再度困在莫比尔，和孟菲斯蓝调

Oh the ragman draws circles
Up and down the block
I'd ask him what the matter was
But I know that he don't talk
And the ladies treat me kindly
And furnish me with tape
But deep inside my heart
I know I can't escape
Oh mama can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again

Well Shakespeare he's in the alley
With his pointed shoes and his bells
Speaking to some french girl
Who says she knows me well
And I would send a message
To find out if she's talked
But the post office has been stolen
And the mailbox is locked
Oh mama can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again

远离那条铁路
她说轨道工人

全都饮血如酒

我说哦我不知道

我只见过有一个人

他用烟熏我的眼睑

然后一拳打掉了我的香烟

Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine
An' I said oh I didn't know that
But then again there's only one I've met
An' he just smoked my eyelids
An' punched my cigarette
Oh mama can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again and

外公上礼拜去世

现在他被葬在石堆里

可是每个人都在谈论

他们有多么惊讶

其实我毫不意外

我知道他早就失控了

那时他当街燃起一团烈火

然后把它射得满是窟窿

Grandpa died last week
And now he's buried in the rocks
But everybody still talks about
How badly they were shocked
But me I expected it to happen
I knew he'd lost control
When he built a fire on main street
And shot it full of holes
Oh mama can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again

参议员来到这儿 

一边展示他的手枪

一边派发免费的入场券

让人去他儿子的婚礼

我却差点被逮捕
实在是运气太差
因为逃票被人抓住
藏在卡车底下也被揪了出来

Now the senator came down here
Showing ev'ryone his gun
Handing out free tickets
To the wedding of his son
An' me I nearly got busted
An' wouldn't it be my luck
To get caught without a ticket
And be discovered beneath a truck
Oh mama can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again

With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest
But he cursed me when I proved it to him
Then I whispered not even you can hide
You see you're just like me
I hope you're satisfied
Oh mama can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again

雨人给我两剂药水

他说 快喝下去

一剂是德克萨斯州大麻

一剂就是轨道杜松子酒

像个傻瓜 我把它们混在了一起

结果大脑被绞作了一团

现在我只觉得世人丑陋

也失去了对时间的概念

哦，妈妈，这一切能否就此结束

我再度被困在了莫比尔

和孟菲斯蓝调

Now the Rain man gave me two cures

Then he said jump right in
The one was Texas medicine
The other was just railroad gin
An' like a fool I mixed them
An' it strangled up my mind
An' now people just get uglier
An' I have no sense of time
Oh mama can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again

When Ruthie says come see her
In her honky-tonk lagoon
Where I can watch her waltz for free
’Neath her Panamanian moon
An’ I say, “Aw come on now
You must know about my debutante”
An’ she says, 

“Your debutante just knows what you need，
But I know what you want”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again

砖头散落在纽约大街上

都是身披霓虹的疯子

曾经攀爬的地方

他们都如此完美地坠落

看起来不早不晚

我坐在这儿耐心等待

想清楚

要付出怎样的代价

才能避免再入循环

Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
Where the neon madmen climb
They all fall there so perfectly
It all seems so well timed
An’ here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again

（图片来源《飞越疯人院》）

译后记

“她嫣然一笑，微微侧首。脑袋转得快的女孩晓得三百种回答方法，即使对于离过婚的三十五岁疲惫男人也一视同仁。我道过谢，驱车前进。鲍勃·迪伦开始唱《再度放歌孟菲斯》。”

—— 《世界尽头与冷酷仙境》，村上春树

流浪汉画着圈圈

Oh the ragman draws circles

在街区团团转转

Up and down the block

每次从泰超走到教四再走到汇景北，只为了找一辆共享单车，都会联想到这句话……

每段歌词都包含一组独特的人物和环境：莎士比亚和蒙娜丽莎闯入日常生活，参议院、牧师、轨道工人等却个个异想天开，城市与乡村、传统与现代处于一种翻腾的停滞。Dylan使普遍的东西具体化，然后在副歌中再次使它普遍化，这是典型的垮掉派“无意义”写作——现实与幻觉体验相互依存，受挫的逃避主义与即将到来的厄运感紧紧交织。

哦，妈妈，这一切能否就此结束

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

我再度被困在了莫比尔

To be stuck inside of Mobile

和孟菲斯蓝调

With the Memphis blues again

副歌的押韵方式极具隐喻性，不仅因为“结束”(end)与“再度”(again)押韵，而且在隐喻层面上同样构成一种押韵，因为每一个韵既是一种结束(endness)又是一种复原(againness)。这才是押韵的本质，既是复原(again)(也是一种获得[a gain])，也是一种终结(ending)。

墨西哥湾沿岸的石油之城莫比尔（Mobile）和密西西比河边的“大蜜罐”孟菲斯（Memphis）之间存在着神秘而不可逾越的距离，是抑郁与兴奋、孤立与社区、匿名与认可、宿命论与自由之间的距离。从一个地方到另一个地方的旅程总是受阻。莫比尔（Mobile）不再仅仅意味着阿拉巴马州（State of Alabama）的一座城市，而是代表困住我们所有人的，怪诞、动荡的世界。

《飞越疯人院》里Mc对病友气愤地说：“我是说你们一直抱怨这个地方，但是你们没有勇气走出这里，你们以为你们是疯子吗？你们不是……你们跟街上的混蛋没有什么两样。”是的，我明白脱离的代价。我戴上耳机再听一遍孟菲斯蓝调。吉他、贝斯、鼓、风琴合奏着绝佳的律动，仿佛帘布收起，透入阳光，蓬松明媚，微微刺眼。