IN AN OLD CITY BAR 在一个古老的城市酒吧

THAT IS NEVER TOO FAR 这是从未出过远

FROM THE PLACES THAT GATHER 从收集景点

THE DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN 已梦想

   

IN THE SAFETY OF NIGHT 夜深人静的安全

WITH IT'S OLD NEON LIGHT 与它的老霓虹灯

IT BECKONS TO STRANGERS IT昭示着陌生人

AND THEY ALWAYS COME IN 他们总是COME IN

   

AND THE SNOW IT WAS FALLING 和雪是落

THE NEON WAS CALLING 霓虹灯在呼唤

THE MUSIC WAS LOW 音乐是低

AND THE NIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE 而夜间圣诞前夕

   

AND HERE WAS THE DANGER 这里是危险

THAT EVEN WITH STRANGERS 即使与陌生人

INSIDE OF THIS NIGHT 在这个夜晚

IT WAS EASIER TO BELIEVE 这是更容易相信

   

FOR IT WAS INTO THIS BAR 因为它是这个杆

THAT I HAPPENED TO WANDER 我碰巧漂移

TO STARE INTO A GLASS 盯到玻璃

AND MY UNIVERSE PONDER 与我的世界PONDER

   

SO I WALKED UP TO THE COUNTER 于是，我就到柜台

SHOOK THE SNOW OFF MY COAT 握雪我脱了衣裳

THEN I ORDERED A WHISKEY 然后我点了威士忌

THAT I USED LIKE A MOAT 我用于像护城河

   

BUT AN OLD MAN SOON JOINED ME 但是，一个老头很快加入ME

AND ASKED IF I KNEW THE TIME 并问我是否知道时间

ONE WORD LED TO ANOTHER 一个字导致了另一个

AND SOMEHOW I DIDN'T MIND 不知何故我不介意

   

THEN HE OFFERED A DRINK 然后，他提供了一个饮料

FROM A BOTTLE 'NEATH HIS COAT 从瓶子照耀下他的外衣

AND HE SMILED A LITTLE SMILE 他笑了一点微笑

AS IT TRICKLED DOWN MY THROAT 因为它流淌下来我的喉咙

   

AND I FELT MYSELF RELAXING 和我觉得自己RELAXING

HERE AMONG THE GHOSTS THAT FAILED 这里中失败的幽灵

THEN THE OLD MAN TOPPED MY GLASS OFF 接着，老头儿收作我的杯子关闭

AND BEGAN THIS LITTLE TALE 并开始小故事

   

IN THE MOMENTS OF OUR LIVES 在我们生活的刹那

BOTH THE JOYOUS AND THE TRAGIC 既欢乐又悲惨

IF THE TRUTH IS TO BE TOLD 如果真相被告知

WE ARE ALL PURSUING MAGIC 我们都是读于魔术

   

AND THE MAGIC THAT WE SEEK 与我们所追求的魔术

AS WE'RE SURE YOU HAVE DISCOVERED 因为我们相信你们已经发现了

CAN BE FOUND IN CERTAIN PLACES 可以发现，在某些地方

FAR MORE EASILY THAN OTHERS 更容易比别人长

   

IN THE SAND BENEATH THE SPHINX 其下面狮身人面像沙

IN THE DREAMS OF CANDLELIGHT 烛光的梦想

BUT THE SUREST PLACE OF ALL 但所有的最可靠地点

IS IN THE FORGIVING WORLD OF NIGHT 处于夜间的宽容的世界

   

AND OF ALL THE NIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 并在整个年度中的所有的夜晚

THAT COME AND GENTLY LEAVE 随之而来，轻轻LEAVE

NONE HOLD THE DREAM OF MAGIC 无HOLD魔术的梦想

LIKE THE EVENING, CHRISTMAS EVE 喜欢夜，平安夜

   

AND SO IT'S ON THIS NIGHT 所以它是在这个夜晚

WITH IT'S PROMISE DEEP WITHIN 有了它的PROMISE深处

AS THE SNOW NOW STARTS TO FALL 雪象现在开始下降

OUR STORY DOES BEGIN 我们的故事并BEGIN

   

An angel came down 一个天使下凡

One night to the earth 有一天晚上到地球

A mission from God 使命来自上帝

To find out the worth 找出价值

   

Of everything that 一切的

His children had done 他的孩子做了

Since that winter night 自那冬夜

The birth of His son 他的儿子诞生

   

And then a sound filled the night 然后一个声音充满了夜

In the cold winter air 在寒冷的冬季风

And in the midst of his flight 和在他的飞行当中

It was holding him there 有人抱着他有

And as he looked toward the earth 当他看向地球

For the source of this sound 对于这个声音的来源

On that cold winter night 在那个寒冷的冬夜

It was pulling him down 有人把他拉下来

   

To bring something back 要带什么东西回来

This angel was told 这天使被告知

That no one could touch 没有人可以碰

But angels could hold 但天使把持不住

   

So on that night 所以那天晚上

When the sky had cleared 当天空已被清除

Among all the stars 在所有的星星

An angel appeared 天使出现

   

And then a sound filled the night 然后一个声音充满了夜

In the cold winter air 在寒冷的冬季风

And in the midst of his flight 和在他的飞行当中

It was holding him there 有人抱着他有

And as he looked towards the earth 当他看向地球

For the source of this sound 对于这个声音的来源

On that cold winter night 在那个寒冷的冬夜

It was pulling him down 有人把他拉下来

   

And then a sound filled the night 然后一个声音充满了夜

In the cold winter air 在寒冷的冬季风

And in the midst of his flight 和在他的飞行当中

It was holding him there 有人抱着他有

And as he looked towards the earth 当他看向地球

For the source of this sound 对于这个声音的来源

On that cold winter night 在那个寒冷的冬夜

It was pulling him down 有人把他拉下来