What It Is
Drinking dens are spilling out
小酒馆里熙熙攘攘
There's staggering in the square
广场上的行人步履蹒跚
There's lads and lasses falling about
男男女女开怀大笑
And a crackling in the air
毕剥之声在空气中传响
Down around the dungeon doors
地堡重门之外
The shelters in the queues
避难所前排起长龙
Everybody's looking for
人人都在寻觅
Somebody's arms to fall into
觅一个臂弯遮风挡雨
And it's what it is
情形就是这样
It's what it is now
如今的情形就是这样了
There's frost on the graves and the monuments
墓场和碑谷已披上白霜
But the taverns are warm in town
城中的酒馆仍温暖如春
People curse the government
人们端起饭碗大快朵颐
And shovel hot food down
放下碗筷咒骂政府
The lights are out in city hall
市政厅灯火阑珊
The castle and the keep
城堡和关隘矗立
The moon shines down upon it all
月光降临笼罩一切
The legless and asleep
人们醺醺然进入梦乡
And it ′s cold on a tollgate
冰天雪地的城关
With the wagons creeping through
有马车鱼贯驶过
Cold on a tollgate
城关已是百丈冰
God knows what I could do with you
你我也只能听天由命
And It ′s what it is
情形就是这样的
It ′s what it is now
如今的情形就是这样
The garrison sleeps and the citadel
城堡的戍兵已经入睡
With the ghosts and the ancient stones
伴着无数亡灵和古老的山岩
High up on the parapet
高墙之上
A Scottish piper stands alone
一个苏格兰风笛手茕然伫立
And high on the wind
长风起兮
The highland drums begin to roll
鼓声渐闻
And something from the past just comes
往事卷土重来
And stares into my soul
直击我心
Cold on a tollgate
冰天雪地的城关
And the drums beat their tattoo
归营鼓声阵阵
Cold on a tollgate
城关已是百丈冰
God knows what I could do with you
你我也只能听天由命
And it ′s what it is
情形就是这样的
It ′s what it is now
如今的情形就是这样
What it is
就是这样
It ′s what it is now
如今就是这样
There ′s a chink of light
缝隙的微光
There ′s a burning wick
燃烧的烛芯
There ′s a lantern in the tower
塔楼里摇曳的灯火
Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick
小威利温基点着蜡烛
Still writing songs in the wee wee hours
凌晨时分依然在写歌
On Charlotte Street I take
我走在夏洛克大街上
A walking stick from my hotel
握着旅馆的手杖
The ghost of Dirty ****
老迪克的魂灵
Is still in search of Little Nell
还在寻找小耐尔的身影
And it ′s what it is
情形就是这样
It ′s what it is now
如今的情形就是这样
Oh it ′s what it is
就是这样
What it is now
如今就是这样