Dignity

 (MTV Unplugged, 1995)


這首歌是狄倫在製作《Oh Mercy 》的時期所錄製的，沒有收進該張專輯裡，而是直到1994年才釋出於《Greatest Hits Volume 3》這張精選輯中，附上的影片連結是1994年「MTV Unplugged」的演出片段！狄倫在的他的自傳“Chronicles, Volume One”中寫到(中文譯本177頁)，當他從收音機聽見籃球員 Pete Maravich打球猝死的消息時，他寫下了這首"Dignity"。

狄倫感嘆的說 “Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it’s like they didn’t fade away at all.”

Fat man lookin’ in a blade of steel
胖子看著鋼鐵的刀片
Thin man lookin’ at his last meal
瘦子看著他的最後一餐
Hollow man lookin’ in a cottonfield
空洞的人看著棉花田
For dignity
為了尊嚴

Wise man lookin’ in a blade of grass
智者看著綠草的葉片
Young man lookin’ in the shadows that pass
少年看著經過的陰影
Poor man lookin’ through painted glass
窮人望穿了彩繪玻璃
For dignity
為了尊嚴

Somebody got murdered on New Year’s Eve
有人在除夕夜被謀殺
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
有人說尊嚴是第一個丟失的
I went into the city, went into the town
我進入城市裡，進入小鎮
Went into the land of the midnight sun
進入永晝的午夜

Searchin’ high, searchin’ low
高高低低的追尋
Searchin’ everywhere I know
追尋每一個我知道的地方
Askin’ the cops wherever I go
無論我到哪裡，我詢問警察
Have you seen dignity?
你曾看過尊嚴嗎？

Blind man breakin’ out of a trance
盲人從恍惚中清醒
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance
把他的雙手放進機會的口袋
Hopin’ to find one circumstance
希望能發現一個
Of dignity
尊嚴的境遇

I went to the wedding of Mary Lou
我參加瑪麗露的婚禮
She said, “I don’t want nobody see me talkin’ to you”
她說，“我不想要讓人看見我和你說話”
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
她說她會被殺，如果她告訴我
About dignity
她所知道的尊嚴

I went down where the vultures feed
我抵達禿鷹掠食的地方
I would’ve gone deeper, but there wasn’t any need
我應該更深入，但那裡一無所求
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
聽見了天使的言語和人群的言語
Wasn’t any difference to me
對我來說沒有任何差別


Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
寒風鋒利的像是剃刀刀片
House on fire, debts unpaid
房子著了火，債務還未償還
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
將要站在窗邊，將要詢問女僕
Have you seen dignity?
妳曾看過尊嚴嗎？

Drinkin’ man listens to the voice he hears
酒鬼聽著他聽見的聲音
In a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors
在一個擁擠的房間，擺滿了被蓋住的鏡子
Lookin’ into the lost forgotten years
看著失去的，被遺忘的歲月
For dignity
為了尊嚴

Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
遇見菲利浦王子在藍調的故鄉
Said he’d give me information if his name wasn’t used
他說他會給我消息，如果他的名號不被使用
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
他想要拿到預付金，說他被虐待
By dignity
被尊嚴虐待

Footprints runnin’ ’cross the silver sand
腳印越過了銀白色的沙灘
Steps goin’ down into tattoo land
步伐邁進了紋身之地
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
我遇見黑暗之子和光明之子
In the bordertowns of despair
在絕望的邊城裡

Got no place to fade, got no coat
沒有地方可以隱匿，沒有大衣
I’m on the rollin’ river in a jerkin’ boat
我在洶湧的河流上，在顛簸的小船裡
Tryin’ to read a note somebody wrote
努力讀著某人寫下的紙條
About dignity
關於尊嚴

Sick man lookin’ for the doctor’s cure
病人等待醫生的治療
Lookin’ at his hands for the lines that were
看著他雙手上的台詞
And into every masterpiece of literature
直到每個文學上的傑作
For dignity
關於尊嚴

Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
英國人擱淺在黑心病的風中
Combin’ his hair back, his future looks thin
重新組合了他的頭髮，他的未來看來暗淡
Bites the bullet and he looks within
咬著子彈，他看著內部
For dignity
為了尊嚴

Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
有人給我看了一張照片，我只是笑著
Dignity never been photographed
尊嚴從來不能被拍下
I went into the red, went into the black
我進入紅色，我進入黑色
Into the valley of dry bone dreams
進入枯骸之谷的夢中

So many roads, so much at stake
這麼多的道路，如此的危險
So many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake
這麼多的死路，我人在湖邊
Sometimes I wonder what it’s gonna take
有時候，我想知道它將採取什麼行動
To find dignity
好去找到尊嚴