The Poet and the Pendulum - Nightwish

Lyrics by：Tuomas Holopainen

Composed by：Tuomas Holopainen

The end

结束

The songwriter's dead

歌曲作者已死

The blade fell upon him

刀刃落在他身上

Taking him to the white lands

带他去了白色圣地

Of empathica

Of innocence

相互关爱

天真无邪

Empathica

相互关爱

Innocence

天真无邪

The dreamer and the wine

梦想者和红酒

Poet without a rhyme

写不出诗歌的诗人

A widowed writer torn apart by chains of Hell

被地狱锁链摧毁的寡妇作家

One last perfect verse

Is still the same old song

最后一句完美的诗

依然没有任何改变

Oh Christ how I hate what I have become

上帝啊 我好恨我现在的模样

Take me home

带我回家

Get away run away fly away

逃离 远离 远走高飞

Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway

带我去梦想家的藏身之处

I cannot cry cause the shoulder cries more

我不能哭 因为我的依靠更加脆弱

I cannot die I a w***e for the cold world

我不能到死都留恋这冰冷的世界

Forgive me

原谅我

I have but two faces

我拥有两张面孔

One for the world

一张给这世界看

One for God

一张给上帝看

Save me

拯救我

I cannot cry cause the shoulder cries more

我不能哭 因为我的依靠更加脆弱

I cannot die I a w***e for the cold world

我不能到死都留恋这冰冷的世界

My home was there and then those meadows of heaven

我的家乡曾经就像天堂牧场

Adventure-filled days

奇遇不断的日子

One with every smiling face

始终带着一张笑脸

Please no more words

请不要再说

Thoughts from a severed head

那些想法来自割断的头颅

No more praise

Tell me once my heart goes right

别再夸赞

告诉我 我的心也曾澎湃跳动

Take me home

带我回家

Get away run away fly away

逃离 远离 远走高飞

Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway

带我去梦想家的藏身之处

I cannot cry cause the shoulder cries more

我不能哭 因为我的依靠更加脆弱

I cannot die I a w***e for the cold world

我不能到死都留恋这冰冷的世界

Forgive me

I have but two faces

原谅我

我拥有两张面孔

One for the world

一张给这世界看

And one for God

一张给上帝看

Save me

拯救我

I cannot cry cause the shoulder cries more

我不能哭 因为我的依靠更加脆弱

I cannot die I a w***e for the cold world

我不能到死都留恋这冰冷的世界

A w***e for the cold world a w***e for the cold world

留恋这冰冷的世界 留恋这冰冷的世界

Sparkle my scenery

我的舞台闪耀发光

With Turquoise waterfall

青绿色的瀑布

With beauty underneath

暗藏的美丽

The ever free

永恒的自由

Tuck me in beneath the blue

让我沉浸在悲伤中

Beneath the Pain

痛苦中

Beneath the rain

暴雨中

Goodnight kiss for a child in time

准时给孩子一个晚安之吻

Swaying blade my lullaby

晃动着刀刃 唱着我的摇篮曲

On the shore we sat and hoped

我们坐在海边祈祷

Under the same pale moon

在同一轮苍白的月亮下

Whose guiding light chose you

它的光芒落在你的身上

Chose you all

"I'm afraid I'm so afraid

只照耀着你

我害怕 我好害怕

Being raped again and again and again

怕被玷污 一次又一次

I know I will die alone

我知道我会孤独终老

But loved

但是有人会爱我

You live long enough to hear the sounds of guns

你长命百岁 听着枪炮的声响

Long enough to find yourself screaming every night

长命百岁 每天晚上都在哭嚎

Live long enough to see your friends betray you

For years I've been strapped unto this altar

长命百岁 看着朋友将你背叛

多年来 我一直被困在祭坛上

Now I only have three minutes and counting

现在我只剩三分钟 倒数时光

I just wish the tide would catch me first and give me

我只希望潮汐能向我袭来 赐我一死

A death I always longed for"

满足我长久以来的愿望

2nd robber to the right of Christ

耶稣右边第二个强盗

Cut in half infanticide

砍成两半 杀害婴儿

The world will rejoice today

今天 整个世界都会欢呼

As the crows feast on the rotting poet

乌鸦享用诗人的腐尸

Everyone must bury their own

每个人都必须埋葬自己

No pack to bury the heart of stone

无法埋葬铁石心肠的人

Now he's home in hell serves him well

他回到了地狱 那里很适合他

Slain by the bell tolling for his farewell

被警钟毁灭 用钟声为他送别

Next morning dawned upon his altar

晨光洒在他的祭坛上

Remains of the dark passion play

Performed by his friends without shame

耶稣受难记的后续

由他的朋友不知廉耻地继续上演

Spitting on his grave as they came

他们到来之时 对着他的坟墓唾骂

Get away run away fly away

逃离 远离 远走高飞

Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway

带我去梦想家的藏身之处

I cannot cry cause the shoulder cries more

我不能哭 因为我的依靠更加脆弱

I cannot die I a w***e for the cold world

我不能到死都留恋这冰冷的世界

Forgive me

原谅我

I have but two faces

我拥有两张面孔

One for the world

一张给这世界看

And one for God

一张给上帝看

Save me

拯救我

I cannot cry cause the shoulder cries more

我不能哭 因为我的依靠更加脆弱

I cannot die I a w***e for the cold world

我不能到死都留恋这冰冷的世界

A w***e for the cold world w***e for the cold world

留恋这冰冷的世界 留恋这冰冷的世界

"Today in the year of our Lord

今天 在属于上帝的这一年

2005Tuomas was called from the cares of the world

2005年Tuomas收到来自全世界的关怀

He stopped crying at the end of each beautiful day

他终于不再哭泣 为这一天画上了圆满的句号

The music he wrote had too long been without silence

他写的音乐 长久以来都深受关注

He was found naked and dead

发现他时 他一丝不挂 已没有气息

With a smile in his face

脸上带着笑容

A pen and 1000 pages of erased text"

身边一支笔 一千页纸被擦得干干净净

Save me

Be still my son

You're home

Oh when did you become so cold

The blade will keep on descending

All you need is to feel my love

Search for beauty find your shore

Try to save them all bleed no more

You have such oceans within

In the end I will always love you

The beginning

开始