The Letters — Leonard Cohen

《给你的信》莱昂纳德·科恩

You never liked to get the letters that I sent

你从来就不想收到我给你的信

But now you've got the gist of what my letters meant

但是你现在终于找到我信里真实的含义

You're reading them again, the ones you didn't burn

你把那些你没烧掉的信翻出来重读一遍

You press them to your lips, my pages of concern

你吻了吻我的信，那里有充满关怀的话

I said there'd been a flood

我告诉你这儿发生了水灾

I said there's nothing left

我告诉你什么都没留下

I hoped that you would come

我想着你会来这儿

I gave you my address

我给你留了地址

Your story was so long

你的故事太长了

The plot was so intense

情节又很复杂

It took you years to cross the lines of self-defense

你花了好几年的时间才穿过那条防线

The wounded forms appear

受伤的形象渐渐浮现

The loss, the full extent

失落达到最大极限

And simple kindness here

还有简单的温柔

The solitude of strength

坚强的寂寞

I said there'd been a flood

我告诉你这儿发生了水灾

I said there's nothing left

我告诉你什么都没留下

I hoped that you would come

我想着你会来这儿

I gave you my address

我给你留了地址

You walk into my room

你走进我的房间

You stand there at my desk

站在我的桌子边

Begin your letter to the one who's coming next

你开始写给下一个来客

The one who's coming next

下一个来客