眷戀
Yes and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
簡來過，帶著你的一縷發結
She said that you gave it to her
她說那是你送的
That night that you planned to go clear
在你決定把事情理清的那天晚上送給她的
Did you ever go clear
你真的把所有事情都理清了嗎
Ah the last time we saw you
上次我們見你時
you looked so much older
你看起來蒼老多了
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
你那件出了名的藍雨衣，連肩部也殘破了
You'd been to the station to meet every train
以前，你常去車站，等遍每一趟火車
And you came home without Lili Marlene
但是你心中的那位莉莉瑪蓮始終沒有出現
And you treated my woman
你還把我的女人
to a flake of your life
當作你生命中的一段插曲
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
當她從你那裡回來時，依然是獨身一人
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
我想像著你嘴裡銜著玫瑰專門竊取愛情
One more thin gypsy thief
又是一個手法並不高明的吉普賽小偷
Well I see Jane's awake --
噢，簡現在還醒著
She sends her regards
她讓我代她向你問好
And what can I tell you my brother my killer
可我還能說些什麼呢，我的兄弟，我的情敵
What can I possibly say
我還能再說些什麼呢
I guess that I miss you
或許訴說思念
I guess I forgive you
或許談談諒解
I'm glad you stood in my way
告訴你我很高興你曾走進我生命
If you ever come by here for Jane or for me
如果你以後來作客，看看簡，或是我
Your enemy is sleeping and his woman is free
我要讓你知道，我對你的敵意已然沉睡已對那個放不下的女人釋然
Yes and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
其實，我要感謝你，是你拂去了她眼中的煩惱
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
而我，以為那天生如此，而並沒有走入她內心深處
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
簡來過，帶著你的一縷發結
She said that you gave it to her
她說那是你送的
That night that you planned to go clear
在你決定把一切事情理清的那天晚上
Sincerely,
你的摯友
L.Cohen.
L.Cohen.