Shoulders of Giants

It was a calm and cloudless night but it was all still a blur
平靜晴朗的夜空，其實天地還是一片渾沌
A shaking of our Universe was just about to occur
一場震撼宇宙的好戲即將上演
It was Summertime... 1609
就是那個夏天，1609年
when Galileo used his telescope for the very first time
當伽利略第一次架起他的望遠鏡
and he saw mountains and craters on the moon
他竟看到了月球上的溝壑與山巒
and a Milky Way with thousands of stars
和群星聚集的銀河系
and he saw Jupiter, with four tiny moons
他看到了木星還有它的四顆小衛星
he was the only man on Earth that night who knew
那一晚，地球上只有他一個人知道
That Copernicus was right
哥白尼是對的
come outside with me tonight
今晚，就跟我一起來吧
and I can show you wonders of the world
我會給你看到這世界的奇妙
to surprise and delight
令人驚喜，令人愉悅
I've got my telescope with me
我已帶上了我的望遠鏡
just wait until you see
只等你來親眼證實
that on the Shoulders of Giants....
我們站在巨人的肩膀上
... we'll see beyond!
一定會看的更遠！
The world turns round and round now around 400 years have flown
世界年復一年的流轉，400年飛逝而去
since Galileo's telescope first focused the unknown
那時，伽利略第一次把望遠鏡的焦距對準了那個未知的世界
Now we use bigger glass to peer into the past
現在我們用更大的鏡片來凝望過去
And we're discovering the Universe's secrets at last
我們不斷的發現著宇宙中的奧秘
And there are geysers on Saturn's icy moon
在冰冷的土星衛星上有天然溫泉
and planets circling hundreds of stars
行星們永遠圍繞之那幾百顆恆星
while all the Universe expands like a balloon
同時，整個宇宙像氣球一般還在膨脹
from Galileo's tiny scope we've come so far
從伽利略小小的望遠鏡裡我們探索了很遠
Galileo was right
伽利略是對的
when he looked out in the night
在每個夜晚，當他深窺太空
and he discovered wonders of the world
他看到了這世界的奇妙
to surprise and delight
令人欣喜令人驚嘆
I've got my telescope with me
我已帶上瞭望遠鏡
just wait until you see
就等你來看
we'll stand on the Shoulders of Giants...
我們將站在巨人之肩
And every step follows the one before
沿著先賢的足跡
and opens up a new frontier to explore
開拓向前
our 'scopes are dancing in space to see the beauty and grace
為了目睹美麗和優雅鏡頭的視野在天空舞旋
Oh, Galileo would approve, that's for sure
哦伽利略無疑會贊成
And still for me and you we can join in on this too
讓我們一起來吧
Just climb up here with me where we'll see more
和我一起站在巨人之肩
It's a calm and cloudless night come outside with me tonight
今晚無風晴朗跟我一起來吧
and I can show you wonders of the world to surprise and delight
讓我帶你看宇宙的奇觀令人欣喜令人驚嘆
I've got my telescope with me just wait until you see (oh, wait until you see)
我帶上瞭望遠鏡只等你來看（哦只等你來看）
we'll stand on the Shoulders of Giants (Galileo knew)
我們將站在巨人之肩（伽利略知道）
That Copernicus was right (Johannes)
哥白尼是對的（約翰內斯）
Come outside with me tonight (Kepler found those)
今晚和我一起來吧（約翰·開普勒站在巨人之肩，發現了行星的運動井然）
and I can show you wonders of the world (planetary motions on the)
我將展現給你宇宙的奇觀（牛頓站在巨人之肩，闡釋了宇宙的普遍律典）
to surprise and delight (Shoulders of Giants)
令人欣喜令人驚嘆（巨人之肩）
I've got my telescope with me (And Isaac)
我已帶上瞭望遠鏡（和艾薩克）
Just wait until you see (Newton found his)
只等你來看（牛頓發現他的）
we'll stand on the Shoulders of Giants (Universal Laws)
我們將站在巨人之肩（普遍規律）
(He stood on the Shoulders of Giants...)
（他站在巨人的肩膀上）
...to see beyond!
看得更遼遠