peaceable kingdom

billy gilman - peaceable kingdom
比利吉爾曼和平的國度

豹子上躺著純潔的小孩

沒有一隻野獸皺眉相見
a leopard with a harmless kid lay down
狼和羔羊成為了友好的居民
and not one savage beast was seen to frown
在這裡弱肉強食不曾存在
the wolf did with the lamb can dwell in peace
豐收的谷地上獅子靜默不動
his grim carnivorous nature there did cease
是因為小孩它們相親相愛
the lion with the fatling awn did move
很久很久以前有一個年輕的畫家
and a little child was leading them in love
他有一個夢想每當生物拜訪

便會依身相伴
long ago there was a young painter
在一個甜甜的夜晚他會欣然做畫
who had a dream that every creature came
在他死前的一百幅畫中
and stood assembled by his side
小獅，小蛇和小孩
and he painted the sight that had sweetened his night
都睜大了眼睛如太陽般微笑
for the one hundred times before he died
彷彿時間靜止
a kid lion and a snake and a child
狼和羔羊
wide-eyed and formal and smiling like the sun had stopped
在他的手上共進美餐
and time had ceased to move
是因為小孩它們相親相愛
and the wolf and the lamb
朋友，你看到所有的線條和間隙了嗎
came and ate from his hand
年輕畫家所描繪的色彩
and a man-child was leading them in love
閃耀在這和平國度每個人的臉上

在這時代里人們溫柔非常
friend have you seen all the lines and the spaces
在這些天裡我發現我隨處漂泊
the colors that the young painter sees
在無盡的迷宮中徘徊不前
in the peaceable kingdom that shines in the faces
這世界是如此的瘋狂
of people from more gentle times than these
只能移開視線了罷

從今以後不管前進或者後退
i find myself adrift these days
不管愚人的憧憬或打擊
and endless maze of ends and ways
哦，我的朋友，你看到所有的線條和間隙了嗎
and worlds seem so crazy to be here
年輕畫家描繪的色彩
but look away look away
閃耀在這和平國度每個人的臉上
back orforward from today
在這時代里人們溫柔非常
to the visions of either fools or sears
這樣一個美妙的地方

充滿了歡笑充滿了恩典
oh my friend have you seen all the lines and the spaces
這裡沐浴著聖潔而又怯弱的謊言
the colors that the young painter sees
我們應該學會知道這是不可能如此的
in the peaceable kingdom that shines in the faces
我們只能相信它可能曾經存在
of people from more gentle times than these
哦，我的朋友，你看到所有的線條和間隙了嗎

年輕畫家所描繪的色彩
such a beautiful place
閃耀在這和平國度每個人的臉上
full of joy full of grace
在這時代里人們溫柔非常
it was bathed in our saintly yellow lie
朋友，你看到所有的線條和間隙了嗎
to what learning to know that such things can't be so
年輕畫家所描繪的色彩
he could only believe that they might
閃耀在這和平國度每個人的臉上
oh my friend have you seen all the lines and the spaces
在這時代里人們溫柔非常
the colors that the young painter sees
...
in the peaceable kingdom that shines in the faces
of people from more gentle times than these

friend have you seen all the lines and the spaces
the colors that the young painter sees
in the peaceable kingdom that shines in the faces
of people from more gentle times than these




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