Take This Longing

Many men have loved the bells
人人鍾情於鈴聲
You fastened to the rein
你便拉動了響鈴
And everyone who wanted you
人人都渴望著得到你
They found what they will always want again
那渴望就像那響鈴一般不絕於耳
Your beauty lost to you yourself
你的美麗於自身中流逝
Just as it was lost to them
也在他人的渴望中消散
Oh take this longing from my tongue
從我的唇齒之間帶走對你的渴望吧
Whatever useless things these hands have done
解放我那空虛寂寞的雙手吧
Let me see your beauty broken down
讓我目睹你的美麗從盛放到凋零吧
Like you would do for one you love
就像你為你愛過的人所做的那樣
Your body like a searchlight
你的身體
My poverty revealed
照亮了我的貧瘠
I would like to try your charity
我很樂意得到你的仁慈的施捨
Until you cry, 'Now you must try my greed.'
和你那無法填補的慾望
And everything depends upon
你熟睡時與我的距離
How near you sleep to me
是我衡量一切的標準
Just take this longing from my tongue
從我的唇齒之間帶走對你的渴望吧
All the lonely things my hands have done
解放我那空虛寂寞的雙手吧
Let me see your beauty broken down
讓我目睹你的美麗從盛放到凋零吧
Like you would do for one you love
就像你曾為你愛過的人所做的那樣
Hungry as an archway
那支渴望的軍隊
Through which the troops have passed
在我的心門持續不斷地碾過
I stand in ruins behind you
我佇立在我心靈貧瘠的廢墟
With your winter clothes, your broken sandal straps
注視著你的冬衣和破損的涼鞋
I love to see you naked over there
尤其是當你背對我的時候
Especially from the back
我渴望見到你赤裸的身體
Oh take this longing from my tongue
從我的唇齒之間帶走對你的渴望吧
All the useless things my hands have done
解放我那空虛寂寞的雙手吧
Untie for me your hired blue gown
為我解開那件藍袍吧
Like you would do for one you love
就像你曾為你愛過的人所做的那樣
You're faithful to the better man
你保持著對愛人的忠貞
I'm afraid that he left
恐怕他不會同樣對你
So let me judge your love affair
就在這間小房間裡
In this very room where I have sentenced mine to death
讓我為你的愛情判決吧
I'll even wear these old laurel leaves
我也曾在這裡親自宣判自己愛情的死刑
That he's shaken from his head
你的舊情人丟棄的那頂早已枯萎的月桂葉冠
Just take this longing from my tongue
我願意為你重新戴上
All the useless things my hands have done
從我的唇齒之間帶走對你的渴望吧
Let me see your beauty broken down
解放我那空虛寂寞的雙手吧
Like you would do for one you love
讓我目睹你的美麗從盛放到凋零吧
Like you would do for one you love
就像你曾為你愛過的人所做的那樣
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就像你曾為你愛過的人所做的那樣