I dreamed about Jimi Hendrix 我梦见吉米·亨德里克斯

He came back for one day 他回来一天

Was born weepin' out of an egg 出生weepin 出来的蛋

The mid-wife said 中期的妻子说

And straight away began to pray 并马上开始祈祷

With lifted head 随着抬起头

   

He spent the early hours 他花了凌晨

Communing with the morning stars 与晨星谈心

And then he came over to my house 然后他走过来我家

Where he tried out my guitar 在那里，他尝试了我的吉他

   

He was young and black and beautiful 他很年轻，黑色与美丽

Big eyed, perfect skin an' 大眼睛，完美的皮肤“

He played my guitar like a lightning storm 他打了我的吉他像一个闪电风暴

Like twirlin' feathers in the wind 像twirlin “羽毛在风中

He could make it sound like the end of the world 他可以使它听起来像世界末日

A fire, the flick of a knife 火，刀轻弹

He could squeeze it slow and masterful 他可以挤它减慢和高超

Like the hand that brought the world to life 像这样把世界带到生活中的手

   

Together we strolled in sculptured gardens 我们一起漫步在园林雕塑

Passed the sleepy afternoon 通过昏昏欲睡的下午

Maids were dartin' back and forth 女佣被dartin “来回

From a window came a violin tune 从窗口传来小提琴调

Angels, dressed as nurses toyed with playin' cards 天使，装扮成护士玩弄玩够卡

Looters, sprung from prisons filled the yard 抢劫者从监狱涌现充满了院子

   

A yellow sun hung low and dawned, 黄色的太阳挂低，恍然大悟，

And as it dipped 并且，因为它浸

Jimi stood up straight, grinned 吉米站直了，笑了

And shook his velvet hips 摇摇绒臀部

   

Callin' himself "King Electric" 呼唤自己的“电王”

In the evening he went wild 到了晚上，他去野外

Played on a dozen stages 比赛在一个十几级

In the clubs of New York - 在纽约的俱乐部 -

Lit the city end to end 点亮城市端到端

Wired it up, fired it up 其连接起来，射击起来

Scarved, bejewelled, long-legged, snake-limbed Scarved ，珠光宝气，长脚，蛇肢

Athletic, driven, dangerous 运动，驱动，危险

   

He made all Manhattan shake 他做了所有的曼哈顿摇

And every street and sidewalk quake 和每一条街道和人行道地震

His stratocaster caused the mighty Empire State 他的电吉他所造成的强大帝国

To vibrate 振动

His whammy bar caused shock-eyed punks from 他的打击棒电击造成眼睛的小混混

Hackensack and Yonkers 哈肯萨克和扬克斯

Raised on speed-metal and rap 募集速度金属和说唱

To enter trance and levitate 进入恍惚和悬浮

   

He played "Purple Haze" in Pyramid, 他在金字塔打出“紫雾”

Voodoo Child at Sin E, 巫毒教孩子仙E，

Up From the Skies and "Stone Free" 从天空和“结石”

In King Tut's Wah-Wah hut 在图坦卡蒙的哇哇小屋

   

He did a forty-two minute 他做了42分钟

Karmic rising future shock 业报上升未来的冲击

Star Spangled Banner 星条旗永不落

In the back of CBGB's 在CBGB的背面

   

He stopped every clock in New York state 他停在纽约州每个时钟

And every heart that heard him 和每一个心脏听见他

And time itself was beaten and confused 而时间本身被殴打和困惑

And fell lamb-like under the spell of his fabulous flashing fingers 伏在他的神话般的闪烁手指法术羔羊般

   

He played an encore at the Bitter End 他在你死我活发挥了安可

A heartburst "Little Wing" à heartburst “小翼”

Even the waiters cried 连服务生哭了

And then we fell outside 然后我们外面下跌

And in the dusty dawn of Bleeker street 而在鱼骨街上尘土飞扬的曙光

A sweet rain fell 阿甜下雨

And Jimi died 和吉米死亡