歌曲：Lonard Cohen
作曲 : Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson
作詞 : Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson
所屬專輯：《The Essential Leonard Cohen 3.0》
歌詞：
By the rivers dark I wandered on
在那黑暗的河流旁 我不斷徘徊
I lived my life in Babylon
我在巴比倫度過我的生命
And I did forget my holy song
我遺失了我的神聖之歌
And I had no strength in Babylon
而我在巴比倫軟弱無力
By the rivers dark where I could not see
在那黑暗的河流旁 我無法看見
Who was waiting there who was hunting me
是誰在那裏等候著 是誰獵捕著我
And he cut my lip and he cut my heart
他切割著我的唇 切割著我的心
So I could not drink from the river dark
讓我無法飲那黑暗河流的水
And he covered me, and I saw within
而他寵罩著我 而我探索著
My lawless heart and my wedding ring
在我混亂的心和我的結婚戒指之中
I did not know and I could not see
我不知道 我無法看到
Who was waiting there, who was hunting me
是誰在那裏等候著 是誰獵捕著我
By the rivers dark I panicked on
在那黑暗的河流旁 我驚慌向前
I belonged at last to Babylon
我終於成了巴比倫的附屬
Then he struck my heart with a deadly force
然後他用致命的壹擊刺入了我的心
And he said, this heart, it is not yours
他說 這顆心 它不是妳的
And he gave the wind my wedding ring
而他將我的結婚戒指拋向空中
And he circled us with everything
用壹切環繞著我們
By the rivers dark in a wounded dawn
在那黑暗的河流旁 在壹個殘缺的黎明
I live my life in Babylon
我在巴比倫度過我的生命
Though I take my song from a withered limb
雖然我從枯萎的樹枝上摘取了我的歌
Both song and tree, they sing for him
但歌與樹 它們都為他而歌唱
Be the truth unsaid and the blessing gone
假如真理未曾說出 而庇護也已失去
If I forget my Babylon
如果我遺忘了我的巴比倫
I did not know and I could not see
我不知道 我也無法看到
Who was waiting there, who was hunting me
是誰在那裏等候著 是誰獵捕著我
By the rivers dark, where it all goes on
在那黑暗的河流旁 在這壹切遠行的地方
By the rivers dark In Babylon
在那巴比倫黑暗的河流旁