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《GOING HOME》 by Leonard Cohen
I love to speak with Leonard
我喜欢和伦纳德攀谈
He’s a sportsman and a shepherd
他既是个运动员也是个牧羊人
He’s a lazy bastard
他更是一个无耻混蛋
Living in a suit
却衣冠楚楚地活着
But he does say what I tell him
但他必定会如我所述地行事
Even though it isn’t welcome
即使这样也并不讨喜
He just doesn’t have the freedom
只因他无自由
To refuse
来拒绝
He will speak these words of wisdom
他会如此智慧的措辞
Like a sage, a man of vision
像个圣人、如同先知
Though he knows he’s really nothing
即使他心中自知一无是处
But the brief elaboration of a tube
Going home
回家
Without my sorrow
不带上悲伤
Going home
回家
Sometime tomorrow
也许就在不久的将来
Going home
回家
To where it’s better
那片比我少小离乡时
Than before
更美的地方
Going home
回家
Without my burden
没有所谓的重担
Going home
回家
Behind the curtain
纱帘的后头
Going home
回家
Without the costume
没有华服
That I wore
包裹的我
He wants to write a love song
他想写一首情歌
An anthem of forgiving
一首关于宽恕的圣曲
A manual for living with defeat
一册失败却要活着的指南
A cry above the suffering
痛苦而来的一声哀嚎
A sacrifice recovering
牺牲所得的一次新生
But that isn’t what I need him to complete
但这些并不是我需要他去完成的
I want to make him certain
我只需要他
That he doesn’t have a burden
少一些沉重的负担
That he doesn’t need a vision
少一些前瞻的自扰
That he only has permission
他只允许
To do my instant bidding
做好眼下
That is to SAY what I have told him
也就是我所指引他的那些事
To repeat
来回应
Going home
回家
Without my sorrow
不带上悲伤
Going home
回家
Sometime tomorrow
也许就在不久的将来
Going home
回家
To where it’s better
那片比我少小离乡时
Than before
更美的地方
Going home
回家
Without my burden
没有所谓的重担
Going home
回家
Behind the curtain
纱帘的后头
Going home
回家
Without the costume
没有华服
That I wore
包裹的我
I love to speak with Leonard
我喜欢和伦纳德攀谈
He’s a sportsman and a shepherd
他既是个运动员也是个牧羊人
He’s a lazy bastard
他更是一个无耻混蛋
Living in a suit
却衣冠楚楚地活着
