All rise for the Honorable Judge Burrell
This court is called to order
These charges are serious
Stand up and face the bench
How do you plead, Sir? How do you plead?
[Shaggy:]
“Guilty as charged,” the Judge decreed, “stand up and face the bench
I have some words to say to you before we recommence
A list of crimes this serious, I swear I have not seen
In all the years that I have served Her Majesty the Queen
Arson, murder, blackmail, grand larceny and theft
Drug dealing, human trafficking, I ask the court, what's left?
Are there words of mitigation, before I pass the sentence?
Anything that you can tell the court to add to your defense?”
[Sting:]
I faced the court, thought long and hard before I gave reply
“There's something that you need to hear, from me before I die
The circumstances of my birth were something short of bliss
I have this from my mother, it was told to me like this...
‘The day that I was born, she said, The Good Lord woke from slumber
Looking ‘round his timber yard, He found He had no lumber
Apart from some old twisted branch, in shadows left to lurk
He pulled it out into the light and set about his work.'
She told me that the world should not expect too much of me
When the Good Lord carved my crooked soul out of a crooked tree
When the Good Lord carved my crooked soul out of a crooked tree.”
[Shaggy:]
“Stand up and face the bench
I've heard all you've got to say
That there look on your face says you're guilty
And now it's your judgment day.”
[Sting:]
“I'm not asking for forgiveness
I'm not proud of what I've done
I did the things I had to do, like any other mother's son
None of us are perfect, so remember what you see
Всем встать! Его честь судья Барелл!
Судебное заседание объявляется открытым.
Обвинения серьёзны.
Встаньте и подойдите к судье.
Вы признаете себя виновным, сэр? Вы признаете себя виновным?
[Shaggy:]
"Виновен по всем статьям, — постановил судья. — Встаньте и подойдите к судье.
Я должен сказать пару слов, прежде чем мы возобновим заседание.
Список преступлений таков, что, клянусь, я не видел серьёзнее
За все годы служения Её Королевскому Величеству.
Поджог, убийство, шантаж, крупная кража и воровство,
Торговля наркотиками, торговля людьми. Я спрашиваю суд: у вас есть, что добавить?
Какие-то смягчающие обстоятельства, прежде чем я вынесу приговор?
Всё, что вы скажите, суд примет в качестве доводов в вашу защиту".
[Sting:]
Я предстал перед судом, подумал хорошо и долго, прежде чем дать ответ.
Есть нечто, что вы должны услышать от меня, прежде чем я умру.
Обстоятельства моего рождения были далеки от счастливых.
Я знаю это от моей матери, она рассказывала мне об этом так...
В тот день, когда я родился, говорила она, Господь Бог очнулся ото сна.
Оглядев свой лесной склад, Он обнаружил, что у него нет древесины,
За исключением нескольких старых корявых веток, валявшихся скрытыми в тени.
Он вытащил их на свет и принялся за работу.
Она сказала, миру не стоило ожидать от меня многого,
Когда Господь Бог вырезал мою кривую душу из корявого дерева,
Когда Господь Бог вырезал мою кривую душу из корявого дерева.
[Shaggy:]
"Встаньте и подойдите к судье.
Я выслушал всё, что вы хотели сказать.
Выражение вашего лица выдаёт вашу виновность,
Поэтому настал ваш Судный день".
[Sting:]
Я не прошу прощения,
Я не горжусь тем, что натворил.
Я сделал то, что должен был сделать, как любой сын своей матери.
Никто из нас не идеален, поэтому запомните то, что вы видите.
![Sting – <p><span style="color: #252525;">British rock musician and actor, leader of The Police in 1976-1984. Since 1984 he has been performing solo.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">The musician was born on October 2, 1951 in the port town of Wallsend in the north of England.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">Ernest's father Matthew Sumner worked for many years as a fitter at a local engineering company. He later bought a small dairy shop. As a child, Sting often helped his father deliver milk in the morning.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">Audrey's mother worked as a hairdresser and nurse. She had a classical music education and was able to develop her son's natural abilities by teaching him to play the piano at home. Gordon was the eldest of four children in the family. He also has younger sisters Anita, Angela and brother Philip.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">In 1977 drummer Stuart Copeland, guitarist Andy Summers and Sting formed The Police. The first two singles, "Fall Out" and "Roxanne", were unsuccessful until they were heard by entrepreneur Miles Copeland (Stewart's older brother). Released in April 1979, "Roxanne" rose to number 12 in Britain and became a European hit. The first success was followed by the albums "Reggatta de Blanc", "Zenyattà Mondatta", "Ghost in the Machine" and "Synchronicity" (with the mega-hit "Every Breath You Take"). After a triumphant world tour in 1984, Sting decided that he had achieved everything he could with the group, and the group disbanded at the peak of its popularity.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">Sting's independent career was no less successful. His first album with jazz elements, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, went platinum. The single from this album was the song “Russians”.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">In 1987, after a tour with The Dream of the Blue Turtles, Sting recorded an album ... Nothing Like the Sun / The song "They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" was especially popular. The Soul Cages (1991), which coincided with the loss of his parents, and Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) introduced Sting as a mature composer.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">In 1991 Sting released the autobiographical album The Soul Cages, from which the single "All This Time" took the fifth place in the top 100 of the Billboard magazine. He continues in that vein with Ten Summoner's Tales, which includes hits like If I Ever Lose My Faith in You and Fields of Gold. Mercury Falling was not as successful as Ten Summoner's Tales, but The title track from his new album Brand New Day proved that Sting is still capable of producing hits.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">The events of September 11, 2001, deeply affected Sting. Recorded in the first half of 2003 in Paris, the album "Sacred Love" bears a clear imprint of the events in the world at that time. Sting's lyrics touch upon the themes of war, religion, understanding and misunderstanding, but the main theme, as the album title suggests, was still love. The song "Send Your Love" from this album brought Sting another Grammy nomination.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">At the end of May 2013, Sting's official website announced the recording of the new album The Last Ship, which was released on September 24 of the same year [3]. This disc became the musician's first studio album in the last ten years.</span></p> – Стинг](/avatar/1/0/10ae2be81fbe87d45e09ac885a754174_40x40){kind=small}
