The Great Dust Storm歌词由Woody Guthrie演唱,出自专辑《Folk Mix: Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie》,下面是《The Great Dust Storm》完整版歌词!
The Great Dust Storm歌词完整版
The Great Dust Storm - Woody Guthrie (伍迪·格思里)
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On the 14th day of April of 1935
1935年4月14日
There struck the worst of
最可怕的事情发生了
Dust storms that ever filled the sky
天空布满沙尘暴
You could see that dust storm comin'
你知道沙尘暴即将到来
The cloud looked deathlike black
乌云看起来像死一般漆黑
And through our mighty nation
通过我们强大的国家
It left a dreadful track
留下可怕的痕迹
From Oklahoma City to the Arizona line
从奥克拉荷马城到亚利桑那州
Dakota and Nebraska to the lazy Rio Grande
从达科塔到内布拉斯加再到慵懒的格兰德河
It fell across our city like a
它降临在我们的城市就像
Curtain of black rolled down
黑色帷幕落下
We thought it was our judgement
我们以为这是我们的判断
We thought it was our doom
我们以为这是我们的末日
The radio reported we listened with alarm
收音机里响起我们听到警报声
The wild and windy actions of
狂放不羁的行动
This great mysterious storm;
这场神秘的风暴;
From Albuquerque and Clovis
来自阿尔伯克基和克洛维斯
And all New Mexico
整个新墨西哥州
They said it was the blackest that ever they had saw
他们说这是他们见过的最黑暗的时刻
From old Dodge City Kansas
来自堪萨斯的道奇城
The dust had rung their knell
尘土为他们敲响丧钟
And a few more comrades
还有几个战友
Sleeping on top of old Boot Hill
睡在BootHill的屋顶上
From Denver Colorado
来自科罗拉多州的丹佛市
They said it blew so strong
他们说气氛好热烈
They thought that they could hold out
他们以为自己可以撑下去
But they didn't know how long
但他们不知道要多久
Our relatives were huddled into their oil boom shacks
我们的亲戚挤在他们的石油仓库里
And the children they was cryin'
孩子们在哭泣
As it whistled through the cracks
呼啸着穿过缝隙
And the family it was crowded into their little room
一家人挤在他们的小房间里
They thought the world had ended
他们以为世界末日了
And they thought it was their doom
他们以为这是他们的末日
The storm took place at sundown
暴风雨在日落时分发生
It lasted through the night
一整夜
When we looked out next morning
第二天早上我们望向窗外
We saw a terrible sight
我们看到了可怕的景象
We saw outside our window
我们看见窗外
Where wheat fields they had grown
他们种的是麦地
Was now a rippling ocean of dust the wind had blown
如今已是风吹草动的尘埃海洋
It covered up our fences
它掩盖了我们的藩篱
It covered up our barns
它掩盖了我们的粮仓
It covered up our tractors in this wild and dusty storm
在狂风暴雨中我们的拖拉机都被它遮盖了
We loaded our jalopies and piled our families in
我们开着豪车载着我们的家人
We rattled down that highway to never come back again
我们一路狂飙再也不会回来