The Story Of Chess (Album Version)

歌曲 The Story Of Chess (Album Version)
歌手 Chess In Concert
专辑 Chess In Concert

歌词

[00:00.00] The Story of chess
[00:01.00][01:13.00]
[01:13.00] Each game of chess
[01:15.99] Means there's one less
[01:18.78] Variation left to be played
[01:24.49] Each day got through
[01:27.20] Means one or two
[01:29.90] Less mistakes remain to be made
[01:35.54] Not much is known
[01:36.84] Of early days of chess beyond a fairly vague report
[01:40.35] That fifteen hundred years ago two princes fought
[01:42.90] Though brothers, for a Hindu throne
[01:44.99] Their mother cried
[01:46.00] For no-one really likes their offspring fighting to the death
[01:49.48] She begged them stop the slaughter with her every breath
[01:52.24] But sure enough one brother died
[01:54.04] Sad beyond belief
[01:55.84] She told her winning son
[01:57.44] You have caused such grief
[01:59.58] I can't forgive this evil thing you've done
[02:02.43] He tried to explain
[02:04.83] How things had really been
[02:05.95] But he tried in vain
[02:08.25] No words of his could mollify the queen
[02:11.34] And so he asked the wisest men he knew
[02:14.10] The way to lessen her distress
[02:16.40] They told him he'd be pretty certain to impress
[02:19.15] By using model soldiers on
[02:21.05] A checker board to show it was his brother's fault
[02:23.85] They thus invented chess
[02:26.30] Chess displayed no inertia
[02:31.85] Soon spread to Persia, then west
[02:37.36] Next the Arabs refined it,
[02:42.64] Thus redesigned, it progressed
[02:48.40] Still further yet
[02:49.89] And when Constantinople fell in 1453
[02:53.29] One would have noticed every other refugee
[02:55.94] Included in his bags a set
[02:57.90] Once in the hands
[02:59.07] And in the minds of leading figures of the Renaissance
[03:02.73] The spirit and the speed of chess made swift advance
[03:05.19] Through all of Europe's vital lands
[03:07.43] Where we must record
[03:08.84] The game was further changed
[03:10.29] Right across the board
[03:12.45] The western touch upon the pieces ranged
[03:14.54] King and queen and rook
[03:17.24] And bishop, knight and pawn
[03:18.84] All took on the look
[03:20.84] We know today, the modern game was born
[03:24.10] And in the end
[03:25.50] We see a game that started by mistake in Hindustan
[03:29.14] And boosted in the main by what is now Iran
[03:32.05] Become the simplest and most complicated pleasure
[03:34.40] Yet devised for just the kind of mind who would appreciate
[03:38.30] This well researched and fascinating yarn.

歌词大意

[00:00.00] xiàng qí de gù shì
[00:01.00][01:13.00] kāi shǐ
[01:13.00] měi yī chǎng jié shù de qí jú
[01:15.99] dōu yì wèi zhe yòu shǎo le
[01:18.78] yī zhǒng duì zhèn de kě néng
[01:24.49] měi yí gè liú zǒu de rì zi
[01:27.20] dōu yì wèi zhe yòu shǎo le
[01:29.90] yī liǎng gè yào fàn de cuò wù
[01:35.54] guān yú xiàng qí dàn shēng zhī chū
[01:36.84] chú le mó hu de chuán shuō, wǒ men zhī zhī shén shǎo
[01:40.35] jù shuō zài yī qiān wǔ bǎi nián yǐ qián, liǎng gè wáng zǐ
[01:42.90] wèi le yìn dù de wáng wèi, xiōng dì xì qiáng, liǎng xiāng jiāo zhàn
[01:44.99] tā men de mǔ qīn yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
[01:46.00] yīn wèi méi rén yuàn yì kàn dào zì jǐ de gǔ ròu hù xiāng sī shā
[01:49.48] tā jié jìn quán lì kěn qiú tā men tíng zhǐ tú shā
[01:52.24] dàn bù chū yì wài, qí zhōng yí gè xiōng dì shā chǎng zhàn sǐ
[01:54.04] tā de tòng kǔ wú yào kě jiě
[01:55.84] yú shì gào sù shèng lì de hái zi
[01:57.44] nǐ ràng wǒ xīn rú dāo jiǎo
[01:59.58] wǒ wú fǎ yuán liàng nǐ rú cǐ bù rén bú yì de xíng jìng
[02:02.43] tā shì zhe qù jiě shì
[02:04.83] shì qíng de jīng guò
[02:05.95] dàn tā de nǔ lì dōu shì tú láo
[02:08.25] rèn hé yán yǔ dōu wú fǎ ān wèi mǔ hòu
[02:11.34] yīn cǐ, tā xiàng suǒ zhī dào zuì zhì huì de rén qiú jiào
[02:14.10] ān fǔ tā de tòng chǔ
[02:16.40] tā men gào sù tā yí dìng kě yǐ gǎi biàn tā de kàn fǎ
[02:19.15] zhǐ yào shǐ yòng bīng shì mó xíng zài yí gè
[02:21.05] hēi bái jiāo gé de mù bǎn shàng yǎn shì chū yī qiè dōu tā xiōng dì de guò cuò
[02:23.85] tā men jiù zhè yàng fā míng liǎo xiàng qí
[02:26.30] xiàng qí de fā zhǎn bìng méi yǒu jiù cǐ tíng zhì
[02:31.85] hěn kuài jiù chuán dào le bō sī hé yǐ xī de dì qū
[02:37.36] rán hòu a lā bó rén xì huà le tā
[02:42.64] jīng guò chóng xīn shè jì, xiàng qí yǒu le hěn dà fā zhǎn
[02:48.40] liú chuán dào le gèng yuǎn de dì fāng
[02:49.89] dāng 1453 nián, jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎo xiàn luò zhī hòu
[02:53.29] ōu zhōu rén fā xiàn zài měi yí gè nàn mín de
[02:55.94] bēi bāo lǐ dōu yǒu yī tào xiàng qí
[02:57.90] dāng xiàng qí chuán rù le
[02:59.07] wén yì fù xīng shí qī de míng liú shǒu zhōng zhī hòu
[03:02.73] xiàng qí de lǐ niàn hé duì zhèn sù dù dé dào le xùn sù fā zhǎn
[03:05.19] tā chuán biàn le ōu zhōu zhòng yào de lǐng dì
[03:07.43] wǒ men bì xū jì de zài nà li
[03:08.84] xiàng qí zài cì dé dào le gǎi jìn
[03:10.29] jī hū suǒ yǒu de qí zǐ
[03:12.45] dōu bèi tiān rù le xī ōu tè sè
[03:14.54] guó wáng huáng hòu yǔ chē
[03:17.24] zhǔ jiào qí shì yǔ bīng zú
[03:18.84] dōu biàn chéng le wǒ men jīn tiān kàn dào de yàng zi
[03:20.84] xiàn dài xiàng qí jiù cǐ dàn shēng
[03:24.10] zǒng ér yán zhī, wǒ men kě yǐ kàn dào
[03:25.50] yí gè yīn yìn dù sī tǎn yī chǎng wù huì zhōng dàn shēng de yóu xì
[03:29.14] zài xiàn zài de yī lǎng dì qū jīng guò fā zhǎn
[03:32.05] chéng wéi le zuì jiǎn dān yě zuì fù zá de yú lè fāng shì
[03:34.40] jiù shì wèi néng xīn shǎng zhè gè jīng guò zǐ xì yán jiū
[03:38.30] yǐn rén rù shèng de gù shì de rén ér shè