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Tom Traubert's Blues (Four sheets to the wind in Copenhagen) (註一)
爛醉哥本哈根

Tom Waits
翻譯by JCL


Wasted (註二) and wounded
爛醉如泥、傷痕纍纍

And it ain't what the moon did
這並非月亮惹的禍

I got what I paid for now
全是我自找的

See you tomorrow
明天見

Hey Frank can I borrow a couple of bucks from you
嘿法蘭克我能不能跟你借點盤纏用用？

To go waltzing Matilda waltzing Matilda (註三)
讓我收拾行囊去流浪、收拾行囊去流浪

You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
跟我一起收拾行囊去流浪吧


I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
我鑽進了死巷

And I'm tired of all these soldiers here
早已對身邊所有軍人感到厭倦

No-one speaks English
沒人會講英文

And everything's broken
沒一件東西不破損

And my Stacys (註四) are soaking wet
我的鞋子也浸得濕透


To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
收拾行囊去流浪、收拾行囊去流浪

You'll go a waltzing Malitda with me
跟我一起收拾行囊去流浪吧


Now the dogs they are barking
現在看門狗吠著
and the taxi cab's parking
計程車停著

A lot they can do for me
他們真是幫了大忙(反諷)

I begged you to stab me
我曾求你一刀刺死我

You tore my shirt open
你只是扯開了我的衣襟

And I'm down on my knees tonight
而今夜我再度跪下了雙膝

Old bushmills I staggered
威士忌讓我步履蹣跚

You buried the dagger
而你埋起了匕首

Your silhouette window light
在你窗燈的剪影中


To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
收拾行囊去流浪、收拾行囊去流浪
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
跟我一起收拾行囊去流浪吧


Now I've lost my St. Christopher (註五)
Now that I kissed her
親吻了她之後我不再流浪

And the one-arm bandit (註六) knows
吃角子老虎機懂得

And the maverick Chinaman with the cold-blooded sigh
中國獨行俠跟冷血的告示

And the girls down by the striptease shows go
還有脫衣女郎們也懂得


Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
收拾行囊去流浪、收拾行囊去流浪

You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
跟我一起收拾行囊去流浪吧


No I don't want your sympathy
不，我不需要你的同情

Fugitives say 逃犯說


that the streets aren't for dreaming now
現在的街上已不是作夢的場所

Manslaughter dragnet and the ghost that sells memories
獎金獵人和出賣回憶的鬼魂

Want a piece of the action anyhow
無論如何都會參一腳 (追我)

Go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
收拾行囊去流浪、收拾行囊去流浪
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
跟我一起收拾行囊去流浪吧


And you can ask any sailor
你可以去問任何水手
And the keys from the jailor
或是獄卒手中的鑰匙

And the old men in wheelchairs know
坐輪椅的老人們也清楚

That Matilda's the defendant
我的行囊就是案子中的被告
She killed about a hundred (註七)
她是殺害百餘人的兇手

And she follows wherever you may go
不論我逃到天涯海角它都不會放過我

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
收拾行囊去流浪、收拾行囊去流浪
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
跟我一起收拾行囊去流浪吧

And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace
(我的行李是)前往某處旅店的破爛舊行李箱

And a wound that would never heal
以及一個永遠不會癒合的傷

No prima donnas
沒有女主角
the perfume is on
香水味道還在

and old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
襯衫上只沾滿了血跡和威士忌酒漬

And goodnight to the street-sweepers,
晚安了，清道伕們
The night watchmen flame-keepers
晚安了，守夜人和顧火人

And goodnight Matilda too
我的行囊，你也晚安了



註一：three sheets to the wind是以前指航海時三張主帆隨風飄，船會一直打轉。後來引申為酒醉的人。four sheets to the wind則是Tom waits給的加強版。

註二：wasted在此指的是爛醉，醉到一直吐。(俗語)

註三：Matilda大家以為指的是澳洲民謠中的waltzing Matilda中所指的行李，Waltzing指的是行李在走動時上下移動像是在跳舞。但Tom waits寫這首歌時事實上用了雙關語。當時(1976)Tom waits正在哥本哈根，據說這首歌是寫給Mathilde Bondo這個小提琴家的(照片)。
女主角自己說了：'He was in Copenhagen in 1976 to perform in a tv-show, in which I played the violin. And afterwards I of course had to show him the City - we were in Tivoli and on Christianshavn. It was a lovely night out", says Mathilde Bondo.

註四：Stacys在此指的是Stacy Adams
Tom Waits (1976): "Stacey Adams once were a very prestigious shoe... if you had them on then nobody messed with you and you could go anywhere. Stacey's stayed ahead of current affairs and were considered extremely hip."(Source: "Tom Waits: Would You Say This Man Was Attempting To Convey An Impression Of Sordid Bohemianism" New Musical Express (UK), by Fred Dellar. Date: June 5, 1976)

註五：St. Christopher是旅行者的護身符，弄丟代表失去保護。我個人解讀是：「失去旅行者的身份」，即「不再流浪」(只是不知道對不對)。

註六：one-arm bandit是吃角子老虎機(slot machine)的俗稱。因為只有一隻手，而且會一直把你的錢吃掉。 =_=

註七：在此Matilda應指主角回憶中的自己。

某年在福隆海洋音樂祭第一次聽到這個樂團，Matzka也拿下當年的海洋音樂大賞冠軍，等了好久終於在2010年底推出專輯，歌詞中穿插几句原住民語，唱起來很順口~整個團也充滿原住民特有的幽默感~希望這個團會在周杰倫之後帶來新一代的音樂風格

電視廣告裡第一次聽到這首歌，記得是一個爸爸揹孩子去看醫生，歌聲非常有感情。



後來聽到的貓王版本，歌聲帶有希望。



某天在網路上聽到的搖滾版，有種夢想成真的感覺，MV版雜音多了些。

Lyrics
Paralyzed by ancient delight
And riding for a fall today
I am dressed in style, so eager in mind
But furthermore distracted by you

And it’s like I lose myself in dreaming of summer days in bloom
Oh, I’ve got no clue how I could fight that all that I am is worth a dime
Worth a dime

This liquid lunch will not stop my punch-
Drunk quality to doze while I run
It is thirty-nine degrees in my mind
it’s thirty thousand miles more to go

Cause it’s like I lose myself in dreaming of summer days in bloom
For I’ve got no clue whatever happened
All that I am is worth a dime
Worth a dime

Lyrics
She woke me up at night
To carry me outside
We hid in deeper forests
And fainted in the dark
Anaesthesia
Anaesthesia
Shining, brilliant darkness
No more need to run
Oh, tonight is the night of my life
And tomorrow is the first day of my life
Cause you are there to hold me
And I sing
I wallow in sounds of flapping wings
Flying in darkness while she sings
Oh my lord, I will be
 

Lyrics
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science
Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
 
After I have traveled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms
And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

Lyrics
The stars lean down to kiss you 
And I lie awake and miss you
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere
'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly
But I'll miss your arms around me
I'd send a postcard to you dear
'Cause I wish you were here
I'll watch the night turn light blue
But it's not the same without you
Because it takes two to whisper quietly
The silence isn't so bad
Till I look at my hands and feel sad
'Cause the spaces between my fingers
Are right where yours fit perfectly
I'll find repose in new ways
Though I haven't slept in two days
'Cause cold nostalgia chills me to the bone
But drenched in vanilla twilight
I'll sit on the front porch all night
 
Waist-deep in thought because when I think of you
I don't feel so alone
I don't feel so alone
I don't feel so alone
As many times as I blink
I'll think of you tonight
I'll think of you tonight
When violet eyes get brighter
And heavy wings grow lighter
I'll taste the sky and feel alive again
And I'll forget the world that I knew
But I swear I won't forget you
Oh, if my voice could reach back through the past
I'll whisper in your ear
Oh,darling.I wish you were here