The Hangman - Alison Krauss & Union Station

以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供

Composed by：Viktor Krauss

Into our town the Hangman came

刽子手来到我们的小镇

Smelling of gold and blood and flame

带着金、血和火的气息

And he paced our bricks with a diffident air

他漫不经心地走在砖石路上

And built his frame on the courthouse square

在法院广场上建起了绞刑架

The scaffold stood by the courthouse side

绞刑架矗立在法院旁

Only as wide as the door was wide

宽度仅与门同宽

A frame as tall or a little more

高度与门楣齐平或略高

Than the capping sill of the courthouse door

与法院门楣齐平

And we wondered we had the time

我们疑惑是否还有时间

Who the criminal what the crime

谁是罪犯 犯了何罪

The Hangman judged with the yellow twist

刽子手用黄麻绳审判

Of knotted hemp in his busy fist

他紧握那打结的绳索

And innocent though we were with dread

尽管我们无辜 却满怀恐惧

We passed those eyes of buckshot lead

我们避开了他那铅弹般的眼神

Till one cried \"Hangman who is he

直到有人喊道：“刽子手，他是谁

For whom you raise the gallows tree?\"

你为谁竖起这绞刑架？”

A twinkle grew in the buckshot eye

他的眼中闪过一丝狡黠的光芒

He gave us a riddle instead of reply

他没有回答，而是抛出一个谜题

\"He who served me the best\" said he

“谁为我服务得最好，”他说

\"Shall earn the rope on the gallows tree\"

“谁就将赢得绞刑架上的绳索”

The next day's sun looked mildly down

第二天的阳光温和地照耀

On roof and street in our quiet town

洒在我们宁静小镇的屋顶和街道

Stark and black in the morning air

在清晨的空气中，漆黑而突兀

The gallows tree on the courthouse square

绞刑架矗立在法院广场上