【Sutter's Mill】by Dan Fogelberg【淘金民谣】

#Compass · 发表于 2023-9-11 22:20:41

Sutter's Mill 萨特的磨坊

by Dan Fogelberg

In the spring of forty-seven,
那是1847年的春天
So the story, it is told,
故事便从那时开始
Old john sutter went to the mill site
老约翰.萨特在磨坊外
Found a piece of shining gold.
捡到了一块金子
Well, he took it to the city
于是他带着它去了城里
Where the word, like wildfire, spread.
在那里关于金矿的消息，如野火般蔓延开来
And old john sutter soon came to wish he'd
老萨特很快开始后悔
Left that stone in the river bed.
为什么不把那块石头留在河床上
For they came like herds of locusts
人们如同成群的蝗虫聚集
Every woman, child and man
男人、女人和孩子们
In their lumbering conestogas
在大篷车笨重的前行中
They left their tracks upon the land.
将车辙留在原野上
(chorus)
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人无功而返，有人得偿所愿
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡，有人图财害命
Some would thank the lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
And some would curse john sutter's mill.
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
Well, they came from new york city,
他们有的来自纽约
And they came from alabam'
有的来自阿拉巴马
With their dreams of finding fortunes
他们做着发财梦
In this wild unsettled land.
来到这片荒蛮的土地
Well, some fell prey to hostile arrows
一些人命丧箭下
As they tried to cross the plains.
在他们试图穿越平原时
And some were lost in the rocky mountains
一些人消失在落基山脉
With their hands froze to the reins.
身体冻僵而死
Oh...
噢
(chorus)
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人无功而返，有人得偿所愿
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡，有人图财害命
Some would thank the lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
And some would curse john sutter's mill.
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
(music)

Well, some pushed on to california
一些人执著前行奔向加州
And others stopped to take their rest.
一些人驻足不前休养生息
And by the spring of eighteen-sixty
在1860年的春天
They had opened up the west.
他们终于征服了西部
And then the railroad came behind them
铁路紧随其后，铺往西部
And the land was plowed and tamed,
这片土地终于被开发和征服
When old john sutter went to meet his maker,
然而当约翰萨特离开人世时
He'd not one penny to his name.
自己却一文不名
Oh...
噢
(chorus)
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人无功而返，有人得偿所愿
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡，有人图财害命
Some would thank the lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
And some would curse john sutter's mill.
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
And some would curse john sutter's mill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
Some men's thirsts are never filled.
有人的欲望却永远无法满足

试听链接

其实在这次论坛的活动开始之前几天咱才刚刚被网易云推荐了这首歌，没想到立马就遇上了【河谷寻奇】这样的淘金模拟活动，只能说实在太巧了

一开始咱是被专辑封面上长相酷似亚瑟摩根的男人吸引进去的这种事就不要在意了

然后发现歌手的声音和亚瑟也有点像，充满牛仔的沧桑魅力
再之后发现这首歌居然是1995年的！属实是经典老歌了，怪不得充满上世纪的风情哈哈
现在论坛的淘金活动也即将结束了，大家也在这几天度过了充实的淘金生涯，不止是否也和咱一样与这首歌产生了共鸣呢？尤其是最后的副歌部分简直完美总结咱了这次淘金的经历：

Some would fail and some would prosper
有人无功而返，有人得偿所愿
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡，有人铤而走险
Some would thank the lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝的赠与
And some would curse john sutter's mill.
有人会诅咒萨特的磨房
Some men's thirsts are never filled.
还有人的欲望永无止境

这次的活动有多少人痛失勋章，又有谁运气逆天进入了前10%呢？
有多少人天天根据记录步步为营，又有多少人摆着摆着就躺赢了呢

大家对自己淘得的金币满意吗？

最后是惯例回血小调查，大概统计下活动最终金币得分的分布情况。。。