我心中有只蓝鸟

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

想出来

wants to get out

但我对它很粗暴，

but I’m too tough for him,

我说，老实点儿，我不会

I say, stay in there, I’m not going

让人

to let anybody see

看见你。

you.

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

我心中有只蓝鸟

wants to get out

想出来

but I pour whiskey on him and inhale

我把威士忌倒在他身上，吸入

cigarette smoke

香烟烟雾

and the whores and the bartenders

妓女、酒保

and the grocery clerks

和杂货店店员

never know that

永远不会知道

he’s

他

in there.

在那儿。

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

我心中有只蓝鸟

but I’m too tough for him,

想出来

I say,

但我对他很粗暴，

stay down, do you want to mess

我说

me up?

趴下，你想让我

you want to screw up the

不得安宁吗？

works?

你想搞砸我的

you want to blow my book sales in

作品吗？

Europe?

你想毁了我在欧洲的

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

图书销售吗？

wants to get out

but I’m too clever, I only let him out

我心中有只蓝鸟

at night sometimes

想出来

when everybody’s asleep.

但我很聪明，我只在

I say, I know that you’re there,

晚上大家都睡着时

so don’t be sad.

放出他。

then I put him back,

我说，我知道你在那儿，

but he’s still singing a little

所以

in there, I haven’t quite let him

别难过。

die

and we sleep together like

然后我把他放回去，

that

但他在里面唱了

with our

一会儿歌，我还没让他

secret pact

完全死掉

and it’s nice enough to

我们就这样

make a man

睡在一起

weep, but I don’t

根据我们的

weep, do

秘密协定

you?

这很美妙足以

让人流泪，但我不

会哭，你

呢？