Late one night when the wind was still 时风还是一个深夜

Daddy brought the baby to the window sill 爸爸带宝宝到窗台

To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky 看到划过天空有点天上拍

The one and only time Daddy saw it fly 一个也是唯一的一次爸爸看见了飞

   

It came from the east just as bright as a torch 它从东而来，就像明亮的火把

The neighbors had a party on their porch 邻居们有一个聚会上他们的门廊

Daddy rocked the baby, Mother said "amen" 爸爸轻摇宝宝，妈妈说： “阿门”

When Halley came to visit in nineteen ten 当哈雷来到一九一○年访问

   

Now back then Jackson was a real small town 现在，当时杰克逊是一个真正的小镇

And it's not every night a comet comes around 而且每天晚上彗星恶有恶报不是

It was almost eighty years since its last time through 这是因为通过它的最后一次几乎80年

So I bet your mother would've said "amen" too 所以，我敢打赌，你的妈妈会一直说“阿门”太

   

As its tail stretched out like a stardust streak 由于它的尾巴伸出像星尘连胜

The papers wrote about it every day for a week 试卷每天一个星期写了这

They wondered where it's going and where it's been 他们想知道它是怎么回事，并在那里一直

When Halley came to Jackson in 1910 当哈雷来到杰克逊在1910年

   

Now Daddy told the baby sleeping in his arms 现在，爸爸告诉宝宝睡在他的怀里

To dream a little dream of a comet's charms 梦想的彗星的魅力一点点的梦想

And he made a little wish as she slept so sound 他做了一个小小心愿，她睡得如此声

In nineteen eighty-six that wish came 'round 在一九八六年的愿望终于轮

   

It came from the east, just as bright as a torch 它从东而来，就像明亮的火把

She saw it in the sky from her daddy's porch 她看到了从她爸爸的门廊天空

As heavenly sent as it was back then 由于天上发送，因为它是当年

When Halley came to Jackson in nineteen ten 当哈雷来到杰克逊一九一○年

Late one night when the wind was still 时风还是一个深夜