The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door 这名士兵来到女王的敲门

He said, "I am not fighting for you any more" 他说， “我不是为你而战更多”

The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before 女王知道之前她看到他的脸的某个地方

And slowly she let him inside. 慢慢地她让他进去。

   

He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill 他说：“我看过你的宫殿在这里山上

And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill 我也想知道是谁的女人对他们来说，我们都杀了

But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will 但我明天就要离开，你可以做你会

Only first I am asking you why." 只有首先我问你为什么“ 。

   

Down in the long narrow hall he was led 相传在狭长的大厅里，他带领

Into her rooms with her tapestries red 进入她的房间，她的挂毯红色

And she never once took the crown from her head 她从未接过王冠从她的头上

She asked him there to sit down. 她问他在那里坐了下来。

   

He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young 他说，“我现在看到你，你是如此非常年轻

But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won 但我见过比失去我的战斗赢得了更多的战斗

And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun 和我有这种直觉，认为这一切都为你的乐趣

And now will you tell me why?" 现在你能告诉我为什么吗？ “

   

The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye 这位年轻的王后，她盯了他傲慢的眼睛

She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try" 她说， “你不会明白的，你可能也不会尝试”

But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry 但她的脸还是个孩子的，他以为她会哭泣

But she closed herself up like a fan. 不过，她闭上自己像一个迷。

   

And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread 她说， “我已经吞下了秘密的燃烧线

It cuts me inside, and often I've bled" 这里面切了我，而且经常我流血“

He laid his hand then on top of her head 他把他的手，然后在她的头顶

And he bowed her down to the ground. 他鞠躬她倒在地上。

   

"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel “告诉我怎么饿了你？如何软弱，你一定觉得

As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed 当你住在这里独自一人，而且你永远不会透露

But I won't march again on your battlefield" 但我不会对你的战场“再次游行

And he took her to the window to see. 他带她到窗口看。

   

And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray 和太阳，这是黄金，虽然天空，它是灰色的

And she wanted more than she ever could say 她想比她以往任何时候都可以说

But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away 但她知道怎么让她害怕，她转身走了

And would not look at his face again. 又不会看他的脸了。

   

And he said, "I want to live as an honest man 他说， “我想活得像一个诚实的人

To get all I deserve and to give all I can 为了得到我应得的，并让所有我能

And to love a young woman who I don't understand 和爱一个年轻女子谁，我不明白

Your highness, your ways are very strange." 殿下，你的方式很奇怪。 “

   

But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break 但是冠，它已经堕落了，她以为她会打破

And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached 她站在那里，羞愧的样子她的心脏疼

She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait 她带他到门口，她问他要等待

She would only be a moment inside. 她也只是片刻内。

   

Out in the distance her order was heard 在距离她的订单被听到

And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word 和士兵被打死，还在等待她的话

And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred 虽然女王继续strangeling在孤独中，她首选

The battle continued on 战斗继续