Mermaid sits on a Siwash Rock in the harbour 美人鱼坐在一个Siwash岩海港

watching the children play 看着孩子们玩耍

Every day, sun or rain 每一天，晴天还是雨天

Old man kneels to the earth to pray 老头跪在地上祈祷

for the rain and the stars and the cars at the heart 为雨，星星和汽车的心脏

A dark and windy Vancouver 一个黑暗的凛冽温哥华

A black day in December 黑色的一天十二月

   

She sees the worst is yet to come 她认为最坏的时期还没有到来

A big wave on the horizon 在地平线上的一大波

The first wind blowing in 第一风在吹

Left Stanley's soldiers felled and broken 左士丹利的士兵砍伐和破碎

   

Old man kneels to the earth in his mother's garden 老头跪在地上的母亲的花园

Where his own father was laid 在那里他自己的父亲被解雇

Every day, sun or rain 每一天，晴天还是雨天

Mermaid sits on her rock and she prays 美人鱼坐在她的摇滚和她祈祷

For the salmon in the sea, for the winged in the trees 对于鲑鱼在海中，在树的翅

For the old man on his knees 对于老男人在他的膝盖

For the beauty in the park, and the cars at the heart 对于美女在公园里，和汽车的心脏

Her own sisters and her brothers 她自己的姐妹和她的兄弟

And ten thousand friends and lovers 而10000的朋友和恋人

A black day in December. 黑色的一天在12月。

   

Mermaid sits on a tide washed rock in the harbour 美人鱼坐在一个浪潮冲岩在海港

where the Blue Heron would lay 那里的蓝鹭奠定

Everyday sun or rain 每天日晒或雨淋

old friends fall to the earth and decay 老朋友坠落到地球和衰减

With the city by the sea 随着城市的海

Sweet brine in the breeze 在微风甜盐水

And the mountains watching over her Vancouver 大山守护着她的温哥华

A black day in December 黑色的一天十二月