Ring Them Bells

Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams
為城中做夢的異教徒敲響警鐘
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries cross the valley and streams
從跨越山谷與溪流的聖所敲響警鐘
For they are deep and they are wide
它們又深又寬
And the world is on its side
世界臨著它們
And the time is running backwards
時間回溯
And so is the bride
架起橋樑

Ring them bells Saint Peter where the 4 winds blow
聖彼得在四方起風處為他們敲響警鐘
Ring them bells with an iron hand so the people will know oh its rush hour now
用鐵腕敲響警鐘使人們知道時候近了
On the wheel and the plow
輪子輾過犁溝
And the sun is going down upon the sacred cow
日頭下落至聖牛上方

Ring them bells Sweet Martha for the poor mans son
親愛的瑪莎為窮人的孩子敲響警鐘
Ring them bells
敲響他們的警鐘
so the world will know that God is one
以致世界將明白主是獨一真神
Oh the shepherd is asleep here the willows weep
牧羊人在垂柳旁睡熟
And the mountains are filled with lost sheep
山嶺被迷羊充滿
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
為耳聾的與瞎眼的敲響警鐘
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
為我們所有迷路人敲響警鐘
Ring them bells for the chosen few who will judge the many
為將審判大群的蒙揀選的少數敲響警鐘
When the game is through
當遊戲結束
Ring them bells for the time that flies
為時間逝去敲響警鐘
For the child that cries when the innocence dies
為了無罪者死亡時哭泣的孩童

Ring them bells Saint Catherine from the top of the room
聖凱瑟琳在房間頂部敲響警鐘
Ring them from the fortress for the lilies that bloom
在邊界為盛開的百合敲響警鐘
Oh the lines are long and the fighting is strong
防線長且戰事烈
And theyre breaking down the distance between right and wrong .
他們擊碎是非間的距離