歌词
Seen the arrow on the doorpost
作者：鲍勃 迪伦
歌名：失明的威利·麦克泰尔
Saying, this land is condemned
我看到，钉在门柱上的箭头
宣告着，这片土地充满罪恶
All the way from new orleans
一路从新奥尔良
To jerusalem.
到耶路撒冷，无一幸免
我穿行过德克萨斯东部
I traveled through east texas
那是许多烈士战死的地方
我知道，没人可以像失明的威利·麦克泰尔这样
Where many martyrs fell
歌唱蓝调
就像，他们正在摧毁帐篷时
And I know no one can sing the blues
猫头鹰的号叫
Like blind willie mctell
枯林之上的群星
是他唯一的听众
Well, I heard the hoot owl singing
那些黝黑的吉普赛少女
能炫耀她们的羽毛何其绚丽
As they were taking down the tents
但没人能像失明的威利·麦克泰尔这样
歌唱蓝调
The stars above the barren trees
种植园在眼前付之一炬
Were his only audience
罪恶的鞭子在耳旁爆裂
香甜的木兰花在心中盛开
Them charcoal gypsy maidens
幽灵般的奴隶船在脑中浮现
Can strut their feathers well
我能听见那些部落在呻吟
听见送葬人的钟声响起
But nobody can sing the blues
没人可以像失明的威利·麦克泰尔这样
Like blind willie mctell
歌唱蓝调
河边的女士身旁
See them big plantations burning
是一个年轻而英俊的男人
Hear the cracking of the whips
他打扮得像个乡绅
手里却拿着走私的威士忌
Smell that sweet magnolia blooming
一群戴着铁链的劳工在公路上
发出反叛者的叫喊声
see the ghosts of slavery ships
我坚信，没有人可以像失明的威利·麦克泰尔这样
歌唱蓝调
I can hear them tribes a-moaning
上帝在天堂之上
我们都想要他的馈赠
hear the undertakers bell
但那里似乎只有
权力、贪婪和腐败的种子
nobody can sing the blues
我凝视着圣·杰姆斯旅店的
窗外
Like blind willie mctell
没有人可以像失明的威利·麦克泰尔这样
歌唱蓝调
Theres a woman by the river
With some fine young handsome man
Hes dressed up like a squire
Bootlegged whiskey in his hand
Theres a chain gang on the highway
I can hear them rebels yell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like blind willie mctell
Well, God is in heaven
And we all want whats his
But power and greed and corruptible seed
Seem to be all that there is
Im gazing out the window
Of the st. james hotel
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like blind willie mctell
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