'Oh I come from Pittsburgh to study astrology,' “哦，我来自匹兹堡研究占星术， ”

She said as she stood on my instep, 她说，当她站在我的脚背，

'I could show you New York with a walk between Fourth Street and Nine.' “我可以告诉你纽约第四街和九间散步。 ”

Then out of her coat taking seven harmonicas 然后从她的上衣服用七天口琴

She sat down to play on a doorstep saying 她坐下来在门口玩说

'Come back to my place I will show you the stars and the signs' “回到我的地方，我会告诉你的星星和体征”

So I followed her into the black lands 于是我跟着她进了黑土地

Where the window frames peel and flake 凡窗框剥离和鳞片

And the old Jewish face behind the lace 和蕾丝背后的旧犹太脸

Even now trying to get to see what's cooking 即使是现在试图去看看有什么烹饪

Just John the Baptist in the park getting laid thinking there's no-one looking 只是施洗约翰在公园里得到奠定思想有没有人看

And its eighty degrees and I'm down on my knees in Brooklyn 而其80度，我对我的膝盖在布鲁克林

   

Her house was a dusty collection of rusty 她的房子是生锈的一个尘土飞扬的收藏

Confusion with landings and tunnels 混乱着陆和隧道

And leaning bookcases and spaces and faces and things 并靠在书柜和空间，脸和事

Where twenty-five Puerto Ricans, Manhattan Mohicans 凡25波多黎各人，曼哈顿的莫希干人

And Jewish-Italian Pawnbrokers 和犹太意典当

Lead their theatrical lives in their rooms in the wings 带领他们的文艺生活的翅膀自己的房间

While outside in the black lands 而在黑色的土地外

The violent day runs wild 猛烈的一天狂奔

And the black and white minstrels run through the crazy 而黑色和白色的吟游诗人通过疯狂的跑

Alleys while the cops go booking 小巷而警察去预订

And ruthless toothless agents sneak around and there's no-one looking 无情无牙剂偷偷四周，有没有人看

And it's eighty degrees and I'm down on my knees in Brooklyn 而且它是80度，我对我的膝盖在布鲁克林

   

And oh, I'm back in the city again 呵呵，我又回到这个城市再次

You can tell by the smell of the hamburger stand in the rain 您可以通过汉堡立场在雨中的气味告诉

She spoke of astrology while muttering apologies 她谈到占星一边喃喃自语道歉

For coffee that tasted of hot dogs 对于咖啡的味道的热狗

I said 'That's OK, mine was cold anyway, and just grand' 我说： “没关系，我的是冷反正，只是盛大”

Then she lay on the bed while the radio fed 然后，她躺在床上，而无线电喂

Us with records and adverts for cat food 我们记录和广告的猫粮

And I looked at her, holding my thoughts in the palm of my hand 我看着她，抱着我的想法在我的手掌

And outside in the black lands 和外面的黑土地

The evening came and went 晚上来了又走

And the bums in the street begging money for one last drink 而在大街上的流浪汉乞讨的钱最后一个饮料

Are hanging round the liquor stores trying to get a foot in 被吊轮的酒类专卖店试图让一只脚

And the girl from Pittsburgh and I made love on a mattress with the new moon looking 从匹兹堡的女孩，我就与新月床垫寻找爱情

And in the cool evening breeze I was down on my knees in Brooklyn 而在凉爽的晚风我对我的膝盖在布鲁克林