We came in this world together 我们在这个世界走到了一起

Legs wrapped around each other 腿缠对方

My cheek against my sister's 我对我妹妹的脸颊

We were born like tangled vine 我们生来喜欢纠结的藤蔓

   

We lived along the river 我们住沿河

Where the black clouds never lingered 当乌云永远徘徊

The sunlight spread like honey 阳光蔓延似蜜

Through my sister's tiny hands 通过我姐姐的小手

   

But while picking sour apples 不过，虽然采摘酸苹果

In the wild waving grasses 在野生草招手

Sister stumbled in the briar 姐姐迷迷糊糊的荆棘

And was bitten by a snake 而被蛇咬了

   

Every creature casts a shadow 每一个生物蒙上了一层阴影

Under the sun's golden fingers 阳光下的金手指

But when the sun sinks past the waving grass 但是，当太阳沉入过去的摇动的草

Some shadows are dragged along 有些阴影被拖

   

Alone, I took to drinking 独自一人走上饮酒

Bottles of cheap whiskey 廉价的威士忌酒瓶

And staggering through the back woods 并通过惊人的背面树林

Killing snakes with a sharpened stick 杀蛇用削尖的棍子

   

But still I heard her laughing 但我听到了她的笑声

In those wild waving grasses 在这些野生草招手

Still her tiny hands went splashing 还是她的小手去泼水

At the river's sparkling shore 在河的波光粼粼的海岸

   

So I took my rusty gas can 所以我把我的生锈的燃气罐

And an old iron shovel 和老铁铲

I set the woods to burning 我把树林烧

And choked the river up with stones 而哽咽河与石

   

Every creature casts a shadow 每一个生物蒙上了一层阴影

Under the sun's golden fingers 阳光下的金手指

But when the sun sinks past the waving grass 但是，当太阳沉入过去的摇动的草

Some shadows are dragged along 有些阴影被拖