《The Island Where I Come from》歌词

[00:00:27] Let me tell you a story about Kokovoko

[00:00:32] 让我来告诉你一个关于Kokovoko的故事

[00:00:32] The island where I come from

[00:00:38] 我就是来自这个岛屿

[00:00:38] The beaches are littered with rotten coconuts

[00:00:44] 沙滩上散落着腐烂的椰子

[00:00:44] And there are pieces of old skulls lying all around

[00:00:50] 沙滩上还有一具从前的头骨散落在那里

[00:00:50] Jewels and sand and rising water

[00:00:52] 珠宝 沙子 潮汐

[00:00:52] Visions I've seen and cries I've heard

[00:00:58] 我看过这些景色 听过这些哭喊

[00:00:58] I can't put these things into words

[00:01:00] 我无法用语言来描述它们

[00:01:00] Might as well put some beans

[00:01:04] 不妨放一些豆子在里面

[00:01:04] In a hollow gourd and shake it shake it

[00:01:18] 在中空的葫芦中摇晃

[00:01:18] I've floated on an icecap with a white polar bear

[00:01:22] 我和一只白色的北极熊漂浮在冰盖上

[00:01:22] I've floated up and down the golden stairs

[00:01:26] 我在金色的楼梯上下漂浮

[00:01:26] I've seen whales and caught in sails all twiskeetwee

[00:01:31] 我看见鲸鱼被扬着帆的渔船捕捞

[00:01:31] But me I don't say much

[00:01:42] 而我 我不会多说什么

[00:01:42] Jewels and sand and rising water

[00:01:45] 珠宝 沙子 潮汐

[00:01:45] Visions I've seen and cries I've heard

[00:01:50] 我看过这些景色 听过这些哭喊

[00:01:50] I can't put these things into words

[00:01:53] 我无法用语言来描述它们

[00:01:53] Might as well put some beans

[00:01:55] 不妨放一些豆子在里面

[00:01:55] In a hollow gourd

[00:02:34] 在中空的葫芦中

[00:02:34] There are lots of people who talk just to hear the sound

[00:02:39] 这儿有很多人都说他们听到过这样的声音

[00:02:39] The sound the sound of their own voices

[00:02:44] 那是他们自己的声音

[00:02:44] But take an empty shell and put it up to your ear

[00:02:51] 取一个空的贝壳然后把它放在你的耳旁

[00:02:51] You can hear the ocean rumbling around in there

[00:02:57] 你可以听见海浪在你耳边翻腾

[00:02:57] Ooo the greasy wheel it goes round

[00:03:02] 油腻的轮子在不停地翻滚着

[00:03:02] The humming of the breeze it makes a whishing

[00:03:05] 微风发出呼呼的声音

[00:03:05] And whirring sound

[00:03:08] 呼呼作响

[00:03:08] The sudden silence when the burning sun goes down

[00:03:31] 日落时寂静的片刻

[00:03:31] Jewels and sand and rising water

[00:03:34] 珠宝 沙子 潮汐

[00:03:34] Visions I've seen and cries I've heard

[00:03:39] 我看过这些景色 听过这些哭喊

[00:03:39] I can't put these things into words

[00:03:42] 我无法用语言来描述它们

[00:03:42] Might as well put some beans

[00:03:45] 不妨放一些豆子在里面

[00:03:45] In a hollow gourd and shake it shake it

[00:03:50] 在中空的葫芦中摇晃