(個人渣翻二)Youll Come As a Lightning(你將如閃電般歸來/君將歸若閃電)
各位精羅肯定比我懂這首歌的背景(笑)
傳說,1453年5月29日(黑色星期二)城陷時,末代皇帝君士坦丁十一世並未殉國,而是被一個天使帶走,藏在了洞穴之中,華為一尊大理石像,當羅馬光復君士坦丁堡時,他將如閃電般歸來。聖索菲亞大教堂的教士們也隱入了牆壁,當東正教光復君士坦丁堡時,他們會出來繼續禮拜。希臘人以此作為根據譜寫了此曲,當然也融合了希臘人本身想要重建東羅馬帝國的「偉大願景」的成分。
You come as a lightning
君將歸若閃電。
The country will have feast
舉國將舉酣宴
The sea, the earth and the sky
汪洋大地和那天空
In your light
沐君之光下
I will wear white clothes
吾當復白袍衣
To touch you again
復來觸碰我君
You light and, my heart, me
君之光及吾與吾心
How much I love you
吾何其愛君
King of Kings Help the King
萬王之王啊福吾君
Mercy, mercy, God, of Heaven
天國上帝啊請施仁
Constantine Dragases Palaiologos
君士坦丁 十一世 巴列奧略
By the grace of God Emperor of Romans
蒙上帝之恩 羅馬人之帝
In the Gate of Saint Romanus
於聖羅馬努斯之門
Astride on his whitelegged mare
乘其白腿的母馬
Four Betas, mercy, mercy, Marmaras
四貝塔,慈悲!慈悲!馬爾馬拉。
Bosphorus and Black Tuesday
博斯普魯斯海峽與黑之禮拜二。
Shiver, sun, groan, earth
赤日顫抖啊!玄土呻吟啊!
The City has fallen, the City has fallen
君堡落城。君堡落城。
The Queen of Cities, golden gate
眾城之女王,黃金之城門
And Porphyrogenitus in the Red Apple-tree
紅蘋果樹與紫衣貴族
The city was the sabre, the city spear
君堡刀劍,君堡乃槍矛
The city was the key of the entire Roman Empire
此城即為 羅馬帝國是也
Fall silent, Mother of God and dont cry much
聖母默然 勿用過多哭嚎
Again with years and times will be Yours
任時逝去此城仍以屬伊。
In the Gate of Saint Romanus
聖羅曼努斯門下
You went away to another place
吾君去往他處
And an angel will bring you here
於合宜之時刻
In right time
天使會將您帶回此城
Inside the Hagia Sophia
聖索菲亞教堂之中
We will find each other again on future liturgy
再禮拜你我將重逢
Greeks together
與希臘眾國民一同
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