Darby's Castle

O Castelo de Darby

Darby's Castle

Veja a ruína na colina onde a fumaça ainda pairaSee the ruin on the hill where the smoke is hanging still
Como um eco de uma era há muito esquecida;Like an echo of an age long forgotten;
Há uma história de um lar esmagado sob aquelas pedras carbonizadasThere's a story of a home crushed beneath those blackened stones
E o telhado que desabou antes que as vigas apodrecessem.And the roof which fell before the beams were rotten.
Cecil Darby amava sua esposa, e trabalhou a vida inteiraCecil darby loved his wife, and he laboured all his life
Para lhe proporcionar bens materiais;To provide her with material possessions;
E ele construiu para ela um lar de madeira e pedra finasAnd he built for her a home of the finest wood and stone
E a construção logo se tornou sua única obsessão.And the building soon became his sole obsession.

Oh, levou trezentos dias para as madeiras serem erguidasOh, it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised
E a silhueta era vista a quilômetros de distância;And the silhouette was seen for miles around;
E as beiradas alcançavam as alturas das águias no céu -And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky -
Mas bastou uma noite para derrubá-la,But it only took one night to bring it down,
Quando o castelo de Darby desabou no chão.When darby's castle tumbled to the ground.

Embora compartilhassem a mesma cama, pouco se falavaThough they shared a common bed there was precious little said
Nos momentos que eram reservados para dormir:In the moments that were set aside for sleeping:
Pois seus sonhos agitados estavam cheios dos cômodos que ainda ia construirFor his busy dreams were filled with the rooms he'd yet to build
E ele nunca ouviu a jovem Ellen Darby chorando.And he never heard young ellen darby weeping.
Então, numa noite, ele ouviu um som, enquanto deixava o lápis de lado,Then one night he heard a sound, as he laid his pencil down,
E seguiu até a porta dela e girou a maçaneta;And he traced it to her door and turned the handle;
E a luz pálida da lua pela janela do quartoAnd the pale light of the moon through the window of the room
Dividiu as sombras onde dois corpos estavam entrelaçados.Split the shadows where two bodies lay entangled.

Oh, levou trezentos dias para as madeiras serem erguidasOh, it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised
E a silhueta era vista a quilômetros de distância;And the silhouette was seen for miles around;
E as beiradas alcançavam as alturas das águias no céu -And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky -
Mas bastou uma noite para derrubá-la,But it only took one night to bring it down,
Quando o castelo de Darby desabou no chão.When darby's castle tumbled to the ground.