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Viva La Vida
生命万岁
I used to rule the world
我曾主宰这世间
Seas would rise when I gave the word
一语可号令江海
Now in the morning I sleep alone
今晨却只能独自醒来
Sweep the streets I used to own
望着易主的街道徒然感慨
I used to roll the dice
我曾掷骰处置败敌
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
享受着他眼中的恐惧
Listen as the crowd would sing
人群山呼 响彻耳畔
"Now the old king is dead! Long
live the king!"
先皇已死 新君登基!
One minute I held the key
片刻前我还权柄在握
Next the walls were closed on me
下一秒便身困囹圄
And I discovered that my castles stand
这才发现我的城堡
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
不过是盐沙筑成的根基
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
我听到耶路撒冷的钟
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
和罗马骑兵团的唱颂
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
传道者们 做我的镜 剑和盾
My missionaries in a foreign field
带着使命远赴南北西东
For some reason I can't explain
是什么原因我很难解释
Once you go there was never
自你离去,正直与诚实
Never an honest word
也从我身边消失
And that was when I ruled the world
我独坐王座时 形单影只
It was the wicked and wild wind
诡谲的寒风怒号
Blew down the doors to let me in
直把我吹进深牢
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
破窗中传来震天鼓声
People couldn't believe what I'd become
谁能想到我还有今遭
Revolutionaries wait
革命者等着我的下场
For my head on a silver plate
将我的头颅用银盘盛装
Just a puppet on a lonely string
我不过是一具扯线傀儡
Oh who would ever want to be king?
落至这步田地 谁还会愿意做君王
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
我听到耶路撒冷的钟
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
和罗马骑兵团的唱颂
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
传道者们 做我的镜 剑和盾
My missionaries in a foreign field
带着使命远赴南北西东
For some reason I can't explain
是什么原因我很难解释
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
连最忠诚的仆从也会从身边消失
Never an honest word
从此再没有正直与诚实
But that was when I ruled the world
我独坐王座时 形单影只
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
我听到耶路撒冷的钟
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
和罗马骑兵团的唱颂
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
传道者们 做我的镜 剑和盾
My missionaries in a foreign field
带着使命远赴南北西东
For some reason I can't explain
是什么原因我很难解释
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
连最忠诚的仆从也会从身边消失
Never an honest word
从此再没有正直与诚实
But that was when I ruled the world
我独坐王座时 形单影只
歌词:
Just a puppet on a lonely string
只是个寂寞绳子上的木偶
puppet.n.木偶;傀儡
The occupying forces set up a puppet
government .
占领军建立了一个傀儡政府。
The president is in danger of becoming
a mere puppet of the military.
总统有可能被军方架空。
When the invasion occurred he ruled as
a puppet of the occupiers.
外敌入侵时,他作为占领者的
傀儡行使统治。
cavalry.n.骑兵
He was arguing with the King about the
need to maintain the cavalry at full strength
他正和国王讨论保留骑兵全部力量的必要性。
at full strength全力;满员
missionary[?m???neri]
n.传教士
My mother would still like me to be a
missionary in Africa.
我母亲还是想让我在非洲做一名传教士。
adj.传教的;布道的
You should be in missionary work.
你应该从事传教工作。
She had a kind of missionary zeal about
bringing culture to the masses.
她对于向大众传播文化有着满腔的热忱。
zeal.n. 热情;热忱
mass.n.群众;平民百姓
choir唱诗班;(学校的)合唱队
He has been singing in his church choir
since he was six.
他打6岁起一直在教堂唱诗班里唱歌。
She now directs a large choir.
她目前担任一个大合唱团的指挥。
chore家务活;日常事务;例行工作;
My husband and I both go out to work so
we share the household chores.
我和丈夫都出去工作,所以我们
家务活分摊。
She sees exercise primarily as an
unavoidable chore
她基本上把锻炼看做是不得不做的琐事。
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