[Sang] [生]

(Shall we gather at the river that flows by the throne of God) （难道我们聚在了上帝的宝座流河）

   

[Spoken] [口语]

The church doors opened one Sunday in a little country town 教堂的门在一个小乡村小镇开了一个星期天

The people all were silent in the rain that misted down 人们都在这迷离下来的雨水都沉默

And an old gray-haired granddad his shoulders stooped with pain 和一个老头发花白的爷爷肩上弯下腰痛苦

Was holdin' fast a little boy who kept cryin' in the rain. 是牵着快一个小男孩谁一直在哭泣，在雨中。

   

And in the dim candlelight within a casket lay so still 而在一个棺材内昏暗的烛光下躺着静得

That soon would lie beneath the earth up at the top of the hill 很快就躺在下面的泥土了在山顶上

The little boy kept askin' in a low and plaintive tone 小男孩不停地问“在低和哀怨的语气

What's wrong with mommy grandpa won't she be comin' home? 有什么不好妈妈爷爷会不会被她科曼的家？

   

It's awful lonesome grandpa since daddy went away 这是因为爸爸走了可怕的孤独的爷爷

And mommy's all the reason why I'm happy every day 和妈妈的一切就是我为什么非常高兴每一天的原因

Wouldn't she feel better grandpa if I layed down by her side 会不会她感觉好爷爷，如果我奠定倒在她身边

The old man turned and faced him and with these words replied. 这位老人转过身来，面对着他，并用这句话回答。

   

Mother went a walkin' son, away up in the sky 母亲走了走着的儿子，走在天空

Along the brook that winds among the stars up there on high 沿着这条星间缠有高溪

And down the valley where the sun goes home at night to sleep 上下山谷，太阳回家，晚上睡觉

Mother went a walkin' son she wouldn't want us to weep. 母亲走了走着的儿子，她不想让我们哭了起来。

   

The boy didn't seem to understand just where his mom had gone 男孩似乎没有明白只是他的妈妈去了

He couldn't realize that now she wouldn't be comin' home 他不明白，现在她不会科曼的家

He saw the rain on grandpa's face, he didn't know he cried 他看到了爷爷的脸下雨，他不知道他哭了

And of course he couldn't hear the words that grandpa said inside. 当然还有他无法听到里面的爷爷说的话。

   

Mother went a walkin' son, up yonder in the sky 母亲走了沃尔的儿子，同比增长那边的天空

And all that we can do down here son is bow our heads and cry 和所有我们可以做的到这里的儿子低头和呐喊

She's gone to meet your daddy son and take him by the hand 她走了，满足你爸爸的儿子，把他的手

Yes, mother went a walkin' son in God's great meadowland... 是的，妈妈去了神的伟大草场à走着的儿子......