They say he didn't have an enemy 他们说，他没有一个敌人

His was a greatness to behold 他是一个伟大的外表

He was the last surviving progeny 他是最后幸存的后代

The last one on this side of the world 在世界的这一边最后一个

   

He measured a half mile from tip to tail 他测量的半英里，从眼头至眼尾

Silver and black with powerful fins 银色与黑色搭配强大的散热片

They say he could split a mountain in two 他们说，他可以一分为二山

That's how we got the Grand Canyon 这就是我们得到了大峡谷

   

Last great American whale 最后伟大的美国鲸

Last great American whale 最后伟大的美国鲸

Last great American whale 最后伟大的美国鲸

Last great American whale 最后伟大的美国鲸

   

Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes 有人说，他们看到他在大湖

Some say they saw him off of Florida 有人说，他们看到他在佛罗里达

My mother said she saw him in Chinatown 我的母亲说，她看见他在唐人街

But you can't always trust your mother 但你不能总是相信你的母亲

   

Off the Carolinas the sun shines brightly in the day 关卡罗来纳州的阳光灿烂的日子

The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night 灯塔发光幽灵般出现在晚上

The chief of a local tribe had killed a racist mayor's son 当地部落的首领杀死一名种族主义者市长的儿子

And he'd been on death row since 1958 而他也是自1958年以来一直在死囚牢房

   

The mayor's kid was a rowdy pig 市长的孩子是一个粗暴的猪

Spit on Indians and lots worse 吐印度人和很多糟糕

The old chief buried a hatchet in his head 在他的头上老长埋前嫌

Life compared to death for him seemed worse 生命相比，死亡对他来说似乎更差

   

The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing 聚集在灯塔的部落的兄弟唱

And tried to conjure up a storm or rain 并试图想起了在风暴或大雨

The harbor parted, the great whale sprang full up 海港分手，伟大的鲸鱼窜出全面上涨

And caused a huge tidal wave 并造成了巨大的浪潮

   

The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief 波粉碎了监狱，并释放首席

The tribe let out a roar 部落让出一吼

The whites were drowned, the browns and reds set free 白人被淹没，褐色和红色释放

But sadly one thing more 但可悲的是一件事

   

Some local yokel member of the NRA 全国步枪协会的一些地方粗人成员

Kept a bazooka in his living room 在他的客厅里养了火箭筒

And thinking he had the chief in his sights 他想到行政在他的目光

Blew the whale's brains out with a lead harpoon 自爆鲸鱼的大脑出了铅鱼叉

   

Last great American whale 最后伟大的美国鲸

Last great American whale 最后伟大的美国鲸

Last great American whale 最后伟大的美国鲸

Last great American whale 最后伟大的美国鲸

   

Well Americans don't care for much of anything 好了美国人不关心任何东西

Land and water the least 土地和水资源最少的

And animal life is low on the totem pole 和动物的生命是低的图腾柱

With human life not worth more than infected yeast 随着人类的生活不值得多酵母菌感染

   

Americans don't care too much for beauty 美国人没有太在意美容

They'll shit in a river, dump battery acid in a stream 他们会拉屎在河里，倾倒电池酸液流中

They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach 他们会看死老鼠洗了上海滩

And complain if they can't swim 和抱怨，如果他们不能游泳

   

They say things are done for the majority 他们说，事情是为广大做

Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear 不要相信一半你看到你所听到的，没有

It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me, 这像什么我的画家朋友唐纳德对我说，

"Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done" “在他们的屁股坚持叉子，把他们过来，他们就完成了”