走近之人41、SAVIORS
SAVIORS
救世主
The Roman sport of crucifixion【1】
casts across the lands and oceans
an old heavy shadow
which has grown into all the graves【2】
罗马钉十字架刑罚的消遣
让大地和海洋蒙上了
一个古老沉重的阴影
并潜进所有的坟墓内
In the valleys men review
their people's documents
and parties are dispatched to find
this heap of stones and this cave and this pillar
在山谷中男人回顾
他们人民的告诫
同行者被派去寻找
这石头堆和这洞穴、这柱子
And dead heroes are raised on wood
above their discovered tombs
to rehearse their ancient arguments
死去的英雄在木头中升起
在他们被发现的坟地之上
默咏他们古老的争论
Nailed high on a mountain
Moses stares beyond the Jordan
beyond the giants and crumbling walls
and sighs an Egyptian curse
被高高钉在山上
摩西凝视着约旦
巨人和崩塌的墙壁
叹息出一句埃及的咒语
Job hangs in a burnt field
unable to frighten the crows
his friends still talking at his feet
and no whirlwind disturbs the quiet desolation
约伯吊在烧焦的田野
无法吓走乌鸦
他的朋友们还在谈论他的脚
没有旋风搅乱那宁静的凄凉
David swings from his roof
and the people say that in his mind
he and his warriors build a great temple
大卫在屋顶上摇晃
人们说在他的心里
他和他的勇士们建筑了一座伟大的寺庙
And all the saints and prophets
are nailed to stakes and desert trees
All the kings and men of ages
with deathless words and singing harps
are exhumed to die again in the wilderness
所有的圣徒和先知
都被订在木桩和沙漠之树上
所有国王和成年人
以永存的文字和歌唱的竖琴
在荒野里再次被挖掘而死
see whom they bring us today
bearing him triumphantly through the traffic
singing before his death
O he will love us O he will approve of us
今天看他们带给我们谁
得意地扛着他穿过人流
在他死之前高声唱着歌
哦！他会爱我们，哦！他会赞成我们
see how the temple girls scent their skins
and prepare the forest beds
how the priests have cut their bodies with whips
how the bulls are led glistening like pools of oil
between the rows of worshippers.
看那寺庙的女孩如何嗅着她们的肌肤
并准备那森林之床
看僧侣们如何用鞭子削下他们的肉体
看牛如何被引导闪耀得像一地油
在一排排礼拜者之中。
【1】Crucifixion is a way to execute (kill) someone, usually because they have committed a crime. It was used as a capital punishment by the government of Rome.
【2】grown into all the graves：
grow into 意思为成长为、发展为，长进…里面。
救世主
The Roman sport of crucifixion【1】
casts across the lands and oceans
an old heavy shadow
which has grown into all the graves【2】
罗马钉十字架刑罚的消遣
让大地和海洋蒙上了
一个古老沉重的阴影
并潜进所有的坟墓内
In the valleys men review
their people's documents
and parties are dispatched to find
this heap of stones and this cave and this pillar
在山谷中男人回顾
他们人民的告诫
同行者被派去寻找
这石头堆和这洞穴、这柱子
And dead heroes are raised on wood
above their discovered tombs
to rehearse their ancient arguments
死去的英雄在木头中升起
在他们被发现的坟地之上
默咏他们古老的争论
Nailed high on a mountain
Moses stares beyond the Jordan
beyond the giants and crumbling walls
and sighs an Egyptian curse
被高高钉在山上
摩西凝视着约旦
巨人和崩塌的墙壁
叹息出一句埃及的咒语
Job hangs in a burnt field
unable to frighten the crows
his friends still talking at his feet
and no whirlwind disturbs the quiet desolation
约伯吊在烧焦的田野
无法吓走乌鸦
他的朋友们还在谈论他的脚
没有旋风搅乱那宁静的凄凉
David swings from his roof
and the people say that in his mind
he and his warriors build a great temple
大卫在屋顶上摇晃
人们说在他的心里
他和他的勇士们建筑了一座伟大的寺庙
And all the saints and prophets
are nailed to stakes and desert trees
All the kings and men of ages
with deathless words and singing harps
are exhumed to die again in the wilderness
所有的圣徒和先知
都被订在木桩和沙漠之树上
所有国王和成年人
以永存的文字和歌唱的竖琴
在荒野里再次被挖掘而死
see whom they bring us today
bearing him triumphantly through the traffic
singing before his death
O he will love us O he will approve of us
今天看他们带给我们谁
得意地扛着他穿过人流
在他死之前高声唱着歌
哦！他会爱我们，哦！他会赞成我们
see how the temple girls scent their skins
and prepare the forest beds
how the priests have cut their bodies with whips
how the bulls are led glistening like pools of oil
between the rows of worshippers.
看那寺庙的女孩如何嗅着她们的肌肤
并准备那森林之床
看僧侣们如何用鞭子削下他们的肉体
看牛如何被引导闪耀得像一地油
在一排排礼拜者之中。
【1】Crucifixion is a way to execute (kill) someone, usually because they have committed a crime. It was used as a capital punishment by the government of Rome.
【2】grown into all the graves：
grow into 意思为成长为、发展为，长进…里面。
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