《sutter'smill》萨特磨坊一首美国乡村民谣道尽了人生的凄凉

美国民谣诗人Dan Fogelberg丹弗格伯特顿演唱的歌曲《sutter'smill》(萨特的磨坊)是一首美国乡村民谣，口琴、班卓、吉他伴着歌者苍凉的声音讲述了一个由老约翰.萨特引发的美国西部淘金的故事，道尽了人生的凄凉。

太多的人被欲望蒙蔽了双眼，倾其毕生精力，追逐热闹光鲜的人生。有的人情场得意，在对的时间遇到了对的人，过着比翼双飞的快乐生活；有的人情场失意，总是在错的时间错过了对的人，过着孤单的日子。有的人高官厚禄，锦衣玉食；有的人低到尘埃，饥寒交迫。有的人赚取了金山银山，花钱如流水；有的人在温饱线上徘徊，捉襟见肘。
纵观人类，谁也逃脱不了赤条条来， 赤条条走的必经之路。赚取了全世界的财富又如何？生不带来，死了也带不走。金钱能买到客观存在的物品，但不能买生命，王侯将相，村野匹夫，无不淹没在涛涛不尽的历史长河中。人生在世，短短几十年，如过眼烟云，你来我往，一晃白头，来不及细思量，人生就接近尾声。
有时，一个转身，一个回眸，就是一辈子。人生多悲凉，即使满目沧桑，也还有仰望星空的勇气，透视灵魂，走出迷茫，与其在过去和未来之间沉醉,不如把今日的真实融入辛勤的汗水，趁现在，好好的活着，宽待自己也珍惜身边的人。
歌词：
In the spring of 47
故事的发生
So the story it is told
要从1847年的春天说起
Old John Sutter went to the mill site
老约翰.萨特在磨坊外
Found a piece of shinin' gold
拾到一块金子
Well he took it to the city
于是带着它去了城里
Where the word like wildfire spread
在那里关于金矿的消息如野火蔓延开来
And old John Sutter soon came to wish he'd
萨特很快就后悔
Left that stone in the river bed
该把那块石头留在河床上
For they came like herds of locusts
人们集聚如蝗
Every woman child and man
男人、女人和孩子们
In their lumberin' Conestogas
在大篷车笨重的前行中
They left their tracks upon the land
将车辙留在原野上
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人无功而返有人心遂所愿
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡有人图财害命
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
Well they came from New York City
他们有的来自纽约城
And they came from Alabama
有的来自阿拉巴马州
With their dreams of findin' fortunes
带着他们的发财梦
In this wild unsettled land
来到这荒蛮的土地上
Well some fell prey to hostile arrows
一些人在穿越平原时
As they tried to cross the plains
命丧箭下
And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains
一些人失踪在洛基山脉
With their hands froze to the reins
冻饿而亡
Oh some would fail and some would prosper
噢有人无功而返有人心遂所愿
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡有人图财害命
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
Well some pushed on to California
一些人执著前行去往加州
And others stopped to take their rest
一些人驻足不往休养生息
And by the Spring of 1860
1860年时
They had opened up the West
他们开发了西部
And then the railroad came behind them
铁路随后而至
And the land was plowed and tamed
荒原终被开发和征服
When old John Sutter went to meet his maker
当约翰萨特离开人世
He'd not one penny to his name
自己却一文不名
Oh some would fail and some would prosper
有人无功而返有人心遂所愿
Some would die and some would kill
有人长眠异乡有人图财害命
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
Some men's thirsts are never filled
有人的欲望却永远无法满足