Skellig 孤島苦修士

今天試著把 Loreena McKennitt的Skellig也翻譯了一下。

"Skellig" 孤島苦修士

 

 

 

O light the candle, John

 

The daylight has almost gone

 

The birds have sung their last

 

The bells call all to mass

 

噢，年輕的約翰，請點起燭火

 

白晝消逝，夜晚就要來臨

 

鳥兒已經唱完最後一首歌

 

晚禱的鍾聲已經響起

 

 

 

Sit here by my side

 

For the night is very long

 

There's something I must tell

 

Before I pass along

 

在我旁邊坐下吧

 

這一晚將會非常漫長

 

在我安息以前

 

有些事情我必須告訴你

 

 

 

I joined the brotherhood

 

My books were all to me

 

I scribed the words of God

 

And much of history

 

我加入了兄弟會

 

書籍是我的一切

 

我抄寫上帝的話語

 

撰寫許多的曆史

 

 

 

Many a year was I

 

Perched out upon the sea

 

The waves would wash my tears,

 

The wind, my memory

 

許多年了，

 

我棲息在海上，

 

海浪衝刷我的淚水

 

海風洗滌我的記憶

 

 

 

I'd hear the ocean breathe

 

Exhale upon the shore

 

I knew the tempest's blood

 

Its wrath I would endure

 

我曾經聽到海洋的呼吸

 

那是從海岸發出的歎息

 

我知道暴風雨的血氣

 

我曆經它的憤怒

 

 

 

And so the years went by

 

Within my rocky cell

 

With only a mouse or bird

 

My friend; I loved them well

 

許多年過去了，

 

在我的岩石小屋裏，

 

一隻鼠一隻鳥

 

是我的朋友，我愛它們。

 

 

 

And so it came to pass

 

I'd come here to Romani

 

And many a year it took

 

Till I arrived here with thee

 

我的安息終於到來

 

我來到羅馬

 

經過了很多年

 

我與你一同來到這裏

 

 

 

On dusty roads I walked

 

And over mountains high

 

Through rivers running deep

 

Beneath the endless sky

（打亂順序）

在無盡的蒼穹下

 

一路風塵仆仆

 

穿過深深的河穀

 

翻越高高的山梁

 

 

Beneath these jasmine flowers

 

 

 

Amidst these cypress trees

 

I give you now my books

 

And all their mysteries

 

在茉莉花下

 

在柏樹叢中

 

我把我所有珍愛的書籍

 

並所承載的傳奇都留給你

 

 

 

Now take the hourglass

 

And turn it on its head

 

For when the sands are still

 

'Tis then you'll find me dead

 

現在拿起沙漏

 

倒放在這裏

 

當流沙停止的時候

 

我已經安息

 

 

 

O light the candle, John

 

The daylight is almost gone

 

The birds have sung their last

 

The bells call all to mass

 

噢，年輕的約翰，請點起燭火

 

白晝消逝，夜晚就要來臨

 

鳥兒唱完了最後一首歌

 

晚禱的鍾聲已經響起