Paroles et traduction 李志 - 大象 (2016跨年版)

大象 (2016跨年版)

用那只缺角的身体
去偷袭眼
前这头午睡的大象

再假装
并没有发现
厚实的皮肤
能飞到树枝

它们理解的白天就是
此刻晃荡的海市蜃楼
升腾的空气里
没有绿草和刚刚学习飞翔的鸟

啤酒不该是眼泪
不该有颜色
夜晚也不平整

声音不该是美好
谁又会介意
只是表演缅怀怨念

环卫工人不喝啤酒
竹签无法继续勃起
肮脏消失在火焰和唾液中
破碎呐喊给天亮理由

突突闪光的公共汽车
催眠疲惫的福建老板
孩子们在千里之外
梦见一只瘸腿的大象

The Elephant (2016 New Year's Version)

With its broken body
It'll sneak up on that
Sleeping elephant, taking a nap up ahead

Pretend
Not being noticed
The thick skin
Can fly to the tree branches

For them, daytime means
The swaying mirage before their eyes
In the rising air
There is no green grass and no birds just learning to fly

Beer shouldn't be tears
It shouldn't have color
The night is also uneven

Sound shouldn't be beautiful
Who would mind
Just performing lamentation and resentment

Sanitation workers don't drink beer
The bamboo skewers can't keep standing
Filth vanishes in flames and saliva
Broken cries give meaning to dawn

Sputtering, shining busses
Hypnotize exhausted Fujian bosses
Thousands of miles away, their children
Dream of a crippled elephant