We are sitting at a table in a bar in Baltimore 我们在巴尔的摩的一家酒吧，坐在一张桌子

It’s the last night of December 这是12月份的最后一夜

And the room is nearly full 而且房间几乎全

And the front door pulls a draft in every time it opens wide 与前车门拉手在每次草案也敞开

And you are telling me a story 而你告诉我一个故事

From another time and life 从另一个时间和生命

   

And the waitress brings our order 和女服务员将我们的订单

And we’re tucked in mighty close 而我们在强大的密切正藏

And I feel like we belong among 而且我觉得我们属于中

The living and these ghosts 客厅和这些幽灵

And I know that I am dreaming 我知道我在做梦

As I memorize each part 我记住每一个部分

In the telling lies a reverie 在说假话遐想

In the details lie the heart 在细节上说谎的心脏

   

Like the folds of summer dresses 像夏天的衣服的褶皱

Like the scent upon my wrist 就像在我手腕上的香味

Like the way you played guitar 像这样，你弹吉他

Like a boxer punches with his fist 就像一个拳击手拳用拳头

And taken or just lost to me 并采取了或只是输给我

It’s better now to say 这是现在好了说

I dwell in possibility 我住的可能性

On New Year’s Day 在元旦

   

There’s a jukebox or a bandstand 有一个点唱机或音乐台

And we’re on another round 而我们在新一轮

And the night’s just getting started 而晚上的刚刚起步

Or the night’s just winding down 或者晚上的只是收尾

And your stories are not clouded yet by the ale 和你的故事不是由ALE尚未明朗

Or by the gin 或者由杜松子酒

They just make me feel as if I’ve known you 他们只是让我觉得好像我认识你

All my life again 再次我的一生

   

Like the folds of summer dresses 像夏天的衣服的褶皱

Like the scent upon my wrist 就像在我手腕上的香味

Like the way you played guitar 像这样，你弹吉他

Like a boxer punches with his fist 就像一个拳击手拳用拳头

And taken or just lost to me 并采取了或只是输给我

It’s better now to say 这是现在好了说

I dwell in possibility 我住的可能性

On New Year’s Day 在元旦

   

And this is what it looked like 这是个什么样子

When we started walking home 当我们开始步行回家

The night sky bleached to silver 夜空漂白银

Against the city’s bones 对这个城市的骨骼

In dreams or in our waking 在梦中或醒着

It’s just enough to say 这只是足以说

Love and grace and endless flowers 爱和恩典和无尽的花朵

Be ours on New Year’s Day 属于我们的元旦

   

And the folds of summer dresses 夏装和褶皱

And the bangles on my wrist 而在我的手腕上的手镯

And the way you played guitar 和你的方式弹吉他

Like a boxer punches with his fist 就像一个拳击手拳用拳头

And taken or just lost to us 并采取了或只是输给了美国

It’s better now to say 这是现在好了说

We dwell in possibility 我们住的可能性

On New Year’s Day 在元旦