[Intro] [简介]

A long, long time ago 很久，很久以前

I can still remember how that music used to make me smile 我还记得是怎么使用的音乐让我微笑

And I knew if I had my chance 我知道，如果我有我的机会

That I could make those people dance 我可以让人们闻乐起舞

And maybe they'd be happy for a while 也许他们会很高兴了好一阵子

   

But February made me shiver 但二月使我颤抖

With every paper I'd deliver 随着每一个文件我会提供

Bad news on the doorstep 就在家门口的坏消息

I couldn't take one more step 我不能多走一步

   

I can't remember if I cried 我不记得，如果我哭了

When I read about his widowed bride 当我读到他寡居的新娘

But something touched me deep inside 可是，我深深触动了我

The day the music died 在音乐死亡的那一天

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

So bye-bye, Miss American Pie 所以，再见，小姐美国派

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry 开着雪佛兰到河堤，但河堤已干

And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye 和他们好老男孩喝了威士忌和黑麦

Singin' "This'll be the day that I die 唱着“这将是我终老

This'll be the day that I die" 这会是我死的日子“

   

[Verse 1] [诗歌1 ]

Did you write the book of love 你写爱情的书

And do you have faith in God above 和你有信仰上帝以上

If the Bible tells you so? 如果圣经是这么告诉你？

Now do you believe in rock and roll 现在你相信摇滚乐

Can music save your mortal soul 音乐可以拯救你的灵魂

And can you teach me how to dance real slow? 你可以教我如何放慢速度来跳舞？

   

Well, I know that you're in love with him 好吧，我知道你爱他

'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym 因为我看见你跳舞“在健身房

You both kicked off your shoes 你们都踢掉鞋子

Man, I dig those rhythm and blues 男人，我掏节奏与蓝调

   

I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck 我是一个孤独的少女broncin “降压

With a pink carnation and a pickup truck 用粉红色的康乃馨，有一辆小货车

But I knew I was out of luck 但我知道我是运气不好

The day the music died 在音乐死亡的那一天

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

I started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie 我开始唱“再见，小姐美国派

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry 开着雪佛兰到河堤，但河堤已干

Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye 他们好老男孩喝了威士忌和黑麦

Singin' "This'll be the day that I die 唱着“这将是我终老

This'll be the day that I die" 这会是我死的日子“

   

[Verse 2] [诗歌2]

Now for ten years we've been on our own 现在，十年了，我们已经在我们自己

And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone 和苔藓生长的脂肪在罗林石头

But that's not how it used to be 但是，这不是它曾经是怎样的

When the jester sang for the king and queen 当小丑唱的国王和王后

In a coat he borrowed from James Dean 在一件大衣，他从詹姆斯·迪恩借

And a voice that came from you and me 和一个声音从我和你

   

Oh, and while the king was looking down 哦，而国王低头

The jester stole his thorny crown 弄臣偷走了他的荆棘冠

The courtroom was adjourned 法庭押后

No verdict was returned 没有判决归还

   

And while Lenin read a book on Marx 尽管列宁对马克思读一本书

A quartet practiced in the park 在公园练习四重奏

And we sang dirges in the dark 我们在黑暗中唱挽歌

The day the music died 在音乐死亡的那一天

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

We were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie 我们唱着再见，小姐美国派

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry 开着雪佛兰到河堤，但河堤已干

Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye 他们好老男孩喝了威士忌和黑麦

Singin' "This'll be the day that I die 唱着“这将是我终老

This'll be the day that I die" 这会是我死的日子“

   

[Verse 3] [诗歌3 ]

Helter skelter in a summer swelter 在夏季闷热手忙脚乱

The birds flew off with a fallout shelter 鸟类有辐射尘避难所飞走了

Eight miles high and falling fast 八英里高，下降速度快

It landed foul on the grass 它降落犯规草地上

The players tried for a forward pass 尝试了向前传球的球员

With the jester on the sidelines in a cast 随着铸造场边的小丑

   

Now the halftime air was sweet perfume 现在半场空气是甜的香水

While the sergeants played a marching tune 而军士起到了进行曲

We all got up to dance 大家都站起来跳舞

Oh, but we never got the chance 呵呵，不过我们从来没有得到机会

   

'Cause the players tried to take the field “导致球员试图采取现场

The marching band refused to yield 军乐队毫不示弱

Do you recall what was revealed 你还记得什么显露

The day the music died? 天音死了？

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

We started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie 我们开始唱着再见，小姐美国派

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry 开着雪佛兰到河堤，但河堤已干

Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye 他们好老男孩喝了威士忌和黑麦

And singin' "This'll be the day that I die 与欢唱“这将是我终老

This'll be the day that I die" 这会是我死的日子“

   

[Verse 4] [第4节]

Oh, and there we were all in one place 哦，还有我们都在同一个地方

A generation lost in space 一代人在太空中迷失

With no time left to start again 由于没有时间去重新开始

So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick 所以，来吧，杰克是敏捷的，杰克要快

Jack Flash sat on a candlestick 杰克的Flash坐在烛台

'Cause fire is the devil's only friend 因为火是魔鬼的唯一的朋友

   

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage 哦，当我看到他在舞台上

My hands were clenched in fists of rage 我的手紧握在愤怒的拳头

No angel born in Hell 没有天使诞生于地狱

Could break that Satan's spell 可以打破撒旦的咒语

   

And as the flames climbed high into the night 而随着火焰爬上高到深夜

To light the sacrificial rite 点燃祭祀仪式

I saw Satan laughing with delight 我看见撒旦笑高兴

The day the music died 在音乐死亡的那一天

   

He was singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie 他唱着“再见，小姐美国派

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry 开着雪佛兰到河堤，但河堤已干

Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye 他们好老男孩喝了威士忌和黑麦

And singin' "This'll be the day that I die 与欢唱“这将是我终老

This'll be the day that I die" 这会是我死的日子“

   

[Outro] [尾奏]

I met a girl who sang the blues 我遇到了一个女孩谁唱蓝调

And I asked her for some happy news 我问她有好消息

But she just smiled and turned away 但她只是笑笑，转身走了

I went down to the sacred store 我去了神圣的店

Where I'd heard the music years before 在那里我听说前几年的音乐

But the man there said the music wouldn't play 但人说那些音乐不能播放

   

And in the streets, the children screamed 并在街道上，孩子们尖叫

The lovers cried and the poets dreamed 这对恋人哭着诗人梦想

But not a word was spoken 但不发一语

The church bells all were broken 教堂的钟都残破不堪

   

And the three men I admire most 而这三个人我最欣赏

The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost 圣父，圣子和圣灵

They caught the last train for the coast 他们赶上了最后一班车到海边去

The day the music died 在音乐死亡的那一天

   

And they were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie 和他们唱着再见，小姐美国派

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry 开着雪佛兰到河堤，但河堤已干

And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye 和他们好老男孩喝了威士忌和黑麦

Singin' "This'll be the day that I die 唱着“这将是我终老

This'll be the day that I die" 这会是我死的日子“

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

They were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie 他们唱着“再见，小姐美国派

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry 开着雪佛兰到河堤，但河堤已干

Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye 他们好老男孩喝了威士忌和黑麦

And singin' "This'll be the day that I die" 与欢唱“这将是我死的日子”