Postcard # 18
May 3rd, 2015
2015年5月3日
We celebrate Walpurgis Night on an island outside Helsinki
我們在赫爾辛基之外的小島上慶祝Walpurgis之夜
The there tastes so sweet
有可口的小點心
I lick the sugar from my pinky
我舔著小指上的糖霜
The students in their overalls are playing croquet in the grass
穿著工裝褲的學生在草地上玩槌球
Its officially spring now
大家心中的春天已經到了
We dont care what the weather map says
我們才不在乎氣象圖的說法
The long moan from a ships hull
船殼發出長長的嘆息
Three old friends trying to keep warm
三個老朋友互相取暖
Trying to text my baby back home
想給家裡的小寶貝發條短信
Cant get no signal on my phone
但手機沒信號啦
Ancient graffiti on the rocks by the beach
海灘邊的岩石上有古舊的塗鴉
Two lovers in 1830, sat in here in the ocean breeze
是一對1830年的情侶就坐在這兒的海風裡
And with a knife or a sharp rock, carve each others names in
他們用小刀或利石把對方的名字刻了下來
If you carve your love in rock, then you cant give it up
如果你把你的愛刻在石頭上可就不能半途而廢了
It would be too embarrassing
那樣超級尷尬的
Dance some tango in the park
在公園裡跳著探戈舞
Strangers lips meet in the dark
陌生的唇在黑暗中相會
Ending up at every sauna
在桑拿房分別
A jukebox behind us plays good, old Finnish rock and roll
我們身後的點唱機放著動人的芬蘭老式搖滾
A woman yells at an annoying guy
一個女人衝著一個氣鼓鼓的傢伙喊
Says, 'Youre the reason we use birth control.'
“你就是我們搞計劃生育的理由”
She turns to us as she does this thing where she dresses up each May Day
然後她轉向我們又是那身每年五一她都會穿的衣服
'If you can guess who I am dressed as Ill have a pint of beer sent your way.'
“如果你猜得出我扮的是誰我就送你一品脫啤酒”
Black leather jacket, upside down cross
黑色皮夾克顛倒的十字架
Her face is deadly serious
她的神情嚴肅極了
She says its from a horror movie
她說這齣自一部恐怖片
The third part in a five-part series
是五部曲的第三部
The soft chime from a distant church bell
遠處的教堂鐘聲柔柔漾起
Happy Vappu to you as well
Vappu節快樂
Good times at Arizona
Arizona的愉快時光
Last boat is in half an hour
下一趟船半個小時後就到
We gotta run to make it
我們得快跑趕上它啦
How do you say goodbye in Finnish?
芬蘭語怎麼說再見呢
No time to translate it
沒時間翻譯了
The woman in the leather jacket with spurs
兩個穿著皮夾克戴著馬刺的女人
In a voice dramatic:
用戲劇化的聲音說
'Im Julie from Return of the Living Dead III
“我是亡者歸來第三季的Julie”
You should watch it, its very romantic
你該看看的很浪漫的
The long moan from a ships hull
船殼發出長長的嘆息
Three old friends trying to keep warm
三個老朋友互相取暖
Thinking of my baby back home
思念著我家裡的嬌人
Thinking of her name carved in stone
想像著刻在石頭上的她的名字