It happened one night 一夜风流

At three in the morning 在凌晨三点

The devil appeared in my studio room 恶魔出现在我的工作室的房间

And he said I'm your pal 他说：我是你的好朋友

And I'll make you a deal 我会让你成为一个交易

Blow away your struggle 吹走你的斗争

And take your soul for a toy 并把你的灵魂玩具

   

After rubbing my eyes 揉自己的眼睛之后

I looked all around me 我看着我周围

At the half-finished drivel I'd worked on for days 在半成品胡说我已经制作了好几天

And I told him my dream 我告诉他我的梦想

Was to live for all time 是对所有存活时间

In some perfect refrain 在一些完美的副歌

Like the man who wrote Danny Boy 喜欢谁写丹尼男孩的男人

   

And I said if you're real, then I'll ask you a question 我说，如果你是真实的，那么我要问你一个问题

While most of us turn into ashes or dust 虽然我们大多数人变成灰烬和尘土

Just you and that other guy go on forever 只要你和其他人永远持续下去

But who writes the history 但谁写的历史

And who do I trust? 又是谁我该相信谁呢？

   

He gave me a wink 他给了我一个眼色

And he said it was funny 他说，这是有趣的

How mortals would pour all their blood, sweat and tears 凡人怎么会倾注所有的心血，汗水和泪水

Onto tape, onto paper 到磁带上，在纸上

Or into the air 或进气

To be lost and forgotten 丢失和遗忘

Outside of his kind employ 他的那种雇用外

   

Then I thought I could hear a great sound in the distance 后来我想我能听到远处发出很大的声音

Of whiskey-soaked singing 威士忌浸泡的歌声

And laughter and cheers 和笑声和欢呼声

And they're saying, that song could bring tears to a glass eye 和他们说，这首歌可能带来的眼泪在玻璃眼

So pass me the papers, I'll sign them in blood 所以通过我的论文，我会签下他们的血

   

And the smell of the brimstone was turned into greasepaint 而硫磺的气味，变成油彩

And the roar of the crowd like the furies of hell 和人群像地狱的复仇女神的轰鸣声

And I hear the applause and I hear the bells ringing 我听到了掌声，我听到响钟声

And the sound of a woman's voice from the next room saying 和一个女人的声音的声音从隔壁房间说

   

Come to me now 到我这里来，现在

Come lay down beside me 快来躺在我身边

Whatever you're doing you're too going to see 不管你在做你太会看到

You can't hold onto shadows, no more than to years 你不能守住阴影，没有比十年以上

So be glad for the pleasures 所以，很高兴为乐趣

We're young enough to enjoy 我们很年轻，还享受

   

So maybe I'm drunk 所以也许我醉了

Or maybe a liar 或者，也许是个骗子

Or maybe we're all living inside a dream 或者，也许我们都在生活里面一个梦想

You can say what you like 你可以说你喜欢什么

When I'm gone, then you'll see 当我走了，然后你会看到

I'll be down in the dark 我会在黑暗下来

Down underground 唐氏地下

With Shakespeare and Bach 与莎士比亚和巴赫

And the man who wrote Danny Boy 而该名男子是谁写的丹尼男孩