Well the train slipped into the station 以及火车溜进站

A worn out steel blue soul 磨损的钢蓝色的灵魂

A relic from colonial days 从殖民时期遗物

When the French were still in control 当法国人还在控制

Lorsque les Francais ont ete en controle Lorsque莱语ONT ETE EN CONTROLE

   

It's an outpost in transition 这是转型期的前哨

Where the faithful in the bar 凡在酒吧的忠实

Know from the whistle and the squeaking wheels 知道从哨声和尖叫轮

That the next stop is Dakar 那下一站是达喀尔

La prochaine etape etait Dakar 香格里拉prochaine Etape酒店etait达喀尔

   

Talk on the radio 谈谈对射

Talk on the street 谈在街上

Talk of men with money loco from the heat 男子从热的钱疯子讲座

Talk about the rail band 谈铁路乐队

Pickin up the beat 接下去了节拍

We lit that great reunion 我们点燃了大团圆

With the headlights on the jeep 随着吉普车的大灯

   

And there's history on that jukebox 并有在该点唱机历史

Where the spies and scoundrels dwell 凡间谍和流氓纠缠

It was the place to go in Bamako 这是去的地方在巴马科

Direction Buffet Hotel 方向自助餐酒店

Direction Buffet Hotel 方向自助餐酒店

   

Now we're lost in the Sahara 现在，我们在撒哈拉迷路了

Four hours north of Tombouctou 北通布图的四小时

Lookin' for a nomad who knows 找谁谁知道游牧

Or maybe some wandering Jew 或者一些流浪的犹太人

Allons a Essakane, Syndou Allons à Essakane ， Syndou

(Get us to Essakana, Syndou) （获取我们Essakana ， Syndou ）

   

Then we heard that Tuareg combo 然后，我们听到了图阿雷格组合

We had come so very far 我们已经走了这么远很

And we were welcomed out of history 我们被欢迎了历史

By the wind, the sand and the stars 由风，沙和星星

J'ai commence a le percevoir JAI开始勒percevoir

   

Sand in the couscous 沙中的蒸粗麦粉

Sand in the wine 沙酒

There was sand in my guitar case 有沙子在我的吉他盒

Stories in my mind 在我脑海里的故事

   

Machine guns on the hilltop 山顶上的机枪

Camels in my tent 在我的帐篷骆驼

Buried in a sandstorm 埋在沙尘暴

As the music came and went 当音乐来了又走

   

Well we crawled out of that desert 好了，我们爬出来了沙漠

And the storm erased our tracks 和风暴删除我们的轨道

The Sahara showed her heart to us 撒哈拉显示她的心脏给我们

And then she took it back 然后她带回去

   

Well we made it back to Bamako 好了，我们做回巴马科

Before that last call bell 去年呼叫铃前

We bought rounds for all our newfound friends 我们买了两轮为我们所有的新朋友

We owned Buffet Hotel 我们拥有的酒店自助餐

Nous avons eu Buffet Hotel 理性avons欧盟自助餐酒店

   

I recall dipomats 我记得dipomats

And hookers 和妓女

I saw strangers diggin' wells 我看到陌生人陷“井

And for that one great night in Bamako 而对于在巴马科一个伟大的夜晚

We owned Buffet Hotel 我们拥有的酒店自助餐