Ode to a Cold Night (感谢那个寒冷的夜晚)

by Philip E. Hyatt

(10DEC72)

 

 

The music from the box has stopped

the light has gone past dim,

the darkness pulls his chair up close

the cold now settles in.

 

I heard it first this afternoon

while walking down thde road.

It’s hands of wind whipped past my coat

and dropped their heavy load.

 

The sun

it fell.

It’s cold

oh well.

 

And as the evening lights approach

the wall throws forth its heat,

but hating heat I turn it off

the cold I will defeat.

 

And so our fight has just begun

the night it is still new,

I’ll fight the cold with all my power

until the night is through.

 

See it?

Over there!

It’s coming

from everywhere!

 

I lay beneath my mound of warmth

as it beings attack,

it seeps then pours into the walls,

my body fights it back.

 

With silent hands it dares attempted

to try to penetrate.

I fight with it for every inch

let’s hope the sun’s not late.

Hear it?

Feel it!

It has you too,

fight back!

 

As hours pass it pushes in

I’ll fight it all the way.

Oh, hurry sun it’s getting late

I’m waiting for the day.

 

But still the sun has failed to show

I hear the silence of the snow,

the winds fight on against the pane

the cold in now becoming pain.

My mound of warmth is getting cold,

I know the night is getting old.

 

Ah ha!

Look,

the sun,

I see the sun!

I think we’ve won.

 

And as the air begins to warm

with the passing of the night

I thank the coldness as he leaves

we had a far out fight.

 

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感谢那个寒冷的夜晚

 

(我的中国朋友翻译了)

 

音乐盒里的音乐停了

光渐渐地暗了下去

黑暗一点点渗进来寒冷现在入侵

 

今天下午我第一次感受到它

在沿着路走的时候

风呼啸穿过我的大衣

卸下他们的负载

 

太阳

落下了

寒冷袭入了

 

当那夜晚的灯光渐渐亮起

围墙往外放出它的热量

但我不需要这种热量于是关上了它

我会独自抵御寒冷

 

我们的战争才刚刚开始

夜晚才刚刚来临

我将用尽权力与之战斗

直到黑夜过去

 

看见了吗?

就在那儿了!

它来了

来自四面八方!

 

我躺在我温暖的堆砌之下

当它开始进攻的时候

它一点点渗透接着渗进了围墙

我的躯体在抵抗

 

寂静之中它尝试着

企图去穿透

我身体的每一寸都在与之战斗

让我们祈祷太阳别迟到

 

感到了吗?

感到了吧!

它也感到了你

回击吧!

 

随着时间的流失它慢慢闯入

我会全方位回应

噢,快些吧太阳,你快迟到了

我在等待白天的来临

 

但太阳仍然没有露面

我听到了雪花的静谧

风敲打着窗

如今寒冷成为了痛

我温暖的堆砌慢慢冷却

我知道夜将越来越长

 

Ah ha!

Look,

the sun,

I see the sun!

I think we’ve won.

 

And as the air begins to warm

with the passing of the night

I thank the coldness as he leaves

we had a far out fight.