There Were Roses

歌词

• There Were Roses - Cara Dillon
• My song for you this evening
• 今夜我为你歌唱
• Is not to make you sad
• 不是为了让你忧伤
• Nor for adding to the sorrows
• 不愿增加悲痛
• Of this troubled northern land
• 在这战火纷飞的北方土地上
• But lately I've been thinking
• 让我给你讲个故事
• And it just won't leave my mind
• 它萦绕在我脑海里不曾散去
• I'll tell you about two friends one time
• 我想向你讲述我曾经的朋友
• Who were both good friends of mine
• 两个皆是我的挚友
• Isaac he was Protestant
• 艾萨克是新教徒
• And Sean was Catholic born
• 而肖恩信奉天主教
• But it never made a difference
• 这本不会造成困扰
• For the friendship it was strong
• 毕竟他们的友情是那么牢靠
• And sometimes in the evening
• 晴朗的夜里
• When they heard the sound of drums
• 他们听见鼓声四起
• They said they won't divide us
• 他们说我们不会分离
• We will always be as one
• 我们永远在一起
• There were roses roses
• 他们就像玫瑰 火红的玫瑰
• There were roses
• 骄傲的花开在大地
• And the tears of a people ran together
• 人们的泪水浇灌着这里
• It was on a Sunday morning
• 星期天早上
• When the awful news came round
• 噩耗传来
• Another killing had been done
• 又一起杀戮
• Just outside Newry Town
• 就发生在纽里镇
• We knew that Isaac danced up there
• 我们知道艾萨克曾在那儿跳舞
• We knew he liked the band
• 我们听说他喜欢那个乐队
• But when we heard that he was dead
• 但当我们听到他已经死去
• We just could not understand
• 我们无法相信
• Now fear it filled the countryside
• 恐惧弥漫在镇上
• There was fear in every home
• 也在每一个家庭中蔓延
• When late at night a car came
• 深夜一辆车子开来
• Prowling round the Ryan Road
• 徘徊在莱恩道旁
• A Catholic would be killed tonight
• 必须死一个天主教徒
• To even up the score
• 这样我们才能扯平
• Oh Christ it's young MacDonald
• 哦天哪 那是麦克唐纳 他还依然年轻
• They have taken from the door
• 就这样被抓了出来 面对私刑
• There were roses roses
• 他们就像玫瑰 火红的玫瑰
• There were roses
• 骄傲的花开在大地
• And the tears of a people ran together
• 人们的泪水浇灌着这里
• Isaac was my friend he cried
• 艾萨克曾悲声恸哭
• He begged them with his tears
• 声泪俱下恳求他们网开一面
• But centuries of hatred
• 然而哭声淹没在千百年的仇恨里
• Have ears that do not hear
• 没人听得见
• An eye for an eye
• 以牙还牙 以眼还眼
• That was all that filled their minds
• 仇恨的思想到处蔓延
• And another eye for another eye
• 一人死去 一人偿命
• Till everyone was blind
• 直到尸横遍野 血流漂杵
• Now I don't know where the moral is
• 我不知道道德何处安放
• Or where the song should end
• 歌声何时停唱
• But I wonder just how many wars
• 不知道还有多少战争
• Are fought between good friends
• 本是兄弟阋墙
• And those who give the orders
• 施号发令的人
• Are not the ones to die
• 一个不曾死去
• It's Scott and young MacDonald
• 死去的人只有年轻的史考特 麦克唐纳
• And the likes of you and I
• 和那些普通人 像你我这样
• There were roses roses
• 他们就像玫瑰 火红的玫瑰
• There were roses
• 骄傲的花开在大地
• And the tears of a people ran together
• 人们的泪水浇灌着这里

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