The Town I Loved So Well 我心爱的小城 Phil Coulter 菲尔·柯尔特

The Town I Loved So Well                          

我心爱的小城

Phil Coulter 菲尔·柯尔特 （词、曲 并演唱）歌词翻译：Felix Wang

In my memory I will always see  我心爱的小城
the town that I have loved so well  始终留在我的记忆里
Where our school played ball by the gas-yard wall  学校紧靠着煤气厂边
and we laughed through the smoke and the smell  我们笑闹在烟气中间
Going home in the rain, running up the dark lane  沿漆黑小巷冒雨回家

past the jail and down behind the fountain  路过监牢，绕过喷泉
Those were happy days in so many, many ways  在我心爱的小城里边
in the town I loved so well  度过了欢乐无比的童年

In the early morning the shirt factory′s horn  工厂汽笛清早响彻沼泽
called women from Creggan, the Moor and the Bog  召唤克雷甘来务工的妇女
While the men on the dole played a mother's role  家务留给领救济金的男人去操持
fed the children and then walked the dogs  喂饱孩子然后去遛狗
And when times got tough there was just about enough  日子过得艰难但是还能过得去
But they saw it through without complaining  虽说他们并不满足现状
For deep inside was a burning pride  我心爱的小城里的人们
in the town I loved so well  内心深处却升起自豪

There was music there in the Derry air  污浊的空气里回荡着乐声
like a language that we all could understand  仿佛是一种人人通用的语言
I remember the day when I earned my first pay  我记得第一回挣钱的日子
And I played in a small pick-up band  我加盟了临时小乐队演奏
There I spent my youth and to tell you the truth  在那里消磨了我的青春岁月
I was sad to leave it all behind me  实话说离开它使我很伤心
For I learned about life and I'd found a wife  在心爱的小城里我学会了生活
in the town I loved so well  我寻觅到了终身伴侣

But when I returned, how my eyes have burned  回乡时看到小城已陷入绝境
to see how a town could be brought to its knees  我心急如焚，欲哭无泪
By the armoured cars and the bombed out bars  到处是装甲车和被毁的酒吧
and the gas that hangs on to every breeze  阵阵微风吹来的都是硝烟
Now the army's installed by that old gas-yard wall  煤气厂边变成了军队驻防地
and their damned barbed wire gets higher and higher  他们架设的可恶铁丝网一层又一层
With their tanks and their guns, oh my God, what have they done  在我心爱的小城里随处可见坦克和枪炮
to the town I loved so well  噢，我的天，他们多作孽
Now the music has gone but they carry on  现在乐声重新响起，并会延续下去
For their spirit's been bruised, but never broken  因为心灵虽被伤害但未颓废
They will not forget but their hearts are still set  人们不曾忘怀却更渴望明天
on tomorrow and peace once again  重新缔造和平天地
Now what's done is done and what's won is won  如今过去已经成为一场噩梦
and what's lost is lost and gone forever  胜负得失谁去评说
I can only pray for a bright, brand new day  为我心爱的小城美好、全新的明天
in the town I loved so well  我愿为之虔诚祈祷