The Man Comes Around

"And I heard as it were the noise of thunder
我听到了雷鸣般的咆哮

四头野兽中其中一只叫道 过来让我看看
One of the four beasts saying come and see and I saw
然后我看见了一匹白马

有个人 在游荡着 取人性命
And behold a white horse"
他决定着谁会自由 谁会遭到惩罚

每个人受到的惩罚不尽相同
There's a man going around taking names
金色的梯子会慢慢下降

当那个人在附近游荡时
And he decides who to free and who to blame
你会觉得毛骨悚然

每一口啜饮都会甚感恐怖
Everybody won't be treated all the same
你会饮完你的最后一杯酒

还是消失在陶瓷工人铺好的地面?
There will be a golden ladder reaching down
当那个人游荡在附近时

听那号笛响起来
When the man comes around
无数天使正在吟唱

人群缓缓走向午后的大茶会
The hairs on your arm will stand up
到处都是呼号声 痛哭声

一些人刚刚出生 一些人就要死去
At the terror in each sip and each sup
这是生命开始也是终结的地方

旋风在荆棘树上方盘旋
Will you partake of that last offered cup
贞女们正在修剪灯芯

旋风在荆棘树上方盘旋
Or disappear into the potter's ground
你并不想以卵击石

直至世界末日 没有问候 没有道别
When the man comes around?
公鸡会招呼着他的雏鸡门回窝

智者会来到帝王前跪拜
Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
在他脚下 他们会呈上皇冠

当那个人在附近游荡时
One hundred million angels singing
不义之人 终将不义

正直之人 终会正直
Multitudes are marching to a big kettledrum
卑鄙之人 仍然肮脏

听听这记录下来的长篇文字
Voices calling and voices crying
当那个人在附近游荡时

听那号笛响起来
Some are born and some are dying
无数天使正在吟唱

人群缓缓走向午后的大茶会
It's Alpha and Omega's kingdom come
到处都是呼号声 痛哭声

一些人刚刚出生 一些人就要死去
And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees
这是生命开始也是终结的地方

旋风在荆棘树上方盘旋
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
贞女们正在修剪灯芯

旋风在荆棘树上方盘旋
The whirlwind is in the thorn trees
你并不想以卵击石

衡量那些百磅与便士的重量
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
当那个人在附近游荡时

我又听见四头野兽中另一个声音响起
Until Armageddon, no shalam, no shalom
我看见了一匹灰白的马

他身上印着的名字是死亡
Then the father hen will call his chickens home
身后跟随着的是地狱

The wise man will bow down before the thorn

And at his feet they will cast the golden crowns

When the man comes around

Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still

Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still

Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still

Listen to the words long written down

When the man comes around

Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers

One hundred million angels singing

Multitudes are marching to a big kettledrum

Voices calling and voices crying

Some are born and some are dying

It's Alpha and Omega's kingdom come

And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees

The virgins are all trimming their wicks

The whirlwind is in the thorn trees

It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks

In measured hundred weight and penny pound

When the man comes around

"And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
And I looked and behold, a pale horse

And his name that sat on him was Death

And Hell followed with him."