A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways
I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin’
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin’
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin’
Heard ten thousand whisperin’ and nobody listenin’
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin’
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall
Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded with hatred
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall
Oh, what’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what’ll you do now, my darling young one?
I’m a-goin’ back out ’fore the rain starts a-fallin’
I’II walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
Where the executioner’s face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin’
But I’ll know my song well before I start singin’
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall
大雨将至
郝佳 校译
噢我的蓝眼睛孩子,你去了哪里?
噢我亲爱的小孩,你去了哪里?
我爬过十二架雾蒙蒙的山
我跋涉过六条蜿蜒的公路
我走进七座悲愁的森林
我面对十二片死亡的海洋
我深入墓园的腹地一万里
啊大雨大雨大雨大雨
那狂暴的大雨就要来临
噢我的蓝眼睛孩子,你看见了什么?
噢我亲爱的小孩,你看见了什么?
我看见一个新生儿周围群狼环伺
我看见一条钻石公路上面空无一人
我看见一枝黑树枝它在不停滴血
我看见一屋子的男人手上握着带血的锤子
我看见一架白色的梯子每一级盖着水
我看见一万个空谈家他们的舌头已经烂掉
我看见枪和利剑握住它们的是年幼的孩子
啊大雨大雨大雨大雨
那狂暴的大雨就要来临
还有,我的蓝眼睛孩子,你听见了什么?
还有,我亲爱的小孩,你听见了什么?
我听见雷鸣的声音发出一个警告
我听见海浪的咆哮能淹没整个世界
我听见一百名鼓手他们的手在燃烧
我听见一万种低语但是没有人听到
我听见一个人要饿死我听见许多人在大笑
我听见诗人的歌那诗人在水沟中死掉
我听见小丑的声音他在巷子里叫喊
啊大雨大雨大雨大雨
那狂暴的大雨就要来临
噢我的蓝眼睛孩子,你遇见了谁?
噢我亲爱的小孩,你遇见了谁?
我遇见一个孩子,身边是匹死去的小马
我遇见一个白人在遛一只黑狗
我遇见一个年轻女性她的身体烧着
我遇见一个小姑娘,送给我一道彩虹
我遇见一个男人他被爱所伤
我遇见另一个男人伤他的是仇恨
啊大雨大雨大雨大雨
那狂暴的大雨就要来临
噢我的蓝眼睛孩子,你现在要做什么?
噢我亲爱的小孩,你现在要做什么?
我要在大雨降临之前走出去
我要走进最深的黑森林深处
那里人丁众多却两手空空
那里毒弹泛滥了他们的水域
那里山谷中的家园紧挨着肮脏潮湿的监狱
那里刽子手的脸总是深藏不露
那里饥饿是丑陋的,那里灵魂被忘记
那里黑是唯一的颜色,那里零是唯一的数据
而我将讲述它思考它谈论它呼吸它
在山顶上反映它,让所有的灵魂都能看见
然后我将站上大海,直到身体下沉
但是我将更了解我的歌,在我开始歌唱之前
啊大雨大雨大雨大雨
那狂暴的大雨就要来临
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