Pillars of Sand

Blotted skies subdue stellar cries
污迹斑驳的天空扼制了恒星的哭喊
Bleeding out from the pillars
血液从创生之柱中流出
Nebula of Aquila
天鹰座星云
You have served a killer
你已为这杀手效劳
Time warps these hallowed grounds
时间扭曲了这神圣的土地
As if to draw a line in the sand
就如同在沙地划下横线
Time brings disdain for the weak
时间带来对弱者的轻蔑
Time is what I have
而时间正是我所拥有的
With Reaper squads still dispatching
收割者小队仍在四处征战
You place your hopes on pillars crashing
你只能寄望于时柱崩碎
Time is a clock on the wall we command
时间如同墙壁上的挂钟任我们掌控
And it's hands made from pillars of sand
而它的指针由沙柱打造
On our watch we don't seek what we find
我们注视着它 坐享其成
Left bereft by the passage of time
被流逝的时间所忘却
I have built an empire
在阿尔沙因的余烬之上
On the dust of Alshain
我建立了一个帝国
Collection sails extract the Enocules
收集翼板提取着灵能子
From vast mines in space
宇宙拥有取之不尽的矿藏
And so we live as ageless men
于是我们成为了永生者
From the time the reaction begins
从反应开始之际
The dispenser is strapped to your wrist
分配器绑在你手腕上
You are shackled to my every whim
你被禁锢在我的一念之间
You are enslaved by the promise of tomorrow
你被未来的承诺所奴役
You've paid the price for the time that you borrow
你已为那借来的时间付出了代价
Time is a clock on the wall we command
时间如同墙壁上的挂钟任我们掌控
And it's hands made from pillars of sand
而它的指针由沙柱打造
On our watch we don't seek what we find
我们注视着它 坐享其成
Left bereft by the passage of time
被流逝的时间所遗忘
Time moves like a crack in glass
时间仿佛玻璃上的裂纹
Sometimes slow sometimes fast
时而缓慢时而飞速
We all know the fate of the pane
我们明知这片玻璃的命运
But we move forth, piling on more strain
却还是继续向前, 堆积更多压力
On the glass of melted sand
这熔沙所制的玻璃
Forged by our greedy hands
由我们贪婪的双手锻造
On a path we choose to belie
这自欺欺人的道路
It makes us feel alive
给我们活下去的动力
Pillars of sand fall down as gravity remands
时之沙柱在重力作用下轰然倒塌
The bones of the dead in a dusty mist
死者的骨架化作一团尘埃
Pillars of sand cannot ascend
时之沙柱无法飞升
Such are we at the point of the Obelisk
就像我们被困于方尖碑顶端
As Reapers dock in the Cygnus port
当收割者停靠在天鹅座的港口
My eyes are captured by the pillars
我的目光落在创生之柱上
Nebula of Aquila
天鹰座星云
Your skies have never been stiller
你的天空从未如此凝滞
We have come upon the line
我们已经越过这条线
Where gravity intercepts with time
重力开始与时间相交
Time is without mass
时间本身没有质量
And cannot exist in broken glass
亦不能在破碎的玻璃中存留
The unrepentant nature of all
它拥有着最为顽固不化的特质
Everything falls
万物倾塌, 万事皆休
Time is a clock on the wall we command
时间如同墙壁上的挂钟任我们肆意掌控
And it's hands made from pillars of sand
而它的指针由沙柱打造
On our watch we don't seek what we find
我们注视着它 只顾坐享其成
Left bereft by the passage of time
不曾想过我们已被流逝的时间抛弃