Dark as a Dungeon歌词由Merle Travis演唱,出自专辑《Before Bob Dylan: 100 Recordings Drawn from the Folk, Blues, Country, Gospel and Rock N Roll Traditi》,下面是《Dark as a Dungeon》完整版歌词!
Dark as a Dungeon歌词完整版
Dark As A Dungeon - Merle Travis
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It's as dark as a dungeon
就像地牢一样黑暗
Way down in the mine
在矿井深处
I never will forget one time
我永远不会忘记
When I was on a little visit down
当我去看望她时
Home in ebenezer kentucky
家在肯塔基州的埃比尼泽
I was a-talking to an old man
我在和一个老头聊天
That had known me ever
认识我的人
Since the day I was born and
从我出生的那一天起
An old friend of the family
我们家的老朋友
He says son you don't know how
他说孩子你根本不懂
Lucky you are to have a nice job
你真幸运有一份好工作
Like you've got and don't have
就像你拥有的和没有的
To dig out a living
为了谋生
From under these old hills and hollers
在这座古老的山丘之下
Like me and your pappy used to
就像我和你爸爸曾经那样
When I asked him why he never had left
当我问他为何他从未离开
And tried some other kind of work he says
他说他尝试了别的工作
Now Sir you just won't do that
先生你不会这么做的
If ever you get this old
如果你老了
Coal dust in your blood
你血液里的煤尘
You're just gonna be a plain
你只是平平无奇
Old coal miner as long as you live
老矿工只要你还活着
He went on to say it's a habit
他接着说这是一种习惯
Sorta like chewing tobaccer
有点像嚼烟
Come and listen you fellows
来吧朋友们侧耳倾听
So young and so fine
如此年轻如此美丽
And seek not your fortune
不要贪图富贵
In the dark dreary mines
在黑暗沉闷的矿井里
It will form as a habit
这会成为一种习惯
And seep in your soul
渗透你的灵魂
Till the stream of your
直到你
Blood is as black as the coal
鲜血就像煤炭一样漆黑
It's dark as a dungeon
漆黑一片就像地牢
And damp as the dew
Where danger is double and
危险加倍
Pleasures are few
快乐很少
Where the rain never falls
在那里永远不会下雨
And the sun never shines
太阳永远不会发光
It's dark as a dungeon
漆黑一片就像地牢
Way down in the mine
在矿井深处
It's a many a man
很多人
I have seen in my day
在我的时代我见过
Who lived just to labor
为了劳作而活
His whole life away
他的整个人生
Like a fiend with his dope
就像一个沉迷于**的疯子
And a drunkard his wine
醉鬼喝着美酒
A man will have lust for
The lure of the mines
矿井的诱惑
I hope when I'm gone
我希望当我离开人世
And the ages shall roll
时代终将滚滚向前
My body will blacken
我的身体会变得漆黑一片
And turn into coal
变成煤炭
Then I'll look from the door
我会从门口望过去
Of my heavenly home
天堂般的家园
And pity the miner a
可怜可怜这个矿工
Digging my bones
深入我的骨髓
It's dark as a dungeon
漆黑一片就像地牢
And damp as the dew
Where danger is double
危险加倍
And pleasures are few
快乐少之又少
Where the rain never falls
在那里永远不会下雨
And the sun never shines
太阳永远不会发光
It's dark as a dungeon way
漆黑一片就像地牢
Down in the mine
在矿井里