Joan Baez: Diamonds and Rust 琼•拜兹：钻石和铁锈

钻  石  和  铁  锈

Well , I'll be damned / 啊，我的老天！

Here comes your ghost again / 你的魅影再出现

But that's not unusual / 但这并非不寻常

It's just that the moon is full / 只因今晚月又圆

And you happened to call / 你恰巧拨电话来

And here I sit / 我就坐在这儿呀

Hand on the telephone / 手里拿着听筒说

Hearing a voice I'd known / 听着几个光年前

A couple of light years ago / 就曾熟识的声音

Heading straight for a fall / 准备再次受情伤

As I remember your eyes / 依稀记得你双眼

Were bluer than robin's eggs / 比知更鸟蛋还蓝

My poetry was lousy, you said / 你说我的诗太糟

Where were you calling from? / 你从那裡来电话？

A booth in the Midwest / 中西部某电话间

Well, you burst on the scene were already a legend /  锋芒舞台成传奇

The unwatched phenomenon /  奇才谁能不留意

The original vagabond /  生就有流浪偏爱

You strayed into my arms /  也曾漂入我心怀

And there you stayed /  而你只能停少许

Temporarily lost at sea /  如海船迷航稍息

The Madonna was yours for free /  你受圣母之眷顾

Yes, the girl on the half shell /  此女为你贝壳张

Could keep you unharmed /  佑护你免受损伤

Now I see you standing /  如今看到你伫立

With brown leaves falling all around /  身在黄叶纷飞里

And snow in your hair /  头发上粘着雪花

Now you're smiling out the window of that crummy hotel /  旅馆窗前你微笑

Over Washington Square /  华盛顿广场远眺

Our breath comes out white cloud /  你我气息曾飞翻

Mingles and hangs in the air /  凝结成云雾漫卷

Speaking strictly for me /  我看气氛很凝重

We both could've died then and there /  彷彿死亡逼眼前

Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic /  如今你说不怀旧

Then give me another word for it /  那你也得换个词

You who're so good with words /  你从来擅长嚼字

And at keeping thing vague/  使之难懂且暧昧

Cause I need some of that vagueness now /  眼下暧昧正好需

It's all come back too clearly /  往事一切太清晰

Yes , I love you dearly /  我仍深深爱着你

And if you're offering me diamonds and rust /  再许钻石和铁锈

I've already paid /  我付代价本昂贵

Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks /  十年前袖扣送你

You brought me something /  你亦回赠我些许

We both know /  我们心里都明晰

what memories can bring /  回忆能有啥结局

They bring diamond and rust /  重复钻石和铁锈

中文歌词修改整理：Felix Wang