Sailing To Philadelphia
Mark Knopfler
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I'm Jeremiah Dixon
我是Jeremiah Dixon
I am a Geordie boy
我是个煤船工人
A glass of wine with you' sir
和先生您喝一杯
And the ladies I'll enjoy
还有您,可爱的小姐
All Durham and Northumberland
Durham和Northumberland的每一寸土地
Is measured up by my own hand
由我双手丈量而来
It was my fate from birth
我生来的宿命
To make my mark upon the earth...
就是把我的记号刻到地球上
He calls me Charlie Mason
他叫我Charlie Mason
A stargazer am I
一个观星者
It seems that I was born
似乎我生来
To chart the evening sky
就是为了绘制夜晚的星图
They'd cut me out for baking bread
他们觉得我会去烤面包
But I had other dreams instead
但我有其他梦想
This baker's boy from the west country
这个西方国家来的面包师的儿子
Would join the Royal Society...
将会加入皇家学会
We are sailing to Philadelphia
我们驶向费城
A world away from the coaly Tyne
一个远离coaly Tyne的世界
Sailing to Philadelphia
驶向费城
To draw the line
去划那条线
The Mason-Dixon line
那条Mason-Dixon线
Now you're a good surveyor' Dixon
是,你是个好的测量师
But I swear you'll make me mad
但我对天发誓,你快要把我逼疯了
The West will kill us both
老家的人们会把我们都杀掉
You gullible Geordie lad
你这个容易上当的运煤小伙儿
You talk of liberty
你说到自由
How can America be free
美国怎么会有自由?
A Geordie and a baker's boy
一个运煤工和一个面包师的儿子
In the forest of the Iroquois...
在Iroquois部落的森林中。。。
Now hold your head up' Mason
抬起你的头来,Mason
See America lies there
看,美国就在那儿
The morning tide has raised
早潮升起了
The capes of Delaware
Delaware海角
Come up and feel the sun
上来晒晒太阳吧
A new morning is begun
一个新的早晨开始了
Another day will make it clear
有一天我们会明白
Why your stars should guide us here...
为什么你的星星把我们引导到这里
We are sailing to Philadelphia
我们驶向费城
A world away from the coaly Tyne
一个远离coaly Tyne的世界
Sailing to Philadelphia
驶向费城
To draw the line
去划那条线
The Mason-Dixon line
那条Mason-Dixon线