A Spaceman Came Travelling – 英语/中文 双语歌词

• 作者: Chris de Burgh

歌词与翻译

[英语]

[中文]

A spaceman came traveling on his ship from afar

一个宇航员乘着他的飞船从远方而来

'Twas light years of time since his mission did start

自从他的任务开始已经过去了光年

And over a village, he halted his craft

他在一个村庄上空停下了他的飞船

And it hung in the sky like a star

它悬挂在天空中像一颗星星

Just like a star

就像一颗星星

He followed a light and came down to a shed

他跟随一束光降落到一个小屋

Where a mother and child were lying there on a bed

那里有一位母亲和孩子躺在床上

A bright light of silver shone round his head

一束明亮的银光环绕在他的头上

And he had a face of an angel

他的脸庞像天使一样

And they were afraid

他们感到害怕

Then the stranger spoke, he said, "Do not fear

然后陌生人开口说：“不要害怕

I come from a planet a long way from here

我来自一个离这里很远的星球

And I bring a message for mankind to hear"

我带来了一个人类需要听到的信息”

Suddenly, the sweetest music

突然，最甜美的音乐

Filled the air

充满了空气

And it went

它响起了

La-la-la-la, la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦啦啦啦

La-la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦

La-la-la-la, la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦啦啦啦

Peace and a goodwill to all men

和平与善意献给所有人

And love for the child

还有对孩子的爱

La-la-la-la, la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦啦啦啦

La-la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦

La-la-la-la, la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦啦啦啦

Oh-oh-oh

哦哦哦

This lovely music went trembling through the ground

这美妙的音乐在大地上颤动

And many were wakened on hearing that sound

许多人在听到那声音时被唤醒

And travelers on the road, the village they found

路上的旅行者找到了村庄

By the light of that ship in the sky

在那艘飞船的光芒下

Which shone all around

光辉四射

And just before dawn, at the paling of the sky

就在黎明前，天空渐渐变亮

The stranger returned and said, "Now I must fly

陌生人回来了，说：“现在我必须飞走

When two thousand years of your time has gone by

当你们的时间过去了两千年

This song will begin once again

这首歌将再次开始

To a baby's cry"

伴随着婴儿的哭声”

And it went

然后它响起了

La la-la-la, la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦啦啦啦

La-la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦

La la-la-la, la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦啦啦啦

This song will begin once again

这首歌将再次开始

To a baby's cry

伴随着婴儿的哭声

And it goes

它继续响起

La-la-la-la, la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦啦啦啦

La-la-la-la la-la-la (oh-oh-oh-oh)

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦（哦哦哦哦）

La-la-la-la, la-la-la la-la-la

啦啦啦啦，啦啦啦啦啦啦

Peace and goodwill to all men

和平与善意献给所有人

And love for the child

还有对孩子的爱

Oh, the whole world is waiting

哦，整个世界在等待

Waiting to hear the song again

等待再次听到这首歌

There are thousands standing on the edge of the world

有成千上万的人站在世界的边缘

And a star is moving somewhere

一颗星星在某处移动

The time is nearly here

时机快到了

This song will begin once again

这首歌将再次开始

To a baby's cry

伴随着婴儿的哭声

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重点语法结构

• A spaceman came traveling on his ship from afar

  ➔ 过去时 (来了)

  ➔ 使用过去时来描述过去完成的动作。“来了”表示一次单独完成的旅行。

• 'Twas light years of time since his mission did start

  ➔ 过去式带助动词“did”（强调/古风）

  ➔ 使用“did start”是为了强调或者以古风的形式表达。 虽然语法上正确，但标准形式应该是“started”。

• Where a mother and child were lying there on a bed

  ➔ 过去进行时 (躺着)

  ➔ 描述过去正在进行的动作。“躺着”表明母亲和孩子持续的状态。

• I come from a planet a long way from here

  ➔ 现在时 (来)

  ➔ 说明了关于宇航员起源的一个普遍真理或事实。“来”表达了一种习惯性的或具有特征性的动作。

• And I bring a message for mankind to hear

  ➔ 现在时 (带来) + 目的不定式 (为了听)

  ➔ 现在时“带来”表示当前的行为，而“为了听”则表达了带来信息的目的。

• This lovely music went trembling through the ground

  ➔ 过去时 (去) + 分词作形容词 (颤抖的)

  ➔ “去”描述了音乐移动的动作，“颤抖的”修饰音乐，描述其品质。

• When two thousand years of your time has gone by

  ➔ 现在完成时 (过去)

  ➔ 使用现在完成时来表示从过去开始一直延续到现在或与现在相关的时期。这意味着，从太空人离开的那一刻起，两千年将在未来的某个时刻流逝，因此与未来的那个时刻相关。

• The time is nearly here

  ➔ 现在时 (是)

  ➔ 使用现在时“是”来表达当前的状态或事实。说话者意识到预言的时刻正在临近。

• This song will begin once again to a baby's cry

  ➔ 将来时 (将开始)

  ➔ 使用将来时来描述将来会发生的事件。“将开始”表示对歌曲将重新开始的预测。