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Let me tell you about a man Tommy Collins 让我告诉你一个人汤米·柯林斯

A veteran in country music who interrputed his career by his own choice 在乡村音乐的退伍军人谁用他自己的选择interrputed他的职业生涯

To become a minister and by the way I understand he was very successful 要成为一名牧师并顺便我知道他是非常成功的

And during this period of his life Tommy pasteured a small Baptist church 而在此期间，他的生活汤米pasteured小浸信会教堂

In the very small town of Lincoln California. 在非常小的小镇林肯加州。

And it was during this time that he was called upon to speak at a funeral 而正是在这个时候，他被要求发言的葬礼

And the poem I want to recite for you now is a true experience of Tommy's 我想现在念给你的诗是汤米的的真实体验

And it's simply called The Funeral. 并且它简单地称为葬礼。

   

[Sang:] [桑： ]

A funeral is always a saddening thing 葬礼始终是一个令人痛心的事

For everybody is somebody to someone 对于每个人都是某人对某人

But some funeral scenes chill you to the bone 但是，一些葬礼的场面放松你的骨头

And one day in our town we had one. 有一天，在我们的城市，我们有一个。

   

A very young mother had died 一个非常年轻的母亲已经去世

Something that you just don't expect 你只是不希望的东西

And the shops and stores had all closed their doors 而且店与店全都关门歇业

They did it out of love and respect. 他们这样做是出于爱和尊重。

   

And in the crowded funeral home that day 而在这一天在拥挤的殡仪馆

With everyone present weeping 与在场的每个人哭泣

The sound of a little girl's voice was heard 一个小女孩的声音的声音被听到

She said, "That's my mommie, she's sleeping." 她说， “那是我妈妈，她在睡觉。 ”

   

Then I heard the sound of her little feet tap tap tap 然后，我听到了她的小脚丫丝锥丝锥的声音

As she made her way down the aisle 当她做了她的方式在过道

Her little purse dangled from her tiny wrist 从她的小手腕上她的小钱包跷着

and it brushed her best Sunday dress 它拂过她最好的衣服（星期日）

And she boldly asserted the confidence 她大胆地断言信心

That little folks like her possess. 那个小伙计喜欢她占有。

   

To the life that has no final chapter 若要在没有最后一章的生活

There's no ending and no last mile 有没有结局，也没有最后一公里

The preacher and the rest were petrified 传教士，其余则吓呆

But on the little girl's face was a smile. 但在小女孩的脸上露出了笑容。

   

She said wake up mommie wake up 她说，醒来mommie醒来

And still not satisfied she reached out with her little hand ，但仍不能满足她伸出她的小手

And touched her face and cried 摸了摸她的脸，哭了

Then the broken hearted daddy spoke 那么心碎的爸爸说话

With a gentleness and with power 用温柔与力量

And the words that issued from his lips 而且从他嘴里发出的话

Was the sermon for the hour. 是布道的时间。

   

In a child like faith he told her 在孩子喜欢的信心，他告诉她

That the dead in Christ will rise 那在基督里死将上升

God gave us his word he said 上帝给了我们他的话，他说：

And we know he never lies. 我们知道，他从不说谎。

   

We can't wake up our sleeping mommie 我们不能唤醒我们的沉睡mommie

But we know someone who can 但是，我们知道谁可以

Baby, only God can wake up mommie 宝贝，只有上帝可以mommie醒来

Let's go home and leave her in his hands... 让我们回家，并让她在他的手里......