Dark Eyes
Oh, the gentlemen are talking and the midnight moon is on the riverside
They’re drinking up and walking and it is time for me to slide
I live in another world where life and death are memorized
Where the earth is strung with lovers’ pearls and all I see are dark eyes
A cock is crowing far away and another soldier’s deep in prayer
Some mother’s child has gone astray, she can’t find him anywhere
But I can hear another drum beating for the dead that rise
Whom nature’s beast fears as they come and all I see are dark eyes
They tell me to be discreet for all intended purposes
They tell me revenge is sweet and from where they stand, I’m sure it is
But I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized
All I feel is heat and flame and all I see are dark eyes
Oh, the French girl, she’s in paradise and a drunken man is at the wheel
Hunger pays a heavy price to the falling gods of speed and steel
Oh, time is short and the days are sweet and passion rules the arrow that flies
A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes
黑暗的眼睛
[美]鲍勃·迪伦
李皖 译
郝佳 校
哦,绅士们在交谈,午夜的月亮挂在河边
他们边干杯边闲走着这正是我溜走的时机
我住在另一个世界那里生与死被熟记
那里地球和情人的珍珠串在一起我看见的全是黑暗的眼睛
远处传来了鸡鸣,又一个士兵在深深祷告
有个孩子走入迷途,他的母亲哪儿也找不到他了
但我能听见又一面鼓为了让死者复活而敲
当他们走来野兽惊惧我看见的全是黑暗的眼睛
他们告诫我对一切预定目标都要深思熟虑
他们告诫我复仇是甜蜜的,从他们的角度看当然如此
但我对他们的游戏毫无感觉,那里美变得不可辨认
我感到的只是热和火我看见的全是黑暗的眼睛
哦,法兰西女郎上了天堂,一个醉汉掌着方向盘
为速度与钢铁的坠落之神饥饿付出了沉重代价
哦,时间短促日子甜蜜激情统治着飞矢
一百万张脸在我脚下我看见的全是黑暗的眼睛
注:据早期访谈和迪伦的《编年史》,亚瑟·贝克建议在《帝国滑稽剧》专辑中以较简单的歌曲作结,于是迪伦创作了这首歌。迪伦半夜步出位于曼哈顿的酒店电梯时,看到一个应召女郎在过道上走来:“……她有着蓝色眼影,黑眼线,黑暗的眼睛。”这成为了迪伦创作本首歌词的灵感。
(与书中相较,有一处改动:“他们边干杯边闲走着这正是我溜走的时机”,原译为“他们喝完了闲走着这正是我溜走的时机”)
出自专辑《帝国滑稽剧》
发行于1985年
《鲍勃·迪伦诗歌集/帝国滑稽剧1980-1985》
广西师范大学出版社
2017年6月第1版
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