Blowing in the Wind

How many roads must a man walk down

Before they call him a man?

How many seas must a white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand?

How many times must the cannon-balls fly

Before they 're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years must a mountain exist

Before it is washed to the sea?

How many years can some people exist

Before they're allowed to be free?

How many times can a man turn his head

Pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind.

The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many times must a man look up

Before he can see the sky?

How many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry?

How many deaths will it take

Till he knows that too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin'in the wind

The answer is blowin'in the wind.

 

一个人要走多少路才能真正称作是一个人？
 

一只白鸽要翱翔多少海洋才能安息在沙滩上？
 

炮弹要飞行多少次才能永远被禁止？
 

我的朋友，答案在随风飘荡。
 

答案在随风飘荡。

一座山要生存多少年才能被冲进海洋？
 

一个民族要生存多久才能获得自由？
 

一个人要扭多少次头还是假装看不见？
 

我的朋友，答案在随风飘荡。
 

答案在随风飘荡。

一个人要抬多少次头才能看清天空？
 

一个人要长多少耳朵才能听见人们哭泣？
 

要死多少人才会知道太多的人已死去？
 

我的朋友，答案在随风飘荡。
 

答案在随风飘荡

 

1．How many roads must a man walk before you call him a man?

    一个人要走多少路才能真正称作是一个人？
　　before在此句是连接词，引导一个时间状语从句，意为：“在…前”，在翻译应特别注意。
　　例: I'll do it now before I forget it.
　　我趁着还没有忘记的时候就做吧。
　　We had scarcely left our school before it began to rain.
　　我们刚离开学校，天就下雨了。
　　before作为连接词，还有“与其…（宁愿…）”之意
　　例: The soldiers would fight to death before they surrendered.
　　战士们宁愿战斗到死，决不投降。

2．How many times must the cannon balls fly before they're forever banned?=炮弹要飞行多少次才能永远被禁止？
　　ban: 禁止，取谛；禁止，禁令
　　例: Swimming in this river is banned.
　　此河禁止游泳。
　　Smobing is banned in this train.
　　火车里禁止抽烟。
　　The magazine is under a ban.
　　那本杂志禁止持有。
 

 

被誉为“民谣皇帝”的Bob Dylan成名于1960年代，并被广泛认为是美国六十年代反叛文化的代言人。他的成名曲正是出版于1963年的这首在反战抗议和民权运动中被广泛传唱的曲目Blowing in The Wind（随风而飘）。
    
时值22岁青春年华的Dylan，单纯、帅气，眼神迷人，却具有一把和他的年龄绝不相称的，仿佛60岁老头的沙哑嗓子，一把木吉他，胸前挂着一把口琴，刚从大学退学，混在当地民谣圈子里自顾自地唱着他心爱的歌。