Song of the Lower Classes

歌名	Song of the Lower Classes
歌手	Windborne
专辑	Recollections \| Revolutions

原歌词

[00:00.000]	作曲 : Windborne Singers
[00:00.118]	作词 : 艾内斯特•琼斯
[00:00.237]	We plough and sow, we are so low, that we delve in the dirty clay,
[00:09.729]	‘Til we bless the plain with golden grain and the vale with the fragrant hay.
[00:18.741]	Our place we know we are so low, down at the landlord’s feet.
[00:27.984]	We’re not too low the bread to grow but too low the bread to eat.
[00:38.239]
[00:38.726]	We’re low, we’re low, we are so low yet from our fingers glide
[00:47.976]	The silken flow and the robes that glow round the limbs of the sons of pride.
[00:56.975]	And what we get and what we give we know and we know our share:
[01:06.229]	We’re not too low the cloth to weave but too low the cloth to wear.
[01:16.734]
[01:17.226]	Down down we go, we are so low, to the hell of the deep-sunk mine,
[01:26.733]	But we gather the proudest gems that glow when the crown of the despot shines.
[01:35.735]	Whenever he lacks upon our backs fresh loads he deigns to lay.
[01:44.984]	We’re far too low to vote the tax but not too low to pay.
[01:55.487]
[01:55.985]	We’re low, we’re low as to war we go to fight some foreign country
[02:04.985]	That was yesterday our greatest friend, but today’s our enemy.
[02:14.230]	“God bless our boys!” the papers scream,
[02:19.738]	“Praise them!” the churchmen cry.
[02:23.976]	When the war is won and home we come, who cares if we live or die?
[02:34.485]
[02:35.725]	We’re low, so low, into boats we go to flee war in our home country,
[02:44.735]	And we’ll try to make a better life when we land across the sea.
[02:53.732]	But it’s “Send them back!” the press cries out,
[02:58.975]	“Back to where they came!”
[03:03.237]	We’re far too low to feed and clothe but not too low to blame.
[03:13.726]
[03:14.489]	We are so low but soon we know that the low folk will arise,
[03:23.989]	And the tyrants in their tow’rs of gold shall hear the people’s cries!
[03:33.486]	No more shall they hold us in thrall; their lies we will not heed.
[03:42.986]	But every heart shall hear the call, and the people will be free!

歌词翻译

[00:00.237]	我们耕，我们种，我们这般低贱——是我们挖掘着污泥，
[00:09.729]	直到我们赐予平原金黄的谷子，赐予山谷芬芳的草堆。
[00:18.741]	但我们深知地位是这般低贱，只可屈居于地主脚下；
[00:27.984]	我等并非低下到种不出面包——而是低贱到享用不上。
[00:38.239]
[00:38.726]	低贱呀，低贱呀，我们这般低贱，却能以如飞的指尖，
[00:47.976]	织出绸缎的洪流，令天之骄子们四肢上的袍服闪耀。
[00:56.975]	但我们深知自己的所劳所得，还深知属于我们的那份额：
[01:06.229]	我等并非低下到织不出衣裳——而是低贱到穿它不上。
[01:16.734]
[01:17.226]	向下，向下，我们这般低贱，下到深邃矿井里的地狱，
[01:26.733]	我们采的最可骄傲的宝石，却是闪耀在暴君的皇冠上！
[01:35.735]	要是不够了，他就屈尊把更多负担放到我们背上；
[01:44.984]	我等低贱到不配为税法投票——却没有低贱到不配交税。
[01:55.487]
[01:55.985]	低贱呀，低贱呀，我们这般低贱，是我们和外邦交战；
[02:04.985]	昨日它们还是我们的挚友，今天却成了我们的死敌。
[02:14.230]	报纸叫嚷着“上天保佑我们的小伙子！”，
[02:19.738]	“赞颂他们吧！”牧师也在叫喊；
[02:23.976]	但当战争胜利我们重返家园，我等是死是活又有谁会在意？
[02:34.485]
[02:35.725]	低贱呀，低贱呀，我们乘船逃难，只为避家国兵燹，
[02:44.735]	当我们远渡重洋来到新土地，我们会试着开创更好的生活；
[02:53.732]	然而报章却叫着“把他们送回去！”，
[02:58.975]	“送回他们原来的地方！”
[03:03.237]	我等固然低贱到吃穿不起，但还未低贱到不能去责难。
[03:13.726]
[03:14.489]	我们这般低贱，但我们很快晓得穷苦人就要起来了，
[03:23.989]	在满载黄金的拖车里安卧的暴君们，将要听到人民的呼声！
[03:33.486]	他们再奴役不了我们，谎言我们再也不听信；
[03:42.986]	相反每颗心都将听从召唤，人民要得到解放！