Tibetan Side Of Town Lyrics – Bruce Cockburn
Singer: Bruce Cockburn
Title: Tibetan Side Of Town
Through rutted winding streets of Kathmandu
Dodging crowded humans cows dogs rickshaws –
Storefronts constellated pools of bluewhite
Bright against darkening walls
The butterfly sparkle in my lasered eye still seems
To hold that last shot of red sun through haze over jumbled roofs
Everything moves like slow fluid in this atmosphere
Thick as dreams
With sewage, incense, dust and fever and the smoke of brick kilns and cremations –
Tom Kelly’s bike rumbles down –
We’re going drinking on the Tibetan side of town.
Beggar with withered legs sits sideways on skateboard, grinning
There’s a joke going on somewhere but we’ll never know
Those laughing kids with hungry eyes must be in on it too
With their clinging memories of a culture crushed
By Chinese greed
Pretty young mother by the temple gate
Covers her baby’s face against diesel fumes
That look of concern – you can see it still –
Not yet masked by the hard lines of a woman’s
Struggle to survive
Hard bargains going down
When you’re living on the Tibetan side of town.
Big red Enfield Bullet lurches to a halt in the dust
Last blast of engine leaves a ringing in the ears
That fades into the rustle of bare feet and slapping sandals
And the baritone moan of long bronze trumpets
Muffled by monastery walls.
Prayer flags crack like whips in the breeze
Sending to the world – tonight the message blows east
Dark door opens to warm yellow room and there
Are these steaming jugs of hot millet beer
And I’m sucked into the scene like this liquor up
This bamboo straw
Sweet tungba sliding down –
Drinking on the Tibetan side of town
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Tibetan Side Of Town – Terjemahan / Translation
Melalui jalan-jalan berliku yang rutted dari Kathmandu
Menghindari manusia yang ramai sapi rickshaws –
Etalase kolam rombongan bluewhite
Cerah terhadap dinding yang gelap
Kilau kupu-kupu di mata laser saya masih tampak
Untuk memegang suntikan matahari merah terakhir itu melalui kabut atap campur aduk
Semuanya bergerak seperti cairan lambat di atmosfer ini
Tebal seperti mimpi
Dengan limbah, dupa, debu dan demam dan asap kiln bata dan kremasi –
Sepeda Tom Kelly bergumbu –
Kita akan minum di sisi kota Tibet.
Pengemis dengan kaki layu duduk menyamping di skateboard, menyeringai
Ada lelucon yang terjadi di suatu tempat tetapi kita tidak akan pernah tahu
Anak-anak tertawa dengan mata lapar harus ada di atasnya juga
Dengan ingatan mereka yang menempel tentang budaya yang dihancurkan
Oleh Greed Cina.
Ibu muda yang cantik di dekat pintu candi
Menutupi wajah bayinya terhadap asap diesel
Yang terlihat – Anda masih bisa melihatnya –
Belum bertopeng oleh garis keras seorang wanita
Berjuang untuk bertahan hidup
Tawar-menawar keras turun
Ketika Anda tinggal di sisi kota Tibet.
Big Red Enfield Bullet meluncur berhenti di debu
Ledakan terakhir dari mesin meninggalkan dering di telinga
Yang memudar menjadi gemerisik kaki telanjang dan menampar sandal
Dan erangan bariton dari terompet perunggu panjang
Teredam oleh dinding biara.
Bendera doa retak seperti cambuk di angin
Mengirim ke dunia – malam ini pesan itu meniup ke timur
Pintu gelap terbuka ke ruang kuning hangat dan di sana
Adalah kendi yang mengepul dari bir millet panas ini
Dan saya tersedot ke dalam adegan seperti minuman keras ini
Sedotan bambu ini
Manis Tungba meluncur ke bawah –
Minum di sisi kota Tibet
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Lyrics Bruce Cockburn – Tibetan Side Of Town
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