The Queen and the Soldier (Live)-Suzanne Vega

[00:00.00] 作曲 : S.Vega [00:19.50]The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door [00:24.06] He said, "I am not fighting for you any more" [00:29.16] The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before [00:34.08] And slowly she let him inside. [00:38.64] He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill [00:43.68] And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill [00:48.36] But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will [00:53.40] Only first I am asking you why." [00:59.22] Down in the long narrow hall he was led [01:02.79] Into her rooms with her tapestries red [01:08.31] And she never once took the crown from her head [01:13.23] She asked him there to sit down. [01:20.34] He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young [01:25.08] But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won [01:30.36] And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun [01:35.28] And now will you tell me why?" [01:40.11] The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye [01:44.49] She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try" [01:49.68] But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry [01:54.60] But she closed herself up like a fan. [02:00.66] And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread [02:04.92] It cuts me inside, and often I've bled" [02:10.17] He laid his hand then on top of her head [02:15.03] And he bowed her down to the ground. [02:39.63] "Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel [02:44.61] As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed [02:49.29] But I won't march again on your battlefield" [02:54.39] And he took her to the window to see. [02:59.22] And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray [03:04.62] And she wanted more than she ever could say [03:09.33] But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away [03:14.34] And would not look at his face again. [03:19.17] And he said, "I want to live as an honest man [03:24.42] To get all I deserve and to give all I can [03:29.46] And to love a young woman who I don't understand [03:34.32] Your highness, your ways are very strange." [03:41.79] But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break [03:46.68] And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached [03:51.66] She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait [03:56.34] She would only be a moment inside. [04:01.89] Out in the distance her order was heard [04:06.36] And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word [04:11.31] And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred [04:15.81] The battle continued on [04:19.62] 士兵叩响了他的女皇的门环 [04:20.46] 他说，从此你再见不到我在战场上为你沥胆披肝 [04:21.81] 女皇注视着他似曾相识的脸盘 [04:24.84] 慢慢地侧过身去，把门给他敞开了 [04:25.71] 他说道，"我曾经在山顶上纵看你光辉的殿堂， [04:27.24] 也猜想过那个我们为之浴血的女人的模样， [04:28.41] 但我终于下定决心离开，不再充任你的辔缰； [04:29.67] 只是，离开之前，我想先问你一件事。" [04:30.66] 女皇引他走过穹顶下幽深的回廊 [04:32.31] 走进她挂着鲜红壁毯的内房 [04:33.09] 这个从不肯取下皇冠的君王 [04:33.96] 向士兵说，"坐吧。" [04:34.44] 他说，"听我说，你这年轻的女郎， [04:35.28] 我们在战场上的每次胜利都被接踵的溃败埋葬， [04:36.96] 可我的心灵告诉我，我们的苦难竟只是被你捧在手上玩赏 [04:39.12] 我想知道，为什么？" [04:39.60] 年轻的女皇向他投去高傲的目光， [04:40.59] 她说，"你无法明白这广阔的道理，所以也不用妄想。" [04:43.14] 看着她孩子般的面孔，他猜，她很快就有眼泪流淌 [04:44.97] 但她恢复了，如同磐石挺立 [04:45.66] 她说，"你可知道我如熔铁在胸的痛苦？ [04:46.65] 你可知道它在我体内愤怒地铿锵，激荡着我的血液发出号呼？" [04:48.21] 他忍不住伸出手去按下她高昂的头颅 [04:52.56] 她弯下腰，看到了大地 [04:53.13] "你心中究竟有多少渴望？我不相信你竟没有忧愁， [04:54.51] 当你在自己广袤的王国里孤独地行走，胸中却是满腔的激流？ [04:58.11] 但我的心意已决，在你的权杖下不再淹留，" [05:00.09] 他把她带到窗前看着远方。 [05:00.96] 绚烂的红日震慑着苍白的天空， [05:05.73] 那灿烂的光流里蒸腾着她从未想象过的冲动 [05:07.71] 她慌乱地转过身去，眼中满是惊悚 [05:08.97] 再也没有勇气正视她的士兵 [05:09.72] 只听他说，"我将离开，我要做一个正直的人， [05:10.80] 我会用真诚推动我生活的陶轮， [05:11.67] 我还想用心灵去钟爱一个神秘的灵魂； [05:12.69] 陛下，您真是一个奇怪的女性。" [05:13.53] 皇冠已经跌落在地，她觉得她的身体也将迸碎 [05:15.12] 但是她仍然站在那里，为她内心的波澜感到羞愧 [05:16.56] 她让他到门口的台阶上稍做徘徊 [05:19.53] 她说，你先等我一会儿 [05:20.10] 远远地传来女王的号令 [05:20.73] 可怜的士兵被处决的时候，还在等着他的女皇的嘤咛 [05:22.14] 她选择了在孤独中继续挣扎她的生命 [05:24.03] 而大地上的战争，在继续