The stars were so much brighter then, 星星是如此明亮得多的话，

They dim and die, 他们黯然死去，

So why pretend 那么，为什么假装

The sky goes on forever: 天空那张永远：

But if they fade as science teaches, 但是，如果他们消失，因为科学教，

Poets lose the power of speech. 诗人失去了说话的能力。

Waste paper, ink and feather. 浪费纸张，墨水和羽毛。

   

If I'd taken up the trumpet 如果我采取了小号

As I should have done, 正如我应该做的，

Then I wouldn't be 然后，我就不会

Always losing sleep, 总是失眠，

While I'm trying to make this rhyme. 而我试图让这首歌曲。

   

For the stars 星星

Were so much, 人这么多，

They were so much brighter then. 他们是如此明亮得多呢。

If I couldn't put a price on your head, 如果我能不能把价格放在头上，

What's the use of me trying 有什么用我的努力

For the stars? 星星？

   

The morning comes, the days are 早上来的时候，天都

Just the time between 之间只是时间

Until the dusk, 直到黄昏，

When we can be together, 当我们能在一起，

   

If I'd taken up the drums 如果我采取了鼓

And I could play in time, 我可以及时发挥，

If I had the power, 如果我有权力，

Would I be wond'ring how, 我会wondring怎么样，

I'm ever going to write this down. 我曾经打算将它记下来。

   

For the stars 星星

Were so much, 人这么多，

They were so much brighter then. 他们是如此明亮得多呢。

If I couldn't put a price on your head, 如果我能不能把价格放在头上，

Then what's the use of me trying 那么有什么用我的努力

For the stars? 星星？