Don’t go by the river 不要在河边走

If you love your wife 如果你爱你的妻子

‘Cause you’ll make that girl a widow 因为你会让那个女孩寡妇

And you’ll cause her pain and strife 你就会引起她的痛苦和纷争

If you go by the river side, 如果你走在河边，

You’ll lose your l-l-l-l-life! 你会失去你的L-L- L-L-生活！

   

People by the river, 人们在河边，

They know who’s the boss 他们知道谁是老板

They’ll get at fancy city folks 他们将得到在看中城里人

No matter what the cost 不管付出多大代价

And if you go by the river side, 如果你去了河边，

You’ll end up l-l-l-l-lost! 你最终L-L- L-L-丢了！

   

There's a bat they call Lestat 还有他们叫莱斯特蝙蝠

Who’ll sink his teeth in you 谁就会下沉他的牙齿在你

You might meet a creature from the swampy black lagoon 你可能会满足的沼泽黑礁湖的生物

And if the moon is full, 如果月圆，

You might meet the loup-garou 你可能会满足卢普，夹肉

Don’t go by the river side, 不要在河边走，

You’ll be sorry if you do! 如果你这样做，你会后悔的！

   

A young man met a lady 一个年轻人遇到一位女士

And she made this fellow swoon 和她做了这家伙的颓势

So they went on down to New Orleans 于是二人下到新奥尔良

To elope under the moon 私奔月下

He took her by the river side, 他拉着她的河边，

To give her the heir l-l-l-loom! 给她的继承人L-L- L-织机！

   

Well the next day he got outta bed and 好了，第二天他就下床和

She wasn’t by his side 她是不是在他身边

He searched the quarter high and low 他找遍了四分之一的高与低

When the bayou far and wide 当河口无远弗届

Locals say she ran away 当地人说，她跑了

But you know they l-l-l-l-lie! 但你知道他们L-L- L-L-谎言！

   

There's a bat they call Lestat 还有他们叫莱斯特蝙蝠

Who’ll sink his teeth in you 谁就会下沉他的牙齿在你

You might meet a creature from the swampy black lagoon 你可能会满足的沼泽黑礁湖的生物

And if the moon is full, 如果月圆，

You might meet the loup-garou 你可能会满足卢普，夹肉

Don’t go by the river side, 不要在河边走，

You’ll be sorry if you do! 如果你这样做，你会后悔的！

   

Who shivers when they hear about voo-doo? 当他们听到VOO斗谁颤抖？

Don’t lie to me, boy, I know you do! 不要骗我，孩子，我知道你做的！

You better tremble when you hear me call! 你最好发抖，当你听到我的呼唤！

‘Cause you’d make a lovely shrunken head 因为你会做一个可爱的脑袋萎缩

You’ll be my favorite voo-doo doll! 你会是我最喜欢的VOO斗娃娃！

   

Sting went by the river, 斯汀就在河边，

Now he slings on Bourbon Street 现在，他吊索波旁街

And there’s that song by Concrete Blonde about where it’s warm and green 这里面的那首歌曲由混凝土金发哪里是温馨的绿色

And if you go by the river side, 如果你去了河边，

You’ll never l-l-l-l-leave! 你永远也不会L-L- L-L-离开！

   

There's a bat they call Lestat 还有他们叫莱斯特蝙蝠

Who’ll sink his teeth in you 谁就会下沉他的牙齿在你

You might meet a creature from the swampy black lagoon 你可能会满足的沼泽黑礁湖的生物

And if the moon is full, 如果月圆，

You might meet the loup-garou 你可能会满足卢普，夹肉

Don’t go by the river side, 不要在河边走，

(Don’t go by the river side!) （不要在河边走！ ）

Said don’t go by that river side, 说不得以河边走，

(Said don’t go by that river side!) （说不得以河边去！ ）

Don’t go by the river side, 不要在河边走，

(Why's that?) （为什么？ ）

‘Cause you might meet me if you do! “因为你可能会满足我，如果你这样做！