The Box-John Denver

[ti:The Box] [ar:John Denver] [al:Poems, Prayers & Promises] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Box - John Denver (约翰·丹佛)
**享有本翻译作品的著作权 [00:00.13]Lyrics by：Kendrew Lascelles/Charles Stillwell [00:00.27]Composed by：Kendrew Lascelles/Charles Stillwell [00:00.40]Once upon a time in the land of Hushabye
从前在那安乐乡 [00:02.99]Around about the wondrous days of yore
昔日的美好时光 [00:05.87]I came across a sort of box
我偶然发现一个盒子 [00:08.07]Bound up with chains and locked with locks
被铁链缠绕 铜锁锁紧 [00:10.98]And labeled kindly do not touch it's war
贴心地附有标签“不要碰 这是战争” [00:16.90]Decree was issued 'round about
到处都颁布了法令 [00:18.60]All with a flourish and a shout
所有人都欢呼雀跃 [00:20.36]And a gaily colored mascot tripping lightly on before
色彩鲜艳的吉祥物在前面欢快地跳跃 [00:24.07]Don't fiddle with this deadly box or break the chains or pick the locks
别摆弄这个致命的盒子 或者试图打破锁链 [00:28.25]And please don't ever play about with war
永远不要轻易挑起战争 [00:33.23]Well the children understood
孩子们都明白这道理 [00:35.32]Children happen to be good
孩子们都表现很好 [00:37.45]They were just as good around the time of yore
其实孩子们之前就表现很好 [00:40.27]They didn't try to pick the locks or break into that deadly box
他们没有试图撬锁或者打开致命的盒子 [00:43.84]They never tried to play about with war
他们从没有轻易挑起战争 [00:47.41]Mummies didn't either
母亲们也没有 [00:48.54]Sisters aunts grannies neither
所有家中的女眷都没有 [00:50.67]Cause they were quiet and sweet and pretty in those wondrous days of yore
因为昔日的美好时光里 她们都是安静 甜美又漂亮的 [00:57.08]Well very much the same as now not the ones to blame somehow
当然现在也是如此 她们不管怎样都不该被责备 [01:02.35]For opening up that deadly box of war
因为打开了致命的战争之盒的罪责 [01:06.31]But someone did
但有人这么做了 [01:08.94]Someone battered in the lid
有人猛击盒盖 [01:11.11]And spilled the insides out across the floor
将里面的东西洒向大地 [01:14.19]A sort of bouncy bumpy ball made up of guns
枪支 炮弹 [01:16.86]And flags and all the tears and horror
旗帜 泪水和恐惧 [01:19.03]And the death that goes with war
还有随战争而来的死亡 [01:22.46]It bounced right out
全都弹出来 布满人间 [01:23.50]And went bashing all about
到处乱撞 [01:25.19]And bumping into everything and stored
一处也不放过 [01:27.07]And what was sad
令人难过的是 [01:27.87]And most unfair is that it didn't really seem to care
最不公平的是似乎没有人在意 [01:30.68]Who much it bumped
撞到了谁 [01:32.22]Or why or what or for
或者说为什么 凭什么 怎么可以 [01:37.86]It bumped the children mainly
主要是撞到了孩子们 [01:40.42]And I'll tell you this quite plainly
我清楚地告诉你们 [01:42.77]It bumps them every day
那些孩子们每天都不能幸免 [01:44.06]And more and more
越来越多的孩子们 [01:45.78]And leaves them dead and burned and dying
无辜死去 化为灰烬 奄奄一息 [01:47.89]Thousands of them sick and crying
成千上万的孩子们被疾病困扰 哭声不断 [01:50.88]Cause when it bumps it's really very sore
因为一旦战争之盒被打开 它的危害是无穷的 [01:58.48]Now there's a way to stop the ball
现在有个办法阻止这一切 [02:00.40]It isn't difficult at all
事实上这并不难 [02:01.90]All it takes is wisdom
只需要智慧 [02:04.02]I'm absolutely sure that we could get it back into the box
我绝对相信我们有能力把这一切放回到盒子里 [02:08.10]And bind the chains and lock the locks
再一次用铁链铜锁封好 [02:11.92]No one seems to want to save the children any more
但似乎没有人想再救孩子们了 [02:16.86]Well that's the way it all appears
事情就是这样发生的 [02:20.23]Cause it's been bouncing 'round for years and years
因为战争已经肆虐了很久很久 [02:24.20]In spite of all the wisdom whiz since those wondrous days of yore
尽管自昔日的美好时光以来 有数不尽的能人异士 [02:28.84]And the time they came across the box
他们发现盒子的时候 [02:31.90]Bound up with chains and locked with locks
那盒子被铁链缠绕 铜锁锁紧 [02:35.62]And labeled kindly do not touch it's war
贴心地附有标签“不要碰 这是战争”