吹笛人(Generation) - 沈以誠 traduction en anglais

吹笛人(Generation)

世界總有失公允
朝見聰明夕見愚
人類每天深謀遠慮
老鼠在明處橫行
處決高雅的長笛
捂住自由的風笛
我問他們喜歡什麽
轟鳴刺耳的汽笛
經歷祖先們教訓
你還是不長記性
花開在腐朽化土地
要及時連根拔起
灌溉仇恨的教育
宣揚光明的洗禮
如果劣幣驅逐良幣
失去共情的集體
人啊
社會啊
老鼠啊
或許是一種命
世界總有失公允
朝見聰明夕見愚
人類每天深謀遠慮
老鼠在明處橫行
就像存在即合理
廢話般的偽命題
給一個存在的定義
再證明合不合理
人啊
社會啊
老鼠啊
或許是一種命
人啊
社會啊
孩子啊
或許是一場通用循環的倫理

The Pied Piper (Generation)

The world is always unfair, my love,
Wise in the morn, foolish by night.
Humans scheme and plot all day long,
While rats run rampant in plain sight.
They execute the elegant flute,
Silence the liberating bagpipes’ sound.
I ask them what they truly like,
The blaring, piercing siren's round.
Despite our ancestors' lessons learned,
You still refuse to remember, dear.
Flowers bloom in decaying soil,
We must uproot them, my love, have no fear.
An education that irrigates hate,
Preaches a baptism of light so grand.
If bad money drives out the good,
A collective devoid of empathy we'll find.
Oh, man,
Oh, society,
Oh, rats,
Perhaps it's just our destiny, my sweet.
The world is always unfair, darling,
Wise in the morn, foolish by night.
Humans scheme and plot all day long,
While rats run rampant in plain sight.
Just like "existence is justification,"
A false proposition, empty words they say.
Define existence, give it form,
Then prove if it's justified, come what may.
Oh, man,
Oh, society,
Oh, rats,
Perhaps it's just our destiny, I pray.
Oh, man,
Oh, society,
Oh, children,
Perhaps it's a universal, cyclical ethic, always in play.