The Sphinx

I wish I could be like the king
我希望可以像這位王一樣
who said to his people: my friends
對自己的子民說
this is now the end
我的朋友這就是結束
if we loose the battle
若我們不再戰鬥
we shall live forever.
我們將獲得永生
The people of the sun will remember this day
太陽的子民會記住這一天
and give us immortality
賦予我們永生
long after I've gone
即便我故去很久
Long after the sun.
即便日落後很久
I want to be like this king
我希望可以像這位王一樣
but I can't stand the pain
但我忍受不了這些痛苦
my friends
我的朋友
and I keep looking for all the faces I had
我不停地尋找自己
before the world began.
在天地萬物誕生以前無數個面孔
I've only know desire and my poor soul will burn
我只看到慾望而我可憐的靈魂
into eternal fire
將燃燒成永恆的火焰
and I can't even cry -
但我不能哭泣
a sphinx never cry.
獅身人面像永不哭泣
I am standing in the sun
我站在陽光下
I wish that I could be
我希望我可以
a silent sphinx eternally.
一輩子做沉默的獅身人面像
I don't want any past
我不要任何過往
only want things which cannot last
只要短暫的眼前
and I can't even cry
我甚至不能哭泣
through God knows how I try -
儘管上帝知道我多想哭泣
a sphinx never cry
獅身人面像永不哭泣
and sphinx never die.
獅身人面像永不死亡
I'm famous or am I infamous ?
不管我聲名顯赫還是聲名狼藉
It doesn't matter much any more
這都不再重要了
phony words of love or painfully truth
虛假的情話或痛苦的真相
I've heard it all before
我過去都聽厭了
appraisal or critics and even politics
讚美或批評甚至權術
a conversation piece
都不過是一段談資
a woman or a priest
一個女人或一位牧師
it's all a point of view.
都不過是一個觀點
I am standing in the sun
我站在陽光下
I wish that I could be
我希望我可以
a silent sphinx eternally.
一輩子做沉默的獅身人面像
I don't want any past
我不要任何過往
only want things which cannot last
只要短暫的眼前
and I can't even cry -
我甚至不能哭泣
a sphinx never cry.
獅身人面像永不哭泣
and sphinx never die.
獅身人面像永不死亡
a sphinx never cry.
獅身人面像永不哭泣