[Joan Baez cover] [琼·贝兹封面]

   

Well I'll be damned 嗯，我会被定罪

Here comes your ghost again 这里又来了你的鬼

But that's not unusual 但是，这并非不寻常

It's just that the moon is full 这只是月圆

And you happened to call 而你恰巧打电话

   

And here I sit 在这里，我坐

My hand on the telephone 我在电话的手

Hearing a voice I'd known 听到声音，我就知道

A couple of light years ago 几个光年以前

Heading straight for a fall 直奔下降

   

As I remember your eyes 我记得你的眼睛

Were bluer than robin's eggs 比知更鸟的蛋更蓝

My poetry was lousy you said 你说我写的诗糟透了

Where are you calling from? 你从哪里打来的？

A booth in the midwest 在中西部的某个电话亭

   

Ten years ago 十年前

I bought you some cufflinks 我给你买了一些袖扣

Oh and you brought me something 哦，你给我带来了什么

We both know what memories can bring 我们都明白回忆能够带给我们

They bring diamonds and rust 他们把钻石与铁锈

   

Well you burst on the scene 那么你初露

Already a legend 已经是一个传奇

The unwashed phenomenon 洗过现象

The original vagabond 最初的流浪者

You strayed into my arms 你误入我的怀里

   

And there you stayed 而你的停留

Temporarily lost at sea 暂时在海上失踪

The Madonna was yours for free 麦当娜是你的自由

Yes the girl on the half-shell 是上半壳的女孩

Would keep you unharmed 将让你毫发无伤

   

Now I see you standing 现在我看到你站在

With leaves falling around 用树叶落身边

And snow in your hair 雪在你的头发

Now you're smiling out the window 现在，你笑着，窗外

Of that hotel 该酒店

Over Washington Square 在华盛顿广场

Our breath comes out white clouds 我们的呼吸出来的白云

Mingles and hangs in the air 交织在一起，并挂在空中

Speaking strictly for me 严格来讲我

We both could have died then and there 我们都可能会死，然后有

   

Now you're telling me 现在你告诉我

You're not nostalgic 你不是怀旧

Then give me another word for it 然后给我一个再来的话

You are always so good with words 你总是有话好

And at keeping things vague 并在保持东西模糊

   

Because I need some of that vagueness now 因为我需要那样的暧昧，现在

It's all coming back too clearly 这一切都回来了太清楚

Oh I loved you dearly 哦，我深深地爱着你

And if you're offering me diamonds and rust 如果你又给我钻石与铁锈

I've already paid 我已经支付

   

Diamonds and rust 钻石与铁锈

Diamonds and rust 钻石与铁锈

Diamonds and rust 钻石与铁锈