The Red Flag

Sing:Billy Bragg
演唱：Billy Bragg
Words: jim connell
作詞： jim connell
Music: 'the white cockade'
曲：'the white cockade'
The people's flag is deepest red
人民的旗幟是深紅色的
It shrouded oft our martyred dead
它籠罩著我們犧牲的烈士
And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold
他們的四肢還沒有僵硬冰冷
Their hearts' blood dyed to every fold
他們的心窩裡被染上了
Then raise the scarlet standard high
更加猩紅的顏色
Beneath its folds we' ll live and die
在它的角落裡，我們將生死攸關
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
儘管懦夫在畏縮，漢奸在譏笑
We'll keep the red flag flying here
我們將讓紅旗在這裡飄揚
music~
music~
It waved above our infant might
它在我們嬰兒的身體上揮舞
When all ahead seemed dark as night
當一切都像黑夜一樣黑暗
It witnessed many a deed and vow
它見證了許多行動和誓言
We must not change its colour now
我們現在不能改變它的顏色
Then raise the scarlet standard high
然後把猩紅的標準調高
Beneath its folds we'll live and die
在它的心窩裡，我們將生死攸關
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
儘管懦夫在畏縮，漢奸在譏笑
We'll keep the red flag flying here
我們將保持紅旗在這裡飄揚
It well recalls the triumphs past
它很好地回憶過去的勝利
It gives the hope of peace at last
它最終給了和平的希望
The banner bright, the symbol plain
那明亮的旗幟，象徵著樸素
Of human right and human gain
人民的權力和利益
Then raise the scarlet standard high
然後把猩紅的標準調高
Beneath its folds we'll live and die
在它的心窩裡，我們將生死攸關
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
儘管懦夫畏縮，漢奸譏笑
We'll keep the red flag flying here
我們將堅持讓紅旗在這裡飄揚
music ~
music~
It suits today the meek and base
它適合今天馴服和卑鄙的人
Whose minds are fixed on pelf and place
他們胸有成竹
To cringe beneath the rich man's frown
在富人的皺眉下畏縮
And haul that sacred emblem down
把那個神聖的徽章拿下來
Then raise the scarlet standard high
然後把猩紅的標準調高
Beneath its folds we'll live and die
在它的心窩裡，我們將生死攸關
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
儘管懦夫在畏縮，漢奸在譏笑
We'll keep the red flag flying here
我們將保持紅旗在這裡飄揚
With heads uncovered swear we all
我們都發誓
To bare it onward till we fall
直到我們倒下
Come dungeons dark or gallows grim
到黑暗的地獄或殘酷的絞刑架吧
This song shall be our parting hymn
這首歌將是我們的訣別歌
Then raise the scarlet standard high
然後把猩紅的標準調高
Beneath its folds we'll live and die
在它的心窩裡，我們將生死攸關
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
儘管懦夫在畏縮，漢奸在譏笑
We'll keep the red flag flying here
我們將保持紅旗在這裡飄揚！