The Iron Curtain鐵幕 冷戰之歌

The Iron Curtain鐵幕
An Age of Iron Curtains and Quiet Tension
鐵幕與靜默張力的時代
When World War’s thunder finally ceased
當世界大戰的雷鳴終於停止
The guns fell silent yet no peace
槍聲平息卻無和平
Two visions rose from victory’s flame
勝利的火焰中升起兩種願景
cease停止 終止 scissors剪刀
vision願景 意識形態

Each claiming freedom in its name
各自以自由之名自居
Across the globe the fault lines grew
全球各地的斷層線蔓延
Between the red and the blue
在紅色蘇聯與藍色美國之間
Thus began the silent war
於是開始了這場無聲的戰爭
The world would know as Cold War once more
世人稱之為冷戰
fault line斷層線 fowl禽 fold折 philosophy哲學


In Europe’s heart a line was drawn
在歐洲的心臟地帶劃下了一道線
From Baltic mist to Adriatic dawn
從波羅的海的迷霧到亞德里亞海的黎明
Cities split and borders sealed
城市分裂 邊界封鎖
An iron curtain slowly revealed
鐵幕緩緩顯現

And in divided Berlin’s scarred domain
在分裂且帶著傷痕的柏林領土上
Stood concrete walls of watchful pain
立著充滿警惕與痛苦的水泥牆
The barrier rising cold and tall
屏障冰冷而高聳地升起
The Berlin Wall that split them all
那是分裂了眾人的柏林圍牆
concrete混凝土 水泥 crater火山口

Families parted street by street
家庭在街道間被迫分離
Freedom stopped where soldiers meet
自由在士兵交會處戛然而止
Barbed wire glinted under the sky
鐵絲網在天空下閃爍著寒光
While two worlds watched each other’s eye
兩個世界彼此對視監控

Yet history turns with patient hand
然而歷史正以耐心的手轉動
Empires shift like drifting sand
帝國像流沙一樣變遷
Until one night the crowds would call
直到那一晚群眾開始呼喊
And hope would crack the concrete wall
希望震裂了水泥牆

In nineteen eighty-nine it fell
它在1989年倒塌了
The end of an iron spell
終結了鐵一般的咒語 束縛
East and West embraced again
東西德再次擁抱
A turning point in the age of men
這是人類時代的一個轉折點
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But shadows stretched beyond the land
但陰影延伸到了陸地之外
Silos held their breath in wait
導彈發射井屏息以待
Bombers crossed the Arctic night
轟炸機飛越北極的黑夜
Submarines slipped out of sight
潛艇消失在視線之外

The doctrine grim yet strangely wise
教條方針冷酷卻異常明智
Mutual fear the compromise
共同的恐懼成了妥協
doctrine教條 學說 education教育
mutual相互的 見仙女座詞彙
grim嚴酷的 groom新郎
compromise妥協 折衷 promise承諾


For if one spark should light the sky
因為若有一點火星點燃天空
The world itself might surely die
世界本身必將滅亡
Then came the moment history froze
隨後歷史凍結的時刻到來
When tensions climbed to razor’s close
當緊張局勢攀升到如剃刀邊緣般緊迫

In Caribbean waters near,
在附近的加勒比海域
The brink of ruin appeared so clear.
毀滅的邊緣顯得如此清晰
Ships were halted fleets deployed
船隻被攔截 艦隊被部署
The balance of the world annoyed
世界的平衡被擾亂
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Silos waited, cold and grim
發射井待命著 冰冷而嚴峻
The nuclear edge grew dark and dim
核戰爭的邊緣變得陰暗模糊
For thirteen days the planet stood
整個星球僵持了十三天
Between catastrophe and good
在災難與生存之間
catastrophe災難 浩劫 caterpillar毛毛蟲

Until diplomacy prevailed
直到外交手段取得勝利
And war’s abyss at last was veiled
戰爭的深淵終於被掩蓋
prevail戰勝 流行 佔上風 will議員
abyss深淵 見雙魚座詞彙

The fatal test at the midnight hour
午夜時分的致命測試
（4號反應堆的實驗失控）
A surge of power, a world gone sour
（切爾諾貝利核子）力量激變
世界隨之傾頹
The graphite burned in a hellish glow
石墨在煉獄般的紅光中燃燒
While nuclear fallout began to flow
與此同時輻射開始蔓延

Liquidators marched into the flame
清理人挺身走入烈焰之中
Countless lives lost to a ghost with no name
無數生命喪於無名幽靈輻射之手
The concrete tomb could not hide the lie
混凝土石棺掩蓋不了謊言
Under the weight, the Union started to die
在重壓之下，聯盟開始走向死亡

Truth broke the chains through the hollow haze
真相穿透虛妄的煙霧，打破了鎖鏈
Glasnost set the old world ablaze
公開化政策點燃了舊世界
Gorbachev signed the final decree
戈爾巴喬夫簽署了最後的法令
And the red flag fell, setting history free
紅旗落下，將歷史付諸自由

Years rolled on through cautious peace
歲月在謹慎的和平中流逝
Empires shifted by slow release
帝國在緩慢的瓦解中變遷
The Soviet flag at last came down
蘇聯國旗終於降下
In nineteen ninety-one renown
在著名的1991年
renown著名的 known被知道 /rɪˈnaʊn/

Yet echoes linger through the years
然而回響多年未散
Of ideology and fears
關於意識形態與恐懼
Cuba goes to its end
共產古巴也走向終點
Its revolution long avowed
它的革命早已被公開宣告
ideology意識形態 idea主意 /ˌaɪdiˈɑːlədʒi/
avow公開承認的 宣稱的 woo求愛

And history ever in motion free
歷史永遠在自由轉動
May yet reshape that legacy
或許仍會重塑那份遺產
For systems rise and systems fall
因為體制興起又體制衰落
As tides of change move through them all
當變革的浪潮席捲這一切
legacy遺產 留下的影響 dialogue對話

Perhaps one day historians write
或許有一天歷史學家會寫道
Of a peaceful dawn replacing night
和平的黎明取代了黑夜
Walls may rise and borders stand
圍牆或許升起 邊界或許存在
Yet change moves quietly through the land
然而變革在土地上靜靜運行



From Berlin’s wall to ocean sea
從柏林圍牆到汪洋大海
History bends toward liberty
歷史向自由低頭延伸
Through fear and trial night and flame
歷經恐懼 審判 黑夜與烈焰
The world would never be the same
世界將永遠不再如初




cease停止 終止 scissors剪刀
vision願景 意識形態
fault line斷層線 fowl禽 fold折 philosophy哲學
concrete混凝土 水泥 crater火山口
nuclear shadow核武陰影 nectar花蜜
doctrine教條 學說 education教育
mutual相互的 見仙女座詞彙
grim嚴酷的 groom新郎
compromise妥協 折衷 promise承諾
deploy部署 play展示
catastrophe災難 浩劫 caterpillar毛毛蟲
prevail戰勝 流行 佔上風 will議員
abyss深淵 見雙魚座詞彙
renown著名的 known被知道 /rɪˈnaʊn/
ideology意識形態 idea主意 /ˌaɪdiˈɑːlədʒi/
avow公開承認的 宣稱的 woo求愛
legacy遺產 留下的影響 dialogue對話
siren警報器 sound聲音