更白的苍白

我们省掉轻松的西班牙舞
打一串侧身翻到了地板那边
我感觉有点晕船
但人群大喊再来一个
房间轰鸣着硬起来
房顶飞走的时候
我们又叫了一杯酒
侍者端来一个托盘

就这样过了些时间
米勒开始讲他的故事
而她的脸，开始只是惨白
变成了更白的苍白

她说“没什么理由
真相显而易见”
可我一直在纸牌间猜测
不肯放过她
十六个韦丝塔处女*之一
正向海岸走去
而我虽然睁着眼睛
却完全视而不见

就这样过了些时间
米勒开始讲他的故事
而她的脸，开始只是惨白
变成了更白的苍白

注*罗马传说中守卫圣火的处女

原文：

A Whiter Shade of Pale

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, 'There is no reason
and the truth is plain to see.'
But I wandered through my playing cards
and would not let her be
one of sixteen vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coast
and although my eyes were open
they might have just as well've been closed

And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale