《All This Useless Beauty》歌词

[00:00:00] All This Useless Beauty - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)

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[00:00:10] It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit

[00:00:16] 每次这样她都忍不住吐口水

[00:00:16] If she wasn't so ladylike

[00:00:21] 如果她不那么淑女

[00:00:21] She imagines how she might have lived

[00:00:25] 她想象她该怎样生活

[00:00:25] Back when legends and history collide

[00:00:31] 当传说与历史碰撞

[00:00:31] So she looks to her prince finding he's so charmingly

[00:00:37] 她指望她的王子发现她如此迷人

[00:00:37] Slumped at her side

[00:00:42] 倒在她的身旁

[00:00:42] Those days are recalled on the gallery wall

[00:00:47] 那些日子只能在画廊的墙壁上回想起

[00:00:47] And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike

[00:00:56] 她等待激情和幽默的冲击

[00:00:56] What shall we do what shall we do with all this useless beauty

[00:01:07] 如何是好 我们该如何对待这全然无益的美丽

[00:01:07] All this useless beauty

[00:01:21] 全然无益的美丽

[00:01:21] Good Friday arrived the sky darkened on time

[00:01:26] 耶稣受难日来临时 天空昏暗

[00:01:26] 'Til he almost began to negotiate

[00:01:32] 直到他将要谈判之时

[00:01:32] She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry"

[00:01:42] 她像孩子一样捧起他的头 说你可以哭泣

[00:01:42] Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess

[00:01:47] 现在他想让她穿得神秘莫测

[00:01:47] He desires to impress his associates

[00:01:53] 他想要给他的同伴留下印象

[00:01:53] But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased

[00:01:58] 但他是丑陋野兽和已故希腊人的一部分

[00:01:58] So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny

[00:02:06] 所以她发现这样的混合体很难被否认

[00:02:06] What shall we do what shall we do with all this useless beauty

[00:02:17] 如何是好 我们该如何对待这全然无益的美丽

[00:02:17] All this useless beauty

[00:02:26] 全然无益的美丽

[00:02:26] She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books

[00:02:31] 她不会从伟大的悲剧书中练习演技

[00:02:31] That were later disgraced to face celluloid

[00:02:36] 之后面对电影她会丢尽颜面

[00:02:36] It won't even make sense but you can bet

[00:02:41] 那没什么意义 但可以打赌

[00:02:41] If she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet

[00:02:46] 如果她不是情人 玩具或宠物

[00:02:46] The film turns her into an unveiled threat

[00:02:55] 电影会让她陷入暴露无遗的威胁之中

[00:02:55] Nonsense prevails modesty fails

[00:02:59] 流言蜚语肆起 形象破坏

[00:02:59] Grace and virtue turn into stupidity

[00:03:03] 优雅和美德转眼变成愚昧无知

[00:03:03] While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise

[00:03:15] 当日历泛黄褪色 所有的争论都变成无力的妥协

[00:03:15] And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts

[00:03:20] 我们的领袖供奉野兽

[00:03:20] They still think they're the gods of antiquity

[00:03:25] 他们仍然认为它们是古老的神

[00:03:25] If something you missed didn't even exist

[00:03:30] 如果你想念的东西根本不存在

[00:03:30] It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise

[00:03:37] 那就仅仅是个理想 这很惊讶吗

[00:03:37] What shall we do what shall we do with all this useless beauty

[00:03:49] 如何是好 我们该如何对待这全然无益的美丽

[00:03:49] All this useless beauty

[00:03:58] 全然无益的美丽

[00:03:58] What shall we do what shall we do with all this useless beauty

[00:04:08] 如何是好 我们该如何对待这全然无益的美丽

[00:04:08] All this useless beauty

[00:04:13] 全然无益的美丽