千吻情深

作者：莱昂纳德·科恩

翻譯：ervin

（http://ycool.com/post/3yt6tqu）

小馬在奔跑，女孩正芳華，手握賭注，勝算滿滿，

你贏了一時，無以復加，你的小小連勝已成回光返照。

而無法避免的下一場挫折，已經在召喚你去面對。

你的人生真實卻又無常，如一千次吻，深奧難詳。

我尋花問柳，生活凝滯，我回到布吉老街。

你錯過了命運的抓手，失控，滑落成為大師筆下的傑作。

而也許我仍有長路要繼續前行，依著承諾繼續前行；

而你用放棄一切得來永存，如一千次吻，深邃回響。

風平浪靜的夜晚，命運讓可悲的和溫順的人喘息，

撫平心緒，吾誰與歸，如一千次吻，深深烙印。

將彼此羈於欲念，我們抵抗著海水至極的壓力：

於我未曾停止的拾遺，

我本以為未曾遺漏過一片汪洋。

我走上船舷，祝福身後殘破的艦隊，它們不久也將蕩然無存。

如一千次吻，深海難覓。

我放浪形骸，我靈魂停擺，我回到布吉老街。

我以為她們不會交易那些禮物，你曾經一心想要保存的物事。

然而你的思想已經永遠安靜，關於你的故事已經終了，

除了那些已經散佚的往昔，如一千次吻，深藏光陰。

有時我仍能感到那些夜晚的慢板，命運讓可悲的和溫順的人喘息，

我收拾不起的心緒，微斯人，如一千次吻，深沉歎息。

這是一千個吻的故事，

“小馬奔跑，女孩正芳華，手握賭注，勝算滿滿……”

原文

A Thousand Kisses Deep

The ponies run, the girls are young,

The odds are there to beat.

You win a while, and then it’s done –

Your little winning streak.

And summoned now to deal

With your invincible defeat,

You live your life as if it’s real,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,

I’m back on Boogie Street.

You lose your grip, and then you slip

Into the Masterpiece.

And maybe I had miles to drive,

And promises to keep:

You ditch it all to stay alive,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,

The wretched and the meek,

We gather up our hearts and go,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.

Confined to sex, we pressed against

The limits of the sea:

I saw there were no oceans left

For scavengers like me.

I made it to the forward deck.

I blessed our remnant fleet –

And then consented to be wrecked,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,

I’m back on Boogie Street.

I guess they won’t exchange the gifts

That you were meant to keep.

And quiet is the thought of you,

The file on you complete,

Except what we forgot to do,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,

The wretched and the meek,

We gather up our hearts and go,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.

The ponies run, the girls are young,

The odds are there to beat . . .

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一首歌

A Thousand Kisses Deep /Leonard Cohen

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