I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945 我站在人行道上，1945年

In Jacksonville, Illinois 在杰克逊维尔，伊利诺伊州

When asked what my name was there came no reply 当记者问我的名字是出现了没有回复

They said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy 他们说我是一个又聋又看不见半男孩机智

But Louis was my name, though I could not say it 但路易是我的名字，但我不能说出来

I was born and raised in New Orleans 我出生在新奥尔良募集

My spirit was wild, so I let the river take it 我的精神是野生的，所以我让河水把它

On a barge and a prayer upstream 在驳船上，并祈祷上游

   

Well they searched for a mother and they searched for a father 以及他们寻找母亲，他们寻找一个父亲

And they searched till they searched no more 他们搜查，直到他们搜查没有更多

The doctors put to rest their scientific tests 医生们平息他们的科学测试

And they named me "John Doe No. 24" 他们叫我“李四第24号”

And they all shook their heads in pity 他们都摇头怜悯

For a world so silent and dark 对于世界如此寂静和黑暗

Well there's no doubt that life's a mystery 好了，毫无疑问，人生是一个谜

But so too is the human heart 但是，等得就是人的心脏

   

And it was my heart's own perfume when the crepe jasmine bloomed ，这是我的心脏本身的香水时，绉茉莉开花

On Rue Morgue Avenue 在莫格街大道

Though I couldn't hear the bells of the streetcars coming 虽然我听不见电车的钟声即将

By toeing the track I knew 由正步我知道赛道

And if I were an old man returning 如果我是一个老人回国

With my satchel and porkpie hat 与我的书包和帽子porkpie

I'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon 我会打在波旁每爵士乐联合

And I'd hit everyone on Basin after that 而且我之后见人就上盆

   

The years kept passing as they passed me around 这些年来不断传递当他们经过我身边

From one state ward to another 从一个状态病房到另一

Like I was an orphan shoe from the lost and found 像我是在失去了一个孤儿的鞋，发现

Always missing the other 总是缺少其他

And they gave me a harp last Christmas 他们给了我一个竖琴去年圣诞节

And all the nurses took a dance 和所有的护士拿了一个舞蹈

But lately I've been growing listless 但最近我一直在成长无精打采

I've been dreaming again of the past 我一直梦想着再次对过去的

   

I'm wandering down to the banks of the great Big Muddy 我游荡下来的伟大的大浑河畔

Where the shotgun houses stand 凡猎枪站在房子

I am seven years old and I feel my dad 我七岁那年，我觉得我的爸爸

Reach out for my hand 伸出我的手

While I drew breath no one missed me 虽然我吸了一口气没人想念我

So they won't on the day that I cease 因此，他们不会在这一天，我不再

Put a sprig of crepe jasmine with me 把黑纱茉莉花小枝与我

To remind me of New Orleans 提醒新奥尔良的我

   

I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945 我站在人行道上，1945年

In Jacksonville, Illinois 在杰克逊维尔，伊利诺伊州