Paroles et traduction Juno Mak - 劊子手最後一夜

劊子手最後一夜

磨利了刀頭 為免 死囚 顫抖
磨鈍了心頭 為我 好受

聽慣肉身崩裂爆響的血溝
見慣被逼低首硬頸的切口
目送有冤都要沒冤都要走
菜市口 逐個走

劊子手不理替何人何事出手
不顧 今生未及輪迴仍如豬狗
不過 為過活要 面對 像我活過的命
如罪 如淚 被抹走
這雙手剛殺了誰 和誰又牽手
只怕 在吻著看著這 頸背後
想到 這血肉 為何未見切口

難 道 我 失 手

見慣夢中閃過喊冤的野狗
聽慣未知生也怕死的拍手
聽說戊戌驚變你本可以走
你仰首 我顫抖

這雙手不理替何人何事出手
知你 不甘活著如浮塵如豬狗
想我 為過活卻像永沒法活夠
生命 何物 如植物劈走
這雙手剛殺了誰和誰又牽手
只怕 在吻著看著這 頸背後
想到 這血肉 為何沒有切口

誰令我收手 留下世放手
悲咒念完後 但求沒人念我舊
一再做人後 積血可會渡扁舟

The Hangman's Last Night

Sharpened the blade so the condemned wouldn't tremble
Dulled my heart so I could bear it

Grew accustomed to the bloody groove where flesh exploded
Grew accustomed to the gash where the head was forced to bow
Saw them off, the innocent and the guilty
To the execution ground, one by one

The hangman cares not for the crime or the person he kills
Ignores that they are not yet reincarnated and are still mortal
But for the sake of survival, I must confront my own life
Like a sin or a tear, to be wiped away
These hands have just killed whom, and whose hand do they hold?
I only fear that when I kiss and look at this
I will think, why is there no gash in this flesh?

Could it be that I made a mistake?

Grew accustomed to the wild dogs howling injustice in my dreams
Grew accustomed to the applause of those too afraid to live or die
I hear that during the Wuxu Coup, you could have escaped
You looked up, and I trembled

These hands care not for the crime or the person they kill
I know that you were unwilling to live as dust or an animal
But I, for the sake of survival, can never live enough
Life, what is it? It can be extinguished like a plant
These hands have just killed whom, and whose hand do they hold?
I only fear that when I kiss and look at this
I will think, why is there no gash in this flesh?

Who made me stop, who set me free?
After the chants of mourning are over, I only ask that no one remembers me
After I become human again, will my accumulated blood carry my boat across?