走近之人You want it darker 歌词翻译
You want it darker
你要它更暗
If you are the dealer
I'm out of the game
If you are the healer
Means I’m broken and lame
If thine is the glory
Then mine must be the shame
You want it darker
We kill the flame
若你是庄家
我退出游戏
若你是巫医
我心碎且残废
如荣耀归你
我必定蒙羞
你要它更暗
我们熄灭烈火
Magnified and sanctified
Be Thy Holy Name
Vilified and crucified
In the human frame
A million candles burning
For the help that never came
You want it darker
你的神圣之名
受到赞颂，奉为圣洁；
而人的宿命
尽是中伤与折磨。
百万支燃烧的蜡烛
祈求帮助，可从未到来。
你要它更暗。
Hineni Hineni
I'm ready, my Lord
我在这，我在这。
我准备好了，我的主。
There's a lover in the story
But the story's still the same
There’s an lullaby for suffering
And a paradox to blame
But it’s written in the scriptures
And it’s not some idle claim
You want it darker
We kill the flame
爱情故事
依旧老套；
这是为受难而奏的摇篮曲
责备的悖论
但这些写入经文
并不是那无用的戒律
你要它更暗
我们熄灭烈火
They’re lining up the prisoners
The guards are taking aim
I struggled with some demons
They were middle-class and tame
I didn’t know I had permission
To murder and to maim
You want it darker
犯人排好队
卫兵瞄准目标；
我与恶魔纠缠
想确定他们是中产还是家畜。
我不知道我拥有
去谋杀、残害的权利
你要它更暗
Hineni Hineni
I'm ready, my Lord
我在这，我在这。
我准备好了，我的主。
评论：
lightning:(来自leonardcohenforum)
I suspect Leonard is saying something to us about how we human beings cooperate with the dark force, "we kill the flame."
He is addressing the Hebrew deity in most of the song, concluding with "Hineini" " which is what Abraham spoke when God asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac to test of his fidelity, "Here I Am," implies "at your service," a total submission to His will however cruel, insane or incomprehensible it may seem. Religions promise peace of mind for such acceptance.
But does the God of the scriptures want it darker? Didn't he once create a major flood when things got too dark? For Sodom destruction , Lots wife a pillar of salt? Or is it mortals who bring on the darkness by killing the flame?
Leonard describes the darkness in the lives of mortals, the crucifixion of God as man, Jesus, the refusal of the Deity to answer prayers for help and love ( " candles burning for the help (love) that never came."), the same miserable ending to every lover's story ( either break-up or death), Jehovah's endorsement of murder and war, ( wipe out of the ancient Amalekites extended to present day dealings with Palestine) the hidden evil in the seemingly tame middle class, then he refers to the scriptures, where the blame is laid on human' sin for its sorry lot, paradoxically, because God is described as all powerful, so is it not His doing?
Once again he goes back to his card game dealers metaphor we first met in The Stranger Song. "Let me out of the game, I'm ready my lord" may be a wish for death, or a wish to escape the destruction which is the consequence of sin ( "killing the flame" .)
He conclude with submission to his Lord, total acceptance, "If It Be Your Will," "the Holy or the Broken Hallelujah."
We can only hope that this acceptance brings him the peace of mind and sanctification he has earned.
BOB BOILEN：
来自：（http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/09/21/494795108/it-s-leonard-cohen-s-birthday-the-present-is-dark）
It's sad and difficult, but as good as this is, I can imagine this forthcoming album as Cohen's last statement, especially thinking of the losses on our recent calendar. It's hard not to think of the moment early this year when a much younger hero of mine, David Bowie, gave us Blackstar on the day of his 69th birthday. He knew it was his last work, even if, at the time, we didn't.
We've been fortunate to have gotten so much from Leonard in the recent past. The elder statesman of poetry and prudence, whose music has touched me since I was a kid in the '60s, has done what no one from those days has done: been active, creative and stronger in many ways with age. In a year when we've lost so many it feels good and comforting to have this old soul with us, lending us his voice, each day a blessing.
你要它更暗
If you are the dealer
I'm out of the game
If you are the healer
Means I’m broken and lame
If thine is the glory
Then mine must be the shame
You want it darker
We kill the flame
若你是庄家
我退出游戏
若你是巫医
我心碎且残废
如荣耀归你
我必定蒙羞
你要它更暗
我们熄灭烈火
Magnified and sanctified
Be Thy Holy Name
Vilified and crucified
In the human frame
A million candles burning
For the help that never came
You want it darker
你的神圣之名
受到赞颂，奉为圣洁；
而人的宿命
尽是中伤与折磨。
百万支燃烧的蜡烛
祈求帮助，可从未到来。
你要它更暗。
Hineni Hineni
I'm ready, my Lord
我在这，我在这。
我准备好了，我的主。
There's a lover in the story
But the story's still the same
There’s an lullaby for suffering
And a paradox to blame
But it’s written in the scriptures
And it’s not some idle claim
You want it darker
We kill the flame
爱情故事
依旧老套；
这是为受难而奏的摇篮曲
责备的悖论
但这些写入经文
并不是那无用的戒律
你要它更暗
我们熄灭烈火
They’re lining up the prisoners
The guards are taking aim
I struggled with some demons
They were middle-class and tame
I didn’t know I had permission
To murder and to maim
You want it darker
犯人排好队
卫兵瞄准目标；
我与恶魔纠缠
想确定他们是中产还是家畜。
我不知道我拥有
去谋杀、残害的权利
你要它更暗
Hineni Hineni
I'm ready, my Lord
我在这，我在这。
我准备好了，我的主。
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评论：
lightning:(来自leonardcohenforum)
I suspect Leonard is saying something to us about how we human beings cooperate with the dark force, "we kill the flame."
He is addressing the Hebrew deity in most of the song, concluding with "Hineini" " which is what Abraham spoke when God asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac to test of his fidelity, "Here I Am," implies "at your service," a total submission to His will however cruel, insane or incomprehensible it may seem. Religions promise peace of mind for such acceptance.
But does the God of the scriptures want it darker? Didn't he once create a major flood when things got too dark? For Sodom destruction , Lots wife a pillar of salt? Or is it mortals who bring on the darkness by killing the flame?
Leonard describes the darkness in the lives of mortals, the crucifixion of God as man, Jesus, the refusal of the Deity to answer prayers for help and love ( " candles burning for the help (love) that never came."), the same miserable ending to every lover's story ( either break-up or death), Jehovah's endorsement of murder and war, ( wipe out of the ancient Amalekites extended to present day dealings with Palestine) the hidden evil in the seemingly tame middle class, then he refers to the scriptures, where the blame is laid on human' sin for its sorry lot, paradoxically, because God is described as all powerful, so is it not His doing?
Once again he goes back to his card game dealers metaphor we first met in The Stranger Song. "Let me out of the game, I'm ready my lord" may be a wish for death, or a wish to escape the destruction which is the consequence of sin ( "killing the flame" .)
He conclude with submission to his Lord, total acceptance, "If It Be Your Will," "the Holy or the Broken Hallelujah."
We can only hope that this acceptance brings him the peace of mind and sanctification he has earned.
BOB BOILEN：
来自：（http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/09/21/494795108/it-s-leonard-cohen-s-birthday-the-present-is-dark）
It's sad and difficult, but as good as this is, I can imagine this forthcoming album as Cohen's last statement, especially thinking of the losses on our recent calendar. It's hard not to think of the moment early this year when a much younger hero of mine, David Bowie, gave us Blackstar on the day of his 69th birthday. He knew it was his last work, even if, at the time, we didn't.
We've been fortunate to have gotten so much from Leonard in the recent past. The elder statesman of poetry and prudence, whose music has touched me since I was a kid in the '60s, has done what no one from those days has done: been active, creative and stronger in many ways with age. In a year when we've lost so many it feels good and comforting to have this old soul with us, lending us his voice, each day a blessing.
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