加州旅館的中文直譯如下：
Hotel California
加州旅館——老鷹樂隊
on a dark desert highway
行駛在昏黑的荒漠公路上
cool wind in my hair
涼風吹過我的頭髮
warm smell of colitas rising
温馨的大馬香瀰漫在空氣中
up through the air up ahead in the distance
抬頭遙望遠方
i saw a shimmering light
我看到微弱的燈光
my head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
我的頭越來越沉視線度也變得模糊
i had to stop for the night
我不得不停下來過夜
there she stood in the doorway
她站在門口那兒招呼我
i heard the mission bell
我聽到遠處教堂的鐘聲
and i was thinking to myself
我在心裏對自己説
this could be heaven or this could be hell
這裏可能是天堂也可能是地獄
then she lit up a candle
然後她點燃了蠟燭
and she showed me the way
給我引路
there were voices down in corridor
沿着走廊傳來陣陣説話聲
i thought i heard them say......
我想我聽到他們在説
welcome to the hotel california
歡迎來到加州旅館
such a lovely place (such a lovely face)
如此美麗的地方多麼可愛的的面容
there's plenty of rooms at the
加州旅館有hotel california充足的房間
any time of year you can find it here
一年的任何時候你都能在這找到房間
her mind is tiffany-twisted
她的心為珠寶所扭曲
she got the mercedes-benz
她擁有豪華奔馳車
she got a lot of pretty
她有許多漂亮小夥子
pretty boys that she calls friends.
她稱之為朋友
how they dance in the courtyard
他們在庭院裏翩翩起舞
sweet summer sweat
夏日的香汗伶俐
some dance to remember
有些舞是為了回憶
some dance to forget
而有些舞是為了忘卻
so i called up the captain
於是我叫來領班
please bring me my wine
請給我來些酒
he said we haven't had that spirit
他説我們這不供應酒
here since nineteen sixty nine
從1969年起
and still those voices are
遠處仍然
calling from far away
傳來他們的話語
wake you up in the middle of the night
在半夜把你吵醒
just to hear them say......
只聽到他們在説
welcome to the hotel
歡迎來到加州旅館
calofornia such a lovely place
多麼美麗的地方
(such a loveely face)
多麼美麗的笑容
they livin'it up at the hotel california
他們在加州旅館盡情狂歡
what a nice surprise bring your alibis
好得令人吃驚使你有來到這的藉口
mirrors on the ceilling
天花板上鑲嵌着的鏡子
the pink champagne on ice
冰鎮着的粉色香檳
and she said we are all just prisoners
她説我們都是這的囚徒
here of our own device
但是是我們自願的
and in the master's chambers
在主人的卧房裏
they gathered for the feast
他們為宴會聚在一起
they stab it with their steely knives
他們彼此間用鋼刀相互砍殺
but they just can't kill the beast
但他們甚至不知能殺死野獸
last thing i remember
我所記得的最後一件事
i was running for the door
是我跑向門口
i had to find the passage back
我必須找到來時的路
to the place i was before
守夜人説放寬心
relax said programmed to receive
我們只是照常接待
you can check out any time you like
你想什麼時候結帳都可以
but you can never leave
但你永遠無法離去
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