(Each year many die crossing the deserts, （每年多模穿越沙漠，

mountains and rivers of our southern border 山和我们南部边境的河流

in search of a better life. Here I follow the 为了寻求更好的生活。在这里，我跟随

journey backwards, from the body at the 征途倒退，从身体的

river bottom, to the man walking across 江底，该男子走过

the desert towards the banks of the Rio Grande.) 对格兰德河岸边的沙漠。 ）

   

For two days the river keeps you down 两天河让你下来

Then you rise to the light without a sound 然后你上升到光悄无声息

Past the playgrounds and empty switching yards 过去的操场和空开关码

The turtles eat the skin from your eyes, so they lay open to the stars 乌龟吃了从你的眼部皮肤，让它们摊开的明星

   

Your clothes give way to the current and river stone 你的衣服让位于当前和河石

'Till every trace of who you ever were is gone 直到谁，你永远都走了的每一丝

And the things of the earth they make their claim 和地球的事情，他们做他们的要求

That the things of heaven may do the same 这天上的东西可能做同样的

   

Goodbye, my darling, for your love I give God thanks, 再见了，我亲爱的，你的爱，我给神的感谢，

Meet me on the Matamoros 迎接我的马塔莫罗斯

Meet me on the Matamoros 迎接我的马塔莫罗斯

Meet me on the Matamoros banks 迎接我的马塔莫罗斯银行

   

Over rivers of stone and ancient ocean beds 在石头河和古海洋的床

I walk on sandals of twine and tire tread 我走在了麻绳和轮胎花纹凉鞋

My pockets full of dust, my mouth filled with cool stone 我的口袋里满是灰尘，我的嘴里充满了时尚的石材

The pale moon opens the earth to its bones 面色苍白的月亮打开地球骨头

I long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks 我渴望，我的宝贝，你的吻，为你甜蜜的爱，我给神的感谢

The touch of your loving fingertips 你的爱指尖的触摸

Meet me on the Matamoros 迎接我的马塔莫罗斯

Meet me on the Matamoros 迎接我的马塔莫罗斯

Meet me on the Matamoros banks 迎接我的马塔莫罗斯银行

   

Your sweet memory comes on the evenin' wind 你甜蜜的回忆来自于evenin 风

I sleep and dream of holding you in my arms again 我睡觉，并再次拥抱你在我怀里的梦

The lights of Brownsville, across the river shine 布朗斯维尔的灯光，河对岸闪耀

A shout rings out and into the silty red river I dive 的喊叫圈出来，并进入粉红色的河流下潜

I long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks 我渴望，我的宝贝，你的吻，为你甜蜜的爱，我给神的感谢

A touch of your loving fingertips 触摸你的指尖爱的

Meet me on the Matamoros 迎接我的马塔莫罗斯

Meet me on the Matamoros 迎接我的马塔莫罗斯

Meet me on the Matamoros banks 迎接我的马塔莫罗斯银行