《Sutter’s Mill》歌词

[00:00:00] Sutter's Mill - Dan Fogelberg

[00:00:29] In the spring of 47

[00:00:36] 故事的发生

[00:00:36] So the story it is told

[00:00:43] 要从1847年的春天说起

[00:00:43] Old John Sutter went to the mill site

[00:00:50] 老约翰.萨特在磨坊外

[00:00:50] Found a piece of shinin' gold

[00:00:58] 拾到一块金子

[00:00:58] Well he took it to the city

[00:01:05] 于是带着它去了城里

[00:01:05] Where the word like wildfire spread

[00:01:12] 在那里关于金矿的消息如野火蔓延开来

[00:01:12] And old John Sutter soon came to wish he'd

[00:01:19] 萨特很快就后悔

[00:01:19] Left that stone in the river bed

[00:01:26] 该把那块石头留在河床上

[00:01:26] For they came like herds of locusts

[00:01:33] 人们集聚如蝗

[00:01:33] Every woman child and man

[00:01:40] 男人、女人和孩子们

[00:01:40] In their lumberin' Conestogas

[00:01:48] 在大篷车笨重的前行中

[00:01:48] They left their tracks upon the land

[00:01:55] 将车辙留在原野上

[00:01:55] Some would fail and some would prosper

[00:02:02] 有人无功而返有人心遂所愿

[00:02:02] Some would die and some would kill

[00:02:09] 有人长眠异乡有人图财害命

[00:02:09] Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance

[00:02:16] 有人将感激上帝解脱了他们

[00:02:16] And some would curse John Sutter's Mill

[00:02:24] 有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房

[00:02:24] Well they came from New York City

[00:02:31] 他们有的来自纽约城

[00:02:31] And they came from Alabama

[00:02:38] 有的来自阿拉巴马州

[00:02:38] With their dreams of findin' fortunes

[00:02:45] 带着他们的发财梦

[00:02:45] In this wild unsettled land

[00:02:52] 来到这荒蛮的土地上

[00:02:52] Well some fell prey to hostile arrows

[00:03:00] 一些人在穿越平原时

[00:03:00] As they tried to cross the plains

[00:03:07] 命丧箭下

[00:03:07] And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains

[00:03:14] 一些人失踪在洛基山脉

[00:03:14] With their hands froze to the reins

[00:03:21] 冻饿而亡

[00:03:21] Oh some would fail and some would prosper

[00:03:28] 噢有人无功而返有人心遂所愿

[00:03:28] Some would die and some would kill

[00:03:35] 有人长眠异乡有人图财害命

[00:03:35] Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance

[00:03:42] 有人将感激上帝解脱了他们

[00:03:42] And some would curse John Sutter's Mill

[00:04:18] 有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房

[00:04:18] Well some pushed on to California

[00:04:25] 一些人执著前行去往加州

[00:04:25] And others stopped to take their rest

[00:04:32] 一些人驻足不往休养生息

[00:04:32] And by the Spring of 1860

[00:04:40] 1860年时

[00:04:40] They had opened up the West

[00:04:47] 他们开发了西部

[00:04:47] And then the railroad came behind them

[00:04:54] 铁路随后而至

[00:04:54] And the land was plowed and tamed

[00:05:01] 荒原终被开发和征服

[00:05:01] When old John Sutter went to meet his maker

[00:05:08] 当约翰萨特离开人世

[00:05:08] He'd not one penny to his name

[00:05:15] 自己却一文不名

[00:05:15] Oh some would fail and some would prosper

[00:05:22] 有人无功而返有人心遂所愿

[00:05:22] Some would die and some would kill

[00:05:29] 有人长眠异乡有人图财害命

[00:05:29] Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance

[00:05:36] 有人将感激上帝解脱了他们

[00:05:36] And some would curse John Sutter's Mill

[00:05:44] 有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房

[00:05:44] And some would curse John Sutter's Mill

[00:05:51] 有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房

[00:05:51] Some men's thirsts are never filled

[00:05:56] 有人的欲望却永远无法满足