Listen to this articleArtist: Cui Jian (崔健 최건)
Song: 让我睡个好觉 (Rang Wo Shui Ge Hao Jiao) •Album: New Long March [1989]
让我睡个好觉
别说我的样子是坏还是好
别问我的年龄是大还是小
别管我为什么名叫芦沟桥
别怪我对你说我什么都不知道听够了人们哭 听够了人们笑
受够了马车花轿汽车和大炮
该让我听见水声听见鸟叫
该让我舒舒服服睡个好觉马车 花轿 汽车和大炮
人喊 人叫 人哭和人笑别总在我身上不停地唠叨
还是快抬起腿走你自己的道
告诉你向西走是一片静悄悄
告诉你朝东去是一片热闹闹不要再吵和闹我的男女老少
要知道我身上的狮子可不少
实话说我现在正是烦躁
因为我很久没有睡过好觉马车 花轿 汽车和大炮
人喊 人叫 人哭和人笑
Let me sleep well
Don’t tell me if I look bad or good
Don’t ask if I am young or old
Don’t be concerned why my name is Lugouqiao
Don’t blame me for saying I know nothing
Heard enough of men crying, heard enough of men laughing
Had enough of horse carts, wedding carriages, cars and cannons
Let me hear the sound of water and the song of birds
Let me sleep comfortably and wellHorse carts, wedding carriages, cars and cannons
Men yelling, men shouting, men crying and men laughing
Stop it with the eternal chatter at my side
Better rise and go your own way
I’ll tell you, go west and find total silence
I’ll tell you, go east and find the noise and bustle
Bother our people no more
You must know my inner lions aren’t few
To tell the truth I’m really frustrated
Because I haven’t slept well in a long time
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Author’s comments:
The title’s literal translation is closer to “Let me sleep a good sleep”.
“People” in the fourth to last line is literally “Men and women, old ad young”.
Lugouqiao, or Lugou Bridge, is the Chinese name of Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing, the site of Japan’s invasion of mainland China on July 7, 1937.
Let me sleep
Don’t say whether I look good or bad.
Don’t ask whether if I am old or young.
Don’t worry about why my name is *Lu Gouqiao.
Don’t blame me for telling you I know nothing.
I’ve heard enough of people laughing and crying.
I’ve had enough of carriages, sedans, cars, and cannons.
Just let me hear the sound of rivers flowing and birds singing.
Just let me have a nice comfortable sleep.Carriages, sedans, cars, and cannons.
Yelling, shouting, laughing, and crying.
Don’t keep at me with your constant chattering.
Just pick up your legs and keep moving.
Go west and it’s a deep silence.
Go east and it’s a boisterous cacophony.
Everybody stop all this noise!
You’ve got to realize how tormented I am.
The truth is that I’m really annoyed.
Because I haven’t had a good sleep in such a long time.
Submitted by AiHack
