九日女王簡格雷〈Queen Jane Approximately〉

改編自鮑勃迪倫

生遭嫌棄長遭憎，父直無視母氏嗔。

九日大位玫瑰開，霎時香散俱亡奔。

屍橫積野猶信主，不忍沙場死忠臣。

謾罵豈止出宿敵，苛求指責有輔政。

施恩未曾求有報，回饋讵料傾天忿。

何當遇人盡绀口，沉浸書山棄開陳。

女王有靈肯相探？一縷風輕撫芳魂。

德拉羅什油畫《簡.格雷的處刑》

原文

Queen Jane Approximately

by Bob Dylan

When your mother sends back all your invitations

And your father to your sister he explains

That you’re tired of yourself and all of your creations

Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?

Now when all of the flower ladies want back what they have lent you

And the smell of their roses does not remain

And all of your children start to resent you

Now when all the clowns that you have commissioned

Have died in battle or in vain

And you’re sick of all this repetition

When all of your advisers heave their plastic

At your feet to convince you of your pain

Trying to prove that your conclusions should be more drastic

Now when all the bandits that you turned your other cheek to

All lay down their bandanas and complain

And you want somebody you don’t have to speak to