To Beat The Devil – 英语/中文 双语歌词

• 作者: Johnny Cash

歌词与翻译

[中文]

纳什维尔冬日寒 音乐街巷人影单

寻处暂避刺骨风 暖我冰封魂与肝

冻彻心扉寒意重 亟待温酒解愁烦

且将凛冽北风挡 护我怀中旧琴弦

喉间渴求威士忌 腹中饥饿豆羹盼

闻得鹰啸领薪日 已隔月余空盘算

满怀虚空充饥肠 一兜梦想作晚餐

卸下尊严推门入 酒吧霓虹正阑珊

或许称作小酒馆 更为贴切不虚传

青烟缭绕抵横梁 木屑铺陈旧地板

斑驳光影

唯见吧台独坐翁 银须白发映灯盏

镜中窥他打量我 目光逡巡琴与衫

转身唤道"来小子 露手真章莫遮瞒"

我言"身无沽酒钱" 老者推杯笑粲然

颔首示意怀中琴 启唇掷地金石言

"这日子不好过吧？"

我默然望他眉眼 续道

"你赚不到钱，对吧？"

苦笑"您拆穿我信件"

老者微笑轻拍案

"且将吉他借我观

有曲当为知音弹"

遂启唇吐肺腑言

若将光阴付聋聩 徒劳倾诉对空谈

纵使剖心沥血语 谁人侧耳听悲欢

若你至死仍试图 解释众生抱怨端

本是可变却漠然 谁愿垂怜驻足看

多少歌者抱孤弦 举世喑哑目已盲

为证真言钉十架 散落尘埃无人葬

时光漩涡卷声息 真相灼灼终被忘

皆因世人皆避讳 直面心底那道伤

老者虽似陌路人 其歌往昔耳畔传

忆昔败走麦城时 门外霜重锁屐痕

唯有孤影投地随 寂寥蚀骨透神魂

荒芜岂止眼前景 更噬灵台方寸深

须知恶魔缠饥者 如影随形噬心魂

若不愿与魔共舞 唯有力搏求生存

非言我已胜邪祟 但饮其酒未付分

且盗魔曲入我樽

而今仍闻我歌吟 唱与充耳不闻人

祈愿所言终有应 但得一人侧耳闻

料将毕生诠释尽 众生所怨本可变

希冀终有仁者心 愿施援手解困顿

生为孤歌吟游者 命定独行赴黄泉

然需喂养魂中渴 此火不熄永炽燃

纵使终生无分文 赴死无愧对苍天

因我坚信这人间 终有知音解琴弦

...

[英语]

It was winter time in Nashville, down on music city row

And I was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold

To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul

And keep the chilly wind off me and my guitar

Well my thirsty wanted whisky and my hungry needed beans

But it'd been of month of paydays since I'd heard that eagle scream

So with a stomach full of empty and a pocket full of dreams

I left my pride and stepped inside a bar

Actually, I guess you'd could call it a Tavern

Cigarette smoke to the ceilin' and sawdust on the floor

Friendly shadows

Well I saw that there was just one old man that was sittin' at the bar

And in the mirror I could see him checkin' me and my guitar

An' he turned and said: "Come up here boy, and show us what you are"

I said: "I'm dry." He bought me a beer

Then he nodded at my guitar and he said

"It's a tough life, ain't it?"

I just looked at him, and he said

"You ain't makin' any money, are you?"

I said, "You've been readin' my mail"

He just smiled and said

"Let me see that guitar

I've got some you oughta hear"

Then he'd laid it on my ear

If you waste your time a-talkin' to the people who don't listen

To the things that you are sayin', who do you think's gonna hear

And if you should die explainin' how the things that they complain about

Are things they could be changin', who do you think's gonna care?

There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind

Who were crucified for what they tried to show

And their voices have been scattered by the swirlin' winds of time

'Cause the truth remains that no-one wants to know

Well, the old man was a stranger, but I'd heard his song before

Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door

When no-one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor

And lonesome was more than a state of mind

You see, the devil haunts a hungry man

And if you don't wanna join him, well, you got to beat him

I ain't sayin' I beat the devil, but I drank his beer for nothing

And then I stole his song

And you still can hear me singin' to the people who don't listen

To the things that I am sayin', prayin' someone's gonna hear

And I guess I'll die explainin' how the things that they complain about

Are things they could be changin', hopin' someone's gonna care

I was born a lonely singer, and I'm bound to die the same

But I've got to feed the hunger in my soul

And if I never have a nickle, I won't ever die ashamed

'Cause I don't believe that no-one wants to know

重点词汇

词汇	含义
beat /biːt/ A2	verb - 打败
devil /ˈdevəl/ B1	noun - 魔鬼
hungry /ˈhʌŋɡri/ A1	adjective - 饥饿的
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - 灵魂
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ A2	adjective - 孤独的
singer /ˈsɪŋər/ A2	noun - 歌手
blind /blaɪnd/ A2	adjective - 盲的
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - 真相
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - 改变
shadow /ˈʃædoʊ/ A2	noun - 影子
failure /ˈfeɪljər/ B1	noun - 失败
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - 喝
steal /stiːl/ A2	verb - 偷
explain /ɪkˈspleɪn/ B1	verb - 解释
care /ker/ A1	verb - 关心
ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/ B1	adjective - 羞愧的