[ACT THREE] [第三幕]

   

[Scene 1 "The Fugitive King"] [场景1 “逃亡者王” ]

   

[RINGMASTER] [驯兽师]

And high above, 而高高在上，

Homing in the restless sky, 归巢的不安分的天空，

Rooks, melancholy, proclaim a schism between 白嘴鸦，忧郁，宣告之间的分裂

God, sacred, and the Crown, profane 神，神圣的，官方的，亵渎

Between the heavens and the King 天堂和国王之间

The dark horizon cracks a crooked grin, 在黑暗的地平线裂缝歪笑，

Admitting one small grain of change 承认一个小小的颗粒变

Then two, then four, then bit by bit, 然后2 ，然后4 ，然后一点一点，

Then tock by tick 然后滴答

All the old presumptions hove in rings 所有的旧假设在绳拉环

   

[KING] [国王]

The King is afraid that his kingdom is slipping away 国王是怕他的王国溜走

   

[QUEEN] [女王]

The Queen pines for the good times at Versailles 女王的松树在凡尔赛宫的好时光

   

[KING] [国王]

He works on his locks to the sound of the ticking of clocks 他的作品在他的锁时钟的滴答声

   

[QUEEN] [女王]

The children play in a garden that's ringed with steel 孩子们在的环纹钢的花园玩

   

[KING] [国王]

They wanted to visit St. Cloud to be able to 他们想参观圣云才能够

   

[KING & QUEEN] [国王与王后]

Breathe in the air 在空气中呼吸

   

[OFFICER] [长]

The National Guard forbad them to leave 国民警卫队就禁止他们离开