So Far From The Clyde - Mark Knopfler

They had a last supper

他们共进了最后的晚餐

The day of the beaching

漫步海滩的那天

She's a dead ship sailing

她是一条因航行死去的船

Skeleton crew

精干的船员

The galley is empty

厨房已经空无一物

The stove pots are cooling

With what's left of a stew

炉罐正在降温

还剩了一碗残肴

Her time is approaching

她的去期将至

The captain moves over

船长轻轻挪开

The hangman steps in

刽子手就这样进来

To do what he's paid for

来做他被要求的

With the wind and the tide

在这海风中 在这潮水里

She goes proud ahead steaming

And he drives her hard into the shore

她冒着蒸汽高傲地向前走

他驾驶着她艰难地驶向海岸

So far from the clyde

远离克莱德

Together we'd ride

我们将一起乘行

We did ride

我们的确曾一起乘行

As if to a wave

就像一层浪

From her bows to her rudder

从她的船头到船舵

Bravely she rises

她勇敢地升起船帆

To meet with the land

去邂逅那片天地

Under their feet

在他们脚下

They all feel her keel shudder

他们感受到来自她龙骨的战栗

A shallow sea washes their hands

浅海洗刷着他们的手

Later the captain

随后船长

Shakes hands with the hangman

挥手示意刽子手

And climbs slowly down

然后缓缓地爬下

To the oily wet ground

到这油湿的地上

Goes bowed to the car

弯身走入车厢

That has come here to take him

那辆早已等待着带他离开的车

Through the graveyard and back to the town

穿过墓地回到小镇

So far from the clyde

远离克莱德

Together we'd ride

我们将一起乘行

We did ride

我们的确曾一起乘行

They pull out her cables

他们扯掉她的电缆

And hack off her hatches

砍下她的舱口盖

Too poor to be wasteful

没有多余去浪费

With pity or time

浪费遗憾或时间

They swarm on her carcass

他们蜂拥至她的残骸

With torches and axes

带上火把和斧头

Like a whale on the bloody shoreline

像一只徘徊在血腥海岸线的鲸

Stripped of her pillars

剥离了她的台柱

Her stays and her stanchions

她的甲板和支柱

When there's only her bones

到只剩骨架之时

On the wet poisoned land

在这潮湿 鸩毒的土地上

Steel ropes will drag her

钢绳将要将其拖动

With winches and engines

用辘轳和引擎

Til there's only a stain on the sand

直到这里只剩下沙土 污迹

So far from the clyde

远离克莱德

Together we'd ride

我们将一起乘行

We did ride

我们的确曾一起乘行

So far from the clyde

远离克莱德

Together we'd ride

我们将一起乘行

We did ride

我们的确曾一起乘行