Young Man in America
Anaïs Mitchell
Young Man in America 歌詞
My mother gave a mighty shout
母親曾大聲地吼我
Opened her legs and let me out
張開她的雙腿讓我滾出去
Hungry as a prairie dog
飢餓如一隻草原犬鼠
Young man in America, young man in America
美國的年輕人,美國的年輕人啊
Hungry, hungry, running every which way
飢餓,飢餓,促使他們倉皇逃竄
Young man in Americay
美國的年輕人啊
I come out like a cannonball
我如一顆破膛而出的石彈
Come of age with alcohol, raven in a field of rye
出生在充斥著酒、麥田上到處是渡鴉的時代
With a black and roving eye, black and roving eye
渡鴉,帶著不安分的黝黑眼珠的渡鴉
Ravenous, ravenous, what you got, its not enough
飢腸轆轆,轆轆飢腸,總是對擁有的感到不滿足
Young man in America
美國的年輕人啊
Oh, shelter, mother shelter, mother shelter us, ooh
恩澤,母愛恩澤,被澤蒙庥
My father was a lord of land
父親曾是一地之主
My daddy was a repo man, put me out onto the street
他像個商品收回員,把我掃地出門
Didnt give a damn for me, did not give a damn
不關心我,毫不在乎
Daddy, daddy, gonna wish you never had me
父親啊父親,真希望你從來就沒有生下我
I'm a young man
我是個年輕人
I'm growing right before your eyes
我在你的眼皮子底下長大
I might grow to such a size
我可能會成長為
Blow in like a hurricane everyone will know my name
颶風電掣般出現在眾人面前的名人,人人都聽聞我的大名
Everyonell know my name
人人都聽聞我的大名
Blowing in, blowing up, shadow on the mountaintop
出現,又消失,如山頂投下的陰影
Young man in America
美國的年輕人啊
Oh, shepherd, father shepherd, father shepherd us, ooh
膏澤,父愛膏澤,指引道路
In my feathers and furs, clothes of many colors
我的打扮,衣裝色彩繽紛
Many men will envy me when Im in my finery, me in my finery
許多人艷羨我的華冠麗服,仰慕西裝革履的我
Envy me, envy me, spending all my bright money
羨慕我,嫉妒我,我揮霍掉所有的錢
Young man in Americay
美國的年輕人啊
Maybe one day Ill climb the stairs with a girl of golden hair
也許某天我會和一個金發女孩一起爬上樓梯
Hold her like a sword and shield, up against this lonely world
她會成為我的劍和盾,來對抗這個孤獨的世界
Up against the world, its a lonely, lonely world
面對這個世界,這是個孤獨,清冷的世界啊
For a yellow-headed girl and a young man
對於黃頭髮的女孩和一個年輕人來說
Like the wind I make my moan, howling in the canyon
我像風一樣呻吟,呼嘯穿過峽谷
Theres a hollow in my bones, make me cry and carry on
我的骨頭中間有個空洞,這使我哭泣著繼續前行
Make the foam fly from my tongue, make me want what I want
使我嘴中的唾沫飛濺,使我求我所欲
Another wayward son waiting on oblivion
另一個任性的孩子在沉睡中等待
Waiting on the kingdom come to meet me in my sin
在另一個國度中等待,等待直面我的罪惡
Waiting to be born again, mother, kiss me cheek and chin
等待重生,等待母親親吻我的臉頰
Mmm, a little medicine, mmm, and then I shed my skin
一點藥,讓我脫胎換骨
Mmm, and lemme climb back into the bed you made me in
讓我再次爬上母親的床,曾經安睡的床