[Verse 1] [诗歌1 ]

My name is Lieutenant Colonel William Todd. 我的名字是中校威廉·托德。

I flew the 101st Airborne in ’42. 我飞到101空降在42 。

You may think that you’ve met veterans like me before, 你可能会认为你所遇见的老兵一样在我面前，

but you don’t have a clue. 但你没有线索。

   

[Verse 2] [诗歌2]

I flew Korea in the war you probably forgot. 我愿与你大概忘了战争飞到韩国。

I gave 40 years of damn near all I got. 我给40年该死的近我的一切。

I watched some of my closest friends die on foreign land. 我看着我的一些最亲密的朋友死在异乡。

I still hear their screams at night. 我还听到他们的尖叫声在夜间进行。

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

So don’t you wipe away my tears. 所以，不要你擦干我的眼泪。

I’ve earned them through all the years. 我已经赢得了他们通过所有的年。

Just let ‘em roll down like a stream upon a hill. 只是让时间滚下来就像在一座小山上流。

Let my tears be still. 让我的眼泪是寂静的。

   

[Verse 3] [诗歌3 ]

I met Jean Ann in a photograph in ’44. 我遇到了让安安的照片在44 。

I swore she’d be the girl to take my last name. 我发誓她是女孩把我的姓。

52 years passed til the Lord took her away, 52年过去了直到上帝把她带走，

but I still see Jean everyday. 但我还是看到吉恩日常生活。

   

[Verse 4] [第4节]

At the end of my rope as I lay here in this bed. 在我穷途末路，我躺在这里在这张床上。

Thoughts and prayers of my family circle through my head. 我的脑海的想法和我的家庭圈子的祈祷。

I pray when the Lord opens up the pearly gates wide 我祈祷时，上帝打开了天国之门宽

that I’ll see my Jean standing there in the light. 我会看到我的吉恩在光站在那里。