<Famous blue raincoat> 名牌蓝雨衣 #Leonard Cohen
时间是清晨四点钟，12月底。
我正写着给你的信，想知道你是否好一点了。
纽约很冷，但我喜欢我住的地方。
克林顿街上整夜都有音乐。
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.
听说你正在沙漠深处盖著小房子
现在你不为什么而活，我希望你继续下去，创造些纪录。
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.
没错，珍带来你的一束头发
她说是你给她的
在你打算成为清新者(注)的夜晚
你成功了吗?
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
阿，我们上次见到你时，你看起来老多了
你的名牌蓝雨衣肩上有着裂痕
你到车站去等每一班火车
回家时你没有带着 莉莉‧玛莲(注)回来
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene
你把我的女人当怪咖
她回来时，不再是谁的妻子
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.
恩 我看见你齿缝间的玫瑰了
世界又多了一个削瘦的吉普赛小偷
恩 我看着珍醒来
她要我跟你问好
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards.
而我，我能跟你，兄弟，我的杀手
我能说些什么?
我猜 ：“我想念你 ，我原谅你
我很高兴你挡住了我的路 。”
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.
如果你会为了珍或我来这里
恩 你的敌人睡死了，他的妻子自由了
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Well your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.
没错 为了你从她眼里带走的忧伤，我谢谢你
我以为那是永远存在的忧伤
我从未试着做过什么
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
珍带来你的一束头发
她说是你给她的
在那你打算成为清新者的夜晚
Sincerely L Cohen
李欧纳.柯恩.谨启
注)
这里go clear的译法众说纷纭, 此根据维基上明白阐述了科恩信仰山达基教的过去,但或
许有其他意思,清新者为山达基狂热信徒的意思
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_Blue_Raincoat
注) 根据以上网址里柯恩说是很好的蓝雨衣,Burbury的,翻成名牌似乎和宜
注) 莉莉玛莲是二战时期著名的德国情歌中的女子,深受英国及德国军人喜爱.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Marleen