North Country Blues

[00:00.00]North Country Blues - Bob Dylan

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[00:04.30]Come gather round friends

[00:06.80]走过来吧，我的朋友们

[00:06.80]And Ill tell you a tale Of when the red iron pits ran plenty

[00:15.91]我要给你们讲一个故事,那是在红铁矿全盛时期的事

[00:15.91]But the cardboard filled windows

[00:18.60]但那时，窗户都是用纸板糊成

[00:18.60]And old men on the benches

[00:22.53]老人们静静坐在长椅上

[00:22.53]Tell you now that the whole town is empty

[00:30.32]告诉你，这里如今已是一座空城

[00:30.32]In the north end of town

[00:32.46]在那北方尽头的小镇

[00:32.46]My own children are grown

[00:36.89]我的孩子们都在这里成人

[00:36.89]But I was raised on the other

[00:42.93]但我是在另一个小镇成长

[00:42.93]In the wee hours of youth

[00:45.43]在这短暂的年轻时光

[00:45.43]My mother took sick

[00:49.79]我的母亲就生了重病

[00:49.79]And I was brought up by my brother

[00:53.85]我是被我的兄长抚养的

[00:53.85]The iron ore poured As the years passed the door

[01:02.60]铁矿被不断倾倒出来,岁月从门前匆匆逝去

[01:02.60]The drag lines an the shovels they was a-humming til one day my brother

[01:11.32]他们拖曳重负，拼命挖掘，低声吟唱,直到有一天，我的哥哥

[01:11.32]Failed to come home

[01:14.51]再也不能回到家中

[01:14.51]The same as my father before him

[01:21.93]而我的父亲早已先他一步丧命

[01:21.93]Well a long winters wait

[01:24.12]漫长的冬天就要到来

[01:24.12]From the window I watched

[01:28.37]我站在窗前，翘首凝望

[01:28.37]My friends they couldn't have been kinder

[01:33.35]朋友们对我都格外友善

[01:33.35]And my schooling was cut

[01:35.85]我也从此结束了学校时光

[01:35.85]As I quit in the spring

[01:40.34]我就在那年春天离开学校

[01:40.34]To marry john thomas a miner

[01:48.86]嫁给约翰托马斯，他也是个矿工

[01:48.86]Oh the years passed again

[01:50.61]岁月再度飞快流逝

[01:50.61]And the givin was good

[01:54.17]它带给我美好的礼物

[01:54.17]With the lunch bucket filled every season

[02:01.25]每季的食物都很丰盛

[02:01.25]What with three babies born

[02:03.00]我生下了三个孩子

[02:03.00]The work was cut down

[02:08.59]工作量也相应减少了

[02:08.59]To a half a days shift with no reason

[02:14.46]无缘无故就成了半日上班

[02:14.46]Then the shaft was soon shut

[02:16.65]之后矿井很快关闭

[02:16.65]And more work was cut

[02:20.69]更多的工作也被缩减

[02:20.69]And the fire in the air it felt frozen til a man come to speak

[02:29.43]空气里的火焰也感觉凝固寒冷直到有个人前来讲话

[02:29.43]And he said in one week

[02:33.86]某一个星期，他来到小镇说

[02:33.86]That number eleven was closin

[02:42.15]第十一号矿山停止运营

[02:42.15]They complained in the east

[02:44.84]他们到东部去抱怨

[02:44.84]They are paying too high

[02:48.96]他们付出了太多代价

[02:48.96]They say that your ore ain't worth digging

[02:55.20]他们说，你们的矿山不值得开采

[02:55.20]That its much cheaper down

[02:57.38]还有更多廉价劳动力

[02:57.38]In the south american towns

[03:02.08]在那南美的小镇

[03:02.08]Where the miners work almost for nothing

[03:10.68]那里的矿工们几乎不要薪金

[03:10.68]So the mining gates locked

[03:12.62]所以矿山的大门被锁起

[03:12.62]And the red iron rotted

[03:17.30]红色的铁矿很快腐烂

[03:17.30]And the room smelled heavy from drinking

[03:23.40]屋子里总是酒气熏天

[03:23.40]Where the sad silent song

[03:25.97]唱起这悲伤沉默的歌曲

[03:25.97]Made the hour twice as long

[03:30.29]会让时间变得更漫长

[03:30.29]As I waited for the sun to go sinking

[03:36.33]而我就唱着歌等待太阳下沉

[03:36.33]I lived by the window

[03:38.52]我呆在窗边

[03:38.52]As he talked to himself

[03:43.37]听着他喃喃自语

[03:43.37]This silence of tongues it was building

[03:46.12]他愈说，屋里愈是寂静

[03:46.12]Then one mornings wake

[03:52.00]于是一个清晨我醒来

[03:52.00]The bed it was bare

[03:56.30]床边已经空空如也

[03:56.30]The summer is gone

[04:05.15]夏日已经过去

[04:05.15]The grounds turning cold

[04:09.40]大地正在变冷

[04:09.40]The stores one by one theyre a-foldin

[04:12.53]商店接连倒闭

[04:12.53]My children will go

[04:18.32]我的孩子们也要离开

[04:18.32]As soon as they grow

[04:22.62]他们很快就要长大

[04:22.62]Well there ain't nothing here now to hold them

[04:27.06]啊，到时这里也没什么能留住他们的了