Sympathy For The Devil

• By: The Rolling Stones
• Album: Let It Bleed (50th Anniversary Edition)

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

Please allow me to introduce myself

请允许我自我介绍一下

I'm a man of wealth and taste

我是一个富有品位的人

I've been around for a long, long years

我已经存在了很久很久

Stole million man's soul an faith

偷走了无数人的灵魂和信仰

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ

当耶稣基督受难时我也在场

Had his moment of doubt and pain

见证了他的怀疑和痛苦

Made damn sure that Pilate

我确保了彼拉多

Washed his hands and sealed his fate

洗手并注定了他的命运

Pleased to meet you

很高兴认识你

Hope you guess my name

希望你能猜出我的名字

But what's puzzling you

但让你困惑的是

Is the nature of my game

我这游戏的本质

Stuck around St. Petersburg

我待在圣彼得堡

When I saw it was a time for a change

当我看到变革的时刻到来

Killed Tsar and his ministers

杀害了沙皇和他的大臣们

Anastasia screamed in vain

安娜斯塔西娅徒劳地尖叫

I rode a tank

我驾驶着坦克

Held a general's rank

身居将军之位

When the blitzkrieg raged

当闪电战肆虐之时

And the bodies stank

尸体散发着恶臭

Pleased to meet you

很高兴认识你

Hope you guess my name, oh yeah

希望你能猜出我的名字，哦耶

Ah, what's puzzling you

啊，让你困惑的是

Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

我这游戏的本质，哦耶

I watched with glee

我兴高采烈地看着

While your kings and queens

当你们的国王和王后

Fought for ten decades

为了他们创造的神明

For the gods they made

为了他们创造的神明争斗了十年

I shouted out

我大声喊道

Who killed the Kennedys?

谁杀了肯尼迪？

When after all

当一切结束后

It was you and me

是你和我

Let me please introduce myself

请允许我再次自我介绍一下

I'm a man of wealth and taste

我是一个富有品位的人

And I laid traps for troubadours

我为吟游诗人设下陷阱

Who get killed before they reached Bombay

他们在到达孟买之前就被杀害

Pleased to meet you

很高兴认识你

Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah

希望你能猜出我的名字，哦耶

But what's puzzling you

但让你困惑的是

Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby

我这游戏的本质，哦耶，嗨起来，宝贝

Pleased to meet you

很高兴认识你

Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah

希望你能猜出我的名字，哦耶

But what's confusing you

但让你感到困惑的是

Is just the nature of my game

仅仅是我这游戏的本质

Just as every cop is a criminal

正如每个警察都是罪犯

And all the sinners saints

所有的罪人都是圣徒

As heads is tails

正如正面即是反面

Just call me Lucifer

就叫我路西法吧

'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

因为我需要一些克制

So if you meet me

所以如果你遇到我

Have some courtesy

请保持礼貌

Have some sympathy, and some taste

带上你的同情心和品味

Use all your well-learned politnesse

用上你学到的所有礼仪

Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah

否则我会吞噬你的灵魂，嗯耶

Pleased to meet you

很高兴认识你

Hope you guessed my name, mm yeah

希望你能猜出我的名字，嗯耶

But what's puzzling you

但让你困惑的是

Is the nature of my game, mm mean it, get down

我这游戏的本质，我说真的，嗨起来

Woo, who

呜，呼

Oh yeah, get on down

哦耶，嗨起来

Oh yeah

哦耶

Aah yeah

啊耶

Tell me baby, what's my name?

告诉我宝贝，我叫什么名字？

Tell me honey, can ya guess my name?

告诉我甜心，你能猜出我的名字吗？

Tell me baby, what's my name?

告诉我宝贝，我叫什么名字？

I tell you one time, you're to blame

我只说一次，你难辞其咎

What's my name

我叫什么名字

Tell me, baby, what's my name?

告诉我，宝贝，我叫什么名字？

Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?

告诉我，甜心，我叫什么名字？

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
wealth /welθ/ B2	noun - 财富
taste /teɪst/ B1	noun - 品味 verb - 品尝
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - 灵魂
faith /feɪθ/ B2	noun - 信仰
doubt /daʊt/ B1	noun - 怀疑 verb - 怀疑
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - 疼痛
fate /feɪt/ B2	noun - 命运
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - 名字 verb - 命名
puzzling /ˈpʌzəlɪŋ/ B2	adjective - 令人困惑的
nature /ˈneɪtʃər/ B1	noun - 本质
game /ɡeɪm/ A1	noun - 游戏
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	noun - 变化 verb - 改变
killed /kɪld/ A2	verb - 杀死
screamed /skriːmd/ B1	verb - 尖叫
bodies /ˈbɒdiz/ A2	noun - 身体，尸体
stank /stæŋk/ B2	verb - 发出难闻的气味
kings /kɪŋz/ A2	noun - 国王
queens /kwiːnz/ A2	noun - 女王
sinners /ˈsɪnərz/ B2	noun - 罪人
saints /seɪnts/ B1	noun - 圣人
restraint /rɪˈstreɪnt/ C1	noun - 克制
courtesy /ˈkɜːrtəsi/ B2	noun - 礼貌
sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθi/ B1	noun - 同情
waste /weɪst/ B1	noun - 浪费 verb - 浪费

Grammar:

• Please allow me to introduce myself

  ➔ 祈使句与 "please" 结合，表示礼貌的请求/指示

  ➔ “allow” 一词是祈使语气，表示命令或请求。“Please” 使其成为一个礼貌的请求。

• I've been around for a long, long years

  ➔ 现在完成进行时

  ➔ 这个时态 ("I've been") 表示一个从过去开始并持续到现在的动作。“long, long” 的重复强调了持续时间。

• Made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate

  ➔ "Made sure" 结构（使役）

  ➔ “Made sure” 暗示说话者（魔鬼）采取了行动，以确保彼拉多洗手并决定耶稣的命运。这表明对事件的影响。

• Hope you guess my name

  ➔ 省略子句 (I hope that you guess my name)

  ➔ 连词 “that” 和主语 “I” 为了简洁起见已从主句中省略。完整的句子是 “I hope that you guess my name。”

• What's puzzling you is the nature of my game

  ➔ 主谓倒装 (What's puzzling you 是主语)

  ➔ 短语 “What's puzzling you” 充当句子的主语，即使它包含一个动词 (“is”)。这是一种主谓倒装形式，营造出稍微正式或强调的语气。

• I watched with glee while your kings and queens fought for ten decades

  ➔ 带有 "while" 的从句

  ➔ “While” 引入一个从属子句，描述与主句行为同时发生的行为。它表明魔鬼正在观看国王和王后战斗。

• Just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints

  ➔ 用 "just as" 进行明喻/类比

  ➔ “Just as” 在两个看似矛盾的概念之间建立了平行或类比。它突出了魔鬼的观点，即道德是相对和流动的。

• Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah

  ➔ 条件句（隐含 “if” – 如果你没有同情心）

  ➔ 这是一个条件句，其中 “if” 从句是隐含的。完整的句子是 “If you don't show me courtesy and sympathy, I'll lay your soul to waste。”