Magpie

Magpie
喜鵲
Patrick Wolf
Patrick Wolf

喜鵲，是你偷走了婚戒嗎
Magpie, was it you who stole the wedding ring
到底是哪隻小鳥，要偷走如此希望
Or what other thieving bird would steal such hope away
我迷失在荒郊腹地
Magpie, I am lost among the hinterland,
只有蕨草伴著我
caught among the bracken and the ferns and the boys who have no name.
還有無名的孩子們

我們都是流浪者
There's no name for us.
但我們仍在歌唱
Still we sing.
我們還要歌唱

迷路的憂鬱的小男孩
And still we sing.
讓我來為你指引方向

你可以在她雙膝間奔跑，或者獨自回家
Little boy, little boy, lost and blue,
在她養的植物間奔跑
Listen now, let me tell you what to do.
男孩將會賜名
You can run on, run along, alone or home between the knees of her;
我們會為你歌唱
All among her bracken and her ferns and the boy will have a name.
我們要為你歌唱

一首代表悲傷
We will sing.
兩首代表歡暢
And we will sing .
三首為女孩而唱

四首為男孩而唱
One for sorrow.
五首換來銀幣
Two for joy.
六首換來黃金
Three for a girl.
七首則代表秘密，無人知曉的秘密
Four for a boy.
Five for silver.
Six for gold.
Seven for a secret, never to be told