My love she speaks like silence 我的爱，她说喜欢沉默

Without ideals or violence 没有理想或暴力

She doesn't have to say she's faithful 她没有说她是忠实的

Yet she's true like fire like ice 然而，她是真的喜欢火象冰

People carry roses 人们随身携带的玫瑰

Make promises by the hour 按小时做出承诺

My love she laughs like the flowers 我的爱，她笑起来像花儿

Valentines can't buy her 情人节买不到她

   

In the dime stores and bus stations 在角钱商店和巴士站

People talk of situations 人们谈论的情况下，

Read books, read deep quotations 阅读书籍，读深报价

Draw conclusions on the wall 得出的结论在墙上

Some speak of the future 有人讲未来

My love, she speaks softly 我的爱，她轻声说

She knows there's no success like failure 她知道有类似故障没有成功

And that failure's no success at all 而且，失败没有成功可言

   

The cloak and dagger dangles 斗篷和匕首悬点

Madams light the candles 老鸨点燃蜡烛

In ceremonies of the horsemen 在骑兵仪式

Even the pawn must hold a grudge 即使典当必须记仇

Statues made of matchsticks 火柴棍制作的雕像

Crumble into one another 弄碎成彼此

My love winks she does not bother 我的爱，她眨眨眼睛不烦

She knows too much to argue or to judge 她知道太多的争论或判断

   

The bridge at midnight trembles 在午夜颤抖的桥梁

The country doctor rambles 乡村医生漫步

Bankers' nieces seek perfection 银行家侄女力求尽善尽美

Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring 期待所有的聪明人把礼物

The wind howls like a hammer 风呼啸而过像一个锤子

The night wind blows cold n' rainy 夜风吹冷N阴雨

My love, she's like some raven 我的爱，她好像有些乌鸦

At my window with a broken wing 在我的窗用折断的翅膀