The Kindness of Strangers
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Kindness of Strangers 歌词
They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed
人们发现玛丽.贝洛斯被拷在床上
With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
嘴里紧塞着布团,脑袋挨了一枪
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
She'd grown up hungry, she'd grown up poor
她这一生过得饥寒交迫
She left her home in Arkansas
她离开了故乡阿肯色
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
She wanted to see the deep blue sea
她想去看看那蓝色的大海
She travelled across Tennessee
她独自一人游遍了田纳西
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
She met a man along the way
在旅途中她遇见了一个人
He introduced himself as Richard Slade
他说自己叫理查德.斯雷德
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
Poor Mary thought that she might die
可怜的玛丽觉得没有遗憾了
When she saw the ocean for the first time
因为她终于见到了海洋
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
She checked into a cheap little place
她住进了一家便宜的小旅馆
Richard Slade carried in her old suitcase
理查德.斯雷德帮她提着破旧的行李箱
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
"I'm a good girl, sir", she said to him
我是个本分的好姑娘
I couldn't possibly permit you in
抱歉不能请您进来了
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
Slade tipped his hat and winked his eye
斯雷德歪了歪帽子眨了眨眼
And turned away without goodbye
一言不发地离开了
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
She sat on her bed and thought of home
她静静地坐在床边思念故乡
With the sea breeze whistling all alone
只有阵阵的海风在呼呼地响
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
In hope and loneliness she crossed the floor
满怀着孤独和希望
And undid the latch on the front door
她打开了房间的门闩
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
They found her the next day cuffed to the bed
第二天人们发现她被拷在床上
A rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
嘴里紧塞着布团,脑袋挨了一枪
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
So mothers keep your girls at home
所以请各位母亲看好你的姑娘
Don't let them journey all alone
不要让她们独自出门游荡
Tell them this world is full of danger
让她们知道这世界充满了危险
And to shun the company of strangers
避开那些看似友善的陌生脸庞
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可怜的玛丽.贝洛斯