By the Rivers Dark — Leonard Cohen

《黑暗之畔》莱昂纳德·科恩

By the rivers dark, I wandered on

在黑暗的河畔，我漫步着

I lived my life in Babylon

我过着我的生活，在那巴比伦

And I did forget my holy song

而我已经忘却我神圣的歌

And I had no strength in Babylon

我也没有力量，在那巴比伦

By the rivers dark

在黑暗的河畔

Where I could not see

我看不清方向

Who was waiting there

谁将在那等待

Who was hunting me

谁又将俘获我

And he cut my lip

他割伤我的唇

And he cut my heart

还割伤我的心

So I could not drink

因此我无法喝酒

From the river dark

从黑暗的河流上

And he covered me

他弥漫着我

And I saw within my lawless heart

我仿佛看见我放纵的心

And my wedding ring

还有我的婚戒

I did not know

我不知道

And I could not see

我也看不见

Who was waiting there

谁将在那等待

Who was hunting me

谁又将俘获我

By the rivers dark

在黑暗的河畔

I panicked on

我感到惶恐

I belonged the last to Babylon

我最终属于那巴比伦

Then he struck my heart with a deadly force

而他让我心战栗，用那致命的力量

And he said, this heart, it is not yours

他说道，这颗心它不属于你

And he gave the wind

而他吹起风

My wedding ring

我的婚戒

And he circled us with everything by the rivers dark

他盘旋着我们，伴随着一切在黑暗的河畔

In a wounded dawn

在一个受伤的黎明

I live my life in Babylon

我过着我的生活，在那巴比伦

Though I take my song

尽管我唱着我的歌

From a withered limb

用这憔悴的身躯

Both song and tree

歌声和树林

They sing for him

都为他吟唱

Be the truth unsaid

这是无言的真相

And the blessing gone

而赐福已经消失

If I forget my Babylon

如果我忘记了我的巴比伦

By the rivers dark

在黑暗的河畔

Where it all goes on

那是一切的宿命

By the rivers dark in Babylon

在黑暗的河畔就在巴比伦