Famous Blue Raincoat

 Famous Blue Raincoat

        Leonard Cohen

It's four in the morning' the end of December

I'm writing you now just to see if you're better

New York is cold' but I like where I'm living

There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening

I hear that you're building

Your little house deep in the desert

You're living for nothing now

I hope you're keeping some kind of record

Yes' and Jane came by with a lock of your hair

She said that you gave it to her

That night that you planned to go clear

Did you ever go clear

Ah' the last time we saw you

You looked so much older

Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder

You'd been to the station to meet every train

And you came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman

To a flake of your life

And when she came back she was nobody's wife

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth

One more thin gypsy thief

Well I see Jane's awake --

She sends her regards

And what can I tell you my brother' my killer

What can I possibly say

I guess that I miss you'

I guess I forgive you

I'm glad you stood in my way

If you ever by here' for Jane or for me

Your enemy is sleeping' and his woman is free

Yes' and thanks' for the trouble you took from her eyes

I thought it was there for good so I never tried

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair

She said that you gave it to her

That night that you planned to go clear

现在是凌晨四点，十二月快结束了，

我写这封信给你，只想问候你，

看你过得好不好，

纽约很冷，但我住的这个地方，

克林顿街上有整晚的音乐。

我听说，你在沙漠中建起了你的小房子，

听说你已一无所求，

希望你还记得一些过去。

Jane来过，带着你的一缕头发，

她说是你给她的，

在那个你打算超脱一切的夜晚，

你超脱了吗？

上一次见你，你看起来老了许多，

你那件有名的蓝大衣肩膀处已经破了，

你走向车站，迎接那一班列车，

然后你回家，再也不唱情歌。

你带着我的女人，去过了你生活的一角，

当她回来时，她已不属于我，

我看见你，衔着一支玫瑰，

像一个瘦削的吉卜赛小偷，

啊，Jane醒了——

她向你问好

而我该对你说些什么呢，我的朋友，

我可能对你说些什么呢？

也许我在想念你，也许我原谅了你，

我为你对我所做过的而高兴。

如果你回来这里，为了Jane或者为了我，

你的敌人在熟睡，他的女人是自由的。

谢谢你，你曾取走她眼里的烦恼，

我曾以为，它应该属于那里，所以我从未尝试。

Jane来过，带着你的一缕头发，

她说是你给她的，

在那个你打算超脱一切的夜晚。

       －－你真诚的，L.科恩

配乐

曲1《But Beautiful》

演奏者 Charles McPherson

专辑 《Beautiful》

曲2《Famous Blue Raincoat》

演唱者 Leonard Cohen

专辑 《Songs of Love and Hate》

歌曲  《Famous Blue Raincoat》

演唱者 Jennifer Warnes