Song for Duke(LP Version)

Song For Duke (LP Version) - Judy Collins

以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供

I didn't even know the man

我甚至不认识他

I didn't know the man himself

我从未见过他本人

Even though his music filled my life

尽管他的音乐充盈了我的生活

As it has so many others

正如它影响了许多人一样

I knew that he had died that week

我知道他在那一周去世了

After fighting death a year or more

在与死亡抗争了一年多之后

But I had had a rule before

但我之前一直有个原则

That funerals were a waste of flowers

认为葬礼只是浪费鲜花

But something said I had to go

但有个声音告诉我必须前往

To be a witness to his gift of love

去见证他那份爱的礼物

A man who never once gave up on life

一个从未放弃生命的人

Until death took him in his tracks

直到死亡突然将他带走

The people stood around the church

人们站在教堂周围

Ten thousand people there they say or more

据说有上万人甚至更多

Black and white rich and poor

无论黑人白人，无论贫富

Together they were there to say farewell

他们齐聚一堂，共同告别

In New York city it had rained that day

在纽约城，那天下着雨

The streets were silver and the sky was grey

街道银光闪闪，天空灰蒙蒙

But in the church the music soared and sang

但在教堂里，音乐高亢而悠扬

And seemed to fill the air with shining sun

仿佛让空气中充满了阳光

The man was a hero

这位男子是一位英雄

He played the music of our souls

他演奏着我们灵魂的音乐

He knew that we all have in us

他知道我们每个人心中

A place where beauty always grows

都有一个美丽永远生长的地方

Outside in the streets again

再次站在街头

The people wandered through the falling rain

人们在雨中徘徊

They waved their hands and dried their tears

他们挥手拭去泪水

And turned to go about their lives again

转身继续各自的生活

But none of us will be the same

但我们都不会再如从前

If we hear the things his music says

如果我们聆听他音乐中的话语

That loving is the gift of life

爱是生命的礼物

And making music was his way of love

创作音乐是他表达爱的方式

The man was a hero

这位男子是一位英雄

He played the music of our souls

他演奏着我们灵魂的音乐

He knew that we all have in us

他知道我们每个人心中

A place where beauty always grows

都有一个美丽永远生长的地方