"Joliet," she says, "is the darkest part of a man" “ Joliet的， ”她说， “是男人最黑暗的一部分”

It's angry and slick 这是愤怒和光滑

Into her letters writes 进入她的信写道：

through herself each time 通过自己每次

she thinks of him 她认为他

   

Trips her way down south 旅行南下她的方式

into mystery's mouth 进入神秘感的嘴

and he follows her there 他跟着她有

It's what she doesn't say 这是什么，她不说

that makes you want to stay 让你想留

and try to comfort her 并试图安慰她

   

I talked to the cousins of people who knew you 我跟的人谁知道你的表兄弟

I asked them the questions they expected to hear 我问他们，他们希望听到的问题

Like maybe a killing went down in your town 也许就像杀人坠落在你的城市

Maybe it's the prison 也许这是监狱

or the birth of barbed wire 铁丝网或诞生

   

"Joliet," she says, "is the darkest part of a man" “ Joliet的， ”她说， “是男人最黑暗的一部分”

It's shaped like liberty's bell 它的形状像自由的钟声

cracked and common law 破解法和普通法

and stretched out over its flaws 并伸出了它的缺陷

like an ink-less well 像油墨较差

   

The hanging judge in town 在城里挂法官

records her comments down 她记录下来的意见

she saves the crowd the truth - 她保存在众人的真相 -

and deals with it herself 有了它自己处理

Fills that hollow well 填充的中空好

with nothing left to prove 有没有什么可以证明

   

I talked to mountains and streams that pushed through there 我跟山川溪流，通过有推

I talked to the trees that had no fruit to bear 我跟那没有果承担树

to the colorless people that sat there 为无色人们坐在那里

beneath her 在她之下

curled up, stared 蜷缩着，盯着

   

I talked to the cousins of people who knew you 我跟的人谁知道你的表兄弟

I asked them the questions they expected to hear 我问他们，他们希望听到的问题

Like maybe a killing went down in your town 也许就像杀人坠落在你的城市

Maybe it's the prison 也许这是监狱

or the birth of barbed wire 铁丝网或诞生

   

Joliet 乔利埃特