There's a cowboy in the jungle 还有在丛林牛仔

And he looks so out of place 他看起来是那么格格不入

With his shrimpskin boots and his cheap Cheroots 随着他的shrimpskin靴子和他的便宜吕宋烟

And his skin as white as paste 他的皮肤白如膏

   

Headin' south to Paraguay 航向南到巴拉圭

Where the gauchos sing and shout 当高乔人唱歌，喊

Now he's stuck in Porto Bello 现在，他的卡在波尔图贝洛

Since his money all ran out 因为他的钱全部用完了

So he hangs out with the sailors 于是，他挂出的水手

Might and day they're raisin' hell 可能和白天他们葡萄干地狱

And his original destination's just another 和他原来的目标只是另一种

Story that he loves to tell. 故事，他喜欢讲。

   

With no plans for the future 由于没有对未来的计划

He still seems in control 他似乎仍然在控制

From a bronco ride to a ten foot tide 从野马骑车到十英尺潮

He just had to learn to roll. 他刚刚学会推出。

   

Roll with the punches 从容应对

Play all of his hunches 玩他的预感

Made the best of whatever came his way 做最好的一切来到他的方式

What he lacked in ambition 什么他缺乏野心

He made up with intuition 他做了直觉

Plowing straight ahead come what may. 春耕正前方出现什么情况。

   

Steel band in the distance 在距离钢带

And their music floats across the bay 和整个海湾的音乐彩车

While American women in muumuus 虽然美国妇女在muumuus

Talk about all the things they did today 谈论所有这些今天做的事情

And their husbands quack about fishing 而她们的丈夫嘎嘎关于钓鱼

As they slug those rum drinks down 当他们一决高下的朗姆酒的饮料倒

Discussing who caught what 讨论谁抓住了什么

and who sat on his butt 和谁坐在他的屁股

But it's the only show in town. 但它是镇上唯一的表演。

   

They're tryin' to drink all the punches 他们试着喝所有的拳

They all may lose their lunches 他们都可能会失去他们的午餐

Tryin' to cram lost years into five or six says 试着去填满失去的岁月到五六说：

Seems that blind ambition erased their intuition 看来，盲目的野心删除自己的直觉

Plowin' straight ahead come what may. Plowin “正前方出现什么情况。

   

I don't want to live on that kind of island 我不想住在那种岛

No, I don't want to swim in a roped off sea. 不，我不想在拉拢了海里游泳。

Too much for me, too much for me 对我太重要，太适合我

I've got to be where the wind and the water are free. 我得是那里的风和水都是免费的。

   

Alone on a midnight passage 独自在午夜通道

I can count the falling stars 我可以算的流星

While the Southern Cross and the satellites 而南十字星和卫星

They remind me of where we are 他们提醒我们在哪里我

Spinning around in circles 在圈子里不停的旋转。

Living it day to day 生活是一天一天

And still twenty four hours, maybe sixty good years 仍然24小时，也许60年好

It's still not that long a stay. 它仍然不是那么长的时间逗留。

   

We've gotta roll with the punches 我们得从容应对

Learn to play all of our hunches 学习演奏所有的预感

Makin' the best of whatever comes your way 金最好的无论你面对什么

Forget that blind ambition 忘了说了盲目的野心

And learn to trust your intuition 学会相信自己的直觉

Plowin' straight ahead come what may. Plowin “正前方出现什么情况。

And there's a cowboy in the jungle. 还有的在丛林中一个牛仔。