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[00:00.000]Forefathers (Album Version) - Dan Fogelberg
[00:13.191]以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
[00:13.191]They came from Scandinavia the land of midnight sun
[00:18.991]他们来自斯堪的纳维亚，那片午夜阳光照耀的土地
[00:18.991]And crossed the North Atlantic when this century was young
[00:24.921]在本世纪之初，他们横渡北大西洋
[00:24.921]They'd heard that in America every man was free
[00:31.561]他们听说在美国，每个人都享有自由
[00:31.561]To live the way he chose to live and be who he could be
[00:42.791]可以按照自己的方式生活，成为想成为的人
[00:42.791]Some of them were farmers there and tilled the frozen soil
[00:48.771]他们中有些是农民，在冻土上辛勤耕作
[00:48.771]But all they got was poverty for all their earnest toil
[00:54.391]但所有的努力换来的只是贫困
[00:54.391]They say one was a sailor who sailed the wide world round
[01:01.691]据说其中一人是水手，曾环游世界
[01:01.691]Made home port got drunk one night walked off the pier and drowned
[01:18.791]却在归港后醉酒，失足坠入码头，溺水而亡
[01:18.791]My mother was of Scottish blood it's there that she was born
[01:24.221]我的母亲流淌着苏格兰的血液 她出生在那片土地
[01:24.221]They brought her to America in 1924
[01:30.521]1924年 他们将她带到了美国
[01:30.521]They left behind the highlands and the heather-covered hills
[01:36.761]他们离开了高地 离开了石楠花覆盖的山丘
[01:36.761]And came to find America with broad expectant dreams and iron wills
[01:49.621]怀着远大的梦想和钢铁般的意志 来到美国寻找新生活
[01:49.621]My granddad worked the steel mills of central Illinois
[01:55.671]我的祖父在伊利诺伊州中部的钢铁厂工作
[01:55.671]His daughter was his jewel his son was just his boy
[02:01.721]他的女儿是他的珍宝 儿子只是他的男孩
[02:01.721]For thirty years he worked the mills and stoked the coke-fed fires
[02:08.211]三十年来 他在钢厂劳作 为焦炭炉添火
[02:08.211]And looked toward the day when he'd at last turn 65 and could retire
[02:20.001]他期待着那一天 当他终于65岁 可以退休
[02:20.001]And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives
[02:26.551]儿子们成为父亲，女儿们终将嫁作人妻
[02:26.551]As the torch is passed from hand to hand
[02:31.231]火炬代代相传
[02:31.231]And we struggle through our lives
[02:33.911]我们在生活中奋力前行
[02:33.911]Though the generations wander the lineage survives
[02:40.901]尽管世代更迭，血脉依旧延续
[02:40.901]And all of us from dust to dust
[02:44.451]我们所有人，从尘土归于尘土
[02:44.451]We all become forefathers by and by
[03:06.231]终将成为后人的先祖
[03:06.231]The woman and the man were wed just after the war
[03:11.851]战后，那对男女喜结连理
[03:11.851]And they settled in this river town and three fine sons she bore
[03:18.211]他们在这河畔小镇安家，并育有三个优秀的儿子
[03:18.211]One became a lawyer and one fine pictures drew
[03:24.021]一个成为律师，一个绘制精美的画作
[03:24.021]And one became this lonely soul
[03:26.961]而一个成为了这个孤独的灵魂
[03:26.961]Who sits here now and sings this song to you
[03:36.181]此刻坐在这里，为你唱这首歌
[03:36.181]And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives
[03:42.551]儿子们成为父亲，女儿们终将嫁作人妻
[03:42.551]As the torch is passed from hand to hand
[03:45.481]火炬代代相传
[03:45.481]And we struggle through our lives
[03:48.671]我们在生活中奋力前行
[03:48.671]Though the generations wander the lineage survives
[03:57.461]尽管世代更迭，血脉依旧延续
[03:57.461]And all of us from dust to dust
[03:59.771]我们所有人，从尘土归于尘土
[03:59.771]We all become forefathers by and by
[04:02.641]终将成为后人的先祖
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