[00:00.00]North Country Blues - Bob Dylan
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[00:04.30]Come gather round friends
[00:06.80]走过来吧，我的朋友们
[00:06.80]And Ill tell you a tale Of when the red iron pits ran plenty
[00:15.91]我要给你们讲一个故事,那是在红铁矿全盛时期的事
[00:15.91]But the cardboard filled windows
[00:18.60]但那时，窗户都是用纸板糊成
[00:18.60]And old men on the benches
[00:22.53]老人们静静坐在长椅上
[00:22.53]Tell you now that the whole town is empty
[00:30.32]告诉你，这里如今已是一座空城
[00:30.32]In the north end of town
[00:32.46]在那北方尽头的小镇
[00:32.46]My own children are grown
[00:36.89]我的孩子们都在这里成人
[00:36.89]But I was raised on the other
[00:42.93]但我是在另一个小镇成长
[00:42.93]In the wee hours of youth
[00:45.43]在这短暂的年轻时光
[00:45.43]My mother took sick
[00:49.79]我的母亲就生了重病
[00:49.79]And I was brought up by my brother
[00:53.85]我是被我的兄长抚养的
[00:53.85]The iron ore poured As the years passed the door
[01:02.60]铁矿被不断倾倒出来,岁月从门前匆匆逝去
[01:02.60]The drag lines an the shovels they was a-humming til one day my brother
[01:11.32]他们拖曳重负，拼命挖掘，低声吟唱,直到有一天，我的哥哥
[01:11.32]Failed to come home
[01:14.51]再也不能回到家中
[01:14.51]The same as my father before him
[01:21.93]而我的父亲早已先他一步丧命
[01:21.93]Well a long winters wait
[01:24.12]漫长的冬天就要到来
[01:24.12]From the window I watched
[01:28.37]我站在窗前，翘首凝望
[01:28.37]My friends they couldn't have been kinder
[01:33.35]朋友们对我都格外友善
[01:33.35]And my schooling was cut
[01:35.85]我也从此结束了学校时光
[01:35.85]As I quit in the spring
[01:40.34]我就在那年春天离开学校
[01:40.34]To marry john thomas a miner
[01:48.86]嫁给约翰托马斯，他也是个矿工
[01:48.86]Oh the years passed again
[01:50.61]岁月再度飞快流逝
[01:50.61]And the givin was good
[01:54.17]它带给我美好的礼物
[01:54.17]With the lunch bucket filled every season
[02:01.25]每季的食物都很丰盛
[02:01.25]What with three babies born
[02:03.00]我生下了三个孩子
[02:03.00]The work was cut down
[02:08.59]工作量也相应减少了
[02:08.59]To a half a days shift with no reason
[02:14.46]无缘无故就成了半日上班
[02:14.46]Then the shaft was soon shut
[02:16.65]之后矿井很快关闭
[02:16.65]And more work was cut
[02:20.69]更多的工作也被缩减
[02:20.69]And the fire in the air it felt frozen til a man come to speak
[02:29.43]空气里的火焰也感觉凝固寒冷直到有个人前来讲话
[02:29.43]And he said in one week
[02:33.86]某一个星期，他来到小镇说
[02:33.86]That number eleven was closin
[02:42.15]第十一号矿山停止运营
[02:42.15]They complained in the east
[02:44.84]他们到东部去抱怨
[02:44.84]They are paying too high
[02:48.96]他们付出了太多代价
[02:48.96]They say that your ore ain't worth digging
[02:55.20]他们说，你们的矿山不值得开采
[02:55.20]That its much cheaper down
[02:57.38]还有更多廉价劳动力
[02:57.38]In the south american towns
[03:02.08]在那南美的小镇
[03:02.08]Where the miners work almost for nothing
[03:10.68]那里的矿工们几乎不要薪金
[03:10.68]So the mining gates locked
[03:12.62]所以矿山的大门被锁起
[03:12.62]And the red iron rotted
[03:17.30]红色的铁矿很快腐烂
[03:17.30]And the room smelled heavy from drinking
[03:23.40]屋子里总是酒气熏天
[03:23.40]Where the sad silent song
[03:25.97]唱起这悲伤沉默的歌曲
[03:25.97]Made the hour twice as long
[03:30.29]会让时间变得更漫长
[03:30.29]As I waited for the sun to go sinking
[03:36.33]而我就唱着歌等待太阳下沉
[03:36.33]I lived by the window
[03:38.52]我呆在窗边
[03:38.52]As he talked to himself
[03:43.37]听着他喃喃自语
[03:43.37]This silence of tongues it was building
[03:46.12]他愈说，屋里愈是寂静
[03:46.12]Then one mornings wake
[03:52.00]于是一个清晨我醒来
[03:52.00]The bed it was bare
[03:56.30]床边已经空空如也
[03:56.30]The summer is gone
[04:05.15]夏日已经过去
[04:05.15]The grounds turning cold
[04:09.40]大地正在变冷
[04:09.40]The stores one by one theyre a-foldin
[04:12.53]商店接连倒闭
[04:12.53]My children will go
[04:18.32]我的孩子们也要离开
[04:18.32]As soon as they grow
[04:22.62]他们很快就要长大
[04:22.62]Well there ain't nothing here now to hold them
[04:27.06]啊，到时这里也没什么能留住他们的了