英语歌曲:2010南非世界杯主题曲-Waving Flag

2010南非世界杯主题曲：Waving Flag

2010年世界杯将于6月份在南非举行，本次主题曲演唱者是索马里最著名的饶舌歌手K'naan，这首Waving Flag节奏轻松随意，没有上届世界杯主题曲Time Of Our Lives那样恢弘而沉静，倒是多了许多热闹的气氛。

 

 

Artist：K'naan
Song：Waving Flag

原唱版本

When I get older, I will be stronger

当我长大以后，我会变得更强

They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag

我会获得自由，就像飘扬的旗帜

And then it goes back, and then it goes back

然后它回到过去，然后它回到过去

Born to a throne, stronger than Rome

生在国王的宝座上，比罗马还要强大

But violent prone¹, poor people zone

到处都是暴力，和穷人区

But it’s my home, all I have known

但它是我的家，我所知道的全部

Where I got grown, streets we would roam

在我成长过的地方，在我曾经徘徊过的街上

But out of the darkness, I came the farthest

但是穿过黑暗，我走得最远

Among the hardest survival

在最艰难的生存中

Learn from these streets, it can be bleak²

从这些街道上学到的东西，可能是令人绝望的

Except no defeat, surrender retreat

但是从不投降，也不接受失败

So we struggling, fighting to eat and

所以我们挣扎着，为一口食物而斗争

We wondering when we’ll be free

我们也期待着当我们获得自由的时候

So we patiently wait, for that fateful day

所以我们耐心等待，只为命中注定的那一天

It’s not far away, so for now we say

那一天将不再遥远，所以现在我们说

When I get older, I will be stronger

当我长大以后，我会变得更强

They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag

我会获得自由，就像飘扬的旗帜

And then it goes back, and then it goes back

然后让一切重新开始，重新开始

And then it goes back

重新开始

So many wars, settling scores

太多的战争，和需要解决的事情

Bringing us promises, leaving us poor

带给我们承诺，留给我们贫穷

I heard them say, love is the way

我听到他们说，爱是唯一的办法

Love is the answer, that’s what they say,

爱就是答案，这就是他们所说的

But look how they treat us; make us believers

但是看看他们怎么对待我们；让我们相信

We fight their battles, then they deceive us

我们为他们而战，却被他们所骗

Try to control us, they couldn’t hold us

试图控制我们，但却不能将我们束缚

Cause we just move forward like Buffalo³ Soldiers

因为我们就像蛮牛战士一样一直向前

When I get older, I will be stronger

当我长大以后，我会变得更强

They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag

我会获得自由，就像飘扬的旗帜

And then it goes back, and then it goes back

然后让一切重新开始，重新开始

And everybody will be singing it

然后所有人都会一起唱

And you and I will be singing it

然后所有人都会一起唱

And we all will be singing it

然后所有人都会一起唱

When I get older, I will be stronger

当我长大以后，我会变得更强

They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag

我会获得自由，就像飘扬的旗帜

And then it goes back, and then it goes back

然后让一切重新开始，重新开始

And then it goes back

重新开始

When I get older, I will be stronger

当我长大以后，我会变得更强

They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag

我会获得自由，就像飘扬的旗帜

Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag

就像飘扬的旗帜，就像飘扬的旗帜

Flag, flag, just like a Waving Flag.

旗帜，就像飘扬的旗帜

1 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。

2 bleak   

adj.(天气)阴冷的；凄凉的；暗淡的

参考例句：

• They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
• The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。

3 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。