- Philip Quast I was here [live] 歌詞
- Philip Quast
- Ive gone without bread, Ive slept in the mud
我曾走過，無衣無食；我曾休憩，眠於泥濘
Ive given my best while they ve screamed for my blood
他們尖刻地抨擊我，而我已盡我所能
Ive begged and Ive bullied for any small chance to perform
我曾卑躬屈膝，也曾虛張聲勢，只為任何渺茫的表演機會
At nights Ive awakened, my guts in a knot
深夜夢醒，愁腸千結
Remembering how much I gave up and for what
憶及自己放棄了多少，又為了什麼
Some paints and some costumes are a pitiful tent in a storm
化妝品與戲服充當著風暴中可憐的帳篷
A handful of coins, a trunk always packed
一把硬幣，一個總是塞滿的後備箱
No family, no home, just this madness to act
無家可歸，無依無靠，唯餘對錶演的狂熱
Still I have a theory about this disease we contract
關於我們所感染的頑疾，我持這樣的看法：
That most men are equally crazy as actors in fact
大多數人實際上同演員一樣瘋狂
Why does a boy carve his name on a tree?
男孩為何刻名於樹？
Or the first-born inherit the throne?
長子為何繼承王位？
What is a sculptor aspiring to be
當雕塑家刻石半生
When he spends half his life carving stone?
他在渴望成為何人？
Kings build their tombs for the ages
終其一生，國王建其陵墓
Poets and fools fill up their pages
詩人和愚者訴言於書
What are we hoping for? What do we fear?
我們希望何物？我們恐懼何物？
I say we yearn to leave something that lasts
我說那是我們渴望留下恆久之物
To be known for what little weve done
渴望因微不足道的貢獻而流芳百世
Men tell their children the tales of their pasts
人們給孩子講述過去的傳說
And each man gives his name to his son
且每個男人都讓其子承襲其名
Something in song or in story
歌謠傳頌，故事傳說
Something in blood, something of glory
血脈相承，榮光加身
Something that wont fade away in a year
永遠不會瞬息消逝
Well, I will notflicker and die like an ember
如此，我將不會生如閃光而死同灰燼
Too many men flicker and die
太多生命鮮活而轉瞬即逝
I will leave something behind to remember
我要留下什麼以供後人銘記
Somehow I must - dont ask me why
不知緣由，而我必須如此——請勿問我究竟為何
I have no wealth, at least none I can claim
我既無財富——至少不值一提
And no patience for carving in stone
也無琢磨石塊的耐心
All that I have are my skill and my name
我所擁有的一切不過是才能與吾名
And this chance to make both of them known
我仍有機會令二者廣為人知
This is my key to the portal
這將引領我解開迷題——
How I can leave something immortal
我該如何留下不朽之物
Something that time cannot make disappear
歲月悠悠而不能致其消亡
Something to say: I was here!
它將告訴世人：我曾來過這世上！
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