おとなの掟

おとなの掟 - 椎名林檎 (しいな りんご)

Written by：椎名林檎

Sighs in the blackest black abiding

在漆黑之中的叹息声

As soon as one dies one is rising

时隐时现 此起彼伏

With the night so dark and cold

冰冷彻骨的黑夜

The wishes I make are swallowed up and hidden away

将我的愿望吞噬藏匿

Breath of the whitest white is

纯白的气息

What I most with to say down deep now inside

此刻说出最纯净的真心

Can a voice so numb and cold have some song to sing

冰冷麻木的声音在唱着什么歌

It could be false or reality

真真假假难以辨别

The things I like or hate or things I want to gain

喜欢 厌恶或者渴望

Whatever's feeling good is what my lines would say

只是让人满足的台词罢了

For setting off the black from white it'd work perfectly

分辨黑白时倒也贴切

Though like a chant of ruination it'd be

就如同毁灭的咒语

Why did I think that since

小时候为何我会以为

I'd studied the latest schoolbook I'd know clearly

记住了教科书中的内容

What's right from what's wrong and which is which one

我就能分辨谁对谁错

That I could choose I could really know

选出正确的答案

I live according to stage-right stage-left exit

按照剧本活着的自己

Improvisation's not been in my bag of tricks

明明不习惯即兴表演

So much of what I want to say pours out noisily

心中话语不断 喧闹不已

But never when you're not here alone with me

这些却只在你面前展露无遗

What I know that I hold in my hands I want to set free

试着放下手中紧握的坚持

Think of how much lighter you and I would feel then

我们该感到多么轻松啊

Every word every wall every curse

每句话 每堵墙 每句咒语

And sparing nothing strip it

将那些全都丢弃剥离

Take it all away to once again see eye to eye

再次把一切全都带走

The things I like or hate or things I want expect

喜欢 厌恶或者渴望

Though if I let them out I think what happens next

若可以坦率说出又会怎样

Well setting off the white from black is fearful indeed

黑白分明多么让人恐惧

It's even more so when you live honestly

脚踏实地活着才是真理

This life is long so long the world is wide I say

人生漫漫 世界广袤

And when we've freedom won it all becomes one gray

我们获得自由 世界一片灰暗

Yes happiness unhappiness it's only the heart

幸福与否 只有心知道

That knows no quietude that makes itself known

唯有内心暗潮涌动

While an adult can keep a secret alone

成人要守得住秘密