伦敦的街头Streets of London

这是英国歌手拉尔富·麦可泰尔（Ralph McTell）在1969年唱的一首歌，24岁的作者根据自己多年的流浪经历写就，旋律优美而悲伤。

伦敦的街头Streets of London

-Ralph McTell

-梅三思 译

Have you seen the old man

你可见过那样一个老人

In the closed down market

在打烊的市场外

Kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes

用他穿破的鞋踢着地上的废纸

In his eyes you see no pride

眼中完全没有骄傲的神色

Hands held loosely at his side

双臂松散地垂在身侧

Yesterday's paper, telling yesterday's news

昨日的报纸，诉说着昨日的新闻

So how can you tell me you're lonely

所以你怎能告诉我你是孤独的

And say for you that the sun don't shine

说阳光没为你闪耀？

Let me take you by the hand

让我拉起你的手

And lead you through the streets of London

带你穿过伦敦的街头

I'll show you something

我会带你看一些东西

To make you change your mind

让你改变自己的看法

Have you seen the old girl

你看见那个青春已逝的女孩了吗

Who walks the streets of London

她独自走在伦敦的街头

Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags

灰尘落满头发，衣服穿成了破布

She's no time for talking

她没有时间闲谈

She just keeps right on walking

只管走着自己的路

Carrying her home in two carrier bags

两个购物袋里装着她所有的家当

So how can you tell me you're lonely

所以你怎能告诉我你是孤独的

And say for you that the sun don't shine

说阳光没有为你闪耀？

Let me take you by the hand

让我拉着你的手

And lead you through the streets of London

带你穿过伦敦的街头

I'll show you something

我会带你看些东西

To make you change your mind

让你改变自己的看法

In the old night cafe at a quarter past eleven

夜晚十一点一刻，在一个夜间咖啡馆

The same old man sitting there on his own

那个老人又一个人坐在那里

Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup

透过他茶杯的边缘看着这个世界

Each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone

花一个小时喝一杯茶，然后独自一人走回家

Have you seen the old man

你见过这个老人吗

Outside the seaman's mission

结束了他海员的使命后

Memory fading with the minor ribands that he wears

记忆也像他穿的小罗纹衣服一样褪色

In our winter city the rain cries little pity

在我们这个冬天的城市苦雨如泣

For one more forgotten hero

为又一个被遗忘的英雄

And a world which doesn't care

和一个对此毫不在意的世界

So how can you tell me you're lonely

所以你怎能告诉我你是孤独的

And say for you that the sun don't shine

说阳光没有为你闪耀

Let me take you by the hand

让我拉起你的手

And lead you through the streets of London

带你穿过伦敦的街头

I'll show you something

我将带你看些东西

To make you change your mind

你的看法将完全改变