《加州旅馆》 Hotel California

老鹰乐队是美国七十年代一支著名的摇滚乐队，《加州旅馆》则是乐队最著名的一首歌，这也一首有象征意味的歌，象征着什么，有很多种解释，我们不去深究那些，只管歌曲好听就行了，而歌词，则像个诡异的梦境，把七十年代的忧伤和迷茫表现得淋漓尽致。

加州旅馆 Hotel California

-Eagles

梅三思 译

On a dark desert highway

在一条黑暗的沙漠高速公路上

cool wind in my hair

冷风吹着我的头发

Warm smell of colitas

大麻温暖的气味

rising up through the air

在空气中升腾

Up ahead in the distance

前面远处

I saw a shimmering light

我看见灯光闪烁

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

我脑袋昏沉 视线也变得模糊

I had to stop for the night

我必须停下来过夜

There she stood in the doorway

她站在门廊上

I heard the mission bell

我听见教堂钟声

I was thinking to myself

我暗自忖度

This could be Heaven or this could be Hell

这可能是天堂也可能是地狱

Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way

然后她点上了蜡烛并给我带路

There were voices down the corridor

走廊上传来声音

I thought I heard them say

我想我听见他们说

Welcome to the Hotel California

欢迎来到加州旅馆

Such a lovely place

如此可爱的地方

Such a lovely place

如此可爱的地方

Such a lovely face

如此可爱的脸庞

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

加州旅馆房间充裕

Any time of year

每年不管什么季节

Any time of year

每年不管什么季节

You can find it here

你都能找到房间

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted

她的心被蒂凡尼珠宝扭曲

she got the Mercedes benze

她有一辆梅赛德斯奔驰

She got a lot of pretty pretty boys

她有很多漂亮的男孩子

she calls friends

她称他们为朋友

How they dance in the courtyard sweet summer sweat

他们在院子里跳舞，满身的夏日香汗

Some dance to remember some dance to forget

一些跳舞铭记，一些跳舞遗忘

So I called up the Captain

所以我叫主人

Please bring me my wine

给我拿烈酒来

He said

他说

We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine

自从1969年来我们就没那种东西了

And still those voices are calling from far away

那些声音依旧在遥远地呼唤

Wake you up in the middle of the night

半夜把你弄醒

Just to hear them say

只听见他们说

Welcome to the Hotel California

欢迎来到加州旅馆

Such a lovely place

如此可爱的地方

Such a lovely place

如此可爱的地方

Such a lovely face

如此可爱的脸庞

Livin' it up at the Hotel California

在加州旅馆尽情狂欢

What a nice surprise

好一个惊喜

What a nice surprise

好一个惊喜

Bring your alibis

为自己找个说辞

Mirrors on the ceiling

天花板上的镜子

Pink champagne on ice

冰上粉红色的香槟

And she said

然后她说

We are all just prisoners here of our own device

我们都是困在这里的囚徒，出于自愿

In the master's chambers

在主人的卧室里

They gathered for the feast

他们聚在一起享受大餐

Stab it with their steely knives

用他们的钢刀猛刺

But they just can't kill the beast

但就是无法杀死怪兽

Last thing I remember I was

我记得的最后一件事就是

Running for the door

朝门跑去

I had to find the passage back

必须回到旅途

To the place I was before

到我先前所在的地方

Relax said the night man

放心吧，守夜人对我说

We are programmed to receive

我们只管接收

You can check-out any time you like

你任何时候都可以退房

But you can never leave

但你永远无法离开