Question

英文歌词翻译

neil young - cortez the killer，请掌握英语的朋友帮忙译一下歌词。我很喜欢这首歌。

Answer 1

cortez the killer
科迪斯杀手

he came dancing across the water
他与汪洋共舞
with his galleons and guns
带着他的帆船和枪
looking for the new world
他在寻找一个新的世界
in that palace in the sun.
也许在宫殿里 也许在太阳上

on the shore lay montezuma
他在蒙提祖玛的海滩
with his coca leaves and pearls
晾晒古柯叶和珍珠
in his halls he often wondered
他常幻想他在（宫殿的）门厅里
with the secrets of the worlds.
拥有全世界的秘密
（这句话该不会是抽了古柯叶的幻想吧。。。）

and his subjects gathered 'round him
他的货物堆满四周
like the leaves around a tree
就像叶子聚集在树上
in their clothes of many colors
他们的衣服色彩斑斓
for the angry gods to see.
而上帝对此气得发狂

and the women all were beautiful
那儿的女人都很美丽
and the men stood straight and strong
男人们也都高大强壮（。。。straight没法翻，是直男的意思）
they offered life in sacrifice
他们用生命作为献祭（是繁衍后代的意思么。。。）
so that others could go on.
才能生生不息

hate was just a legend
仇恨只是一个传奇
and war was never known
战争也从未被人提起
the people worked together
人们一起团结合作
and they lifted many stones.
才可举起许多巨石（直译。。。众人拾柴火焰高的意思）

they carried them to the flatlands
人们把石头搬到弗莱特兰（好像是本书的名字。。。）
and they died along the way
沿途都有人死去
but they built up with their bare hands
但是他们赤手空拳地建设了
what we still can't do today.
我们至今没有到达的成就

and i know she's living there
我知道她生活在那儿
and she loves me to this day
直到今天还爱着我
i still can't remember when
我仍然不能记起自己何时
or how i lost my way.
或如何迷失了方向

he came dancing across the water
他与汪洋共舞
cortez, cortez
科迪斯，科迪斯
what a killer
好一个杀手