In eighteen hundred and forty-six 在1800和46

On March the eighteenth day 三月十八天

We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast 我们悬挂我们的颜色在桅杆顶部

And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys 而对于格陵兰岛乘船离开，勇敢的男孩

And for Greenland sailed away 而对于格陵兰岛乘船离开

   

The lookout in the crosstrees stood 在crosstrees了望站

With spyglass in his hand 用小望远镜在手里

There's a whale, there's a whale 有鲸鱼，有一个鲸鱼

And a whalefish he cried 和whalefish他哭了

And she blows at every span, brave boys 她吹在每一个跨度，勇敢的男孩

She blows at every span 她吹在每个跨度

   

The captain stood on the quarter deck 船长站在甲板

The ice was in his eye 冰在他的眼睛

Overhaul, overhaul! Let your gibsheets fall 大修，大修！让你的gibsheets下降

And you'll put your boats to sea, brave boys 你就会把你的船出海，勇敢的男孩

And you'll put your boats to sea 你就会把你的船出海

   

Our harpoon struck and the line played out 我们的鱼叉击中而行打出来

With a single flourish of his tail 随着他的尾巴单蓬勃发展

He capsized the boat and we lost five men 他弄翻了船，我们失去了五名男子

And we did not catch the whale, brave boys 我们没赶上鲸，勇敢的男孩

And we did not catch the whale 我们没赶上鲸

   

The losing of those five jolly men 这五个快乐的人败诉

It grieved the captain sore 它伤心队长痛

But the losing of that fine whalefish 但细whalefish的丢失

Now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys 现在，他的忧伤十倍以上，勇敢的男孩

Now it grieved him ten times more 现在，他的忧伤十倍以上

   

Now Greenland is a barren land 现在，格陵兰岛是一个贫瘠的土地

A land that bares no green 在剥开无绿的土地

Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes blow 那里的冰雪和whalefishes吹

And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys 和白天的很少看到的，勇敢的男孩

And the daylight's seldom seen 和白天的少见