Sultans of swing

You get a shiver in the dark

在黑夜裡，你冷得發抖

It's been raining in the park but meantime

站在公園裡，天上正飄著綿綿細雨，但突然間

South of the river you stop and you hold everything

你在河流的南方，你停下了腳步，萬籟俱寂

A band is blowing "Dixie double four time"

在風中，你聽到一個樂團演奏"Dixie double four time"的聲音

You feel all right when you hear that music ring

你聽著這音樂並沉醉其中

 

You step inside but you don't see too many faces

你隨著這音樂走進Pub，但你並沒有看到很多觀眾

Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down

沒有很多人會為了聽這音樂而冒雨前來

Too much competition too many other places

這附近有太多競爭，太多相同的Pub、太多類似的樂團

But not too many horns can make that sound

但是並沒有很多人能像這個樂團演奏出這樣好的音樂

Way on downsouth way on downsouth london town

在這個偏遠南方，遠在倫敦南區的南方



You check out guitar george he knows all the chords

你看看吉他手喬治，他會彈各種美妙的和弦

Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing

他正專注於他的節奏，他不想讓把吉他彈的太激昂

And an old guitar is all he can afford

那把老舊的吉他，是他唯一買得起的

When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

當他站在舞台的燈光下，他只能拿起那把老琴



And harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

而另一位樂手哈利，他絲毫不在意他是不是能造成轟動

He's got a daytime job he's doing alright

他在白天有一份正值，而且他做的得心應手

He can play honky tonk just like anything

他彈奏的鄉村樂，可以像任何東西

Saving it up for friday night

他把他所有的精力都存在星期五晚上

With the sultans with the sultans of swing

和那些爵士之王們一起演奏



And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner

在Pub裡有一群年輕小夥子坐在角落

Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles

穿著最流行的鬆垮短褲和平底鞋，他們全都喝得醉醺醺的

 They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band

他們才懶得理這些有管樂器的老爵士樂團

It ain't what they call rock and roll

這不是他們所謂的搖滾樂

And the sultans played creole

但是爵士之王們彈奏著正統爵士



And then the man he steps right up to the microphone

最後有一個人站上台，拿起了麥克風

 And says at last just as the time bell rings

就在午夜鐘聲響起的最後那刻，他說了幾句話

'thank you goodnight now it's time to go home'

他說"謝謝，晚安，是時候該結束回家的時候了"

And he makes it fast with one more thing

然後他最後簡短的說了幾個字

'we are the sultans of swing'

"我們是爵士之王"