有朋自远方来,又赴远方。

 

【自翻】Old Money

那是披着霓虹幻影的时代,乐声喧嚣,歌舞升平。临街酒吧的昏黄灯光瞪大兴奋而疲倦的双眼,照亮纽约城无数不眠之夜。酒精和香水味中,不时有亮色跑车呼啸而过,漂浮着几顶女士小帽。细长烟管里飘出缕缕轻丝,犹如含笑的隐秘呢喃。

在那样的几年,我却看见你加冕于天堂的灵魂,熠熠生辉,古老不灭。


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Old Money.

旧钞

by Lana Del Rey


Blue hydrangea

绣球花盛,淡蓝旷野

Cold cash, Divine

冰冷旧钞,天意犹存

Cashmere, cologne

你一身丝滑羊绒,染着古龙水香

and white sunshine

沐浴在白日骄阳下

Red racing cars, sunset in vine

日垂树影,鲜红跑车呼啸而过

The kids were young and pretty

年轻一代风华正茂


Where have you been

你可曾饱经世故

Where did you go

后来为何一去不返

Those summer nights seem long ago

彼时仲夏午夜,回首已多年

so is the girl you used to call

偶尔想起,她的面容亦若隐若现

the Queen of New York City

你曾称她纽约皇后,白银女郎


But if you send for me

即使如此,假如你寄来只言片语

You know I'll come

我必亲自降临

If you call for me

只要你肯致电

You know I'll run

你知道我将狂奔而至


I'll come to you, I'll come to you

重回你身边,尽释前嫌

I'll come, come, come

即使一路风雨

I'll run to you, I'll run to you

毫不犹豫,飞奔而至

I'll run, run, run

为此不顾一切


The power of youth

年少轻狂的冲动

is on my mind

仍未褪尽

Sunset, small town

落日余晖,冷僻小镇

All out of time

终败于时光

Will you still love me

你是否依然会爱我

when I shine from words

若某日我字字恳切如金

but not from beauty

而精致容颜已凋零


My father's love is always strong

父亲之爱,永久不减

My mother's glamour lives on and on

母亲韶华不再,却风韵犹存

Yet still inside I felt alone

然而我内心依旧空洞无助

for reasons unknown to me

灵魂上的孤独莫名汹涌


(chants...)




Blue hydrangea

深蓝原野,一望无际

Cold cash, Divine

冰冷旧钞,神圣长存

Cashmere, cologne

破旧羊绒,古龙香黯淡

and hot sunshine

又一年夏至

Red racing cars, sunset in vine

看倦了豪车来去,黄昏与树荫

We were young and pretty

当年你我风华正茂


FIN.


ps. Methamphetamines

      安非他命

(打雷说过Old Money的最初版本是Methamphetamines, 无奈云村下架了,就下了QQ音乐来听,然后发现没有翻译。。自己动手丰衣足食:)


Methamphetamines, Pink Flamingo

迷醉的安非他命,粉红火鸟宛如烈焰

Blue 50's Queen, blue oyster globe

蓝调王后五十曲的轻柔旋律,贝壳闪着幽蓝微光

For then a dream, why don't we go

彼时有梦,我们却生生错过

to Coney Island

康尼岛的万种风情

When the autumn, that guy I saw

深秋已至,我目睹他即兴而舞

through records spin Blue 50's songs

五十首蓝调在唱机上悠然转动

The horrendous looks so shimmer

一幕幕怪诞场景如今模糊不清

Neon palm sway

霓虹树影稀疏

What's happening, where did we go

事与愿违,我们又该去向何方

The Jersey shore was long ago

泽西海岸碧蓝如洗,纵情时光却早已远去

As we fly hopes and ocean grows

后来野心远大,沧海桑田

so I bid you farewell

我只能不告而别



今天绕了点路去书店看见一书架菲总的书。。

就突然想自己翻Old Money

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