The Great Nations of Europe 欧洲大国

Had gathered on the shore 聚集在岸边

They'd conquered what was behind them 他们想征服什么是他们背后

And now they wanted more 而现在，他们想要更多

So they looked to the mighty ocean 因此，他们看向浩瀚的海洋

And took to the western sea 并采取了向西部海域

The great nations of Europe in the sixteenth century 欧洲在十六世纪的大国

   

Hide your wives and daughters 隐藏你的妻子和女儿

Hide the groceries too 隐藏杂货太

Great nations of Europe coming through 欧洲即将通过大国

   

The Grand Canary Islands 大加那利群岛

First land to which they came 一是土地，他们来了

They slaughtered all the canaries 他们宰杀所有的金丝雀

Which gave the land its name 这给了土地它的名字

There were natives there called Guanches 有当地人也叫关契斯

Guanches by the score 关契斯由分数

Bullets, disease, the Portugese, and they weren't there anymore 子弹，疾病，葡萄牙人，他们是不存在了

Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone 现在，他们已经走了，他们走了，他们真的走了

You've never seen anyone so gone 你从来没见过有人这么走了

They're a picture in a museum 他们在博物馆的图片

Some lines written in a book 写在书上的某些行

But you won't find a live one no matter where you look 但你不会找到一个人住一间，无论你往哪里看

   

Hide your wives and daughters 隐藏你的妻子和女儿

Hide the groceries too 隐藏杂货太

Great nations of Europe coming through 欧洲即将通过大国

   

Columbus sailed for India 哥伦布航行为印度

Found Salvador instead 发现萨尔瓦多代替

He shook hands with some Indians and soon they all were dead 他握手，一些印第安人，很快他们都死了

They got TB and typhoid and athlete's foot 他们得到了结核病和伤寒和脚气

Diptheria and the flu 白喉和流感

Excuse me - Great nations coming through 对不起 - 伟大的国家即将通过

   

Balboa found the pacific 巴尔波亚发现太平洋

And on the trail one day 而就在步道1天

He met some friendly Indians 他会见了一些友好的印第安人

Whom he was told were gay 其中有人告诉他是同性恋

So he had them torn apart by dogs on religious grounds they say 于是，他就用他们的狗，他们说宗教理由四分五裂

The great nations of Europe were quite holy in their way 欧洲大国在他们的方式很神圣

   

Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone 现在，他们已经走了，他们走了，他们真的走了

You've never seen anyone so gone 你从来没见过有人这么走了

Some bones hidden in a canyon 隐藏在峡谷中一些骨头

Some paintings in a cave 在一个山洞里的一些画作

There's no use trying to save them 有没有用试图拯救他们

There's nothing left to save 有没有什么可以拯救

   

Hide your wives and daughters 隐藏你的妻子和女儿

Hide your sons as well 隐藏你的儿子，以及

With the great nations of Europe you never can tell 与欧洲的大国，你永远无法知道

   

From where you and I are standing 从那里，你和我站在

At the end of a century 在一个世纪的结束

Europes have sprung up everyone as even I can see 欧洲的如雨后春笋般出现的每一个人，甚至我可以看到

But there on the horizon as a possiblity 但是，在地平线上的方法可行

Some bug from out of Africa might come for you and me 从走出非洲的一些bug会来找你和我

Destroying everything in its path 摧毁一切在其路径

From sea to shining sea 从岸到彼岸

Like the great nations of Europe 像欧洲的大国

In the sixteenth century 在十六世纪