The River - Bruce Springsteen

I come from down in the valley

我出生在峡谷

Where mister when you're young

你小时候只是一个普通人

They bring you up to do like your daddy done

他们像你的生父一样，将你抚养长大

Me and Mary we met in high school

When she was just seventeen

我在高中时遇到了玛丽

那时，她才只有十七岁

We'd drive outta this valley down to where the fields were green

我们逃出这个峡谷，去到一片绿油油的田野

We'd go down to the river

我们沿着河流走去

And into the river we'd dive

我们潜入河中

Oh down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant

哦，我们沿着河边前进

然后，我让玛丽有了孩子

And man that was all she wrote

兄弟，她只写道

And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat

十九岁生日时，我收到了邀请函和婚纱

We went down to the courthouse

我们对簿公堂

And the judge put it all to rest

法官想息事宁人

No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle

没有婚礼日的微笑，没有婚礼日的红毯

No flowers no wedding dress

没有鲜花，没有婚纱

That night we'd go down to the river

那晚，我们去到了河边

And into the river we'd dive

我们潜入河中

Oh down to the river we'd ride

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company

哦，我们沿着河边前进

我在约翰斯敦公司找了份建筑施工的工作

But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy

但是，最近，受经济危机的影响，我的活儿不多

Now all them things that seemed so important

现在，一切似乎都变得尤为重要

Well mister they vanished right into the air

好吧，凡人，一切都只是过眼云烟

Now I just act like I don't remember

现在，我只有佯装我忘了

Mary acts like she don't care

玛丽装作满不在乎

But I remember us riding in my brother's car

但是，我记得我们坐在我兄弟的车里

Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir

我们寻欢作乐，她兴奋至极

At night on them banks I'd lie awake

夜里，就在银行里，我寐而不睡

And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take

Now those memories come back to haunt me

我让她更靠近我，因为，我想到感受到她所有的气息

现在，我忘了所有的回忆

They haunt me like a curse

回忆曾如魔咒一样缠着我

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true

是不会成真的梦或谎言

Or is it something worse

或是更糟糕的东西

That sends me down to the river

Though I know the river is dry

让我来到了河边吗

尽管，我知道河流早已干涸

That sends me down to the river tonight

今夜，就让我去到河边吧

Down to the river

沿着河边

My baby and I

我和我的宝贝

Oh down to the river we ride

哦，我们沿着河边前进