Tom Waits诗歌翻译合集（不定期更新）

New Coat of Paint

Written by: Tom Waits, 1974

Translated in 07/2023

Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town

让我们为这座寂寞老城涂上一层新油漆吧

Set them up, we'll be knocking them down

拆除古旧的建筑，重新建造它们

You wear a dress, baby, I'll wear a tie

你穿上连衣裙，宝贝，我会系上领带

We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky

对那勃艮第夜空中的古老血色月亮放声大笑

All our scribbled love dreams are lost or thrown away

所有潦草的爱的梦想，迷失或被遗忘

Here amidst the shuffle of an overflowing day

在充实日子的舞步里荡漾

Our love needs a transfusion, let's shoot it full of wine

我们的爱需要美酒，让我们将杯斟满

Fishing for a good time starts with throwing in your line

投出渔线，钓起美好时光

So let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town

所以让我们为这座寂寞老城涂上一层新油漆吧

Set them up, set them up, we'll be knocking them down

拆除古旧的建筑，重新建造它们，重新建造它们

You wear a dress, baby, I'll wear a tie

你穿上连衣裙，宝贝，我会系上领带

We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky

对那勃艮第夜空中的古老血色月亮放声大笑

Drunk On The Moon

Written by: Tom Waits, 1974

Translated in 07/2023

Tight slack-clad girls on the graveyard shift

上夜班的女郎，衣衫宽松或紧束

Beneath the cement stroll, catch the midnight drift

捕捉午夜的漂移，在水泥小径上漫步

Cigar-chewing Charlie in that newspaper nest

查理咀嚼雪茄，躲藏在报纸堆里

Grifting hot horse tips on who's running the best

在赛马赌博的内幕消息中耍诈牟利

And I'm blinded by the neon

我被霓虹迷住了双眼

Don't try and change my tune

不要试图改变我的曲调

Because I thought I heard a saxophone

因为我仿佛听见萨克斯的声音

I'm drunk on the moon

我在月球上醉倒

And the moon's a silver slipper, it's pouring champagne stars

月亮是一只银色拖鞋，香槟星辰从中倾泻

And Broadway's like a serpent pulling shiny top-down cars

百老汇如一条大蛇，引来闪亮的敞篷车

Larimer is teeming with that undulated beat

拉里默尔弥漫着起伏的节奏

As some Bonneville is screaming its way wildly down the street

当博纳维尔们狂野地呼啸，驶过街道

And I'm blinded by the neon

我被霓虹迷住了双眼

Don't try and change my tune

不要试图改变我的曲调

Because I thought I heard a saxophone

因为我仿佛听见萨克斯的声音

I'm drunk on the moon

我在月球上醉倒

Hearts flutter and race, the moon's on the wane

心脏怦怦跳动，月亮渐渐残缺

Tarts mutter their dream hopes the night will ordain

妓女低声呢喃于梦中，希望夜晚变得圣洁

Come schemers and dancers, cherry delight

来吧，阴谋者和舞者，享受樱桃色的愉悦

As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound, and it cuts through the night

像一辆驶向克利夫兰的灰狗列车，穿行黑夜

And I've hawked all my yesterdays

我已典当所有的昨天

Don't try and change my tune

不要试图改变我的曲调

Because I thought I heard a saxophone

因为我仿佛听见萨克斯的声音

I'm drunk on the moon

我在月球上醉倒

Tom Traubert's Blues

Written by: Tom Waits, 1976

Translated in 07/2023

Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did

烂醉如泥，伤痕累累，这不是月亮的错

I got what I paid for now

是我应该付出的代价

See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow

明天见，嘿弗兰克，我能

A couple of bucks from you

向你借几块钱吗

To go Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, you'll go Waltzing Matilda with me

去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹，玛蒂尔达华尔兹，你要和我一起去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹[1]

I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley

我是盲巷里一个无辜的受骗者

And I'm tired of all these soldiers here

厌倦了这里所有的士兵

No one speaks English, and everything's broken

没有人说英语，一切破烂不堪

And my Stacys are soaking wet

我的鞋子也湿透了

To go Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, you'll go Waltzing Matilda with me

去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹，玛蒂尔达华尔兹，你要和我一起去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹

Now the dogs are barking

此刻狗儿吠叫不止

And the taxicabs parking

出租车停了下来

A lot they can do for me

它们原本能为我做很多事

I begged you to stab me

我曾恳求你把我一刀刺死

You tore my shirt open

你却只是撕开我的衬衫

And I'm down on my knees tonight

今夜我跪倒在地

Old Bushmills I staggered

摇摇晃晃，拿着老布什米尔威士忌

You buried the dagger in

你把匕首埋在

Your silhouette window light

你窗灯旁的侧影里

To go Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, you'll go Waltzing Matilda with me

去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹，玛蒂尔达华尔兹，你要和我一起去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹

Now I've lost my St. Christopher

如今我已失去圣克里斯托弗

Now that I've kissed her

因为亲吻了她

And the one-armed bandit knows

那个独臂强盗明白这一切

And the maverick Chinaman, and the cold-blooded signs

还有那个特立独行的中国人，和冷血的标志

And the girls down by the strip tease shows go

还有那些女孩，她们跳着脱衣舞

To go Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, you'll go Waltzing Matilda with me

去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹，玛蒂尔达华尔兹，你要和我一起去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹

No, I don't want your sympathy

不，我不要你的同情

The fugitives say that the streets aren't for dreaming now

逃亡者们说，现在街头不是做梦之地

Manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories

过失杀人犯的追捕网和贩卖记忆的鬼魂

They want a piece of the action anyhow

他们都渴望参与行动的一部分

Go Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, you'll go Waltzing Matilda with me

去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹，玛蒂尔达华尔兹，你要和我一起去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹

And you can ask any sailor

你可以问所有水手

And the keys from the jailer

和狱卒的钥匙

And the old men in wheelchairs know

还有坐在轮椅上的老人们，他们都知道

That Matilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred

玛蒂尔达杀了大约一百个人，她是被告

And she follows wherever you may go

而无论你走到哪里，她都跟着你

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, you'll go Waltzing Matilda with me

去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹，玛蒂尔达华尔兹，你要和我一起去跳玛蒂尔达华尔兹

And it's a battered old suitcase

这是一只磨损的行李箱

To a hotel someplace

它前往一个不知名的旅馆

And a wound that will never heal

带着一个永不愈合的伤口

No prima donna, the perfume is on

没有首席女歌手，只有香水的气息

An old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey

弥漫在旧衬衫上，它沾满血和威士忌

And goodnight to the street sweepers

晚安，街头清扫者

The night watchman flame keepers

点着火把的守夜人

And goodnight Matilda, too

晚安，玛蒂尔达

[1] 《玛蒂尔达华尔兹》（Waltzing Matilda）是澳大利亚最广为人知的丛林民谣，也被称为该国的“非官方国歌”，歌名的意思是带着睡袋（Matilda）徒步流浪（Waltzing）。歌词讲述了一位四处游走的流浪汉的故事。他先是煮了一杯茶喝，然后抓了正好途经的一只羊；但是不久，羊的主人，一位有钱有势的地主和三位警察就来抓捕偷羊的流浪汉；无处可逃的流浪汉最终跳进湖中自我了结。歌词中有许多很少使用的澳大利亚英语特色俚语，如waltzing来自德语“auf der Walz”，表示四处游走向不同的师傅学习工艺技术；Matilda是流浪汉旅行袋的浪漫称呼，来源尚不明确。一般认为工人四处流浪时会举行聚会，但是很少有舞伴，所以就将旅行袋想象为一个伴侣，取一个女性的名字。根据澳大利亚国立图书馆记载，Matilda在条顿语中意为“凶猛的战斗女郎”，会陪伴流浪者四处闯荡，就像妻子一样。

Backgrounds:

• The song's lyrics narrate the story of Tom Traubert, "a man who finds himself stranded and penniless in a foreign land." Biographer Jay S. Jacobs has described Traubert as "etched as a sympathetic character, but it's clear that he inhabits a hell of his own making. He'll never make his way home again because any cash he gets his hands on he squanders on drink."
• The lyrics to the song's chorus incorporates a significant part of the chorus of the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda." Waits explained the reason for choosing to incorporate parts of "Waltzing Matilda" saying, "when you're 'waltzing matilda', you're on the road. You're not with your girlfriend, you're on the bum. For me, I was in Europe for the first time, and I felt like a soldier far away from home and drunk on the corner with no money, lost."

Swordfishtrombone

Written by: Tom Waits, 1983

Translated in 07/2023

Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head

他从战场归来，脑中一片派对狂欢

And a modified Brougham DeVille

驾着一辆改装的布罗姆德维尔车

And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings

他的双腿张开，如同蝶翼

And a mad dog that wouldn't sit still

带回一只疯狗，吠叫不停

He went and took up with a Salvation Army band girl

他与救世军乐队的女孩交往

Who played dirty water from a swordfishtrombone

她用剑鱼长号演奏肮脏旋律

He went to sleep at the bottom of Tenkiller Lake

他睡在坦基勒湖底

And he said "Gee, but it's great to be home"

说，“天哪，回家真好”

Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head

他从战场归来，脑中一片派对狂欢

And an idea for a fireworks display

还有一个烟花表演的主意

And he knew that he'd be ready with a stainless steel machete

他知道自己会准备好一把不锈钢弯刀

And a half-a-pint of Ballantine's each day

每天喝下半品脱百龄坛威士忌

And he holed up in a room above a hardware store

他把自己锁在一家五金店楼上的房间

Crying nothing there but Hollywood tears

不为什么而哭，只流下好莱坞的泪水

And he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl

他对可怜的小克拉奇菲尔德女孩们施下咒语

And stayed like that for twenty-seven years

如此度过二十七年光阴

He packed up all his expectations, he lit out for California

他收拾好全部期望，踏上加利福尼亚之旅

With a flyswatter banjo on his knee

膝盖上放一把苍蝇拍班卓琴

With a lucky tiger in his angel hair

天使般的头发上别一只幸运老虎

And benzedrine for getting there

苯丙胺则助他到达目的地

They found him in a eucalyptus tree

他们在一棵桉树上找到了他

Lieutenant got him a canary bird

中尉给他拿来一只金丝雀

And skanked her head with every word

她的头脑摇晃，当他说出每个词语

And Chesterfielded moonbeams in a song

和唱出切斯特菲尔德月光的歌曲

He got twenty years for loving her from some Oklahoma governor

因为爱她，他被一个俄克拉荷马州州长判刑二十年

Said everything this Doughboy does is wrong

州长说，这个步兵所做一切皆是错误

Now some say he's doing the obituary mambo

现在有人说他正跳着讣告曼波舞

And some say that he's hanging on the wall

还有人说他被悬挂在墙壁上

Perhaps this yarn is the only thing that holds this man together

也许这个故事是唯一让他存在的东西

Some say that he was never here at all

也有人说他根本不存在

Some say they saw him down in Birmingham

有人说曾在伯明翰看见过他

Sleeping in a boxcar going by

他睡在一辆驶过的货车上

And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale

若你认为你能讲述一个更大的故事

I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie

我向上帝发誓，你只能说谎

Underground

Written by: Tom Waits, 1983

Translated in 07/2023

Rattle big black bones in the danger zone

大黑骨头咔咔作响，在那危险地带

There's a rumbling groan down below

隆隆呻吟之声，从下方传来

There's a big dark town, it's a place I've found

黑暗城镇巍峨，我揭开其谜团

There's a world going on underground

一座地下世界，正独立运转

They're alive, they're awake

它们活着，它们醒着

While the rest of the world is asleep

而其余世界陷入沉沉睡眠

Below the mine shaft roads it will all unfold

在矿井道路下，一切将显现

There's a world going on underground

一座地下世界，正独立运转

All the roots hang down, swing from town to town

所有根茎垂落，在小镇之间摇摆

They are marching around down under your boots

它们四处蠕动，围绕你的皮靴

All the trucks unload beyond the gopher holes

所有卡车卸货，在地鼠洞之外

There's a world going on underground

一座地下世界，正独立运转

Tango Till They're Sore

Written by: Tom Waits, 1985

Translated in 08/2023

Well you play that Tarantella

嘿，你演奏那塔兰泰拉舞曲

All the hounds they start to roar

所有猎犬开始咆哮

And the boys all go to hell

所有男孩坠入地狱

Then the Cubans hit the floor

古巴人在地板上跌倒

And they drive along the pipeline

他们沿着管道疾驰

They tango till they're sore

跳起探戈直至精疲力尽

They take apart their nightmares

他们撕碎梦魇

And they leave them by the door

把它们丢弃在门前

Let me fall out of the window

让我从窗口跌落出去

With confetti in my hair

头顶散落五彩纸屑

Deal out jacks or better

掷出杰克或更大的牌

On a blanket by the stairs

落在楼梯旁的地毯上

I'll tell you all my secrets

我愿告诉你一切秘密

But I lie about my past

但对过去之事我将说谎

So send me off to bed forever more

所以请让我永远安息

Make sure they play my theme song

请确保他们演奏我的主题曲

I guess daisies will have to do

我想我只需要一些雏菊

Just get me to New Orleans

把我带到新奥尔良去

And paint shadows on the pews

在教堂的长椅上画些阴影

Turn the spit on that pig

把唾沫吐在那猪身上

Kick the drum and let me down

踢那只鼓，让我失望

Put my clarinet beneath your bed

把我的单簧管放在你的床底

Till I get back in town

直到我重返镇上

Let me fall out of the window

让我从窗口跌落出去

With confetti in my hair

头顶散落五彩纸屑

Deal out jacks or better

掷出杰克或更大的牌

On a blanket by the stairs

落在楼梯旁的地毯上

I'll tell you all my secrets

我愿告诉你一切秘密

But I lie about my past

但对过去之事我将说谎

So send me off to bed forever more

所以请让我永远安息

Just make sure she's all in calico

请确保她穿着印花棉衣

And the colour of a doll

像只洋娃娃一样美丽

Wave the flag on cadillac day

在凯迪拉克日挥舞旗帜

And a skillet on the wall

平底煎锅悬挂在墙壁

Cut me a switch or hold your breath

给我砍根树枝，或者屏住呼吸

Till the sun goes down

直到太阳落下

Write my name on the hood

在引擎盖上写下我的名字

Send me off to another town

送我去另一个镇里

Let me fall out of the window

让我从窗口跌落出去

With confetti in my hair

头顶散落五彩纸屑

Deal out jacks or better

掷出杰克或更大的牌

On a blanket by the stairs

落在楼梯旁的地毯上

I'll tell you all my secrets

我愿告诉你一切秘密

But I lie about my past

但对过去之事我将说谎

So send me off to bed forever more

所以请让我永远安息

Send me off to bed forever more

请让我永远安息

Send me off to bed forever more

请让我永远安息

Send me off to bed forever more

请让我永远安息

Singapore

Written by: Tom Waits, 1985

Translated in 07/2023

We sail tonight for Singapore

我们今晚向新加坡启航

We're all as mad as hatters here

疯狂得像这里的制帽匠

I've fallen for a tawny moor

我爱上了一片褐色荒原

took off to the Land of Nod

起飞吧，前往甜美梦乡

Drank with all the Chinamen

和中国佬们一起饮酒

Walked the sewers of Paris

走过巴黎的下水道

I danced along a colored wind

我与彩色的风共舞

Dangled from a rope of sand

在沙绳上来回摇荡

You must say goodbye to me

你必须与我说再见

We sail tonight for Singapore

我们今晚向新加坡启航

Don't fall asleep while you're ashore

你们在岸上不要睡去

Cross your heart and hope to die

须心划十字，以死起誓

When you hear the children cry

当你听见孩子的哭泣

Let marrow bone and cleaver choose

把选择权交给髓骨和屠刀

While making feet for children's shoes

当你们正为童鞋制造双脚

Through the alley, back from Hell

从地狱回来，穿过小巷

When you hear that steeple bell

当你听见教堂钟声鸣响

You must say goodbye to me

你必须与我说再见

Wipe him down with gasoline

用汽油把他擦干净

Till his arms are hard and mean

直到他的手臂变得坚硬

From now on boys this iron boat's your home

从现在开始，伙计们，这艘铁船就是你们的家

So heave away boys

所以，伙计们，让我们出发

We sail tonight for Singapore

我们今晚向新加坡启航

Take your blankets from the floor

从地上拿起毛毯

Wash your mouth out by the door

在门口漱漱嘴巴

The whole town is made of iron ore

整个城镇都由铁矿石建成

Every witness turns to steam

每个目击者都变成蒸汽

They all become Italian dreams

成为意大利的梦境

Fill your pockets up with earth

用泥土装满你的口袋

Get yourself a dollar's worth

给自己奖励一美元的东西

Away boys, away boys, heave away

出发吧，伙计们，让我们出发

The captain is a one-armed dwarf

船长是个独臂侏儒

He's throwing dice along the wharf

他在码头边掷骰子

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King

独眼为王，在这盲人的国度

So take this ring

所以戴上这枚戒指

We sail tonight for Singapore

我们今晚向新加坡启航

We're all as mad as hatters here

疯狂得像这里的制帽匠

I've fallen for a tawny moor

我爱上了一片褐色荒原

took off to the Land of Nod

起飞吧，前往甜美梦乡

Drank with all the Chinamen

和中国佬们一起饮酒

Walked the sewers of Paris

走过巴黎的下水道

I danced along a colored wind

我与彩色的风共舞

Dangled from a rope of sand

在沙绳上来回摇荡

You must say goodbye to me

你必须与我说再见

Rain Dogs

Written by: Tom Waits, 1985

Translated in 07/2023

Inside a broken clock

在坏掉的时钟里

Splashing the wine

泼洒葡萄酒

With all the Rain Dogs

和所有雨狗一起

Taxi, we'd rather walk

司机，我们宁愿步行

Huddle a doorway with the Rain Dogs

和雨狗们一起挤在门口

For I am a Rain Dog, too

因为我也是一条雨狗

Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night

哦，我们如何舞蹈，如何吞下夜晚

For it was all ripe for dreaming

因为一切都准备好做梦了

Oh, how we danced away

哦，我们如何舞动

All of the lights

熄灭所有灯光

We've always been out of our minds

我们一直都在疯狂

The Rum pours strong and thin

倒出朗姆酒，浓烈而稀薄

Beat out the dustman

击倒清洁工

With the Rain Dogs

和雨狗们一起

Aboard a shipwreck train

登上沉船列车

Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs

把我的雨伞送给雨狗

For I am a Rain Dog, too

因为我也是一条雨狗

Oh, how we danced with the

哦，我们如何舞蹈

Rose of Tralee

同玫瑰特拉利

Her long hair black as a raven

她的长发漆黑如鸦

Oh, how we danced and you

哦，我们如何舞蹈

Whispered to me

你对我低语

You'll never be going back home

你将永远回不了家

You'll never be going back home

你将永远回不了家

The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me

Written by: Tom Waits, 1992

Translated in 07/2023

The ocean doesn't want me today

今天大海不想要我

But I'll be back tomorrow to play

但明天我会回来玩耍

And the strangles will take me

奇怪的生物们将拉着我

Down deep in their brine

沉入他们的咸水深处

The mischievous braingels

淘气的脑浆

Down into the endless blue wine

沉入无尽的蓝酒中

I'll open my head and let out all of my time

我将打开头颅，释放我的全部时光

I'd love to go drowning

我愿淹没在大海

And to stay and to stay

留下来，一直留下来

But the ocean doesn't want me today

但今天大海不想要我

I'll go in up to here, it can't possibly hurt

我会走入水中，毫无痛苦

All they will find is my beer and my shirt

他们只能找到我的啤酒和衣服

The riptide is raging and the lifeguard's away

海流汹涌，救生员不在

But the ocean doesn't want me today

但今天大海不想要我

But the ocean doesn't want me today

但今天大海不想要我

The ocean doesn't want me today

今天大海不想要我

Dirt in the Ground

Written by: Tom Waits, 1992

Translated in 07/2023

What does it matter, a dream of love or a dream of lies?

何妨呢，爱的梦抑或谎言的梦？

We're all gonna be the same place when we die

当我们死去时，都回到同一个归宿

Your spirit don't leave knowing your face or your name

你的灵魂离去时不知道你的名字和面孔

And the wind through your bones is all that remain

只有风穿过你的骨头，那是唯一的残留

And we're all gonna be, yeah

于是我们都将成为，是的

I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我说我们都将成为，是的，是的

I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我说我们都将成为，是的，是的

I said we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground

我说我们都将成为地下的泥土

The quill from a buzzard, the blood writes the word

秃鹰制成翎笔，鲜血写就文辞

I wanna know am I the sky or a bird?

我思索自己，是天空疑惑鸟只？

'Cause hell's boiling over and heaven is full

因地狱翻腾骚动，天堂人满为患

We're chained to the world and we all gotta pull

我们囿于世界，奋力挣扎求存

And we're all gonna be, yeah

于是我们都将成为，是的

I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我说我们都将成为，是的，是的

I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我说我们都将成为，是的，是的

I said we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground

我说我们都将成为地下的泥土

Now the killer was smiling with nerves made of stone

现在杀手冷笑，神经如石头般冷酷

He climbed the stairs and the gallows groaned

他踏上阶梯，绞刑架发出呻吟

And the people's hearts were pounding

人们惶恐不安，心跳狂乱

They were throbbing, they were red

它们跳动，它们发红

He swung out over the crowd, I heard the hangman said

他在人群之上摇晃，我听见绞刑官说——

We're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我们都将成为，是的

I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我说我们都将成为，是的，是的

I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我说我们都将成为，是的，是的

I said we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground

我说我们都将成为地下的泥土

Now Cain slew Abel, killed him with a stone

现在该隐用一块石头杀死了亚伯

Sky cracked open and the thunder groaned

天空裂开，雷声轰鸣

Along a river of flesh, can these dry bones live?

在血肉之河里，这些枯骨能否复活？

Take a king or a beggar and the answer they'll give

无论国王或乞丐，他们都会告诉你——

Is we're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我们都将成为，是的

I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我说我们都将成为，是的，是的

I said we're all gonna be, yeah yeah

我说我们都将成为，是的，是的

I said we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground

我说我们都将成为地下的泥土

We're all gonna be dirt in the ground

我们都将成为地下的泥土

We're all gonna be just dirt in the ground

我们都只能成为地下的泥土

I said we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground

我说我们都将成为地下的泥土

Well, we're all gonna be just dirt in the ground

是的，我们都只能成为地下的泥土

Earth Died Screaming

Written by: Tom Waits, 1992

Translated in 07/2023

Rudy's on the midway and Jacob's in the hole

鲁迪在游乐场，雅各在地洞里

The monkey's on the ladder, the devil shovels coal

猴子攀爬阶梯，魔鬼在挖煤

With crows as big as airplanes, the lion has three heads

乌鸦和飞机一样大，狮子有三个头

And someone will eat the skin that he sheds

有人将吃掉它蜕下的皮肤

Well, the earth died screaming

啊，大地尖叫着死去

While I lay dreaming

当我在梦中沉睡

Well, the earth died screaming

啊，大地尖叫着死去

While I lay dreaming

当我在梦中沉睡

Dreaming of you

梦见你

Well, hell doesn't want you and heaven is full

地狱不要你但天堂已经满员

Bring me some water, put it in this skull

请给我一些水，倒进这颅骨间

I walk between the raindrops, I wait in bug house square

我在雨滴间徘徊，在虫房广场等待

And the army ants, they leave nothin' but the bones

蚁军携一切而去，只留下骨头痕迹

And the earth died screaming

大地尖叫着死去

While I lay dreaming

当我在梦中沉睡

Well, the earth died screaming

啊，大地尖叫着死去

While I lay dreaming

当我在梦中沉睡

Well, the earth died screaming

啊，大地尖叫着死去

While I lay dreaming

当我在梦中沉睡

Dreaming of you

梦见你

There was thunder, there was lightning

雷声轰鸣，闪电划过天际

Then the stars went out and the moon fell from the sky

星星熄灭，月亮坠向大地

It rained mackerel, it rained trout

下起鲭鱼雨，下起鳟鱼雨

And the great day of wrath has come

这震怒之日终于来临

And here's mud in your big red eye

泥巴溅入你的大红眼睛

The poker's in the fire and the locusts take the sky

扑克被焚烧，蝗虫飞舞不停

Well, the earth died screaming

啊，大地尖叫着死去

While I lay dreaming

当我在梦中沉睡

Well, the earth died screaming

啊，大地尖叫着死去

While I lay dreaming

当我在梦中沉睡

Well, the earth died screaming

啊，大地尖叫着死去

While I lay dreaming

当我在梦中沉睡

I lay dreaming of you (dreaming of you)

我在沉睡中梦见你（梦见你）

I'm dreaming of you (dreaming of you)

我正梦见你（梦见你）

I'm dreaming of you (dreaming of you)

我正梦见你（梦见你）

I'm dreaming of you (dreaming of you)

我正梦见你（梦见你）

Alice

Written by: Tom Waits, 2002

Translated in 08/2023

It's dreamy weather we're on

梦境般的天气笼罩我们

You waved your crooked wand

你挥舞着弯曲的手杖

Along an icy pond

在一片结满冰的池塘上

With a frozen moon

倒映出冻结的月亮

A murder of silhouette crows I saw

我看到杀手鸦群的影子

And the tears on my face

和我脸上的泪水

And the skates on the pond

还有池塘上的溜冰鞋

They spell Alice

它们拼成爱丽丝的名字

I'll disappear in your name

我会以你的名字消失

But you must wait for me

但你必须等待我

Somewhere across the sea

在海洋对面的某处

There's the wreck of a ship

有一艘轮船的骸骨

Your hair is like meadow grass on the tide

你的头发如潮汐上的草地

And the raindrops on my window

和我窗上的雨滴

And the ice in my drink

还有酒中的冰

Baby, all that I can think of is Alice

宝贝，我只想着爱丽丝

Arithmetic arithmetock

时间演算滴答作响

I turn the hands back on the clock

我倒拨时钟的指针

How does the ocean rock the boat?

大海如何摇动船舶？

How did the razor find my throat?

剃刀如何寻我喉咙？

The only strings that hold me here

唯一将我留在此处的

Are tangled up around the pier

是缠绕在码头的绳索

And so a secret kiss

于是一个秘密的吻

Brings madness with the bliss

带来幸福的狂喜

And I will think of this

我会想起这一瞬

When I'm dead in my grave

当我在坟墓里死去

Set me adrift and I'm lost over there

让我漂下去吧，我会迷失在那里

But I must be insane

但我定已陷入狂情

To go skating on your name

才会在你的名字上滑冰

And by tracing it twice

又来回追寻

I fell through the ice of Alice

我沉入爱丽丝的冰海里

And so a secret kiss

于是一个秘密的吻

Brings madness with the bliss

带来幸福的狂喜

And I will think of this

我会想起这一瞬

When I'm dead in my grave

当我在坟墓里死去

Set me adrift and I'm lost over there

让我漂下去吧，我会迷失在那里

But I must be insane

但我定已陷入狂情

To go skating on your name

才会在你的名字上滑冰

And by tracing it twice

又来回追寻

I fell through the ice of Alice

我沉入爱丽丝的冰海里

Don't Wait For Tom

Written by: Tom Waits, 2007

Translated in 07/2023

He's got the hands of a blind piano player

他拥有一位盲人钢琴家的双手

He's got a feel for the dark like a soothsayer

他感知黑暗时敏锐如预言家

He takes a little bow and tips his fedora

他轻轻鞠躬，翘起礼帽

Shouts like he's gonna save Sodom and Gomorrah

大叫着仿佛要拯救所多玛和蛾摩拉

Working for the circus, ex-railroad bum

他在马戏团工作，曾是铁路流浪汉

Carnival barker for kingdom dot come

为王国的到来在狂欢节上呼喊

Dusty old Gibson opposable thumb

开一辆破旧的老吉布森，握住方向盘

Bangs out the rhythm on a 50-gallon drum

在一只五十加仑的大鼓上敲出节拍

Don't wait for Tom

别再等待汤姆

Tom's long gone

汤姆早已离去

He's already moved on

他继续向前走了

Don't wait for Tom

别再等待汤姆

I saw an old '55 Buick

我看见一辆55年的老别克

Just before dawn

在黎明的前夕

I said, Hey, hey Tom

我说，嘿，嘿，汤姆

The sun's coming up

太阳即将升起

You got your wipers on

你却启动了雨刮器

Are you trying make it rain again?

你是希望再下雨吗？

Are you trying make it rain again?

你是希望再下雨吗？

Is it raining just around your bend?

还是这雨水只落在你身旁？

Are you trying make it rain again?

你是希望再下雨吗？

Sitting in a corner with his pet muskrat

他和他的宠物麝鼠坐在角落

Tossing his cards into an old man's hat

把他的卡牌扔进老人的帽里

He grins at the girls and they always grin back

他向女孩们咧嘴笑，她们总是回以微笑

He bets an old waltz he could get them in the sack

他打赌自己能用一支老掉牙的华尔兹把她们迷倒

He makes his own music from the bell of a bone

他用骨头上的铃铛创作自己的音乐

A waitress's falsie and a railroad phone

用女招待的胸垫和一部铁路电话

Bobs on his knees to an old tarantella

鲍勃在一首古老的塔兰泰拉舞曲前跪下

South of the border he stole it from a fella

在国境以南他从一个伙计那儿偷来了它

Don't wait for Tom

别再等待汤姆

Tom's long gone

汤姆早已离去

He's already moved on

他继续向前走了

Don't wait for Tom

别再等待汤姆

I saw an old '55 Buick

我看见一辆55年的老别克

Just before dawn

在黎明的前夕

I said, Hey, hey Tom

我说，嘿，嘿，汤姆

The sun's coming up

太阳即将升起

You got your wipers on

你却启动了雨刮器

Are you trying make it rain again?

你是希望再下雨吗？

Are you trying make it rain again?

你是希望再下雨吗？

Is it raining just around your bend?

还是这雨水只落在你身旁？

Are you trying make it rain again?

你是希望再下雨吗？

His triple-jointed juke fingers splay like a scarecrow

他三个关节的点唱机手指张开如稻草人

He kneels down and whistles to a fallen sparrow

他跪在地上对一只掉下来的麻雀吹口哨

His eyes light up when they wheel in a piano

他们在钢琴里旋转时他的眼里光芒闪耀

He reads a dirty joke out of an old Baptist hymnal

他在一首古老的浸礼会赞美诗中读到一个黄色玩笑

He wears a tuxedo made of sackcloth and ashes

他穿着麻布和灰尘做成的燕尾服

Has a tattoo of a girl who can bat her eyelashes

纹身上的女孩可以眨动眼珠

Down on the river he was fishing with a sword

他在河边用一把剑钓鱼

He knocked off John the Baptist for a word from the Lord

为服从上帝的命令杀死了约翰施洗

He takes his coffee with the blood of a turnip

他饮下咖啡和一块白萝卜的血液

Blushes his cheeks with an Amsterdam tulip

一朵阿姆斯特丹郁金香使他脸颊泛起红晕

Chopping up a rooster for a pullet surprise

剁碎公鸡，给小母鸡一个惊喜

If the gravy don't getcha he'll getcha with his eyes

若你没有肉汁他将用眼睛将它献给你

Don't wait

别等了

Hey Tom

嘿汤姆

The sun's coming up

太阳即将升起

You got your wipers on

你却启动了雨刮器

Don't wait for Tom

别再等待汤姆

The sun's coming up

太阳即将升起

You got your wipers on

你却启动了雨刮器

Hey Tom

嘿汤姆