What Do I Know 何谓西东

Written by Ed Sheeran [17Feb, 1991 - ],

Foy Vance [1974 - ] & John McDaid [24Jul, 1976 - ]

Released by Ed Sheeran from the album ÷ on 3Mar, 2017

Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album

At the 60^th Annual Grammy Awards on 28Jan, 2018

Edited & translated by wy en JD5508 on 6Feb, 2018

Ain’t got a soapbox I can stand upon 何需总是慷慨陈词

But God gave me a stage, a guitar and a song 一琴一歌即可登台

My daddy told me, son don’t you get involved 父亲曾经叮嘱过我

In politics, religions, other peoples’ quarrels 政教纷争不必介怀

I’ll paint the picture, let me set the scene 自己设计画面风景

I know when I have children they will know what it means 意蕴如何交由后代

And I’ll pass on the things my family’s given to me 祖辈传统我来继承

Just love and understanding positivity 心存爱意正向理解

We could change this whole world with a piano 钢琴改变整个世界

Add a bass, some guitar, grab a beat and away we go 加上伴奏旅程展开

I’m just a boy with a one man show 一人撑起整场演出

No university no degree but Lord knows 学历学位九霄云外

Everybody’s talking about exponential growth 人人嚷嚷指数增长

And the stock market crashing and their portfolios as well 股市大跌拖累钱袋

While I’ll be sitting here with a song that I wrote 我只独坐唱着心曲

Saying love could change the world in a moment 让爱马上改变世界

But what do I know? 你若问我知道什么

Love can change the world in a moment 爱能马上改变世界

The revolution’s coming, it’s a minute away 革命常常转瞬即至

I saw people marching in the streets today 常见有人走上大街

You know we are made up of love and hate 人生总有爱恨情仇

But both of them are balanced on a razor blade 其间并无鸿沟隔开

I’ll paint the picture, let me set the scene 我来设计画面风景

I know I’m all for people following their dreams 只为让人有梦可揣

Just remember life is more than fitting in your jeans 生活怎能落入窠臼

It’s love and understanding positivity 它是爱和正向理解

We could change this whole world with a piano 钢琴改变整个世界

Add a bass, some guitar, grab a beat and away we go 加上伴奏旅程展开

I’m just a boy with a one man show 一人撑起整场演出

No university no degree but Lord knows 学历学位九霄云外

Everybody’s talking about exponential growth 人人嚷嚷指数增长

And the stock market crashing and their portfolios as well 股市大跌拖累钱袋

While I’ll be sitting here with a song that I wrote 我只独坐唱着心曲

Saying love could change the world in a moment 让爱马上改变世界

But what do I know? 你若问我知道什么

Love can change the world in a moment 爱能马上改变世界

I’ll paint the picture let me set the scene 我来设计画面风景

You know the future’s in the hands of you and me 你我双手掌控未来

So let’s all get together, we can all be free 齐心协力自在自由

Spread love and understand positivity 积极行事播撒大爱

We could change this whole world with a piano 钢琴改变整个世界

Add a bass, some guitar, grab a beat and away we go 加上伴奏旅程展开

I’m just a boy with a one man show 一人撑起整场演出

No university no degree but Lord knows 学历学位九霄云外

Everybody’s talking about exponential growth 人人嚷嚷指数增长

And the stock market crashing and their portfolios as well 股市大跌拖累钱袋

While I’ll be sitting here with a song that I wrote 我只独坐唱着心曲

Saying love could change the world in a moment 让爱马上改变世界

But what do I know? 你若问我知道什么

Love can change the world in a moment 爱能马上改变世界

[对照欣赏]

1 Love Changes Everything [因爱而变, IV-070], lyrics by Charles Hart [3Jun, 1961 - ] & Don Black [21Jun, 1938 - ], music by Andrew Lloyd Webber [22Mar, 1948 - ], performed by Michael Ball [27Jun, 1962 - ] for the musical Aspects of Love on 17Apr, 1989; Released by Sarah Brightman [14Aug, 1960 - ] from her 2nd album As I Came of Age in 1990

IV-070 Love Changes Everything 因爱而变

2 Love Will Keep Us Alive [爱的滋养, III-082], written by Jim Capaldi [2Apr, 1944 -28Jna, 2005], Paul Carrack [22Apr, 1951 - ] & Peter Vale, released by the Eagles [1970 - 1980, 1994 - ] from the 2nd live album Hell Freezes Over on 8Nov, 1994, after a fourteen-year-long breakup/vocation

Love Will Keep Us Alive 爱的滋养

3 无问西东[Forever Young]，李芳芳编剧并执导，章子怡[9Feb, 1979 - ]、黄晓明[13Nov, 1977 - ]、张震[14Oct, 1976 - ]、王力宏[17May, 1976 - ]、陈楚生[25Jul, 1981 - ]等主演，2018年1月12日上映，票房累计已超7亿元

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