Diamonds And Rust

Well I'll be damned
噢，我真該死
Here comes your ghost again
你的幻影又再出現
But that's not unusual
但那並非不尋常
It's just that the moon is full
只因在這滿月時分
And you happened to call
你恰巧打電話過來
And here I sit
而我坐在這兒
Hand on the telephone
手持電話
Hearing a voice I'd known
聽著遙遠記憶裡
A couple of light years ago
熟悉的聲音
Heading straight for a fall
直墜入深淵之中
As I remember your eyes
我記得你的雙眼
Were bluer than robin's eggs
比知更鳥蛋的顏色更藍
My poetry was lousy you said
你說我寫的詩糟透了
Where are you calling from?
“你從哪裡打電話來？”
A booth in the midwest
“中西部的某個電話亭”
Ten years ago
十年前
I bought you some cufflinks
我買過一些袖口扣給你
You brought me something
你也送給我一些東西
We both know what memories can bring
我們都知道回憶能帶來些什麼
They bring diamonds and rust
它們帶來了鑽石與鐵鏽
Well you burst on the scene
噢，當年你突然而至
Already a legend
已是奇蹟
The unwashed phenomenon
未受關注的奇蹟
The original vagabond
你最初漂泊流浪
You strayed into my arms
泊入了我的臂彎
And there you stayed
在那裡，你短暫停留
Temporarily lost at sea
只因迷航海上
The Madonna was yours for free
聖母瑪利亞無償眷顧你
Yes the girl on the half-shell
是的，單片貝殼上的愛神維納斯
Could keep you unharmed
當年能保護你免受傷害
Now I see you standing
此刻，我看到你佇立在
With brown leaves falling around
紛飛的褐色落葉中
And snow in your hair
雪落髮梢
Now you're smiling out the window
此刻，你就在那間破舊旅館窗前
Of that crummy hotel
對著下面的華盛頓廣場微笑
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
我們彼此呼出的氣息如雲霧般交錯，
Mingles and hangs in the air
凝結在空氣中
Speaking strictly for me
對於我，嚴格來說
We bothcould have died then and there
當時的場景足以令我們死而無憾
Now you're telling me
如今，你對我說
You're not nostalgic
你並不念舊
Then give me another word for it
那麼請用另一個詞來代替
You who are so good with words
你向來擅於措辭，
And at keeping things vague
擅於把事情模糊化
Because I need some of that vagueness now
因為此刻我正需要那種模糊
It's all come back too clearly
過去的一切都太清晰地呈現
Yes I loved you dearly
是的，我曾深愛著你
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
而倘若你還想帶給我鑽石與鐵鏽
I've already paid
那麼，我已經為此付出過代價了