Buy for me the rain, my darling, buy for me the rain; 买我的雨，我的宝贝，买给我的雨;

Buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon the plain. 买我的水晶池落在平原。

And I'll buy for you a rainbow and a million pots of gold. 我会买给你彩虹和万盆金。

Buy it for me now, babe, before I am too old. 买给我吧，宝贝，之前我太老了。

   

Buy for me the sun, my darling, buy for me the sun; 买了我的阳光，我的宝贝，买给我的太阳;

Buy for me the light that falls when day has just begun. 买给我的那一天刚开始的时候落下的光。

And I'll buy for you a shadow to protect you from the day. 我给你买了你的影子，以保护你的那一天。

Buy it for me now, babe, before I go away. 买给我吧，宝贝，我才离开。

   

Buy for me the robin, darling, buy for me the wing; 买我的知更鸟，亲爱的，买给我的翅膀;

Buy for me a sparrow, almost any flying thing. 买我一只小麻雀，几乎任何飞行的事。

And I'll buy for you a tree, my love, where a robin's nest may grow. 我会买给你一棵树，我的爱，在那里一只知更鸟的巢可能会增长。

Buy it for me now, babe, the years all hurry so. 买给我吧，宝贝，这些年来都赶得那么急。

   

I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot by you years; 我不能买你的幸福，我不能被你一一道来;

I cannot buy you happiness, in place of all the tears. 我不能买你的幸福，代替所有的眼泪。

But I can buy for you a gravestone, to lay behind your head. 但是，我可以买给你一块墓碑，打好你的头后面。

Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they're no use to the dead. 墓碑助威生活，亲爱的，他们是没有用的死人。